I don't even remember volunteering to polish! What did I say I wold do? The FAQ? I can probably do that tonight or tomorrow.

Voting checklist: Sophia Brooks "Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job" Jan 13, 2012 11:44:30 am PST

How about this?

Before proposing, please note that
1. Only one proposal may be discussed at a time
2. Items cannot be re-proposed for 6 months after a valid vote.

Guidelines/Rules for Proposing
1. A Buffista must make a formal proposal in the Bureaucracy thread. The proposer must be clear that he/she is making a formal proposal and state what that proposal is (note, this is not the final wording of the proposal)
2. In order for the proposal to move to discuss, it must receive 4 seconds which are made by posting in the Bureacracy thread

Announcing the Vote
1. Once the proposal received 4 seconds, a Stompy Foot will open the Voting Discussion thread
2. Thr Proposer will post the text of the proposal in the Voting Discussion thread.
3. The Proposer will post the text of the proposal in the Sunnydale Press thread with a link to the discussion.

Guidelines/Rules for Discussion
1. All discussion takes place in the Voting Discussion aka “Lightbulbs” thread.
2. Discussion takes place for 4 days.
3. The purpose of the discussion is so that all who have an opinion can be heard. It can also be used as a place to come to a consensus on the proposal that will be made.
4. During discussion, a volunteer is sought to count votes.

Guidelines/Rules for Voting
1. At the end of the 4 day discussion period, the proposer will craft a final ballot version of the proposal. Proposers may choose change the wording of the final ballot based on the discussion or they may choose to use their original wording. We encourage the ballots to be Yes or No answers, but it is not required. Each item we are voting on must include the choice “No Preference”
2. The proposer will send the final ballot text to Jon B at his profile address.
3. Jon B will set up a web ballot and share the link with the proposer.
4. The web ballot will be open for 3 days
5. The Proposer will post the final ballot text, the link to the ballot and the dates and times of voting in the Sunnydale Press thread

Guidelines/Rules for Counting the Vote
1. Vote counters should not share the votes of individual users.
2. There must be 42 votes in order for the vote to be valid.
3. Proposals win by simple majority .
4. At the end of the 3-day voting period, the vote counter reposts the final ballot text, with results (number of votes, the winning vote.

Guidelines/Rules for Voters
1. No Preference is the same as a vote of Present. You will be counted in the quorum of 42 to make the vote valid, but will not be counted for or against the proposal
2. If there are any questions during the voting period, they are asked in the Bureacracy thread

Yay! So good.

The only thing I can think of is that you use the term "valid vote"--would it be over explaining to define that?

Okay--one more thing--it doesn't have to be put to the vote. We should say that too.

Otherwise, yes! So good to see it all in one place, and simply put.

My only clarification would be simple majority of votes expressing a preference (i.e. excluding "no preference"), just to be super clear.

(Might be the same point ita ! is making?)

Nice job.

A couple of corrections (in red)

Guidelines/Rules for Voting
1. By the end of the 4 day discussion period, the proposer will craft a final ballot version of the proposal. Proposers may change the wording of the final ballot based on the discussion or they may choose to use their original wording. We encourage the ballots to be Yes or No answers, but it is not required. [no preference was removed as an option. See here]
2. The proposer will post the final ballot text to the Lightbulbs thread [no need to email it to me; I read the thread].
3. Jon B will set up a web ballot, post the final ballot text, the link to the ballot and the dates and times of voting in the Sunnydale Press thread.
4. The web ballot will be open for 3 days

Guidelines/Rules for Voters
1. [No Preference was removed as an option. See link above]
2. If there are any questions during the voting period, they are asked in the Bureacracy thread

The purpose of the discussion is so that all who have an opinion can be heard. It can also be used as a place to come to a consensus on the proposal that will be made.

Does this mean consensus on the wording of the proposal? If so, maybe this should say something like "The purpose of the discussion is to allow all who have an opinion on the proposal and/or the wording of the proposal to be heard."

You no preference unpreferring people. I say Sophia should just leave it in. We can pretend that all never happened.