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 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.

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.)

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.

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 ">"

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]

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

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

Thanks, billytea.

Just a quick word to everybody who stuck with this and didn't let it devolve into another dead end discussion. All the folks who did the work, all the people who brought up points major and minor and everyone who addressed those points, made the ballot, made the ballot available and workable, and those who posted the announcements.

Personally, my head has been full of sludge the last couple of days and comprehending everything has been difficult for me, but I've read every post (some four or five times till I was sure I got it). Very much like ita, I tend to speak my piece about a subject once or twice, then wander away and let others hash it out. I'm glad I stayed with the discussion and the process this time. I hope and believe this process will be generally accepted, streamlined and useful in the future, and will help negate that feeling of itchy-irritatedness that's been plaguing Phoenix's atmo of late.

I love you all, thank you from my heart for your dedication and tenacity.

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