I have to chime in and say that I'm very invested in making it to the next F2F, and I thought it was a great proposal and fully intended to vote yes, and then... completely spaced like an idiot.
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
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JZ - Oct 24, 2010 6:14:14 pm PDT #4733 of 6786
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
omnis_audis - Oct 24, 2010 7:13:47 pm PDT #4734 of 6786
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
does it qualify for a BS consensus then?
Cass - Oct 24, 2010 8:14:05 pm PDT #4735 of 6786
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
No. That's why we sweated out our rules.
Liese S. - Oct 24, 2010 9:24:56 pm PDT #4736 of 6786
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It`s fine. We were going to be late this year anyway, so we can pimp and plan as usual. The moratorium is only six months, right, so if people still feel strongly about it, it can be re-proposed in plenty of time for next year.
I know it probably doesn`t feel like it now, but having a proposal fail to meet quorum may be a
good
thing. It means we`ve set the number correctly (for a while I thought it was too low, despite the sheer perfection of the number itself) and it`s a good reminder for people to participate in our civic process. We can revisit this topic later, after time has passed, as intended by the system we worked out. It`s not a bad thing, inherently, even for this particular proposal.
Pix - Oct 24, 2010 10:24:25 pm PDT #4737 of 6786
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
it`s a good reminder for people to participate in our civic process
Yep, this. To be clear, I wasn't upset that it isn't passing; I was bummed that not enough people voted to even qualify. Regardless, it's moot now. We'll bs consensus in F2F to use November this year, I imagine, and I'll re-propose it in six months if I remember. Someone poke me in six months.
SailAweigh - Oct 25, 2010 9:05:40 am PDT #4738 of 6786
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm another of those folks who fully intended to vote, but then lost track of time and the next thing I knew the vote had closed. This may be the only vote I've missed since I started actually paying attention to B'crazy, Lightbulbs and Press, which it took me a couple of years to really get the swing of things. I like voting, it's exciting!
Kate P. - Oct 25, 2010 9:12:17 am PDT #4739 of 6786
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I meant to vote, too, and then spaced out, partly because it seemed likely to pass unanimously -- but I forgot about needing a quorum! So this is definitely a good reminder for me about the importance of voting and making my voice heard.
omnis_audis - Oct 25, 2010 10:27:36 am PDT #4740 of 6786
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I meant to vote, too, and then spaced out, partly because it seemed likely to pass unanimously -- but I forgot about needing a quorum! So this is definitely a good reminder for me about the importance of voting and making my voice heard.And this is a good lesson for the real world too, with election day just around the corner. Just because someone is ahead in the polls, doesn't mean they will automatically win.
t /soapbox
Atropa - Oct 25, 2010 3:16:06 pm PDT #4741 of 6786
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I meant to vote, too, and then spaced out, partly because it seemed likely to pass unanimously -- but I forgot about needing a quorum! So this is definitely a good reminder for me about the importance of voting and making my voice heard.
Hey look! I'm Kate! Because I was about to post something very similar.
Java cat - Oct 25, 2010 11:00:43 pm PDT #4742 of 6786
Not javachik
Criminy, posting for a vote and then closing it THREE DAYS later? Isn't THAT against the rules? I argue that two weeks is a reasonable time to give people with busy lives time to read what it's all about and then have time to vote. Even a week is rushed, but at least more reasonable than three days.