I'm not at all worried that a thread for Tim's new show wouldn't pass.
Me too. I think it's a gimme, so why not go ahead and honor the process. Even in the Senate on pro forma votes they do the votes.
You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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
DavidS - May 11, 2003 8:39:25 pm PDT #1667 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
P.M. Marc - May 11, 2003 8:48:22 pm PDT #1668 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So, can we get a clear definition of "board maintenance", for clarity?
Sophia Brooks - May 11, 2003 8:54:37 pm PDT #1669 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, when I wrote that I sort of meant things that I didn't understand about technical things that made the board happen. Like say, this CVS thing.
Sophia Brooks - May 11, 2003 8:55:19 pm PDT #1670 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Is that clear. Maybe someone who understands tech stuff should write a definition.
P.M. Marc - May 11, 2003 8:57:40 pm PDT #1671 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Huh.
That's development in my mind, but not maintenance. Maintenance (to me) is starting new threads when old ones roll over, resetting passwords, fixing slugs, whiting out shit.
Sophia Brooks - May 11, 2003 8:58:56 pm PDT #1672 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, I meant that, too. The technical stuff that not every needs to be in on to do.
Jon B. - May 11, 2003 8:59:41 pm PDT #1673 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Maintenance (to me) is starting new threads when old ones roll over, resetting passwords, fixing slugs, whiting out shit.
What Plei said.
brenda m - May 11, 2003 9:01:37 pm PDT #1674 of 10005
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Thread creation wasn't just one of the things we intended to vote on - it was probably the biggest impetus to go to voting at all, IIRC.
But I think the difficulty we're having is whether consolidating the Buffy threads, which originally started this discussion, falls under board maintenance. I can see that being considered maintenance, but other consolidation of threads is a stretch. To me at least.
Nutty - May 11, 2003 9:02:14 pm PDT #1675 of 10005
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I had the same understaning of "board mainenance" as Sophia: behind-the-scenes stuff that does not directly affect the rank/file Buffista. I would include all private Stompy talk, any technical stuff, etc.
My rule of thumb: if it would look bad (high-handed) to do X without a vote, then a vote is necessary. Boring as that may be, voting is a way for us all to feel we've been listened to. Like, you know, a parliamentary grooming session.
Sophia Brooks - May 11, 2003 9:02:21 pm PDT #1676 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jon-- I really did mean that, too. It is all in one big lump in my haed as stuff tech people do. It was actually added because someone (ita I think) was afraid we'd also have to go through and vote on all the stuff on the features still to be coded list.