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IETF humming
I just found out yesterday that the IETF have a practice of reaching a decision by humming. Sometimes when IETF working groups meet, the members decide on an issue by humming for or against a proposal. The proposal with the clear hum advantage wins. Apparently this is a very helpful way of fostering consensus and reaching decisions relatively quickly.
And I can see why. Person to person contact already helps dispel misunderstandings. The volume of the humming helps remove the personal aspect of voting for or against an issue, and keeps a certain amount of anonymity. It sounds fun too :-)
Having worked remotely from Europe with the Atom working group, I never went to any of these meetings, so I never hummed a Pace...
Posted at 01:35AM Nov 18, 2006 [permalink/trackback] by Henry Story in General | Comments[1]
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Posted by retiarius on November 23, 2006 at 04:11 AM CET #