You know, every now and then it just pops into my head that Cindy is perfect.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
libkitty - Jul 20, 2007 9:13:49 am PDT #124 of 6786
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Burrell - Jul 20, 2007 9:43:47 am PDT #125 of 6786
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
this is why I like Kat's "No More No Preference" idea. Let each proposal stand or fall on the nuber of yes/no votes only.
Okay, I'll put this stirring stick down and slowly back away now...
I guess that means you aren't going to actually make a proposal?
typoboy made a really good argument for NP votes
I may be stupid, but I really don't understand.
Ah well, if no one is going to make a proposal, I'm not going to try to figure it out.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2007 9:54:28 am PDT #126 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If NP doesn't count for quorum, then if 42 people vote, 22 yes and 20 no, it passes. If 22 yes, 19 no, and 1 no preference, it doesn't pass. However, it isn't dead.
If I'm reading him right, it seems unfair that my no vote helped it pass, where an NP wouldn't.
But if NP does count for quorum then there's nothing I could do.
I think...
brenda m - Jul 20, 2007 9:57:15 am PDT #127 of 6786
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Here's how I interpret that, Burrell.
Proposal A is on the table. I hate it.
The votes come in.
30 of you are wrongheaded and vote yes.
10 of us know what's what and vote no.
2 of you vote no preference.
42 votes. Yes wins.
But let's say no preference doesn't count towards the totals. By switching my one vote to no pref, we're left with:
30 yes
9 no
3 no preference.
39 votes that count.
No wins by default.
You can still argue whether that's a good thing or not, or how likely it is to happen, but it does seem kind of off.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2007 9:58:09 am PDT #128 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No wins by default.
Refresh an ailing mind--if we don't meet quorum, we can propose it again right away, right?
brenda m - Jul 20, 2007 9:59:05 am PDT #129 of 6786
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, yup. So it could still be reproposed.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 20, 2007 10:11:09 am PDT #130 of 6786
What is even happening?
You can still argue whether that's a good thing(which I again shall do, and then will shut up).
As it is now, it saves us from having to do it, again. That's sort of the point.
A proposal is floated. 42 people vote.
20 vote no. 19 vote yes. 3 vote no preference. The No vote wins. We all shut up for six months (this is KEY).
or
20 vote yes. 19 vote no. 3 vote no preference. The Yes vote wins. We all shut up for six months (again, KEY).
If we can't even get 42 to people to show up at all (even to vote no preference) then it remains open (KEY in a bad way).
Those who really don't want to get involved, already don't vote. I don't think we ever have anything approaching 100% of our regular posters voting, never mind the entire mass of registered Buffistas. The no preference voters want an issue settled in a way such that the majority of invested people win. I love that about our vote, because it all goes back to the key issue of shutting up, which is why we started voting, anyhow.
JenP - Jul 20, 2007 2:00:46 pm PDT #131 of 6786
someone a while back asked for a definition of "binary walk". Gar provided one here.
'Twas I. Thanks, Jon (and Gar).
Frankenbuddha - Jul 20, 2007 7:44:04 pm PDT #132 of 6786
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Shouldn't the repurposed Book Club be opened now (not that I have the book, but it's past midnight on the east coast)?
Liese S. - Jul 20, 2007 9:31:04 pm PDT #133 of 6786
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay. I did it. All hail the power of consensus.
Is my spoiler warning enough? Too much? Is it irritating to have the bold in the slug or does it mess anything up?