He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.

Anya ,'Touched'


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


Fred Pete - Jul 17, 2007 7:26:53 am PDT #9937 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

"500 Suggestions, No Actual Decisions"!


Topic!Cindy - Jul 17, 2007 7:28:18 am PDT #9938 of 10001
What is even happening?

Can you clarify this for me? Are you saying that by your absence you should have no impact on the decision?

I don't think I'd say it like that. I'm saying, if you want to have an impact on the decision, participate.


Liese S. - Jul 17, 2007 7:32:30 am PDT #9939 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

So if no one voted but three people and two voted yes, it should go? I think a quorum is an important factor in voting. I also see where the people who think no preference shouldn't be an option are coming from.


megan walker - Jul 17, 2007 7:33:49 am PDT #9940 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I think a quorum is an important factor in voting. I also see where the people who think no preference shouldn't be an option are coming from.

So what you're saying lisah is, you have no preference?


Ginger - Jul 17, 2007 7:42:01 am PDT #9941 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Not serious board names:

Like eternity, but longer

I voted no preference but I didn't mean it

Is board culture like yogurt?


bon bon - Jul 17, 2007 7:48:07 am PDT #9942 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I voted no preference but I didn't mean it

Ha!

But seriously. I don't think I've ever voted no preference. I don't get *not actually wanting something to pass* but voting for it anyway. I would posit this is why almost everything that goes to a vote passes.


lisah - Jul 17, 2007 7:56:03 am PDT #9943 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

So what you're saying lisah is, you have no preference?

hah! that was Liese, actually. I see the word 'quorum' and my vision blurs and I can't see well enough to type any kind of opinion about it.


lisah - Jul 17, 2007 7:56:04 am PDT #9944 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

MY mouse is completely spastic today. or possibly my finger. geez.


lisah - Jul 17, 2007 7:56:06 am PDT #9945 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

§ ita § - Jul 17, 2007 7:57:04 am PDT #9946 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't get *not actually wanting something to pass* but voting for it anyway

Is that how you interpret "no preference"? I think of it as "not caring how things go; just wanting them to fucking go (or to ensure the discussion is verboten for a while either way)."