Didn't we vote to close discussions during voting?
[edit: Meaning, why couldn't Lightbulbs have proposal #2 discussion open while proposal #1 is being voted on?]
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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.
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Jessica - Mar 20, 2003 8:18:42 pm PST #8462 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hil R. - Mar 20, 2003 8:19:48 pm PST #8463 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
For the record I am strongly against this. It puts all other proposals on at least a one week delay if not two, three, four weeks or more.
I don't see what the alternative is. I really think that having the discussion thread open for several discussions at once would completely negate the purpose of having a dedicated discussion thread. And I really don't see us having so many decisions that we will end up with a 4-week backlog.
bitterchick - Mar 20, 2003 8:20:15 pm PST #8464 of 10001
No, we decided to keep it open until voting closes.
Betsy HP - Mar 20, 2003 8:21:13 pm PST #8465 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
But if he gets it, are we really going to not let him bring it to the discussion thread, because 36 people weighed in, some changed their minds, some got bored and the we talked about the NAFDA threads, had the monkey naming incident and whatever else?
Yes. That's what I'm proposing. Because we talked about it and we decided not to do it. That's how the process worked. It's only been a month since then. War was maybe 5% less likely then than now. I didn't hear anybody pop up and say "But what if there ISN'T a war?"
Wolfram - Mar 20, 2003 8:21:59 pm PST #8466 of 10001
Visilurking
This thread has had no problem with several competing discussions. I don't see why the discussion thread would suffer too much. And the rarer it happened, the rarer the sufferage.
Note: I'm no longer making sense to myself. I'm gonna turn in now.
Cindy - Mar 20, 2003 8:22:18 pm PST #8467 of 10001
Nobody
No, we decided to close it during voting - or at least, to close it for the topic of the vote that's
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I can't talk anymnaeroree
Jessica - Mar 20, 2003 8:22:54 pm PST #8468 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And I thought the original proposal was "Because there will be a war," not "if there's a war."
No, we decided to keep it open until voting closes.
Oh, okay then. Nevermind.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 20, 2003 8:22:54 pm PST #8469 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Sorry Jess-- I was wrong-- we did vote to close the discussion.
Laura "Sunnydale Press" Mar 19, 2003 12:06:31 am EST
Jessica - Mar 20, 2003 8:23:54 pm PST #8470 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
gets dizzy from spinning around, falls over
So...yeah! Lightbulbs will only ever be open in 4 day blocks.
bitterchick - Mar 20, 2003 8:24:16 pm PST #8471 of 10001
No, we decided to close it during voting
Okay, someone, who is not me, is going to have to find that conversation because I really thought we decided to leave it open until voting was closed.
[Edit: Never mind. Clearly, I remembered wrong.]
I don't see why the discussion thread would suffer too much.
Because the whole point of the discussion thread was that it was specific to the one upcoming ballot. It would be concise and people would not have to wade through a bunch of discussion about other issues that weren't relevant to the vote at hand.