The infamous "cheesebutt" document runs down the voting process: [link]Is that link found on any big page? I couldn't seem to find it in the FAQ or anywhere.
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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!
omnis_audis - Oct 28, 2007 11:52:14 am PDT #7974 of 10289
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Laga - Oct 28, 2007 11:52:43 am PDT #7975 of 10289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think that's a brilliant idea, justkim. Could the vote be edited the day before or would the quorum have to fail and a new vote be opened in order to consider this option?
NoiseDesign - Oct 28, 2007 11:55:44 am PDT #7976 of 10289
Our wings are not tired
At an average of 1000 posts a year, isn't that a 10 year extension on the thread?
Dana - Oct 28, 2007 11:57:35 am PDT #7977 of 10289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The wording of the final proposal is up to Aimee.
-t - Oct 28, 2007 11:58:43 am PDT #7978 of 10289
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aimee can change her proposal at any time, and can word the ballot however she wishes, editing right up until voting starts if she so chooses.
I don't see the point of such a compromise.
omnis_audis - Oct 28, 2007 11:58:57 am PDT #7979 of 10289
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
as I understand it, the person who put forth the proposition can amend it prior to posting the ballot based on what is said in here:
When the fourth full day of discussion is completed, the original proposer writes the text of the ballot. (Sophia Brooks) consensus) It is up to the proposer to write text which is not confusing, and which presents tenable choices to the voters. The proposer may want to read Light Bulb carefully, and accept suggestions from debaters, but the proposer makes the final decision of what will go on the ballot and how it will be phrased. The proposer sends the text of the ballot to Jon B., who creates the web ballot, and posts the ballot text in Press with a link to the web ballot (Sophia Brooks).
But, I'm still kinda new to all this, so I might be misunderstanding it. (I'm really wishing I had done student government as a kid to better prepare me for all of this).
Laga - Oct 28, 2007 12:03:54 pm PDT #7980 of 10289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
At an average of 1000 posts a year, isn't that a 10 year extension on the thread?
details.
justkim - Oct 28, 2007 12:03:55 pm PDT #7981 of 10289
Another social casualty...
If Aimee were to choose to offer a compromise, she wouldn't have to stick to 10,000. She could offer any number under that she wanted, if she wanted to offer it.
Again, I only threw it out as a suggestion, because it came to me this afternoon and I tend to dislike all-or-nothing choices when a compromise is feasible.
Kevin - Oct 28, 2007 12:06:26 pm PDT #7982 of 10289
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
You know, I think justkim speaks some sense there. I know one of the reasons people aren't using Firefly at the moment is they don't want to use up the remaining posts - it does seem a bit strange to be having this debate so close to it's potential demise. If you picked a number like 1000, you'd get another year out of it.
-t - Oct 28, 2007 12:10:21 pm PDT #7983 of 10289
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And if people start doing rewatches and get into spirited discussions and use up the "extra" posts quickly in a conversation that could easily continue, would we then close the thread anyway? I don't like it.