For future reference, I'd suggest that the next iteration of the poll take you to a "thank you, your vote has been received!" page after your vote is processed correctly -- the red band is really an awfully small an area to change the text in and have it be noticeable.

I agree Michele. I tried to fix that, by moving the text and making it more prominant, but had trouble getting what I wanted to work. For now, I just made the text bigger.

Jon, I just voted and noticed that this:

If item is voted down, the size of the higher majority required will be put up for a separate vote.

appears at the end of both 3 and 4.

Way to go on putting the form together so quickly, though. It's a much nicer way to do this than cut and paste emails.

(Also, I was listening to your CD in the car today.)

Now, since I voted to test the form and again for real whoever is counting might see me twice!

Nope. Your first vote went to me, before I finalized the form with the correct "to:" email address.

But nice try, Laura.

appears at the end of both 3 and 4.

Thanks. It's been fixed. Also, Sophia, I edited your voting instructions to put an email subject in the mailto link. Sorry if I was overly stompy.

Trudy, if it is a small bunch of people with the anti-issue, it'll come out in the vote, and what's the loss?

Nothing wrong with voting per se, but there is the implication of "it's broken" by having the vote if there isn't much discussion to the contrary.

So I'm being contrary ;-)

Honestly, by the third time something I was against comes up, I bow out because I feel like a harpy. Which is also what I feel like when I'm agitating for something I'm pro.

If it's something you think is hugely significant you'd stay in, wouldn't you?

Trudy-- I am also thinking of it (and the WX thread tells a better story of how we moved into this than this thread, IMO.) as us argueing to a consensus, and then voting to make sure that no one is misreading the consensus.

Yeah, I lurked over in WX (well, caught up because my schedule didn't happen to agree with the discussion time) and I think a lot of the discussion over there was people really venting. I think we needed to vent (and that the tabling the issue for a few days was a good call). I think the current calmer is better and, well, more Buffista.

Just taking the opportunity to a) say that I think we have been successful as is; b) see who agrees with me; and c) suggest that it's the time frame that needs addressing rather than the method it's self.

I just hit the quotables thread.

And thanks for your PoV, Trudy. I think it's important to hear opinions from as many Buffistas as possible.

I just suffered from premature tabulation. Unless that was midnight Eastern time.

Okay, I thought it was board time.

Midnight board time, actually.