Diaspora Community - Governance Proposals

Blocked proposals

Brent Bartlett Wed 12 Sep 2012 11:31PMPublicSeen by 96

Brent BartlettWed 12 Sep 2012 11:31PM

Two-part question:

1) Should we allow proposals to be blocked?
2) If yes, how do we handle the blocks?

Should we allow proposals to be blocked?

proposal by altruism Closed Thu 13 Sep 2012 9:16AM

Results

Option	Votes	% of votes cast	% of eligible voters
Agree	4	80	4
Abstain	1	20	1
Disagree	0	0	0
Block	0	0	0
Undecided	95		95

5 of 100 votes cast (5% participation)

altruism
Thu 13 Sep 2012 2:23AM

Well, we shall let people to place a block vote.

altruism
Thu 13 Sep 2012 2:23AM

Well, we should let people to place a block vote.

tortoise
Thu 13 Sep 2012 2:26AM

A block vote is not a decree. I think it is an expression. Blocks should be an invitation to more discussion. Let people talk and decide what is really going on with a block as a block comes up. If people want to ignore a block, I guess they can. :)

Brent Bartlett
Thu 13 Sep 2012 5:48AM

I'm okay as long as blocks are not used as vetos.

Jason Robinson
Thu 13 Sep 2012 8:00AM

Loom.io ate my vote dammit, wrote a long text :( Anyway, agree if it is not used as a veto.

Flaburgan
Thu 13 Sep 2012 8:19AM

Of course we should. If a problem with that appears, we will solve it a this time, but right now, why shouldn't we accept block vote ?

We agree that a block is not considered a veto.

proposal by tortoise Closed Sun 16 Sep 2012 7:45AM

This proposal is just to give air to some things people said in the previous proposal. Let's just be explicit about it?

How about this:

In our community, when a block is used it is not considered a veto. Anyone should feel free to use a block, but also prepared to explain oneself for making one.

Making blocks solely to thwart discussion from moving forward is not appreciated, so please be judicious if you decide to use a block.

Blocks are intended to encourage further discussion, to spend more time examining arguments, or to invite persuasion.