Loomio
Tue 30 Sep 2014 12:28PM

Rename Desicion to Proposal

CZ Chris Zumbrunn Public Seen by 258

In the same spirit as the original renaming of Motion to Proposal, I suggest the use of the term "Decision" is replaced with "Proposal" as well.

CZ

Chris Zumbrunn Tue 30 Sep 2014 12:28PM

Voting on proposals is often more of a temerature check rather than a actual decision. It fits Loomio better when that kind of possible sentiment is taken into account. Where a vote on a proposal is indeed intended to be a decision, it can be taken as that without that it needs to be explicitely called that. On the other hand, when it is a temperature check, having the outcome refered to as a desicion will not go down easy, especially with those people that did not have time to participate and vote, but none the less have a opinion they still want to contribute. Consistently using only the term "Proposal" is more adapatble and flexible for the various Loomio use cases.

CZ

Poll Created Tue 30 Sep 2014 12:31PM

In the same spirit as the original renaming of Motion to Proposal, I suggest the use of the term "Decision" is replaced with "Proposal" as well. Closed Fri 10 Oct 2014 12:09PM

Voting on proposals is often more of a temerature check rather than a actual decision. It fits Loomio better when that kind of possible sentiment is taken into account. Where a vote on a proposal is indeed intended to be a decision, it can be taken as that without that it needs to be explicitely called that. On the other hand, when it is a temperature check, having the outcome refered to as a desicion will not go down easy, especially with those people that did not have time to participate and vote, but none the less have a opinion they still want to contribute. Consistently using only the term “Proposal” is more adapatble and flexible for the various Loomio use cases.

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 18.5% 5 RDB RJ HM DP CGV
Abstain 7.4% 2 RN AM
Disagree 74.1% 20 AI BK PC MH CT Z CZ HM MDB RB EG SDW NA JW DN LG VM ABM JB T
Block 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 876 RG JL KC NW SW AC MB CWH BH G JG RW MS G RF N HM C J SZ

27 of 903 people have participated (2%)

RN

Rob Nevin
Agree
Tue 30 Sep 2014 1:20PM

This proposal is well conceived and anticipates that the results of proposals may (or may not) not be decisions directly. When the results is representation of a collective mind, the positioning to the decision maker is very important. This helps.

RN

Rob Nevin
Agree
Tue 30 Sep 2014 1:20PM

This proposal is well conceived and anticipates that the results of proposals may (or may not) not be decisions directly. When the results is arepresentation of a collective mind, the positioning to the decision maker is very important. This helps.

RN

Rob Nevin
Agree
Tue 30 Sep 2014 1:21PM

This proposal is well conceived and anticipates that the result of proposals may (or may not) not be decisions directly. When the result is a representation of a collective mind, the positioning to the decision maker is very important. This helps.

CT

Chris Taklis
Disagree
Tue 30 Sep 2014 1:42PM

I disagree because it's confused when you are going to terms.

It's ok to say current proposal.
But it's wrong to say previous proposals, but since you voted and ended the proposal it's decision. So you must read previous decisions!

NA

Nico Aumar
Agree
Tue 30 Sep 2014 2:30PM

The term "Proposal" looks more flexible. In many cases, the summary of all opinions may result in a practical decision or not.

T

Tree
Disagree
Tue 30 Sep 2014 6:41PM

For people to participate appropriately, there should be clarity regarding when a temperature check is being sought vs. when it is an actual decision. Decisions should be labeled as such; anything short of that should be labeled "poll" or some such.

JB

Jacob Bloom
Disagree
Tue 30 Sep 2014 7:00PM

It should be clearly labeled either as a temperature check or decision.

JB

Jacob Bloom
Disagree
Tue 30 Sep 2014 7:02PM

I agree with what Tree said, and that it should be clearly labeled either as a temperature check or decision, to increase clarity and avoid confusion.

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