We didn't all, 100%, agree on naming the board the Phoenix.Don't get me started.
We didn't all, 100%, agree that there should be no graphicsPictures of people? There were technical and financial reasons for that.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
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
John H - Mar 20, 2003 4:19:09 pm PST #8261 of 10001
Betsy HP - Mar 20, 2003 4:21:11 pm PST #8262 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
John, I wasn't criticizing either of those decisions; rather, I was pointing out that neither was Quaker-meeting level of consensus, where nobody disagreed.
I'm a fairly new poster and didn't know how things were done/decided on the board.
And what I am trying to say is that the way that particular decision was handled WAS the way things were decided on the board. I raised it, people chatted about it, most of the people were against it, so we stayed with the status quo.
kat perez - Mar 20, 2003 4:21:22 pm PST #8263 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I much preferred Cindy's "Lightbulb AIFG". I just think "No Big Whoop" is starting the thread off with a discouraging word, not to get all "Home on the Range" on you.
And really, I prefer "Whip Appeal", but since Babyface ain't getting no love around here, I will reluctantly throw my support behind "Lightbulb". Just please get the thing up and running.
Nutty - Mar 20, 2003 4:21:44 pm PST #8264 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
OKAY! ONWARD!
Voting Discussion: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Whoop (or)
Voting Discussion: Let's waste time with a lively debate! (or)
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG! (or)
tag: A thread open only to discuss proposals on the floor for voting. If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
Blurb: We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy. (Which we voted on!)
Makes your decisions and implements this or something similar! Before I get home and turn on my machine! That is all!
Nutty Has Spoken!
Katie M - Mar 20, 2003 4:24:01 pm PST #8265 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
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG! (or)
Of those three, I would choose this one.
OKAY! ONWARD!
Have I told you lately that I love you, Nutty?
Rebecca Lizard - Mar 20, 2003 4:24:12 pm PST #8266 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Nutty Has Spoken!
And I'm quite ready to obey her!
Wolfram - Mar 20, 2003 4:24:28 pm PST #8267 of 10001
Visilurking
That's a decision made, and that means in all fairness that we shouldn't be re-making it just because of changes in procedure now.
The point Gandalfe and I are trying to get across is we want to discuss it because of, among other reasons, changes in circumstances, not changes in procedure. There's a war on now. The way I read the discussion, it didn't close off the necessity of a thread, the "consensus" was it wasn't needed at that time. I'm not trying to loophole an old issue b/c of new voting methods. If we were under the old method I'd bring it up now as well. You cannot use the new "closing discussion on an issue rule" to close off this discussion without the benefit of the new "voting procedures". It's unfair.
John H - Mar 20, 2003 4:24:32 pm PST #8268 of 10001
John, I wasn't criticizing either of those decisions;
That wasn't a serious post, really, sorry. And it's not a big deal, but I don't like "Phoenix" simply because it's kind of a metaphor being used wrongly. There are no ashes. We weren't born out of the fiery destruction of something, we were born of the incredibly annoying unpredictably-recurring lameness of something. To me it's a greater achievement, because we could have stuck it out at WX and put up with the lameness but we didn't.
Betsy HP - Mar 20, 2003 4:24:41 pm PST #8269 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Go Nutty.
John H - Mar 20, 2003 4:26:00 pm PST #8270 of 10001
I vote lightbulbs. Lively Debate is more Buffy-related, but "waste time" is derogatory so let's not do that.