Disagreement from individuals or a minority group here is generally disregarded or put down. It's short-sighted to deal with inevitable differences of opinion in such a zero-sum fashion.
As people become dissatisfied and leave, they not only slow growth but they become negative PR for Hcoop and possibly for the cooperative movement in general. Tension is slowly building with some who are dissatisfied but not inclined to leave. It's impossible to please everyone, but I think allowing for minority voices to have some influence would reduce the tension and stop most of the turnover. There are at least two major 'parties' here: a small group of experienced people who have some preferences and a large, silent majority who will apparently eat whatever they're served. Far be it from me to try to force anyone to participate against their will, but a lack of participation is not the same as approval. Rather than start a lengthy discussion on the shortcomings of majority rule, let me just say this: George W. Bush. What do people think of using proportional representation for the next election? I mean something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borda_count#Modified_Borda_count Combined with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Lagu%C3%AB_method Michael Potter _______________________________________________ HCoop-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
