Due to the lack of objections to Betsy's post above, I'm assuming that voting starts tonight at midnight. The ballot is ready to go. We need a vote counter.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
Jon B. - May 19, 2003 7:41:41 pm PDT #1420 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Laura - May 19, 2003 7:50:43 pm PDT #1421 of 10289
Our wings are not tired.
I'm not sure if there is someone in the queue for counting Jon, but I can do it again if no one else wants the task. Profile addy good.
Jon B. - May 19, 2003 7:52:22 pm PDT #1422 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
ita needs to set you up, not me. She makes it so that "votes@..." goes to your address.
Laura - May 19, 2003 8:31:27 pm PDT #1423 of 10289
Our wings are not tired.
S'alright. ita - send them my way and count I will.
Cindy - May 19, 2003 8:35:09 pm PDT #1424 of 10289
Nobody
wrong thread - dammit
brenda m - May 19, 2003 8:54:00 pm PDT #1425 of 10289
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
Laura, I can do it if you don't want to count again.
Lyra Jane - May 20, 2003 7:47:44 am PDT #1426 of 10289
Up with the sun
For what it's worth (which is probably not much), I'm going to vote against the grandfather clause.
Basically, I don't think the chance of someone bringing something up for a vote that we have truly decided (e.g., a politics thread) is as great as the chance that, over the next six months, we'll want to change something and it will turn out we can't, because five people posted about it at 4 a.m. on a Sunday in the middle of a heated argument about something else.
If I had a complete list of issues, my mind might be put at rest; without one, I don't want to risk the chance that this vote will seal something that wasn't really fully discussed, or that we'll want very much in a few months.
askye - May 20, 2003 7:52:56 am PDT #1427 of 10289
Thrive to spite them
I still don't understand the grandfathering clause and I'm not sure which vote (yes or no) would be voting against it so I have no idea how I'm going to vote.
Lyra Jane - May 20, 2003 7:56:51 am PDT #1428 of 10289
Up with the sun
Yes = Approving. No voting on anything we decided through consensus before voting, at least until September.
No = Not approving. Anything is up for proposal and voting tomorrow, regardless of what we said about it pre-voting.
So I am voting no, because I trust my Buffistas not to be butt-munchy enough to actually bring dead issues up in the first place, or get the necessary seconds if they did. And if we did have to spend a week voting on something we had talked about before ... maybe I'm missing something, because I don't think that would be a major cultural crisis.
flea - May 20, 2003 8:04:20 am PDT #1429 of 10289
information libertarian
Um, I took the discussion to indicate we were starting voting last night. Has there been an annoucement of such anywhere, and should there be (nudge, nudge)? Got to the end of the thread and I'm confused!