Let's get something on the table and vote on it, in a desperate attempt to get this over with. Let's stop being academic and "what-if", and do it already.
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Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
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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
DavidS - Mar 12, 2003 7:59:07 am PST #7210 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Laura - Mar 12, 2003 8:01:38 am PST #7211 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Just Do It
Post #7181 wording works for me.
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John H "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Mar 11, 2003 11:03:24 pm EST
Nutty - Mar 12, 2003 8:05:32 am PST #7212 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Good, yes, I like that too, and many thanks to Sophia and John H for trying to soldier through the statistical fray, purpose intact.
Laura nominates, I second; are we for it? Can we write this proposal on stone tablets and set voting for, um, soon?
Nilly - Mar 12, 2003 8:07:29 am PST #7213 of 10001
Swouncing
Good, yes, I like that too, and many thanks to Sophia and John H for trying to soldier through the statistical fray, purpose intact.
What Nutty said. [Edit: I mean, seconded-ed, if that's needed]
Jesse - Mar 12, 2003 8:08:57 am PST #7214 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good, yes, I like that too, and many thanks to Sophia and John H for trying to soldier through the statistical fray, purpose intact.
Yes. Ditto.
Jon B. - Mar 12, 2003 8:11:01 am PST #7215 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
if so, is there a minimum number of people who have to agree before a proposal moves to formal discussion? Put a number between 1 and 10 into this box, please: [ ]
One nitpick - We need to be clear that this number excludes the person who makes the proposal. i.e. a "1" means one person proposes and one other person seconds.
Fred Pete - Mar 12, 2003 8:13:47 am PST #7216 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Couple of thoughts after reading the overnights --
I'm not sure why participants here have been dismissed as a "Gang of 14." Everyone has the opportunity to participate. Bureaucracy is a sidebar thread -- we all have access to it, whether we actively subscribe or not. It doesn't seem fair to criticize the process just because a relatively small number choose to participate (or, flipping it around, because most people choose not to participate).
If most people don't know what's going on here, followers of this thread should get the word out that here is where board governance matters are discussed and narrowed down for the ballot. (I'd be happy to post something in Press, or draft something for the FAQs, if people want.)
I like the idea of "pick a number" for quorum, if only to avoid the "preferential vs. runoff" question for now. Thought for the future -- include an "present" option in future votes. "Present" would mean, "I'd like to see a decision, but it doesn't matter which. So count me toward a quorum."
"Median" means "strip of grass in the middle of the road" so you just pick the most boring number.
No, a strip of grass in the middle of the road is a "neutral ground." t /New Orleaniana :)
Sophia Brooks - Mar 12, 2003 8:13:47 am PST #7217 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yes Jon, I was about to say that.
Theodosia - Mar 12, 2003 8:17:18 am PST #7218 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I have gathered the impression that 'the median' in English parlance is 'the central reservation.'
I really like the idea that a high number of seconds must be garnered to move a resolution into voting.
Nilly - Mar 12, 2003 8:17:33 am PST #7219 of 10001
Swouncing
Oh, and if nobody else volunteers, I can tally again (with the same schedule problem of being away from a computer on most of Friday-Saturday).