Cross Post w/Bureaucracy
Some folks wanted more specific clarification between the quorum item on the ballot and the simple majority item on the ballot. What follows is that request, and my silly explanation.
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I have to admit that after reading items 2 & 3 regarding quorum, majority and simple majority, I am a little confused as to the synergy of these two items. But maybe that's just me.
Okay two things -- simple majority thing first. This is decides whether you think an item needs only one half + 1 of the votes to win, or if you'd think any proposal ought to win a higher percentage of the votes before we put it in. So, if we held a vote to add a politics thread, and we have 900 voters (who do vote), if 451 voters vote in favor of it, if you're in favor of simple majority winning, you'd agree the politics thread should go in.
If you want a higher percentage than simple majority (and if most people feel this way, we'll have to have a discussion and vote on the appropriate percentage, i.e. is it 60%, 66.67%, 75%, etc), then even if 451 vote yes on the politics thread, and 449 vote no on the politics thread, you'd think the politics thread should NOT be added.
Now, as to the quorum thingie. A quorum is a minimum required number of members showing up in order to conduct business. Usually, it's used in terms of assessing the crowd to see if business should even be conducted. However, because we're a cyber community, there's no real way to do that, other than to just take the vote. So what the votes on the quorum item signify is if you are in favor of a quorum, you want X (to be defined) number of people voting for the vote to even count. If you are not in favor of the quorum, you think the vote should count, no matter how many people vote.
examples:
If we have both a vote-quorum and a simple majority wins rule:
Say we've set a 10 person vote-quorum. In other words, if 10 people don't vote, the results of the vote election don't count. I request a Viggo Mortensen Should Belong to Cindy thread. Only 3 people vote, and two vote in favor of the thread. Even though we have a simple majority wins the day, because only 3 Buffistas could be arsed to vote, I don't get my thread.
If we have no vote-quorum and also have a simple majority wins rule:
If only 3 people vote and two vote in favor of the Viggo Mortensen Should Belong to Cindy thread, then Joss is in SoCal, all's right with the world, and I get my thread.
If we have a vote-quorum and a higher percentage rule (hypothetical numbers):
If the quorum is 100 people must show up to vote and the higher percentage is set at 66.67%, and we hold a vote to see if we can have a Viggo Mortensen Should Belong to Cindy thread. We have two conditions affecting how we implement the will of the people, based on the ballot results. In other words, we need 100 people (at least) total to vote, and 67 of them must vote yes, in order for me to get my thread.
If we have no quorum - but do have the higher percentage wins rule:
If we held the Viggo Mortensen Should Belong to Cindy election, and only 4 of us voted, but three of us voted in favor of the thread, I'd get the thread.
Does this help?
We should so totally have that thread!!!!!
Cindy-N-Viggo4evah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Buffy episode episode 715 is up.
Joss confirms end of Buffy (annoying casting spoiler (new to me) in final paragraph)
With star Sarah Michelle Gellar this week confirming her exit, Whedon Wednesday told Daily Variety the 20th Century Fox TV-produced show wouldn't go without her or him.
"We're shuffling off to Buffalo," Whedon said. "Sarah's decision was wrapped up in mine. We weren't interested in doing it without the other."
Attention LAistas:
The tea at the Huntington Garden has been set for Saturday March 15th, but I had to change the time until 2:30 instead of 2:00.
I also made a larger reservation that I had RSVPs for, so if you didn't get a chance to respond and want to go, please let me know at my profile address. I'll probably call the tearoom to firm up the reservation a couple of days before the 15th.
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Hi all of you SoCal folks! Laura will be in town this weekend to walk the LA Marthon (GO TEAM HER!) To help her prepare, we're going to have an early pasta dinner on Saturday in Santa Monica. Buca di Beppo is our restaurant of choice. It's fun, it's family style and they can handle largish groups.
Buca di Beppo Santa Monica
1442 2nd Street
Santa Monica CA 90401 310.587.2782
We'll have dinner around 5:00 (though this is contingent on me getting a
reservation - I'm aiming for 5:00 - 5:30). If you'd like to join us, please
drop a line back to me ASAP. So far I've heard from Laura and her DH, DH's friend, ita, Perkins, me and Lori. If any other LAista is planning on attending, let me know so I can finalize the time and reservation.
Also, I will be out the course on Sunday, probably around the 16 mile mark. I'll possibly walk a bit with Laura because, in my experience, having friendly faces walking the course with you can make all the difference. It's nice to have a cheering section.
If you can't make dinner on Saturday, Laura will be finished on Sunday in the afternoon and craves Pizza and Sushi. However, there's not gonna be a big desire to wander around (post marathon - less walking is better) so something could be arranged like take out at her hotel or at someone's house.
Let me know your thoughts; profile addy is good.
HEY NEWYORKISTAS!
Hil is coming to town and next Thursday night we are going to consume mass quantities with her!
Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 pm at a midtown location to be revealed when you e-mail me, we shall frolic in a most unseemely fashion!
Hostrocket managed to delete all of my flatfile database files as well as masses of archived stories and transcripts.
Please note that if a site is on my domain, it may not be functional.
At least, not until I head back into work at 11pm and grab a site backup I made earlier today, and make emergency repairs while using the work T1 line. That is, if my security access extends this late...
