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Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


Wolfram - Aug 24, 2005 7:35:24 am PDT #5466 of 10001
Visilurking

At least, I (and Wolfram seemed to concur) rememebr a time when we had more than one seconded proposal waiting to get discussed and voted on.

Okay, I'm too lazy right now to threadsuck, but I'm pretty sure my memory is accurate on this issue. Early on, when I first proposed a War/Politics thread and had gotten about two seconds, someone made a second proposal about whether older consensed decisions should be grandfathered in and subject to a moratorium. The second proposal got four seconds before mine did (although subsequently mine got the necessary four.) At the time, my proposal was queued to follow the grandfather proposal. There was a lot of hurt feelings surrounding the War/Politics proposal (and I take most of the blame for that), but I pointed out that should the grandfather proposal win it would moot my proposal. Which it did.

So basically, a second proposal was queued at one time, but it never actually went to discussion due to mootage.


Nutty - Aug 24, 2005 7:52:28 am PDT #5467 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Oh, yeah, it's in Bureau II -- we had quite a bit of yammering over the fact there was a queue, and who should go first, both when talking about War/Politics and later, when dealing with procedural crap. In the War/Politics case, yeah, because we decided to go in order of "who jumped through the procedural hoops first", the queued proposal got mooted anyway, but in the other case, I recall the queue working out just fine.

Although, as with anything in the Buffista blabocracy, somebody had to feel strongly about X Issue, and keep bringing it up at the proper intervals, or else everybody would forget there was a queue at all, and it would all devolve into preferential voting discussions.

We don't exactly have automatic "if this, then that" mechanisms involved; the humans gots to keep pushing at things to make them happen.

Sometimes, I think that middle-stage forgetfulness is an annoying problem, but other times, I think it serves as a good "well, if you forgot it then it can't have been that much of an issue" pressure valve. It's a conundrum.

As for anything resembling a fall TV thread, I'm agin it, due to its nebulousness and short-term value. But now I can't remember whether that is what Sean is proposing.


Steph L. - Aug 24, 2005 7:56:52 am PDT #5468 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

But now I can't remember whether that is what Sean is proposing.

No, Sean's idea was that for show-specific threads that are being proposed when the show is about to start its second season (or any season after the first, I expect), that said proposal of said thread has to wait until 10 episodes have aired, just in case the second season is crap.

Otherwise known as The O.C. Effect.

It was LeN, I think, who briefly -- and bravely --flirted with the idea of proposing a Fall TV thread.


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2005 8:01:40 am PDT #5469 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Otherwise known as The O.C. Effect.

::narrows eyes::

"Sophomore slump," please.

::hugs Ryan::


Jim - Aug 24, 2005 8:43:56 am PDT #5470 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

Did it pick up after they introduced Ryan 2: Electric Boogaloo? I gave up around that point.

(Edit)Natter, sorry - we need a TV thread...(/Edit)


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2005 8:45:00 am PDT #5471 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Did it pick up after they introduced Ryan 2: Electric Boogaloo?

It had moments, but nowhere near as many as season 1. However, I maintain the finale was as good as anything as in the first season -- just not funny.

t /ot


le nubian - Aug 24, 2005 9:28:38 am PDT #5472 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Okay, I will go ahead and propose a Fall/New Series TV thread. But, I actually don't quite understand the previous 20 or so messages. When can I propose this? Where am I on the queue?


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2005 9:29:47 am PDT #5473 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Right now something's being voted on. Keep an eye on Press (or here) for when the vote's done and tallied.

Sean had mentioned proposing something before you did, but now that he doesn't want to, as soon as the Veronica Mars vote is done -- it's all you.


Nilly - Aug 24, 2005 9:35:14 am PDT #5474 of 10001
Swouncing

Keep an eye on Press (or here) for when the vote's done and tallied.

That is scheduled for tomorrow.


le nubian - Aug 24, 2005 9:39:40 am PDT #5475 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yes, I remembered Thursday because I voted in that.

okay. thanks!