What's the tie-breaker solution?
Porn at thirty paces.
I'll nurse you back to health. I'll wear the nurse outfit!
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Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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Holli - Feb 24, 2003 1:55:13 pm PST #5229 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
erinaceous - Feb 24, 2003 1:55:30 pm PST #5230 of 10001
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
What's the tie-breaker solution?
Rap battles. (Beatboxing optional.) What? Like Buffistas shouldn't settle issues through rhyme?
Wolfram - Feb 24, 2003 1:55:43 pm PST #5231 of 10001
Visilurking
What if there's more than one issue on the table. I.e. voting on a Connor is HOTT thread and voting on a Gunn is HOTT thread, and then somebody mentions that Allyson's asspicking thread is still undecided. Are we limiting discussion and voting to one issue a week/52 issues a year?
Katie M - Feb 24, 2003 1:56:11 pm PST #5232 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
What if only one person cares?
Well, if the other 799 people on the board don't care enough about the proposal to vote "no" then the one person should get what they want.
Lyra Jane - Feb 24, 2003 1:56:48 pm PST #5233 of 10001
Up with the sun
Is there any broad agreement about putting a time limit on this discussion so we can say, "That's enough let's vote"? Three more days of this talk? End of the week? Next Monday? Sooner?
I think we need to do two things to answer this. The first is defining exactly what we seem to be building towards, and putting it into a yes/no form. The second is deciding whether the time at WX counts or not. If it does, Wednesday makes four days, since the proposals on this stuff gelled late Sat. or early Sun.; if not, Thursday does.
brenda m - Feb 24, 2003 1:57:00 pm PST #5234 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I don't see a problem with starting up a new discussion, if warranted, immediately after the (4 days?) elapse on a current discussion.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 24, 2003 1:58:00 pm PST #5235 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, if the other 799 people on the board don't care enough about the proposal to vote "no" then the one person should get what they want.
Well, yes. BUT, won't that lead to discssion and voting threads for everything someone brings up in bureacracy?
billytea - Feb 24, 2003 1:59:51 pm PST #5236 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
P.S. Australians have to vote?!
In Federal and State elections, yes. There are exemptions for religious reasons, for instance, and it's not compulsory for people resident outside the country at the time. If you don't vote without cause then you pay a fine (about $50, last I checked, but that was a while ago).
Of course, if you really don't like any of the candidates, you can turn up and enter an invalid ballot (my favourite was a guy who drew a big Anarchy symbol on his paper).
Sophia Brooks - Feb 24, 2003 2:02:49 pm PST #5237 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Also, I can volunteer to tally votes as well, so that we can spread it around.
Also, at the end of this discussion are we going to vote on one long proposal or on each part of it?
Kristen - Feb 24, 2003 2:06:09 pm PST #5238 of 10001
What's the tie-breaker solution?
That's where the Whip comes in. We just pick some people who are on the fence and I beat them into submission.
Democracy is fun!
On a less S&M slant, I think the 4 + 3 is more than adequate. I also think that to start the process, you need more than one person saying they want something. You need at least one person to suggest it and maybe two others going, "Hey, that's a nifty idea." Otherwise, we'll all be stuck in debate hell for the rest of our lives.