Decision Making or Class Conflict?

During one of the most hands-on learning sessions to date, we were given the opportunity to take the reins and give our take on what we, the people, wanted. I thought that this was very clever and that we achieved a lot more than professor kurpis would've liked.
Interestingly enough though, it took the constraint and pressure of time to force the class to come together on what we wanted. I think that the decision making process made by the class was initially messy and was not working as it should have to begin with.
I, myself, took a relaxed approach to the whole thing while just sitting back and watching people argue over pointless little details, and using the avoidance approach allowed me to get my ideas across with some of my classmates. The screaming, the fighting, and the name-calling ( I think ) was very exciting though it didn't do much to furhter things along.

Alternatively, I believe that had everyone's suggestions just be put up on the board like we had initially agreed upon would've led to a faster solution to all conflicts. Instead, the beginning moderator took bias in what he, himself, liked instead of taking the general ideas of the class. I found that to be very disappointing as he was the one who volunteered to go and moderate for the class unbiasedly. In the end though, the class was successful as a whole, thanks to support and agreement between individuals and the adaptability of a new moderator who addressed more individual needs. This experiment was very insightful into the ways of how certain situations should be handled, and how to avoid bias while addressing the needs of everyone.