A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
After a proposal, discussion and vote, further discussion on a given matter should be closed for 6 months. [W]e agree at 3 months from the day (date) the poll closes, to take a vote of confidence on this decision (only), to see if we think 6 months is too long, too short, or just right. The vote of confidence is scheduled to take place June 29, 2003.
Cindy B1#8873 clarified the "vote of confidence": "At three months, we'll see how the moratorium feels, talk about it and vote whether we think it's too long, too short, or just right. If "just right" gets a majority, I would imagine things would continue on course. If a majority of us feel it's either too long, or too short, I think we'd have to decide then, how we wanted to handle it, and whether we wanted to do so only going forward or not."
The consensus of Bureaucracy (B1#_____) was to "grandfather" in subjects which had been discussed prior to the decision to go to voting. If it was discussed and not implemented during our consensus-only period, it falls within the moratrium described above.
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Sections in red are quotations. B1 means Bureaucracy 1 at Phoenix only. Any and all comments welcome. Must go eat breakfast. Also find pronouns.
Very nice, Nutty! The only thing I'd ask is that the decisions be in red, not the quotes -- I have a hard time not just reading the red parts. Yes, I could never buy used textbooks that were already heavily underlined, because it would take me three times as long to read, since I would just read the underlined parts. Possibly this is just my issue.
And, not to start trouble, but wasn't there at least one proposal that got four seconds a long time ago and then was never discussed and voted on? If so, and the original proposer still cares, I'd say they can open up the formal discussion whenever.
The only thing I'd adjust is the statement that votes are yes/no/abstain - I think we've since decided that this will be up to the proposer to determine.
Great summation, though.
War Thread and also considering decisions made in the six months before the voting thing started final.
Great job, Nutty!
Good job, Nutty.
Now, I have a nasty filk about voting floating around in my brain to "I'm just a bill."
I'm just a bill
Just a Buffista bill
And I'm sitting on Bureaucracy hill
Well it's a long long journey to the Lightbulb thread
Where a lot of Buffistas gonna talk 'til I feel dead
With a good ballot, I might be a law
How I hope and pray that I will
But today I am still
Just a bill
kat - you're not only beautiful, you're brilliant.
War Thread
Oh. Heh.
and also considering decisions made in the six months before the voting thing started final.
OK. This seems like it can wait until/if it actually comes up, no?
This seems like it can wait until/if it actually comes up, no?
Well, the reason we were thinking about voting on it was because of the War thread. Someone was supposed to make a list of all the decisions that would be affected, but I agree it can stay "on hold" for a while...
FYI, A "Zoe", with no profile information available, just posted in Natter. Nothing offensive in the post, though irrelevant, but hey, irrelevant is Natter's middle name. Anyway, worth investigating ISP by a stompy?
