Thanks Dana. I thought the four day period was deliberately set to give less frequent posters an opportunity to chime in. I was totally unaware that a proposal could move forth sooner. Sorry Betsy, and Cindy.

I'll go stick my head back up my ass.

needs the voting results page

Four days was the requirement, and the rationale was just such a proposal as this, that starts on Friday afternoon at 2:00 and runs over the weekend when fewer people are here. We should give the proposal and anyone who might step up to discuss it their full day in court.

It's been over three days. I don't think we're tromping on anyone's rights. Because the voting is also open for three days, and if someone dislikes the proposal and somehow didn't get a chance to weigh in, he/she can vote "no".

Edit: x-post.

Sorry Betsy, and Cindy.

Please don't apologize, Wolfram. I haven't been paying any attention to how long it's been going on. If it started on Friday, it should go 'til tomorrow.

Four days discussion maximum. I believe we can move it to the voting stage earlier if no one has anything new to add.

Eh, much as I'd like to move on with this, I don't agree.

There's nothing that says we have to continue discussing this, or that Betsy can't post her final version of the proposal whenever she wants. But I don't think we should go to voting until the end of the fourth day.

I did ask

(Have we discussed this long enough that asking for a vote is proper?)

If it wasn't proper, then discussion is still open.

I believe we can move it to the voting stage earlier if no one has anything new to add.

I thought we specifically said we couldn't do this, on the theory that it might leave someone out of the process. I thought consensus was we could lengthen a discussion, but not limit it.

Not that I think it matters in this case; I'm just being a pedant.

Sorry I didn't respond. The answer to the question is that March 20th was the date I proposed it, and in that proposal I said "As from today". I figured that I got four seconds for the idea that as from March 20th there was a moratorium.

I missed this, thanks Betsy. Well I don't have anything further to discuss, but I guess I'm with the people who think discussion should stay open through the fourth day. And also that implies that although a final ballot has been posted, it can still be modified by Betsy, if she wants to, before the vote.

Not that I think it matters in this case; I'm just being a pedant.

That's the same reason I got all stampy about the process even though I was too lazy to answer Betsy's question about when it would be proper to vote.

If we count the 16th as a full day, then we could go to vote midnight tonight. (Counting from Cindy's post in Press.) If not, midnight (or 2pm) tomorrow. I don't much care which way we go.