I realize this is purely personal, so forgive me for bringing it up, but I'm a little squicked at the thought of debating whether our Tim's show should have his own thread. It seems like it's so obvious, an honor.

Is he like the showrunner, or just a staff writer? It doesn't seem so obvious to me. It depends if the show will generate discussion. What if he got hired to kill off characters on Days of our Lives? I still wouldn't watch. We could just have a sporadic discussion in Buffy whenever he personally wrote an episode or a movie script.

Minearvana 1: First, kill all the lawyers....

Then again, maybe we should have a Minear thread, just so we can use this title.

1. We specified that every new thread must be voted in.

2. Logically, all thread combos should b voted over as well.

Seconded. I think as a politeness thing, people should abstain if it's a thread they never go into, but we can't mandate that.

And I would be happy with either "Wonder Falls" + general alumi or "Wonder Falls" as general alumni until it's clear there's volume to support threads on multiple shows.

Also, I like the suggestion of combining Buffy previously, spoilage lite, and the main thread into Buffy Afterlife. I can see arguments for doing it on May 21 or doing it only when Buffy 4 runs out (which may not be until fall.) Thoughts?

Also, I think the quote deathmatches should go in Quotables.

Is he like the showrunner, or just a staff writer?

Showrunner.

Tim will be show runner/head writer for the series.

I think Tim should be exempt from the standard voting procedure, not just because I think voting is retarded, but because he's TIM.

He's ours, damn it.

Therefore, he should have a thread.

But it could be because the drink I had at lunch was hella strong, and I'm feeling it.

Sober here, and I think the same thing. Thread for Tim. I would say the same thing about any Buffista with a 13 episode series. Truly.

As much as I am in favor of thread for Tim, our process now is that threads are proposed and voted on. We decided to do it that way, and barring some sort of emergency, then that how we proceed. If Joss had a new series coming out, we'd have to vote on that, too. I'm not at all worried that a thread for Tim's new show wouldn't pass.

As far as the alumni go, I think we ought to handle their shows the same way we do Alias. Talk about it in Natter, until and unless interest starts to overwhelm the thread (a la LotR). For one thing, since they are writing episodes, not running the show, there will often be weeks where they'll have nothing to do with the episode being aired.

Those that think that Tim gets a thread, no questions asked, aren't going to be happy with any discussion on the subject. (It is, in fact, likely to be the actual discussion and not the points, that upsets them.) The people who "believe in the process" (no snark intended) are going to want a vote, on principle.

Is there a compromise?

42 Buffistas a quorum make.

Can we avoid the voting process if 42 people step up and say, Yes to an All Tim All the Time Thread?

Can we avoid the voting process if 42 people step up and say, Yes to an All Tim All the Time Thread?

Which is voting -- it's just not via our process.

What we could do is have a vote to agree that if any ME alumna becomes the producer/head writer/creator/star of another TV show that is the subject of significant Buffista discussion, that thread can be created without a vote.

Abslutey not. The whole point of having rules is that we follow them. I might vote for a Tim thread, when the time comes, but I'm absolutely opposed to having policy dictated for me. Even -- especially -- in benevolent ways.

Propose, discuss, vote: it works! If'n you all can wait till next Weds or Thurs. -- or later, says Sean, logically -- I will do a multi-proposition proposal. K?