Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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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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.
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!
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.
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.
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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.
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.
I'm pretty sure it's been three days ever since I joined the board.
One week total- split between discussing and voting. There is some wiggle room to extend the time if there is a reason (decided in the voting thread) like holidays or f2f etc. We did vote on it, so there could be a proposal to change.
We hashed that out extensively during the development of the voting process. I see no reason to revisit it now, particularly since that's the first objection I recall in the intervening years.
Isn't THAT against the rules?
Explicitly, no. Those ARE the voted-upon rules that have been in place for years.
t edit I don't mean to sound harsh. It's just -- I'm sorry you don't like the time frame, but it wasn't just arbitrarily pulled out of the air, or even bullshit-consensed upon. It's been in place for a long time.