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     		<p>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.</p>
 <p>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.</p>
 <h2 id="expressing-support-or-otherwise">Expressing support (or otherwise)</h2>
 <p>The notation used is "+1", "-1" and "0". It's also common to see "+0" and "-0".</p>
 <p>So, what do these notations mean?</p>
 <ul>
 <li>+1 means "I agree with this and will help make it happen"</li>
 <li>+0 means "I agree with this but probably won't make it happen, so my
 opinion is not that important"</li>
 <li>-0 means "I don't agree with this, but I'm offering no alternative so
 my opinion is not that important"</li>
 <li>-1 means "I don't agree and I am offering an alternative that I am able
 to help implement"</li>
 </ul>
 <p>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".</p>
 <p>The important thing is that this is not an exact science. It's just a shorthand
 way of communicating strength of feeling.</p>
 <h2 id="consensus-building-is-not-voting">Consensus Building is Not Voting</h2>
 <p>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.</p>
 <p>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.</p>
 <p>Once there is a clear consensus members of the community can proceed with
 the work under the <a href="https://community.apache.org/committers/lazyConsensus.html">lazy consensus</a> model.</p>

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	<p>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.</p>
	<p>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.</p>
	<h2 id="expressing-support-or-otherwise">Expressing support (or otherwise)</h2>
	<p>The notation used is "+1", "-1" and "0". It's also common to see "+0" and "-0".</p>
	<p>So, what do these notations mean?</p>
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	<li>+1 means "I agree with this and will help make it happen"</li>
	<li>+0 means "I agree with this but probably won't make it happen, so my
	opinion is not that important"</li>
	<li>-0 means "I don't agree with this, but I'm offering no alternative so
	my opinion is not that important"</li>
	<li>-1 means "I don't agree and I am offering an alternative that I am able
	to help implement"</li>
	</ul>
	<p>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".</p>
	<p>The important thing is that this is not an exact science. It's just a shorthand
	way of communicating strength of feeling.</p>
	<h2 id="consensus-building-is-not-voting">Consensus Building is Not Voting</h2>
	<p>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.</p>
	<p>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.</p>
	<p>Once there is a clear consensus members of the community can proceed with
	the work under the <a href="https://community.apache.org/committers/lazyConsensus.html">lazy consensus</a> model.</p>

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