Angel: Eve. So, I guess we should, I don't know, talk? Eve: About what? Angel: About what happened back there with us. Eve: Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to U.C. Santa Cruz.

'Life of the Party'


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


Cindy - Feb 26, 2003 7:57:38 am PST #5630 of 10001
Nobody

*hair pats to Steph*


Sophia Brooks - Feb 26, 2003 7:57:55 am PST #5631 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Cindy--

Do you think you could link to the post in Press as a clarification? Wolfram and I can't be the only poor souls who need a Quorums for Dummies (TM) explaination.


Lyra Jane - Feb 26, 2003 7:58:31 am PST #5632 of 10001
Up with the sun

I just sent in my ballot. I feel all patriotic, or something. Thanks to the people who helped put this together, including Allyson, ita, Jon B., jengod, Laura, Cindy, and Sophia.

And no, even if I think it's important, I bail if it goes on too long, or comes around too often. Because, really, it stops being worth it, when you tally time and effort and sometimes blood pressure.

ita speaks for me. It hasn't happened so much on Buffistas.org, but there are definitely times in my online life when I've made a choice between courage of convictions and staying sane, and sanity has won out.


billytea - Feb 26, 2003 8:01:13 am PST #5633 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Okay two things. As to the simple majority thing first. This is decides whether you think an item needs only one half + 1 of the votes to win, or if you'd think any proposal ought to win a higher percentage of the votes before we put it in.

One minor confusion: it basically says to vote yes if you think any proposal should be decided by a simple majority, and no if you think any proposal should be decided by a higher majority. I like the idea of some things being decided by simple majority, but major stuff needing a higher majority. On a strict wording, the above options don't allow for that position.

(I don't think it's a problem. Tracking through the implications, it's pretty clear that a 'no' vote would allow further fine-tuning, while the 'yes' vote's a more ready-made package.)


Michele T. - Feb 26, 2003 8:09:38 am PST #5634 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

I'm getting an "invalid e-mail address" error on the poll page, even though it's got my address there and it looks right.


Cindy - Feb 26, 2003 8:13:26 am PST #5635 of 10001
Nobody

Michelle - I notice your email isn't in your profile. I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not though, because Steph's email address is in her profile.

Cindy--

Do you think you could link to the post in Press as a clarification? Wolfram and I can't be the only poor souls who need a Quorums for Dummies (TM) explaination.

I cross posted it instead, Sophia.

edited to add the ">"


DXMachina - Feb 26, 2003 8:40:27 am PST #5636 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

6. David mentions consensus and banning procedures: [link]

My comments are actually at post 1840.

Here's the actual link to David's post (remember that the displayed post number at WX often doesn't match the system post number due to deletions):

[link]


Sophia Brooks - Feb 26, 2003 8:41:58 am PST #5637 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thanks DX. I was really nodding off at that point!


billytea - Feb 26, 2003 8:43:39 am PST #5638 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

DX, I think you have your login in that link.


DXMachina - Feb 26, 2003 8:45:13 am PST #5639 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Thanks, billytea.