Also able to attend any of the dates so I left the voting to those with a preference.
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Laura - Mar 21, 2010 5:21:55 am PDT #5413 of 12708
Our wings are not tired.
brenda m - Mar 21, 2010 5:27:06 am PDT #5414 of 12708
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ditto.
megan walker - Mar 21, 2010 5:58:42 am PDT #5415 of 12708
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Huh. Now I'm questioning my survey design. Maybe I should have added a "can't make XX" and a "can make all" category.
Given the responses here, I think the poll seems fine. Even if some people can make all, they still might want to express a preference. So I don't think another button is needed. And we already had one opportunity to narrow down the dates to those three.
Unfortunately, the reality is that not everybody can make all dates. That's why we vote. If half of the people pick June, so be it. I wouldn't assume that the second choice of July people is the other July date (it's not in my case).
SailAweigh - Mar 21, 2010 7:36:48 am PDT #5416 of 12708
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I probably should have abstained, too. If I can make it at all, any day would be okay to some degree. Some are better than others, but none are not doable.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 21, 2010 8:59:33 am PDT #5417 of 12708
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The same goes for me. It won't be the date that determines whether or not I can attend any of the three proposed ones.
Pix - Mar 21, 2010 8:59:38 am PDT #5418 of 12708
The status is NOT quo.
Sigh. I hear you, mw, and agree for the most part. I'm just wishing I'd not added the third date. A straight vote, June vs. July, would be a more straightforward and trustworthy result. I think the fact that NYC gets cut out if the two July dates split the vote is my major concern, given the number of people who have said that they could do any of the three or either of the July dates but not the June date. (I'm just trying to be fair and avoid the appearance that I fixed the vote to be the date I could come, not that anyone really thinks that, I hope.)
I will post the results this evening and we will go from there, I guess. It does seem ridiculous to keep voting, but I wanted to at least articulate my concern.
Pix - Mar 21, 2010 9:02:23 am PDT #5419 of 12708
The status is NOT quo.
Coffee: I think in the future a good method would be to phrase the question, "I will likely be able to attend..." and allow for multiple responses. That way those who can go to all would select all, etc, and the final winner would actually be the date that the most people could attend, which is our goal.
Pix - Mar 21, 2010 9:11:18 am PDT #5420 of 12708
The status is NOT quo.
Second cup of coffee: What I really don't want is for Buffistas I love to feel like I cheated them out of a chance to go to NYC or go at all to be muttering darkly about that damned Pix and her surveys.
Which I know is stupid. Argh. Ignore me.
Ginger - Mar 21, 2010 9:11:42 am PDT #5421 of 12708
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Preferential voting!
Nicole - Mar 21, 2010 9:44:35 am PDT #5422 of 12708
I'm getting the pig!
I'm just trying to be fair and avoid the appearance that I fixed the vote to be the date I could come, not that anyone really thinks that, I hope.
What I really don't want is for Buffistas I love to feel like I cheated them out of a chance to go to NYC or go at all to be muttering darkly about that damned Pix and her surveys.
Moooom! Kristin's found a way to rule the world Buffistas!!
IMO it is near impossible to "fix" a vote on this board. The mix of intelligence, stubborness and humor encompassed here does more than just provide vast entertainment. Anyone that would dare to believe otherwise is likely not using their voice enough to create change.
Personally I don't see anyone else volunteering to herd cats the way you have. I sure as hell wouldn't step up to that plate. And if anyone else wants to step up, they are more than welcome to step on up and be heard.
Do you have a preference for when and where, sure, as does anyone, to some degree. You're human. Are you Super Manipulation Girl capable of pulling the wool over everyone's eyes and forcing the F2F to be held where and when you want? Um... well, maybe - but I have my doubts.
(However, if you've found some secret manipulation cloak or spell or somesuch, I'll be wanting to borrow it for my mid-year review in a few months. M'kay?)