X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=charter%2Fdiscussion.mdwn;h=af0864b20b710368a04c0f78503d5eadb1eaeb64;hb=0b9bca4518ba504d77af4b3eef6e6d082996550f;hp=e9b480bc19a310be7d55dae2e38b1553dfbd1bf1;hpb=55dd80741d038b4c55e7e62b10b4094187163c88;p=libreriscv.git diff --git a/charter/discussion.mdwn b/charter/discussion.mdwn index e9b480bc1..af0864b20 100644 --- a/charter/discussion.mdwn +++ b/charter/discussion.mdwn @@ -78,12 +78,14 @@ will be ours. # Decision-making and new contributors This section has two aspects. The first is that everything but unanimous -decision-making is disempowering and de-motivating (harmful). Majority rule -(mob rule) is easily demonstrated to be so: anyone *not* in the majority -quickly gives up in resignation, even if their contribution is critically -important. Unanimous decision-making requires that the issue be discussed -until it is fully understood by *all* members (or members recognise that -they do not or cannot understand the issue, and abstain). +decision-making is disempowering and de-motivating (harmful). Majority +rule (mob rule) is easily demonstrated to be so: anyone *not* in the +majority quickly gives up in resignation, even if their contribution is +critically important (and in the political arena, "Minority Representative +Groups" form as a direct result). Unanimous decision-making requires +that the issue be discussed until it is fully understood by *all* members +(or members recognise that they do not or cannot understand the issue, +and abstain). The introduction of new contributors really requires specially spelling out. The last thing that is needed is for a new contributor to introduce