Loomio
Wed 4 Sep 2013 9:41AM

One proposal at a time?

DS Dean Satchell Public Seen by 180

Should the software provide a better way to have multiple proposals and multiple discussions... such as having the ability to fork someones proposal and amend this into a new proposal? This discussion is not about having a multi-option proposal or polling feature, but whether having one decision at a time, or more than one, is appropriate once the "ideas" feature is implemented.

DS

Dean Satchell Wed 4 Sep 2013 9:41AM

Should the software provide a better way to have multiple proposals and multiple discussions… such as having the ability to fork someones proposal and amend this into a new proposal? Currently a participant can instead create a new discussion within the same group.

DS

Poll Created Wed 4 Sep 2013 9:42AM

Proposal: One proposal at a time should remain when the “Ideas” feature is implemented. Closed Wed 4 Sep 2013 10:28AM

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 0.0% 0  
Abstain 0.0% 0  
Disagree 100.0% 1 CT
Block 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 898 JV JL NW MT JC BK MB CWH BH JG DS RW RF AC HM C DB CR J KS

1 of 899 people have participated (0%)

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Chris Taklis Wed 4 Sep 2013 9:47AM

and the question is, what we do when we must take in the same discussion a decision with two different proposals?

for example:

Where do we want to go for holidays?

Mountain
Lake
Sea

In this question we will create 3 different discussions? or we must wait for one proposal finished to start another and another, and see then what is prefered by the most people?

Because that is sparing my time, because i have 3 times to vote instead of 1.

CT

Chris Taklis Wed 4 Sep 2013 9:52AM

i mean that also if ideas implemented, you must have multiple proposals, for the reason that i gave previously.

DS

Danyl Strype Wed 4 Sep 2013 10:14AM

Chris, I find Loomio works best when a proposal is not put up until it seems like a consensus might be emerging. In the example you give, it sounds like people need to discuss what they want out of the holiday in the comments, and not make a proposal until the comments are leaning towards one option.

In this way of working, the Comments are used to find consensus, while Proposals are a way of checking that consensus has actually been found.

DS

Dean Satchell Wed 4 Sep 2013 10:15AM

Thanks for your comments @christaklis . I was assuming that in this case you would have a holiday discussion and the holiday options would be the ideas. The merits if ideas are discussed before a proposal is put to be voted on, or during discussion on a proposal. Maybe voting on multiple choices should be another discussion and proposal?

DS

Danyl Strype Wed 4 Sep 2013 10:16AM

I think we are starting to trip over our terms here. It seems to me that the Ideas feature, by its very nature, allows multiple proposals (thus fixing the bottle-neck I described in the 'Using a Block' discussion). If the proposal here was 'one decision in each discussion at a time', I totally agree with that.

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Chris Taklis Wed 4 Sep 2013 10:19AM

in a group with few members it is possible that you say @strypey. But how you can do it in a group that has 50, 100 , 200 or more members to have one proposal from the discussion, when all the members maybe won't participate in discussion and you want to have a multiproposal to see what all these members want actually?

DS

Poll Created Wed 4 Sep 2013 10:28AM

One decision at a time should remain when the “Ideas” feature is implemented. Closed Sat 7 Sep 2013 10:00AM

Outcome
by Dean Satchell Mon 27 Feb 2017 10:22PM

If the number of decisions run concurrently becomes configurable, the option of having only one decision at a time should remain.

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 33.3% 1 DS
Abstain 66.7% 2 RJ CT
Disagree 0.0% 0  
Block 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 896 JL AI NW SW MT AT MB BH G DS RW MS G RF N HM C DB CR KS

3 of 899 people have participated (0%)

DS

Danyl Strype
Agree
Wed 4 Sep 2013 10:52AM

It's good to be only making one decision at a time in each discussion. 'Ideas' will allow us to compare multiple possibilities, and modify them in response to comments, before anyone makes a formal proposal.

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