[gnso-ppsc] issue of rough or near consensus

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

In anticipation of Jeff's issue concerning the inclusion of the words "rough" 
and "near" in

> This is sometimes just referred to as Rough or Near Consensus.


I think leaving them in is very important since people who are new to the ICANN 
context do not understand ICANN's usage of consensus to mean something other 
than unanimity.

What might be an solution (though I think this would need to be passed by the 
WT) would be to include a footnote that says something like:

The terms _Rough or Near Consensus_ are included so that those who are 
unfamiliar with ICANN usage can associate the definition of _Consensus_ with 
other definitions and terms of art they may be more familiar with.  It should 
be noted that in the case of a GNSO PDP originated Working Group, all reports, 
especially Final Reports, must restrict themselves to the term _Consensus_ as 
this may have legal implications.


Note: I am offering this recommendation because I do wish to be accused, as I 
was in the meeting, of holding up the release of this report by not complying 
with the Registries position.  In this case at least, I think there is a simple 
solution that preserves the work yet hopefully can assuage the Registries.

a.