But, the problems I was having with the ballot were so frustrating. It made me really not want to bother. Can we do it differently next time? Am I the only person who had that problem?

Can we do it differently next time?

Yeah, you can email your ballot. Which is what we were expecting everyone to do until I volunteered to create a form that would make it simpler for most people.

Sorry -- that came out meaner than I intended.

In future, I won't bother.

Sumi, I'm sorry you had trouble with the ballot. We're still sort of feeling our way through this process, and indeed, the no preference option is there so that you don't have to record an opinion on every issue. Jon, and the rest of us, didn't think about what that would mean in the instances where a number had to be input, but it was an oversight. But someone suggested when you were having trouble earlier that you just email Laura and tell her what you wanted your votes (or non-votes) to be. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

Would it be appropriate to copy ita's explanation of mieskie/Anathema to Press? I've been avoiding Bureaucracy, and I wouldn't have known about it if Dana hadn't told me.

Would it be appropriate to copy ita's explanation of mieskie/Anathema to Press?

I'd rather we let sleeping dogs lie, but if you really think it needs to be more widely disseminated, I'd prefer a link to ita's post (and not the text of it) so that folks will see the follow up and not ask all the same questions. The situation was painful enough without having to relive it.

t edited to note that this is my opinion only.

Would it be appropriate to copy ita's explanation of mieskie/Anathema to Press?

I have no official say on this, but personally?

It's over. It's done. Let's let it rest, both as a courtesy to Anathema and to avoid endless discussion that won't do anything but hurt feelings. If someone specifically asked, I would say give them the link.

I'm asking. I thought I read bureaucracy, but the only post I remember about mieskie was from askye.