I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.

Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'


Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier  

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


DXMachina - Feb 24, 2003 8:12:16 am PST #5037 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

The negative side of this idea: more coding work for ita (and Lord knows that she has already work enough here during the weekend).

Paul, I'm pretty sure that polls are on the list of features to be implemented some day.


Cindy - Feb 24, 2003 8:12:39 am PST #5038 of 10001
Nobody

And why not adding a poll module to the current website?

Paul, I think that's a goal, just not an immediately accessible tool.

once - twice - three times, an x-post


Jessica - Feb 24, 2003 8:13:05 am PST #5039 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Paul, onsite polling is on the features list, but it's not a top priority. We're trying to come up with a temporary workaround.

[x-x-x-x-x-post]


Rebecca Lizard - Feb 24, 2003 8:13:12 am PST #5040 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

[edited to delete -- sorry, confused.]


Anne W. - Feb 24, 2003 8:13:59 am PST #5041 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I'd like to see it a bit more moderated/stomped than the other threads, if not as much so as Press and Beep Me

Agreed. I also think that the thread should be kept closed unless there is something up for discussion.


Sophia Brooks - Feb 24, 2003 8:14:52 am PST #5042 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Sophia, I think we have to agree on the idea of a Supreme Court and debate thread first.

True, true.

So the options are:

1) Keep decision making the same, by trying to get consensus

2) Vote on things proposed in Bureacracy

3) Vote on things proposed in Bureacracy, but discussed in another thread created for that purpose.

Are these the only options?

My actual point was that someone might propose something, we talk about it, and end up with a differant idea. I think we should be open to it.


DXMachina - Feb 24, 2003 8:15:31 am PST #5043 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I think the admins can get a report of addresses, but only for people with their addresses in their profile, maybe? DX? ita?

The admins can see all the e-mail addresses, hidden or not.


Cindy - Feb 24, 2003 8:15:48 am PST #5044 of 10001
Nobody

Proposal - the Supreme Court thread (which I think I liked but disremember) is probably something that needs more discussion. I'd like to see us set that aside for now. Let's get a simple decision making model in place, first. Then discuss and decide on the Supreme Court thread. I think it has enough formality to it that some people will oppose it and we might get so bogged down, that we'll never even be able to decide on a thread name again.


Jessica - Feb 24, 2003 8:16:11 am PST #5045 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

A variation on DX's idea that would be easier to tally -- create two email addresses, voteyes@buffistas.org and voteno@buffistas.org. We only vote on one issue at a time. That way, all Jesse has to do is look at how many new messages are in each box (deleting duplicates, if necessary).


Sophia Brooks - Feb 24, 2003 8:19:11 am PST #5046 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

OK-- so we are deciding

To vote or not to vote?

And how? (I actually think that we can't discuss how without discussing a separate thread).