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.

I don't think she should count a ballot that comes in at 10 pm. We said the voting would open at midnight. To me, that means the voting opens at midnight. discussion on the motin continues until we vote, therefore, the vote shouldn't be announced before-hand. What if someone comes up with a really good point at 11 pm. if we wanted to start voting at 5pm, we should have said so.

Fair enough, and a good point to boot.

I have to go right now. If I don't make it back, I trust Sophia to post it.

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.

I feel the same way. Perhaps we need to wait and put it off a day (or however long is needed).

Oh, sorry Lyra. I was paraphrasing or attempting to quote, or something, a previous poster who seemed concerned about whether or not they'd be allowed to do an absentee ballot previous to the vote, if necessary, because they'd be away from Internet access during the regular voting time. I don't really know what I said that was odd, but, you know, I've been told that before. You did seem a little impatient, but it was a little late for me to be bringing it up, I think, and I don't want to fragment the discussion when it seems so close to ending. I wasn't offended, anyway.