On Sun, 4 Oct 2009, John Smith wrote: > 2009/10/3 Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com>: > > John Smith wrote: > >> The third is generally the best option in practise most of the time, > >> it should comprise of no more than 10 people, preferably 5 since the > >> more people involved the less people are going to come to a consensus. > > > > In my experience it's always better to have an odd number off people to > > prevent a hung decision. > > Even if there's a chair with a casting vote it usually leads to problems. > > It's more important to have the minimum number possible too, > especially if there is contensious issues. >
There is actually hard research on the optimum number for decision making, and it is around 6, 7 or 8 persons. No I can't provide a reference on Sunday morning. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
