shrift - If you ever want me to announce anything for you, anywhere, please let me know (profile address is fine) and I'll do it as discreetly as you'd like. I really value your site. It's a fantastic resource.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
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 - Mar 02, 2003 5:23:59 pm PST #6142 of 10001
Nobody
DXMachina - Mar 02, 2003 7:24:17 pm PST #6143 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Shrift, maybe you can just post your announcements in the lower-profile show threads. If you do stop posting announcements totally, announce it with one last link for us to bookmark.
Actually, the show threads seem to be the higher profile threads here as far as the world of ME fandom is concerned. Press is probably the better place to do it, because the announcements can get lost among all the posts in the show threads, are probably less likely to be seen by non-regulars if they're in Press, and keeps shrift spoiler free. And if she doesn't want to announce them at all, I have no problem with that. As she said, it's her site, and her ass that's on the line (leather clad though it may be).
Liese S. - Mar 02, 2003 8:23:53 pm PST #6144 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I think it's fine, shrift, if you don't want to keep posting announcements. I suspect most of us who read your site check in regularly anyway. It was just convenient that you posted. Low profileness, and thus, longevity, wins out.
Consuela - Mar 02, 2003 9:29:29 pm PST #6145 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Shrift, another option is to go mailing-list only for the announcements. FWIW.
Jon B. - Mar 02, 2003 10:07:32 pm PST #6146 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Wow! At least a two-thirds majority on every ballot question.
Elena - Mar 02, 2003 10:09:32 pm PST #6147 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
So we have voted to have
1) voting
2) a 'quorum'
3) a simple majority
4) discussion limited to 4 days and voting to 3 days (holidays permitting)
Next questions are, I guess, deciding what our 'quorum' should be.
DavidS - Mar 02, 2003 10:11:55 pm PST #6148 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thank you so much, jengod!
Next questions are, I guess, deciding what our 'quorum' should be.
Definitely one of the first questions. Might be good to bring back Sophia's list again, pare that down until we see the obvious next steps. Let's try to focus on one element at at time, and spend some time ordering what things need to be decided.
Thank you everybody for participating in creating the ballot, and voting.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 02, 2003 10:13:07 pm PST #6149 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I'll pst the list tomorrow am.
Also, the 2 direct things from this vote that still need to be decided are the quorum and whether or not the discussion is closed once voting begins.
Elena - Mar 02, 2003 10:33:22 pm PST #6150 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
You know, the thing I really want to accomplish from all of this is (well, sure, I want all Buffistae to feel a part of the decision making process, blah, blah, blah) to limit the discussion on issues. I know we talk a lot, and always have, but it's really getting hard to read all the posts. Which I feel compelled to do.
jengod - Mar 02, 2003 10:33:37 pm PST #6151 of 10001
If I may provide color commentary as well as doing the numbers...
- FTR, not that it matters, I'd say 5/6 of the ballots were Buffistas whose nom de board I recognized, versus lurkers. (Not that I post in every thread, all the time, so YLurkersMV.)
- Some people, with a sense of I dunno, consistency, voted no on majority voting and then abstained from the rest. Others voted no and then still had opinions. IJS.
- [edit] Oh yeah! Thanks to Shawn for mentioning this downstream. I'm editing to add it b/c it's interesting. We have 800 registered users, plus maybe a handful, and 135 folks voted. So we have a 17%-ish turnout.
- The majority of votes came in the first 3 days, so I think the 3-day voting period is probably an okay plan.
A breakdown. All times local to me -- PST.
Day# of Votes% of Ballots Tue.3828.1% Wed.7253.4% Thur.1410.4% Fri.21.5% Sat.64.4% Sun.32.2%