Re: Negative Votes (Re: workprocess - default process comments)

[Terry Allen <tallen@sonic.net>]

Tommie wrote:
| >| I would prefer to *allow* justification of a negative vote, for
| >| the record and for consideration in future revisions, but not to
| >| *require* it.
| >
| >Good point.  We should talk about this.
| >
| 
| I disagree.  It seems to me that requiring a justification of a negative
| vote is an important information gathering technique as well as a check on
| unjustified negativism.  If there has been a long and involved discussion
| of the point the negative voter won't have much trouble gethering a few
| quotes and citing the rest of the discussion.  If there hasn't been
| discussion of the reason for a negative vote, there should be.

It's still a burden, especially if there is a short deadline for the
justification.  One's right to vote no should not be conditioned on
one's work schedule.  

Could you explain what "unjustified negativism" means aside from
"difference of opinion"?


regards, Terry