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
I don't know what a thread to that effect might look like, but I think we should maybe have one.
Encomiums. Toasts. COMMs. Remembrances. I wasn't kidding about the battle royale. That'd be fun. Fuck, I'd feel entirely complimented in the afterlife if you had a Hecliments death match after I am demised.
I think open it for a specific time and date. Give everybody a chance to search the archives for favorite encounters and conversations. Leave it open for three days or so. A proper roaring wake. Then save it in the archive until such time...
I think a wake thread is a great idea. I've been getting all teary-eyed over the various posts in Bitches, Natter, and Goodbye-Good Riddance, but I'd like to have a more formal place to do it. One to go back to and find it all in one place.
Me too, Sail. I was always happy to see Gus posting and would love to share memories with everyone.
David, I hate like hell that we need such a thread, but it's a splendid idea, and I'm all for it.
I think it's a great idea, too.
Opening a thread to share our thoughts and memories of Gus is a fine idea. That, or seeing the memories scattered among the threads, either way works for me. I'd rather not do a lightbulbs vote thing though. Can we just go for a drunken consensus?
Personally, I'd put the memorial in the Firefly thread, (because I'd want my own in the Buffy thread), but yes to No Lightbulb discussion/vote, regardless.
Laura is wise.
I was just coming in to suggest a wake thread!
I think if we opened it for the wake and then left it open for... a few days? a week? the idea wouldn't be to not discuss it everywhere, but to gather together as best we can and honor him specifically in one place.
I'm thinking the wake could begin on the 17th (that's one month after his death) at 5:00 pm board time. We could toast and talk and cry for a few hours. And people who couldn't make it could add theirs later. And after a set time we could close it and our discussions of Gus could return to our every day conversation.
I'd like to organize a donation. I'm thinking Oxfam would be good unless Kimi indicates otherwise or someone else can think of something perfect. I can put something in Beep Me and, depending what the donations come to, pick a critter and take donations until the wake.
