After municipal transit fare-system ART workshops, people leave unsure whether a decision was made, who made it, or how dissent was handled. What should the RTE make explicit?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
If the fare-system room cannot say how a decision happened, it did not really happen. Name the rule: consent, majority, leader decides—whatever fits the topic. People can live with a call they understand; they cannot live with a maybe.
Full Explanation
Facilitated sessions need explicit decision rules so outcomes are inspectable. Unstated rules produce false consensus, silent vetoes, and re-litigation in the next meeting. The RTE should declare whether the group is using consent, majority, consult-and-leader-decides, or another named method before or as the choice is made. Clarity on the transit fare-system ART reduces later re-litigation of whether a decision actually happened.