Create Consensus, Review and Objection process document

[harisood]

Detail

We should have document outlining how we approach consensus, formal review and how to raise objections with decisions made by the CMWG or SG.

Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxFnmMKcfsYaO4wjHdiBfGOgPATIsTwRKaLbyjoN1pA/edit?usp=sharing

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• Create first verison of this document

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[Davsarper]

• This can be very valuable, and a process necessary
• There is a challenge between a very formal objection process and a community based on general consensus and discussion (low quantification)
• Amount of people involved make it a risk that the council is made up of a slightly different combination of the same people
• A process, that is simple but exists would be the best at this moment

[Davsarper]

An alternative process would be that after trying for general consensus, if there is consensus and/or scalation it then comes to a voting process.

[harisood]

I agree with Jim on not being too proscriptive about the steps for making the decision. Maybe we could say "the steering group will make a final decision on the WG taking into account all feedback, and will provide clear reasons for the decision"?

@manics hopefully this doc answers this q you had from the WG PR?

[harisood]

Initial diagram

[manics]

In last weeks meeting we talked about the idea of a a review panel formed of (randomly) chosen community members as the final step in the event of unresolvable disagreements.

If we believe a community panel is likely to be better/fairer than a SG then we could make that panel the primary decision maker on WGs instead of the SG, and change the role of the SG to organising the panel, and providing advice/guidance?

[harisood]

I advocate v strongly for this as a principle, the question being practically whether we do that now or try to introduce it later (having a defined SG with defined ppl rn may make things quicker to set up)

[Davsarper]

Done https://uk-tre.github.io/hugo-website/about/governance/consensus-review-objection/

Standing discussion: wg ouputs endorsement, left out