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- The Broadband Forum Work Areas, inclusive of Project Streams, will seek to reach a consensus on the issues under review. The Chair (Work Area Director or Project Stream Leader) may conduct an informal show of hands to help determine consensus.
- See Section 11: Work Area/Committee Escalation Procedure of the Broadband Forum's Policies and Procedures document for more information about how non-consensus is handled.
"consensus" per the P&P is rough consensus and is as much based on qualitative argument as it is quantitative support or objection- The Chair (Work Area Director or Project Stream Leader) of any meeting session is the only individual who has the authority to declare or make statements or declarations in the meetings regarding the group's level of consensus.
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