Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.

'Never Leave Me'


Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer  

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


DXMachina - May 05, 2003 11:57:02 am PDT #1353 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Thanks, Nilly. I was using the last proposal as a template, and just wanted to make sure.


Sophia Brooks - May 05, 2003 12:28:05 pm PDT #1354 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Since the proposer is responsible for posting the call to vote, I think He/She should also think about making the timeing of that posting at a good time for them (ex NOT at midnight EST when you are an east coast morning person and in bed by ten or something). I mean, I think we should feel free to change it.


DXMachina - May 05, 2003 12:30:45 pm PDT #1355 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I agree Sophia, but I'm usually up around midnight, anyway, especially on a Friday night, so I just went with it.


Sophia Brooks - May 05, 2003 12:48:18 pm PDT #1356 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh good! I just don't want us to get locked in so I thought I would bring it up.

Does anyone else have any comments on my short "how to vote?" Do we think it should go up somewhere handy or wait for the full version/history that Nutty is working on?


Nutty - May 05, 2003 2:12:35 pm PDT #1357 of 10005
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Sophia, I'll incorporate it into the larger. Like, "Here is what we do. Here is a checklist of what to do, in order." Like on (good) graduate applications: they do it in prose, and then they do it in a bulleted list, just to make sure everyone can find the details easily.


Burrell - May 06, 2003 12:00:09 pm PDT #1358 of 10005
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Obviously coming in late to the party, but this comment seems more appropriate for here than for the formal discussion.

Am I the only one who is surprise to see so many of the Official Seconds coming from people who claim to be against the proposal? I hope that they won't be disappointed when/if it gets voted in, given that so far we have voted in every single proposal that has been raised. I am assuming that this one will be voted in as well. If it were me, if I were against a proposal I would not be so generous as to Second it. I guess that makes me officially a less generous person.


Dana - May 06, 2003 12:01:59 pm PDT #1359 of 10005
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I am assuming that this one will be voted in as well.

I take it you haven't been over to the discussion thread. There seems very little chance of that.


Wolfram - May 06, 2003 12:03:43 pm PDT #1360 of 10005
Visilurking

Burrell, read the recent posts in Lightbulb. This one is not getting voted in, and recently there's discussion about whether the proposer can truncate the procedure if he so chooses and what effect that would have on the issue.


Burrell - May 06, 2003 12:08:13 pm PDT #1361 of 10005
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I take it you haven't been over to the discussion thread. There seems very little chance of that.

No, you're right. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I won't be able to read it until tomorrow probably. This is one issue I won't be joining in on.


§ ita § - May 06, 2003 12:22:37 pm PDT #1362 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Am I the only one who is surprise to see so many of the Official Seconds coming from people who claim to be against the proposal?

Not at all. If something came up that I wanted off the table, seconding it is a good way to get it closer to a moratorium.