...and we can do that, in our formally approved procedure, once we have a topic to do it in. I like the Dead Horses name. It amuses me.
...er, and that was a reply to Dana, several posts up.
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
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
Katie M - Mar 19, 2003 10:51:43 am PST #8049 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Connie Neil - Mar 19, 2003 10:52:35 am PST #8050 of 10001
brillig
those weird ass compassionate people
Well, at least you didn't add "Conservative". Proud to be a member of the Weird Ass tribe.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 19, 2003 10:53:29 am PST #8051 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
For example, once we have it in place, if we warn someone, I think they should get an email. The email would explain that this is an official warning and then the policy on warnings, suspensions and banning should be included so they are fully aware of what we're talking about.
I like this. This should be clear.
We still run into this:
Okay. So, first step. We decide if we're a) happy with having the entire community participate in enforcement, b) want the Stompies to handle it by themselves, or c) create a new group of people to handle the enforcement.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 19, 2003 10:56:15 am PST #8052 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh-- and I think the whole community should participate in enforcement-- in the chill and doblerize and hey you are being a PIA way.
It is more the when exactly do we give a warning that I am not sure the whole community can participate in given the need for timliness and our penchant for discussion.
P.M. Marc - Mar 19, 2003 10:59:06 am PST #8053 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
Remember, peeps. No talking in the Press and Beep Me threads.
Fred Pete - Mar 19, 2003 11:01:07 am PST #8054 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Part of why I think the m/S/A situation was so difficult is that it was the first one. There was no existing policy for us to refer to when dealing with him. We had to feel our way through it. In retrospect, I know there are things I wish we’d done differently (like, making mieskie aware of this thread and that he was being discussed).
Good point. And that may be part of the reason that the current system feels broken -- it never had to work before.
What if, before going to the moderator option, we tried to create a policy for handling problem posters?
I'm not wedded to my suggestion. I'd be happy to hear others.
Connie Neil - Mar 19, 2003 11:02:02 am PST #8055 of 10001
brillig
And, yes, all the folk here participate in the decision. Participatory democracy is not a clean, easy process.
Sue - Mar 19, 2003 11:06:29 am PST #8056 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Plei, I think you missed one in Press.
thessaly - Mar 19, 2003 11:07:58 am PST #8057 of 10001
"...and that calls for some hard-hitting, potentially violent SCIENCE!"
My vote for discussion thread name:
Discussion 1: No Big Whoop.
Katie M - Mar 19, 2003 11:14:42 am PST #8058 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Okay, I promise, my last poke about this:
We have a formal, democratically-decided procedure for discussing and deciding issues of board-wide import. It will do us no good if we don't use it. It is, at this point, well-delineated enough that we can use it. Right? (Am I missing something that's missing?) So can we get the structural issues that we need for that (i.e. the discussion topic) set up so that we can use the procedure, rather than launching off on another discussion?
We can second each other, and move discussions from one topic to another, and it'll be more fun than a barrel of dead monkeys! (Which should not be taken as a thread title suggestion, Monkey Junta.)