Xander ,'Beneath You'
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
Wolfram, what's your suggestion for preventing Bureaucracy getting clogged with endless discussion lobbying?
If endless discussion lobbying is likely to be a genuine problem (I seriously doubt it, myself), better that it be on a messier thread such as this than on a discussion thread created explicitly to avoid that kind of noise.
Cindy, you're missing a closing font tag.
If endless discussion lobbying is likely to be a genuine problem (I seriously doubt it, myself),
Have you *met* the Monkey people? But seriously -- you wouldn't lobby to get a discussion opened once the discussion is open. That's what I was trying to forestall.
I second Cindy's motion in its entirety.
I think the question of email or not is a technical question. We plan to set up a polling system eventually. Until then e-mail is the only available method. I did suggest and intermediate thing we can do - (I would create polls one at a time on the server, which is very simple compared to doing a true polling set up.) But ita pointed out it could cause server load. That means there is no practical alternative to e-mail. So there is no point in voting on e-mail because there is no alternative.
I third Cindy's post.
OK I'lll forth it. I guess no harm in just yes on e-mail.
(I would create polls one at a time on the server, which is very simple compared to doing a true polling set up.)
But there'd still need to be HTML, Phoenix compatible additions, error checking, etc. Which is why I vote e-mail all the way, until later.
Have you *met* the Monkey people? But seriously -- you wouldn't lobby to get a discussion opened once the discussion is open.
But this isn't true. If not even five people are interested in discussing it, then being allowed to put it on another thread does not open the discussion in any meaningful sense. If they'd clog the bureacracy thread with endless lobbying, they'd have the same need and do the same in the discussion thread.
Regarding item 5
there is no practical alternative to e-mail. So there is no point in voting on e-mail because there is no alternative.
Gar makes a good point. I was composing the motion while meara-ing and something about method caught my eye. But I will be glad to remove item 5 entirely, if it seems like there is agreement (or you know, "agreeance" if you're a rock star).
Billytea, my idea is hinging on that once it's been opened for discussion, there'll be 4 days of potential discussion, and then nothing else for 6 months to a year. I really want to see that happen for pointless suggestions. Really, a lot. It's the moratorium I'm seeking.
Cindy -- good idea. Who's the tallier for that vote? You? And I agree with the dropping of the vote methodology.