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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


Wolfram - Feb 26, 2003 10:58:43 am PST #5646 of 10001
Visilurking

Wolfram - We can't change the ballot after some people have voted. That looks dirty, even though it's not. A clarification has been posted and in fact the "**" in the ballot post also clarified it in the first post - because it defined what the word majority meant in the context of that particular discussion. Really, it's enough.

I wasn't suggesting a change in the ballot, but in the explanation, however you're right, it's probably too late. It's just that paragraph that was causing the gears in my brain to stick. And the asterisks to an explanation of the majority in the context of item 2, as opposed to its context in item 3, just made my head hurt more.


Kat - Feb 26, 2003 11:20:13 am PST #5647 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Much thanks to everyone who is working through this. I do have a question, are we still discussing it now that the vote is open or is the topic now closed and people are just voting?


Jesse - Feb 26, 2003 11:21:44 am PST #5648 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think for the time being, we can still discuss, and then soon we'll decide if we want to cut discussion off or not.


Wolfram - Feb 26, 2003 11:27:04 am PST #5649 of 10001
Visilurking

I think since discussion/voting methods is on the ballot, discussion for this voting method is open-ended as it has always been. In other words, status quo.


Trudy Booth - Feb 26, 2003 11:54:36 am PST #5650 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Hey John, how's things? Tell me Sydney's beautiful.

...psst-- his wife's name is Thuy


Trudy Booth - Feb 26, 2003 11:54:38 am PST #5651 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

billytea - Feb 26, 2003 11:58:25 am PST #5652 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.

...psst-- his wife's name is Thuy

Pfft. Like I need to be told that Thuy's beautiful. I saw the wedding photos.


jengod - Feb 26, 2003 12:30:38 pm PST #5653 of 10001

Hello cats and kittens.

Just wanted to report that the voting seems to be going well. I currently have about 85 votes.

I think, the same way you get a receipt stub when you really vote, I'm going to send "vote received" messages to everyone I've heard from. I can't do that now, but I want to make sure there are no lost ballots. I'll post a message when I'm getting underway with the receipts, and when I'm done, so you can know to worry ;) if you haven't heard from me.

P.S. It might be a good idea to build a receipt function into whatever voting mechanism we eventually build.

Peace.


amych - Feb 26, 2003 12:32:55 pm PST #5654 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

P.S. It might be a good idea to build a receipt function into whatever voting mechanism we eventually build.

If you vote using the form, you get a copy of the ballot automatically cc'ed to you. Is that enough of a receipt, do you think, or do we need something more than that?


Anathema - Feb 26, 2003 12:33:37 pm PST #5655 of 10001
Jonathan Will Always Be My Hero

Oh, I wanted to ask about this. When I voted the email came to me showing my votes. Was that a duplicate or a mistake?