Julie, I love your idea of electing representatives. If, you know, there are people willing to do it. (I myself have neither the time nor the contacts, but my credit card is all warmed up!)

I am only proposing that we put the logo on our site as a sign of solidarity with the writers, and with the organization who is organizing support for the writers. They're sort of a booster club, setting up a way for a) various fandoms and individuals to contribute to keeping spirits up during the strike by organizing a continuous stream of fandom support, b) educating the public about the strike, and c) showing the studios that the audience is supporting the writers.

By way of that, if we collect funds and bring goodie bags to our loved ones holding signs, I'd post that information to their site so that they know that particular area has been covered for the day.

We remain autonomous.

If I may summarize, to get this show on the road, a graphic with a link on the front page (and every page?), with the understanding that it would be nice to let them know about anything we're doing in support. Is that a fair summary?

I will offer to count, btw, if no one else has.

That's about it, thanks!

I would add: Temporary edit to the Minearverse slug saying "Strike talk lives here!"

I'm all for the ideas presented here, whichever ones we wind up implementing. I'm also for direct support of the strikers, as I've driven by them several times, and was already thinking about actually putting in some time on the picket lines in some way. I'm glad to see a web site offering ways to do that, and to coordinate efforts.

I'm going to make a proposal once the vote finishes on this for an addition to our processes. I'm still mulling exactly what I'll be proposing, but basically the intention will be summarized as "Buffistas are not Ents".

But we are! We totally are!

Does that make you Quickbeam?

Well, I see this as a totally appropriate way of going about things. Yes, in this particular case it does appear that we are all pretty much thinking alike, however, I really don't like the idea of setting a precedent where we can derail our carefully put together voting process.

I also support the writers and hope that they get what they are asking for and that this gets resolved. However, I've also got a lot of friends who are now out of work who aren't writers, and who never get part of the back end. I know that it's not the writers that are causing this, it's the producers, but it's still tough to watch a lot of folks who are below the line basically losing their jobs.