Double-post.
But I will add that this whole conversation has taken so many twists and turns, I have no idea what we're even discussing.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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
Jesse - Mar 04, 2003 11:12:31 am PST #6571 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
bitterchick - Mar 04, 2003 11:13:34 am PST #6572 of 10001
Okay, so then let's prove the idiocy of the previously voted-upon process by flagrantly disregarding it in our first official vote. I for one will be very amused.
LMAO. But seriously, I don't think this is a new vote. I think this is amendment to clarify the will of the voters on the previous ballot.
Hil R. - Mar 04, 2003 11:14:36 am PST #6573 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, I had to skip about 300 messages, and I have to say that I don't see how we got from "here are the results of the vote" to here.
We voted for having a quorum, right? Did we decide on the size of the quorum? It seems like that would be the first issue.
Also, I have to say I really really dislike the idea of having officers. A lot.
PaulJ - Mar 04, 2003 11:14:38 am PST #6574 of 10001
But given how this whole process has gone I won't accept rudeness. I really want an apology from Anthama for the "dicking" comment.
I would look at it in the context of... well, the context of the 300 or so last posts in this thread. I think that, while no one else used that word, there are many people who might have been thinking of similar ones when trying to describe the last 24 hours in this thread. IOW, I saw it not as an insult, but more as a "let's stop arguing in circles and actually get something done".
IJS.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2003 11:15:44 am PST #6575 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
But seriously, I don't think this is a new vote. I think this is amendment to clarify the will of the voters on the previous ballot.
That's why I was asking if "poll" would be a better term. We aren't trying to change the vote, just determine what people thought they were voting for, right?
Anne W. - Mar 04, 2003 11:17:19 am PST #6576 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
We are overthinking. This is not a government. This is not a science fiction convention. This is a party. A large, diffuse cocktail party.
My thoughts exactly.
Hil R. - Mar 04, 2003 11:18:09 am PST #6577 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
We are overthinking. This is not a government. This is not a science fiction convention. This is a party. A large, diffuse cocktail party.
Yes. This.
bitterchick - Mar 04, 2003 11:18:25 am PST #6578 of 10001
We aren't trying to change the vote, just determine what people thought they were voting for, right?
Yep. But if we say we're having a "poll" on the "vote", will the results of the "poll" be official enough to modify the results of the "vote"?
Oh dear lord. I've officially snapped now.
Anathema - Mar 04, 2003 11:19:13 am PST #6579 of 10001
Jonathan Will Always Be My Hero
A large, diffuse cocktail party.
Can I get a gin and tonic?
obviously this is anathema's warped definition of lurking
Anne W. - Mar 04, 2003 11:19:37 am PST #6580 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm afraid that the meta is reaching mega proportions.
t /in response to bitterchick
I think I'll have a vodka and soda.
t /in response to Anathema
I'm not sure what to suggest at this point. I'm going to read/skip/skim this discussion, but I honestly don't think I have anything else to add.