While I support the idea of a FAQ, I suspect that there will be just as much controversy about the content of said entry. Any entry will have to be confined strictly to the facts.

While we as a community may not like the Gus stuff happening out in the media and referring back to us, it really hasn't caused in any big issues.

We each have personal responses to what happened with Gus, but I don't think it's that complicated how we deal with as a board.

It happened. Let his quotes stand. Make a short note in the FAQ that links back to the relevant posts. The FAQ is there to answer Frequently Asked Questions and lots of people who weren't around during the Gus era had those questions and were referred back. That's all we need to do.

Yeah, I'd rather not give him more attention than necessary.

Speaking of the FAQ, I had volunteered to do some clean up back in December. I have one abbreviated version compiled awhile back that I got from msbelle that I will use for direction.

My thinking at this point is:
1) submitting a cleaned-up/pared-down version of the current FAQ by the end of the month
2) suggesting and gathering suggestions for new entries in early April
3) getting volunteers to write-up any new entries, also in early April
4) collecting and integrating new entries into the revised FAQ by the end of April
5) getting approval on revised version by bullshit consensus or vote sometime in early May

Does this make sense to people?

I'd just as soon skip the FAQ myself.

Likewise.

Does any of this FAQ progress include the cheesebutt update or notation of our vote results over the years?

It could.

I was thinking we should add a simple

What is our "discipline" policy? Idiscipline is a bad word)

with the answer basically being this proposal msbelle "Sunnydale Press" Apr 19, 2003 12:02:50 am PDT

And a

How do I propose a change in the board?

We vote here at the Buffistas

Step One: Make a proposal in Bureaucracy
Step Two: There must be 4 "seconds" in Bureaucracy
Step Three: If there are enough seconds, a Stompy Foot will open up Lightbulbs.
Step Four: An Announcement linking to the discussion will be placed in Press
Step Five: There will be four days of discussion in Lightbulbs where all community members can weight in.
Step Six: After this discussion, the proposer makes a final proposal. He/She can reword the proposal based on discussion or choose to withdraw. Although it is not required, it is highly recommended that the proposer follow all discussion to craft a proposal that accommodates the wishes of the board
Step Seven: A volunteer for vote counting is taken
Step Eight: Lightbulbs is closed and the voting opened
Step Nine An announcement is placed in Press regarding the voting and stating the closing day
Step Ten: We vote for three days
Step Eleven: The volunteer vote counter announces the results
Voting Validation: A simple majority wins for each question. An option which receives more than 50% of the vote wins We encourage Yes/No/No Preference answers A "quorum' of 42 Buffistas must vote (including No Preference votess) for the vote to be valid Step Twelve: Action is taken or not based on the vote ,br> Step Thirteen: No more discussion of this topic is allowed for 6 months, at which time discussion is again open.

Wow, that is hard to read, but I gotta go back to work!

Full (outdated) cheesebutt text.

Butting my nose in again-

I am advocating for both the cheesebutt document and the simple answers I put above, either in the same document or in separate places, because I think cheesebutt is too much to wade through if you just want an answer to how many seconds you need or whatever.

ETA: Of course there is a short checklist in there, I just didn't see it. I am not sure whether or not that proves my point, or just points out my stupidity