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.

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?

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

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

Works for me, Jon.

Great. Thanks, Brenda.

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

It's a kind of Sneetch.

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

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

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).

Nobody is disenfranchised; everyone gets to vote.

That's true, bad word choice.

Basically we're ruled by a simple majority and anyone not in that majority is left out in the cold in this case.