John H, dude, how's married life?

in order to get rid of any possible confusion about what "midnight" means.

John H - Did you look at the final proposal as written in Press?

Voting starts Tuesday night (Feb. 25, 2003) at midnight and closes Sunday night (Mar. 2, 2003) at midnight (that's "Board Time", i.e. EST).

...is much more clear, no?

Wow - you all did a lot while I watched Buffy and dropped a fresh batch of brownies (unfortunately a batch that was in one of those disposable, and so very bendable pans) on the floor and then dissolved into a heap of tears.

Sophia - you rock. Jon, the form is amazing. jengod - thank you.

Trudy: I hear you about voting on voting when we don't even vote. I just spent the weekend reading all of the discussion, and had no idea how we were going to reach a consensus on this particular issue, because not only were there a lot of posts, a lot of us waffled during the discussion. We could have used a less formal poll - like Mr. Poll - but frankly, Mr. Poll lets a single user cast multiple votes.

Even though I'm voting yes on voting - because it's easier on my brain if I'm sure of an outcome, I want to encourage every person who doesn't want the Buffistas to start voting on big issues, to get out this one time, hold your nose, and vote a resounding "no".

Jon - to echo Hec and a few others from last night, when I submitted my ballot (just this morning) and then clicked on the message center link, it took a really long time (in terms of regular Phoenix load time) for the message center page to load. I have no problem with this, but wanted to let you know, in case it indicates some sort of technical problem.

it took a really long time (in terms of regular Phoenix load time) for the message center page to load.

Happens occasionally. I doubt it's anything to do with the poll, but thanks for pointing it out.

2 more really important points:

Betsy proposes a closed decisions thread: [link]

Allyson proposes a way to vote: [link]

Thanks Cindy and Jon and jengod for really great work! and everyone who participated in the thread by reading or talking.

Trudy: I hear you about voting on voting when we don't even vote. I just spent the weekend reading all of the discussion, and had no idea how we were going to reach a consensus on this particular issue, because not only were there a lot of posts, a lot of us waffled during the discussion. We could have used a less formal poll - like Mr. Poll - but frankly, Mr. Poll lets a single user cast multiple votes.

Even though I'm voting yes on voting - because it's easier on my brain if I'm sure of an outcome, I want to encourage every person who doesn't want the Buffistas to start voting on big issues, to get out this one time, hold your nose, and vote a resounding "no".

I just want to WROD both of these points! I don't want to end up voting becuase I am a loudmouth! And I just read the entire (500 posts) discussion of this. Man, was that hard to follow. And time consuming.

John H, dude, how's married life?

I really never know how to answer that. Except for that "any fool can get married, buying property together, now that's serious" gag.

Did you look at the final proposal as written in Press?

Yes I did, sorry for the crossover. It was very clear, even for timezone-challenged people like me.

No worries, John. Nice to hear from you!

Expressions of gratitude directed to all of you involved in the process the last few days, including those who made the effort to read all these posts! It’s all good.

Dude! John! Good to see you, and yes, habitat seeking can be very stressful and fun. Mostly stressful.

Hey Laura, nice to see you again too. We've seen lots of nice places, and lots of places we can afford ... but they're never the same place.