I get you Katie. I'm glad you brought it up, because it made me think about it, and I hadn't before.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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!
Daisy Jane - Apr 14, 2003 5:53:57 pm PDT #665 of 10289
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Gandalfe - Apr 14, 2003 5:54:02 pm PDT #666 of 10289
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Galdalfe, how do you think you would have responded if you were confronted about one of your pissy posts in thread?(maybe this happened and I am unaware).
IIRC, I bitched back more, explained what I meant, and we all went on with it. Wasn't one of those in this very thread? May have been.
But, Gandalfe, it's not a walking-on-eggshells period. It's an Acting Right period. You can see that we, as a group, do not have a tendency to jump on people for every little thing.
But, for the person who it's happening to, assuming that they want to remain part of this community, it will feel like having to walk on eggshells, never knowing if saying one thing wrong will get them kicked out.
Cindy - Apr 14, 2003 5:54:44 pm PDT #667 of 10289
Nobody
Well then, to restate, I don't want time limits added to this vote, because I want a process first.
If time limits seem like they're going to be a sticky place, I'm siding with Heather on this. The process is really more important.
amyth - Apr 14, 2003 5:56:25 pm PDT #668 of 10289
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Cindy, you devilish numberslut!
Gandalfe - Apr 14, 2003 5:57:52 pm PDT #669 of 10289
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
If time limits seem like they're going to be a sticky place, I'm siding with Heather on this.
If it's going to be a killer, then we can wait, by all means. In fact, yeah, maybe we should. As long as we get that done SHORTLY after this vote is finished.
Daisy Jane - Apr 14, 2003 6:01:00 pm PDT #670 of 10289
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
You can propose it in B. for the next discussion and vote, right?
It probably is at least worth discussing.
Jessica - Apr 14, 2003 6:05:02 pm PDT #671 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But, for the person who it's happening to, assuming that they want to remain part of this community, it will feel like having to walk on eggshells, never knowing if saying one thing wrong will get them kicked out.
Honestly, if it's that hard for this hypothetical person not to anger large groups of people that they feel as if they're "walking on eggshells" to avoid it, I don't think 6 months or 2 months will make a difference.
Cindy - Apr 14, 2003 6:05:11 pm PDT #672 of 10289
Nobody
Hey, amyth, that was an accident (unlike my 4444 in spoilers and my 9999 in bureau)
msbelle - Apr 14, 2003 6:05:11 pm PDT #673 of 10289
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
part of me really gets what Heather says, and then part of me sees that without everything spelled out, we basically don't have a real policy.
I'm not sure everyone gets it, but the idea of going back to bureau and opening a disussion on
1) how long warnings stay in effect
2) what constitutes moving a warning to a suspension (cause this is next to come up, mark my word)
makes me want to pull each and every one of my hairs out.
Cindy - Apr 14, 2003 6:06:34 pm PDT #674 of 10289
Nobody
I'm not sure everyone gets it, but the idea of going back to bureau and opening a disussion on
1) how long warnings stay in effect
2) what constitutes moving a warning to a suspension (cause this is next to come up, mark my word)
makes me want to pull each and every one of my hairs out.
Are the time limits really a deal breaker for a big number of people?