We could make one massive Announcement for the first vote and stress that all future announcements for voting will be made in Press Only.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
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
askye - Feb 25, 2003 2:11:38 pm PST #5416 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Sophia Brooks - Feb 25, 2003 2:13:11 pm PST #5417 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think we should make an announcement now of the discussion. In that announcement we should say that the re-tooled proposal (if any re-tooling is needed) and the vote will be announced in Press, AS WILL ANY SUBSEQUENT ANNOUNCEMENTS EVER.
Cindy - Feb 25, 2003 2:23:44 pm PST #5418 of 10001
Nobody
From the first minute of Wednesday Burrell - until the first minute of Saturday. 12 am in both cases. Midnight is technically the first minute of the morning of the next day. I don't know how else to explain it to you. Voting can take place during all 24 hours of Wednesday, all 24 hours of Thursday, and all 24 hours of Friday.
I think the post in press of the link to the proposal should probably have waited until we had the voting procedure ironed out then.
Are we not going to wait for Jon's form?
Also - am in favor of the APB this time.
t /disjointed
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2003 2:25:13 pm PST #5419 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'd say 3 days is still likely to suck for people & like Liese would prefer a full week to vote.
Note that one of the questions you'd be voting on this time is how long the discussion and voting periods will be in all subsequent votes.
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2003 2:26:13 pm PST #5420 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Are we not going to wait for Jon's form?
You must have missed my post upthread -- Don't wait for me! If I get a form done, I'll announce it.
Cindy - Feb 25, 2003 2:28:35 pm PST #5421 of 10001
Nobody
Are you calling me a skimmer, Jon? I resemble that.
Okay -
Last call for tweakage to the motion. Then I suggest we post the motion this one time here and Press, Natter and wherever else people think it's appropriate, along with a sample ballot, the email address and instructions.
jengod - Feb 25, 2003 2:28:54 pm PST #5422 of 10001
Dana rocks. Dana just send a test message to votes@buffistas.org
It looks like this:
Username: Dana
Item 1: VOTING
Yes.
Item 2: QUORUMS
No.
Item 3: SIMPLE MAJORITY
Yes.
Item 4: Discussion and Voting Period Time Limits
Yes.
This is close to perfect. For readability, if you all could, I'd prefer:
Username: Dana
1.) VOTING: Yes.
2.) QUORUMS: Yes.
3.) SIMPLE MAJORITY: Yes.
4.) DISCUSSION AND VOTING PERIOD TIME LIMITS: Yes.
If things are all on one line there is much less room for mistake or miscontruing or error. If that's okay with everybody else...
Cindy - Feb 25, 2003 2:30:11 pm PST #5423 of 10001
Nobody
You're counting 'em, sweetie.
Dana - Feb 25, 2003 2:31:20 pm PST #5424 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Now everyone knows what I voted!
;-)
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2003 2:34:21 pm PST #5425 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow. I feel like a doof for not asking before, but does the "week discussion" mean that discussion continues during the voting, or is it that the decision process takes a week (4 talk, 3 vote days)?