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
What are all these proposals that are ripping us apart, again?
It's not the proposal or result so much as the process, ita.
Somehow I liked it better when we talked about unnamed people being non-specifically disenfranchised than this, which not only gives name, rank and serial number but all the details of the offence.
I understand that some people think that voting is the one true way, and that when alternate paths to a "consensus gathering exercise" are mentioned they slap the "we voted to vote" card on the table.
But, I also see a lot of, what I would call, "significant Buffista" missing from these discussions. I know that is their decision, but I also know them to be strong, opinionated, concerned citizens of the island. And I can't see anything but the process being responsible for their absence.
Is it continued attempts to fix that are the problem, or not?
Me, I voted for voting, and I'd vote for it again.
However, it seems I take it a lot less seriously than some other advocates. I am *not* going to get het up about the minutiae. And I'm really going to try and avoid snipping at other Buffistas because of the process.
However, I feel that Buffistas are het up, and voting is just here.
I'm sorry, Wolfram. I shouldn't have used you as an example. That was rude.
Stepping off for a bit.
Frankly, I feel that if we didn't have a process in place (and keep in mind that it is still very new), folks would be nit-picking about other things. Except, that we'd have no way to end it because we'd never vote on it; we'd just keep talking in circles until one "side" gave up. That's how it used to be. I'll say it again: folks are really romanticizing the past. People were just as frustrated before. Maybe the frustratees is a slightly different group, but I don't think things were better before. I really don't.
Me, I voted for voting, and I'd vote for it again.
However, it seems I take it a lot less seriously than some other advocates. I am *not* going to get het up about the minutiae. And I'm really going to try and avoid snipping at other Buffistas because of the process.
This is where I am, too. I mean, it's an online forum -- we aren't exactly curing cancer.
Hey, can I make an actual proposal? I would like to propose that the next Firefly thread be callled:
Firefly 3: You Did Take The Sky From Me, You #%(&@#&
But that might just be me. I'm bitter by nature.
I propose "Firefly 3: Big Damn Zombies, Sir." Though maybe it's not an inclusive enough joke. And the thought that "zombies" might refer to the prematurely deceased show makes me sad. (Firefly! Come back! I'll feed you only the most exquisite of gourmet BRRRRAAAINNSS!)
I think we all need a nap. PROPOSAL: That all Buffistas wherever they may lie be allowed to nap on demand.
Seriously, is the bureau-malaise such that I should hold off on posting my Lawspeak Summary? I'm about done with it, and almost ready to send it to Jon for final HTMLification, but we've got Betsy's proposal to get voted on and Allyson's proposal to move into the Light Bulb seat and the finale and lots of nerves and brain-explodey.
Shall I hold off? I mean, I don't particularly foresee debate on it when it's done, but if people's eyes are already melting out of their sockets, I'm fine to wait, too.
This is where I am, too. I mean, it's an online forum -- we aren't exactly curing cancer.
Unless, of course, cancer turns out to be curable with copious amounts of snerk.
