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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


§ ita § - Feb 24, 2003 9:30:18 am PST #5097 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If 20 posters hash out a discussion and vote, why shouldn't it count? If I can't be arsed to come over and be #21 to say "this is a really dumb idea, I vote no", then I don't see why their decision is invalid.

If you take vacation or time off the board, you miss stuff. I'm in favour of a week of discussion, a week of voting, no overlap. Just so things end.

The problem with doing all this in bureaucracy is that 17 things might be going on here. Anti-proliferation as I am, I do support one new thread, for discussion and having results posted there and in Press once the vote is complete.


Megan E. - Feb 24, 2003 9:31:00 am PST #5098 of 10001

All this pseudo-political, bureaucratic discussion is really difficult to follow since everyone has their own opinions and suggestions.

I agree with Sue that if we aren't careful, we're going to suck the fun right out of this place. I guess since our raison d'etre is up in the air, we have to have something to talk about, however, since I work in a Bureaucracy, I don't want to play in one too.

I'll go with whatever people decide, unless you decide to ban all Canadians, which I come down solidly against.

Have fun.


amych - Feb 24, 2003 9:31:38 am PST #5099 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Should lurkers get votes?


§ ita § - Feb 24, 2003 9:33:02 am PST #5100 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Should lurkers get votes?

I don't see why not -- anyone registered should be eligible.


Jesse - Feb 24, 2003 9:33:42 am PST #5101 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Should lurkers get votes?

Hell yes.


Lyra Jane - Feb 24, 2003 9:34:25 am PST #5102 of 10001
Up with the sun

having results posted there and in Press once the vote is complete.

I'd like to also see a web page listing closed decisions, because people might not think to go back several months in Press to see if their proposal has been discussed already.


Jon B. - Feb 24, 2003 9:34:46 am PST #5103 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I think we have two threads right now (bureaucracy and Press) which serve similart purposes, that would suit the decision making process we are contemplating.

I really like the idea of having a discussion thread separate from Bureaucracy so that other bureaucratic issues don't get lost in the of the Big Debate Du Semaine (or should that be "de la"?).

For additional clarity, we could change the thread slug to reflect whatever it is we're discussing at the moment.


Hil R. - Feb 24, 2003 9:39:05 am PST #5104 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I really like the idea of having a discussion thread separate from Bureaucracy so that other bureaucratic issues don't get lost in the of the Big Debate Du Semaine (or should that be "de la"?).

De la. And I think I agree with this, but I also worry that things are getting a bit over-bureaucratized, but I'm not entirely sure that something less formal would neccesarily be a better idea.


Jesse - Feb 24, 2003 9:42:20 am PST #5105 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think our lack of formality is being our undoing, personally. For Big Decisions, a little formality isn't so bad. There won't be that many of them, and we are still Buffistas -- I mean, I don't think anyone's going to get yelled at for being slightly casual within our newly-formal framework.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 24, 2003 9:42:36 am PST #5106 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

a discussion thread separate from Bureaucracy

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