Re: [Ag Meinungsfindungstool] [MG] Defensible in discourse?

["marc" <marc AT merkstduwas.de>]

Hi Ned + Max,

Sorry for stepping in and *just* grabbing one single aspect from the whole 
thread, but I just came across this by chance:

In response to Max, Ned Conner wrote:
> On a perhaps related note, awhile back you had this to say:
>
> > 7. The two stones I wish to place in the mosaic matrix is a discussion
> > format and a document creation process that makes everyone more
> > thoughtful. Doing this with respect to public policy discussions is no
> > more urgent than with respect to many other areas. But I believe if
> > we cannot get more thoughtfulness we all will continue as we have
> > been in terms of results.

> Are either of those stones ready to place yet? (If not as operational
> systems, at least in the form of functional specifications and design
> notes and such ...)

IMHO the AG MFT is exactly working on this at the moment. At least this is 
true for the specification of your second stone. Maybe also including the 
first one, depending on what the meaning of *discussion format* is.

We also already started to prototype an implementation of this 
specification - the so called *Qualified Consensus* (*qualifizierter 
Konsens* in german or just *qKonsens* for short or *qK* even shorter ;o) 
methodology.

Unfortunately at the moment we don't have any free resources to translate 
the specification to english. Maybe you could describe your intention about 
the *discussion format* and *document creation process* in more detail, so 
we can see if that matches with the qK!?

Cheers
marc