I don't have a problem with this if connie agrees with it, but I really don't see why anyone thinks the arguments will be any different in 2 weeks.

I was in the middle of a post when my home router crashed, stupid thing.

I reluctantly agree to a delay until Aug. 11 before picking up on this, but I'm not sure anything substantive is going to be settled either. I won't change my mind about the benefits of having a separate Network Drama thread, and I don't know that anyone who thinks that having bucket threads is a death blow to the ambience of the boards is going to change their minds.

I like this idea (I did propose it) and I don't think this board is so delicate that having these threads is going to damage things irretrievably. So I'm not going to let it go.

Someone asked about why I'm here. That's irrelelvant. I love a great many of the people here--the rest of you I don't know well enough to impose strong feelings on yet :)--and as long as those people are here I'll find a way to talk to you.

I don't think the break was so people would change their minds. Just a breather so moods wouldn't be as raw. Anything constructive the decision would bring about will be better if people aren't still stinging about the last similar-but-not-similar vote.

ita said it very well, so I shall just point upwards. Shall we do the poll? Or have an informal agreement to table until Labour Day?

Has there been this much sturm&drang before when threads spin off?

It was really a different situation at Table Talk, because it wasn't solely our board, and there were a million threads. Occasionally some of the TT people looked at us strangely, but some of the threads were even in different folders, I think.

Shall we do the poll? Or have an informal agreement to table until Labour Day?

Well, connie picked a date on her own, and I'm willing to respect that date, though I also understand if I am alone in that.

I think the real thing is to have this Who Are We discussion that seems to have arrived one way or another, but the question then become "how, when and where will we have this discussion."

I think we should all step away from Discussing Things for a bit, just so everybody has a chance to Doblerize. After that, I don't know? Do we discuss here? In B'cracy? Do we create a thread to Discuss Ourselves (seems a little silly, but then where else would it happen?).

Regardless, thank you connie, for agreeing to set this proposal down for a little bit. I'm sure it wasn't an easy decision, and I'm sure it's not what you wanted to happen with your proposal, so thank you for making that hard choice.

Definitely, thank you connie.

I think Bureau-blah-blah is defintely the place to have a "where do we go from here" discussion. It's pretty much it's raison d'etre, isn't it?

I think the real thing is to have this Who Are We discussion that seems to have arrived one way or another, but the question then become "how, when and where will we have this discussion."

Yeah, that's actually what I meant by needing a poll taken. A "how do you want to do this thing with the tv watching" poll. To get a more concrete idea of what everyone does want.

Thank you Connie, for agreeing to this, and I think going with the date you picked is right and fitting, at least to me.

I don't think the break was so people would change their minds. Just a breather so moods wouldn't be as raw. Anything constructive the decision would bring about will be better if people aren't still stinging about the last similar-but-not-similar vote.

Like SA, I will just point upwards.

defintely the place to have a "where do we go from here" discussion

Can there be singing?

Sorry, I always go to a OMWF place at the phrase "where do we go from here" anymore.

Sorry, I always go to a OMWF place at the phrase "where do we go from here" anymore

That's at least partly why I use that phrase when "future of the board" discussions come up. Call me a traditionalist.