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
Ponder ponder ponder. I'm thinking about Gus passing and thought I'd float an idea. We've never lost one of our own, and I like Trudy's idea of an online wake. I was wondering if we'd want to make a special thread for it. Might be superfluous, and we could certainly do it in Natter and that would be perfectly appropriate.
But it would also be nice to have a place to gather Gus together to remember him and celebrate his stay with us. We could Nilly up links to his first posts, or conversations we remember. His delurking. His re-delurking after the monkey bite. Coming home to find his house occupied. His kites. His COMMs. And share our memories there. A wake thread, I guess that would just be open when we'd need it. Of course, I'd like to think we'd never need one, but this community has gone on for a while, and I know that when I go I'd like a place for my friends online to gather and raise a glass. A place you could go back to and visit when you were missing him and have it all pulled together.
Thoughts?
Would having a special thread (started for the occasion) be...not Kosher? Because I think I like that idea better.
Would having a special thread (started for the occasion) be...not Kosher? Because I think I like that idea better.
I'm not sure which idea you prefer, Debet.
As for the Kosherness - well, we've never lost anybody before, and I'm proposing something new. Thinking of how we handle that as a community. What our rituals will be.
I think that starting a thread would be an excellent idea. It might also be a nice thing for Kimi to be able to read through when/if she wishes.
If that's a formal proposal Hec, I second it.
If that's a formal proposal Hec, I second it.
Well, I thought we could kick it around first to see if that was a good idea. But ultimately, yes, we'd take it to Lightbulbs.
What our rituals will be
Generally voting is involved . . . though if anything could be carried by acclimation, I'd think this sort of thing would be.
It might also be a nice thing for Kimi to be able to read through when/if she wishes.
In my morbid moments, I've thought: "If I died now, Emmett wouldn't know much of the adult me. It'd be nice if he could find some of that among my Buffista threads. There's a lot of me here."
Generally voting is involved . . .
We could have a Gus COMM deathmatch uh...battle royale and vote on our favorite Gus quote.
Sorry, I really don't intend any disrespect. But if anybody had a dark sense of humor it was Gus.
I think a special thread would be better. I, also, second.
Not that my vote is needed, but I third. Everyone mourns in his or her own way, and I'm sure that there are those who would rather have a specific place to go or to avoid as we each work through our feelings.
