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How we build consensus
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+Title: Consensus Building
+Notice: Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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+
+In some cases there is no obvious path to take, or you might be a new community,
+or a new member of an existing community. In these cases people will often
+need to build consensus by making proposals and eliciting responses.
+
+We want to avoid unnecessary discussion and the creation of significant
+amounts of unnecessary mail that everyone in the community needs to read.
+That is not to say that we want to avoid constructive discussion. This is
+the lifeblood of a successful project. However, many ASF projects adopt a
+shorthand notation for showing support, or otherwise, for a proposal.
+
+## Expressing support (or otherwise)
+
+The notation used is "+1", "-1" and "0". It's also common to see "+0" and "-0".
+
+So, what do these notations mean?
+
+ - +1 means "I agree with this and will help make it happen"
+ - +0 means "I agree with this but probably won't make it happen, so my
+opinion is not that important"
+ - -0 means "I don't agree with this, but I'm offering no alternative so
+my opinion is not that important"
+ - -1 means "I don't agree and I am offering an alternative that I am able
+to help implement"
+
+Many people will use fractions to indicate the strength of their feelings,
+ e.g. "+0.5". Some will even indicate this is a "no brainer" with something
+like "+1000".
+
+The important thing is that this is not an exact science. It's just a shorthand
+way of communicating strength of feeling.
+
+## Consensus Building is Not Voting
+
+The confusing thing about this notation is that it is the same notation
+used in a formal vote. Knowing when something is a vote and when it is a
+preference is important. It's easy to tell though, if the subject does not have
+"[Vote]" at the start then it's just an opinion. We try not to call votes,
+consensus building is much more inclusive.
+
+The reasons for this notation being common is
+that when someone wants to summarise a discussion thread they can mentally
+add up the strength of feeling of the community and decide if there is consensus
+or not.
+
+Once there is a clear consensus members of the community can proceed with
+the work under the [lazy consensus][1] model.
+
+ [1]: docs/governance/lazyConsensus.html
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