ConsensusPolling:ConsensusPollingRoles
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Anyone can choose to play any or all of these roles, in any particular consensus poll. We recommend getting involved first as a participant, then as a listener if you'd like to do more, and then as en enthusiast, when you see other ways Consensus Polling could be used.
Consensus Poll Participant
The first action to take if you want to participate in a consensus poll is to set your status. Your status is the answer to the question "Are we done?" The two answers we work with are "Yes" and "Not Yet." You are encouraged to change your status as often as necessary, as the document changes.
What do I do when my status is NotYet ?
- Change the document so that it works for you (see EfficientlyExpressedSuggestions) and change your status to YES .
- If you're not sure how to change the document so that it would be "done" for you, please attempt to articulate your concerns, as clearly as you can.
- Examples include:
- I'm interested in this issue, but haven't had time to fully consider it yet.
- I don't understand the document yet.
- I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, but it just doesn't feel right yet.
- If we adopt this policy, the company will be out of business in less than a year because we will alienate our customers as well as our suppliers.
- This is irresponsible. I will craft my own solution in the next few days and will then change the document.
- Hmm.
- Examples include:
What do I do when my status is YES ?
- Add a brief comment to your YES that tells a little more about your reasoning for being YES right now.
- Examples include:
- As long as Jane's happy, I'm happy.
- I'm not quite sure about section 3, but overall, I think this is a vast move in the right direction and even if we finish with section 3 as it is, we'll still be better off than we are today.
- I don't have time to follow changes here right now, but looking at the participant list, I'm confident a great solution will come out of this process.
- Looks good to me.
- Examples include:
- If you would like to do more, you can further add value to the whole process by assuming the role of a ConsensusPollListener.
Consensus Poll Listener
Anyone can be a Consensus Poll Listener (more than one per consensus poll is fine, and even encouraged).
A consensus poll listener helps participants come to agreement by helping them articulate their concerns more clearly, either by directly editing the document, or in a discussion section. Specifically ...
What does a listener do with the NotYets?
- Actively listens to the concerns of the participant.
- Articulates the issues of the participants in a clear way.
- Helps participants in changing the document, so that it coincides with their viewpoints (see EfficientlyExpressedSuggestions ).
- If needed, the listener edits the document in a way that takes into account multiple people's concerns and then contacts those people to ask them if the document now satisfies their issues.
What does a listener do with the Yesses?
- If we're having problems coming to an agreement, encourage the YES status folks to say more about their reasoning and their process of coming to YES .
- Encourages participants to become listener.
- Guides and helps the participants who are willing to listener.
Consensus Poll Enthusiast
Anyone can be a Consensus Poll Enthusiast!
A consensus poll enthusiast is someone who easily recognizes situations which require the assistance of ConsensusPolling for their resolution. Moreover, such a person is passionate about the use of consensus polls, and has the ability to initiate and formulate polls according to the specifications of that case. The responsibilities of a consensus poll enthusiast include:
- Finding situations where consensus polling are necessary and appropriate
- Formulation of the StaticContract
- Encourage community members to participate in the process
