No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'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!


brenda m - Jun 21, 2007 3:06:08 am PDT #6864 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

Okay. Catching up on the overnights, I think the questions as I posted them last night will stand, unless someone sees something critical in the next few.

I think I mentioned when I proposed that I wasn't actually sure which way I'd vote. On any of the questions. I'm still not. I wonder if that's a first around here.


Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2007 3:08:11 am PDT #6865 of 10289
What is even happening?

brenda, I think that looks like a good ballot.

Nobody is disenfranchised; everyone gets to vote. It's just that some preferences win and some don't. Unless we suddenly become of one mind, which frankly would scare the crap out of me, that's the way it will always be, but we're not disenfranchised. We're highly franchised.

oh! And while I'm grumbling about it, I'd really rather have a single rule like "TV threads are NAFDA". Having different whitefont rules for each thread makes it harder to manage discussions overall.

I lean this way too, amy. It seems to me that if we have a TV thread, it ought to be NAFDA. White-font is one of the reasons Natter doesn't work for me as a TV discussion area.

There was some feedback on the experiment, that indicated some of us found the idea of different rules for different threads made the whole experiment too much of a bother.

What's a star belly? Is it a kind of beagle?

I think I mentioned when I proposed that I wasn't actually sure which way I'd vote. On any of the questions. I'm still not. I wonder if that's a first around here.

brenda, on the experimentals, I didn't know how I'd vote on anything until I voted. I dithered between just about every option. I finally decided to vote for my personal perfect world, rather than what I thought would be the Buffista ideal.


Jon B. - Jun 21, 2007 3:20:05 am PDT #6866 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Hey Brenda. The ballot looks great. The only change I'd like to make is in the wording of the third question. Here's what I'd like to use, which is similar to the past two ballots:

If a separate thread wins, do you want this thread to have whitefonted discussion? Please choose one:

YES (with clear labels as to show being discussed, but no future spoilers)

NO (no future spoilers, no white font, i.e. NAFDA)

NO PREFERENCE

S'alright?


Frankenbuddha - Jun 21, 2007 3:22:02 am PDT #6867 of 10289
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

What's a star belly? Is it a kind of beagle?

And Cindy makes the baby Dr. Seuss cry and cry.


brenda m - Jun 21, 2007 3:27:25 am PDT #6868 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

Works for me, Jon.


Jon B. - Jun 21, 2007 3:28:57 am PDT #6869 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Great. Thanks, Brenda.


DavidS - Jun 21, 2007 5:47:47 am PDT #6870 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What's a star belly? Is it a kind of beagle?

It's a kind of Sneetch.


Nilly - Jun 21, 2007 6:42:50 am PDT #6871 of 10289
Swouncing

It's a good opportunity to thank Jon and ita for all their work in all the ballots, I think. So: thanks!


Jon B. - Jun 21, 2007 6:44:30 am PDT #6872 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Nilly - Did you get my message with the secret code?


Nilly - Jun 21, 2007 6:49:06 am PDT #6873 of 10289
Swouncing

Jon, didn't you get my answer? It was just "Thanks, now I shall rule the world with the rest of the secret-knowing, mwahaha", so nothing important, but I'd be worried if my mail address doesn't behave itself (or do you think it has an opinion on the subject of the vote at hand and wants to play with the results? Hmm).