Thumbs protocol

…a dialog or debate on a controversial topic or a proposal that needs a go/no go decision.

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Quickly find out where everyone stands so you can amend a proposal if needed and move on to implementation advances the state of the art and avoid eating energy on meetings that drag along.

Prepare and present a proposal. Thumb vote: thumb up: accept; thumb horizontal: sounds okay, but I still have some puzzles; thumb down: I cannot live with it and have some unsurmountable objections. Amend the proposal until consent.

Therefore:

Accept the proposal if at least one thumb is up and none is down. Amend otherwise until consent.

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