Propose or not as you see fit, but if you don't I will probably just make a very similar proposal and put it to vote four days later.
And ita doesn't bluff... She'll do it, you know.
I am sorry you are feeling stressed from this, Allyson. Honestly, this thread has made me crazy when it's been a proposal that I've been a big part of, so I totally understand if you want to withdraw it, but I hope you will propose it. This issue is going to come up for a vote, one way or another and it feels fitting that it come from you because I know you care deeply about this strike and the people it affects.
Seriously, I'm betting it will pass by 95% or better.
Okay.
The proposal:
Add an icon to our header, replacing the random quote generator, supporting the WGA Strike. The icon looks like this: [link]
The icon would feature our logo, and would add us to a growing list of websites supporting fans4writers. fans4writers is a fan-run organization that pledges to support the writers as a booster club; they deliver goodies to the strikers and march with them on the strike lines.
Buffistas.org would remain autonomous and participate in any strike activities as individuals, without direction from fans4writers. There are no requirements to donate or participate in any way as individuals.
The only community-wide participation this proposal would cover is adding the logo to our site.
ita - Can you point votes@... to DebetEsse? She volunteered upthread.
A question that may have been answered upthread, but I was too confused to be sure: Will fans4writers also put up a link to us, or is the linking one-way only?
It looks like they will link to us in a list of fan sites that support the writers.
I'm not comfortable with linking to us. Maybe I'm an elitist, but I don't like random folks in our playground. Seems (to me) that every time we get linked to, we end up having random people who jump into the guacamole.
And some of them keep making asses of themselves, and wear out their welcome and go away. And some of them stay and become valued board members.
I'm not comfortable with linking to us. Maybe I'm an elitist, but I don't like random folks in our playground. Seems (to me) that every time we get linked to, we end up having random people who jump into the guacamole.
In my opinion, that's more of a problem when a site has linked directly to a Joss or Tim post. If that fans4writers site is just linking to Buffistas.org, I doubt it will garner us much attention. If the motion passes, I would be sort of proud to have our name up there.
Has votes@ been updated. I've got a 3pm (EST) meeting (that's Noon PST), so I'd like to get the ballot up before then.
