Cindy, either way is good by me.

Uh, not to be annoying, but I just thought of another question.

If someone knows they won't be able to vote during the three day period, but otherwise thinks voting is a good idea, would they vote NO for voting if they didn't know there might be consideration for pre/absentee voting after this decision is made?

t /being annoying

Run that by me again, Deena?

If someone knows they won't be able to vote during the three day period, but otherwise thinks voting is a good idea, would they vote NO for voting if they didn't know there might be consideration for pre/absentee voting after this decision is made?

Personally, I think someone who liked voting but would vote no to the proposal because they knew they individually couldn't vote in one specific instance would be shooting themself in the foot. But that's me.

I think we have decided against extending the deadline for votes because someone's out of town, because that would never end. I have no problem with voting in advance for people who are around for the discussion but not the vote, assuming the tallyer is okay with it. Either way, it's outside the scope of this vote, but could be decided later.

I am having a concern that some people heavily involved in the discussion at WX haven't made it back yet (Jim e-t, Angus?)

I sure as shit am sick of talking about it, but maybe we haven't waited long enough. i think I just need reassurance.

Sophia, I was a little concerned about that too, also feeling overwhelmed.

Lyra, I was picking nits, I think. Shutting up now.

i think I just need reassurance.

I did make a brief mention in UnAmericans to be aware this was coming up.

If I knew I was going to be unable to visit the board for a week or so I would ask another user to please email me about any important decisions being made during that time.

If I was going to be without email for a week or so I would very much trust that the will of the Buffistas would not be totally out of line with my desires.

Although all this discussion seems rather head explody at the moment I am convinced that we will all benefit from a routine way to handle decisions in the future.

if we have strong opinions about one part of this vote, but not about the others, vote YES or NO for one thing, and ABSTAIN for the others?

I see no reason why you couldn't place a vote for some questions but not vote on others.

Lyra, I was picking nits, I think. Shutting up now.

I didn't mean to sound impatient or whatever -- I think the question of how we handle it if someone cares deeply about an issue and wants to vote but will be offline for the time of the vote is an important one. But the reasoning in your scenario semeed odd to me.

Although all this discussion seems rather head explody at the moment I am convinced that we will all benefit from a routine way to handle decisions in the future.

We're getting close. We've got the ballot set and jengod will tally the votes. We've done a pretty good job on sticking to a hard focus on establishing the voting procedure and not getting dragged off on the other issues.