Willow ,'First Date'
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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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.
The original vote on how we vote: Sophia Brooks "Sunnydale Press" Feb 25, 2003 11:55:53 pm PST
And the results: jengod "Sunnydale Press" Mar 3, 2003 12:00:27 am PST
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.
You're free to put that to a vote, but until then, what we've voted on goes, and has gone for seven years.
You're free to put that to a vote, but until then, what we've voted on goes, and has gone for seven years.
Traffic patterns have changed, at least in some of the threads I follow. Maybe it is time to re-evaluate the voting period. Alas, I belong in the sad camp of those who meant to vote in the last issue, but did not do so in a timely fashion.
Traffic patterns have changed, at least in some of the threads I follow.
I don't understand how that would affect voting. If you're subscribed to Press, you know there's a vote.