I can't help feeling that designing the ballot shouldn't really be happening in parallel with the campaign.
Otherwise you may end up with something like:
How many months is a final decision final for?
(a) Six.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Apple.
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TomW - Mar 21, 2003 2:31:42 pm PST #180 of 10289
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
DavidS - Mar 21, 2003 2:38:06 pm PST #181 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How many months is a final decision final for?
(a) Six.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Apple.
Pfft. You didn't even put Monkey on the ballot.
Lyra Jane - Mar 21, 2003 2:41:05 pm PST #182 of 10289
Up with the sun
I think 6 months is too long -- 6 months ago, I was just back from my honeymoon, Buffy's season premiere had just aired, and the board was brand new. But OTOH, 3 does seem like it might feel like we're deciding the same things every time we turn around. 4 is probably Just Right.
(If it does turn out that the vote is 3 vs. 6, I'd vote 3.)
Betsy HP - Mar 21, 2003 2:43:36 pm PST #183 of 10289
If I only had a brain...
Go apple! Choose apple!
brenda m - Mar 21, 2003 2:48:59 pm PST #184 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
Ok, I think we can agree there's a consensus on six as a ballot option? So can we hear from people who have an opinion on three v. four?
DavidS - Mar 21, 2003 2:50:02 pm PST #185 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So can we hear from people who have an opinion on three v. four?
Good idea. Go three-or-four people.
Nutty - Mar 21, 2003 2:50:27 pm PST #186 of 10289
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
You know what's weird? Is that, as Jess (I think) pointed out, 6 months ago was the site's birth, and that feels like foreverago, but 3 months ago was when mieskie was suspended, and that feels like yesterday.
I think it might be the whole get-used-to-site feeling that helps the 6-month anniversary feel like foreverago. Conversely, 6 months ago was the last time I picked any cherry tomatoes from the (now dead) plant on my balcony, and when the TV season (roughly) started, and my birthday.
Jesse - Mar 21, 2003 2:53:25 pm PST #187 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, I think three months is just right. (Note: I'm not sure this will remain my opinion, but I'll spin it out a little.) It's the half-life of the board. If, at this point, we had discussed a single issue two times, for a week each, that seems OK. My birthday was three months ago, and that was forever ago! Time FLIES.
Also? Shit doesn't HAVE to be revisited.
TomW - Mar 21, 2003 2:53:58 pm PST #188 of 10289
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
3 Months. It's a more natural division of time.
TomW - Mar 21, 2003 2:56:13 pm PST #189 of 10289
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Clarification: 3 months should be on the ballot, vs. 4 months. My previous post should not be read as an endorsement of the "3 Months" party. Equally, this post should not be read as an endorsement of the "6 Months" party.
All posts should be read as an endorsement of "Monkey".