I am fairly certain that I am not a member of the Go14 and I found the phrase, not offensive, but deliberately baiting and divisive.
Well, I did cop to being pissy. I wasn't attempting to bait.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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P.M. Marc - Mar 11, 2003 7:38:53 pm PST #7136 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Burrell - Mar 11, 2003 7:39:37 pm PST #7137 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
so what possible decisions would we have to make as a community where there are more than two options?
The number of votes required for MVT and the number for seconds, if any.
Or did we already decide on seconds? And could anyone tell me what "seconds" means?
John H - Mar 11, 2003 7:39:59 pm PST #7138 of 10001
so what possible decisions would we have to make as a community where there are more than two options
There's only ever been one actual example, and it's the very next vote we need to have. Minimum Voter Turnout.
After that everything gets a hell of a lot simpler.
P.M. Marc - Mar 11, 2003 7:41:46 pm PST #7139 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ah, hell. Why not just have people fill in the number they think would work best, and run the measures of central tendency?
Sophia Brooks - Mar 11, 2003 7:41:58 pm PST #7140 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Burrell:
Seconds would require that more than one Buffista thought something needed to be voted on.
Some people think that if any Buffista thinks an item should be voted on, we should open "formal discussion period and voting"
Other think (some unknown number) should agree before we vote.
P.M. Marc - Mar 11, 2003 7:46:14 pm PST #7141 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The more I think about it, why aren't we just collecting the number data for minimum votes? It makes more sense to my pointy head than trying to randomly select numbers to choose from and then deciding how to choose between those...
Burrell - Mar 11, 2003 7:47:07 pm PST #7142 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks Sophia, for the explanation. So seconds aren't yet a done deal? So then we might not need to vote on the number.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 11, 2003 7:47:46 pm PST #7143 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The more I think about it, why aren't we just collecting the number data for minimum votes? It makes more sense to my pointy head than trying to randomly select numbers to choose from and then deciding how to choose between those..
That makes sense to me. There was an objection to it earlier that I can't remember-- I think the fact that it wouldn't be a "majority". However a median or a mode seems fair.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 11, 2003 7:48:58 pm PST #7144 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thanks Sophia, for the explanation. So seconds aren't yet a done deal? So then we might not need to vote on the number.
There were thoughts in the original proposal that we would try to combine the vote so that one of the choices was 0, and thus avoid further voting. This point is still being waffled on.
P.M. Marc - Mar 11, 2003 7:49:13 pm PST #7145 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
That makes sense to me. There was an objection to it earlier that I can't remember-- I think the fact that it wouldn't be a "majority". However a median or a mode seems fair.
We could get the mean, median, and mode!
We could have actual numbers fun! (edit: that's not sarcasm. I'm also a ho for stats. Which tastes like strawberry ice cream. Honest.)