Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.

'Serenity'


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


Kat - Aug 19, 2003 4:00:44 pm PDT #4288 of 10005
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

If we never vote on it, there is no moratorium. So I'd assume that any suggestions that came up but didn't make it to the ballot would be fair game whenever, moratorium not withstanding.

So I got four seconds (Sean, Brenda, Lori and Burrell), now what?

In fine Pink Gingham Junta fashion, should I have a coup de board and just move the conversation to lightbulbs since it was never closed after Raquel withdrew her proposal?


Megan E. - Aug 19, 2003 4:01:04 pm PDT #4289 of 10005

We probably won't know our Angel schedule until the week before, since ASN doesn't do much PR.


Cindy - Aug 19, 2003 4:01:22 pm PDT #4290 of 10005
Nobody

If it's not on the ballot in the first place, why would it be subject to a moratorium?

Specifically? I don't know. I'm just trying to cover bases. I can see someone objecting to further housekeeping in the next few months, because we already did our housekeeping and that housekeeping was voted in and is covered by the moratorium.


Jon B. - Aug 19, 2003 4:05:32 pm PDT #4291 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I can see someone objecting to further housekeeping in the next few months, because we already did our housekeeping and that housekeeping was voted in and is covered by the moratorium.

And I can see someone getting bitchslapped.

(not you Cindy -- whoever would say that something not on a ballot was moratoriumized)

Kat -- You got your seconds so this should be moved to lightbulbs.


Kat - Aug 19, 2003 4:06:11 pm PDT #4292 of 10005
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

MWAH! Thanks, Jon.


brenda m - Aug 19, 2003 4:34:01 pm PDT #4293 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

I don't think we've had to mention either grandfathering or the regular moratorium at all.

Frankly, I'd say we'd do better to dump both of them. The one time g-f came up, it caused huge problems. The last proposal, which has since been withdrawn, certainly violated it, but still should have received the level of discussion it did, and should be carried on when the time is right, regardless. There is some concern right now that the moratorium might end up causing problems down the line too.

I'm not proposing anything - the gf will be moot soon enough, and the moratorium issue can wait for another day. But in the abstract, I think both were better ideas in theory than in practice.

(Oh, and just FTR, I wasn't suggesting above that we needed to revisit the moratorium either. It just keeps sticking in my mind that there's something we agreed to come back and look at later, but I can never remember for sure what that something was.)


RobertH - Aug 19, 2003 11:58:01 pm PDT #4294 of 10005
Disaffected college student

My head is swimming. I didn't have time to read B'cy for a couple days, so upon catching up:

"Huh. Yeah, I might vote Yes on that."

"Yeah, look, Lightbulbs is open. I'd definitely vote Yes on that."

"Oh, wait, tricky spoilage. And server problems! Crap, I'm gonna vote No."

"Oh, it's been withdrawn. All that compressed drama for nothing."


Volans - Aug 20, 2003 3:09:46 am PDT #4295 of 10005
move out and draw fire

Can't disregard drama for drama's sake.


Sean K - Aug 20, 2003 7:07:17 am PDT #4296 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

The last proposal, which has since been withdrawn, certainly violated it

The proposal for a general TV thread? How did that violate the gf clause?


brenda m - Aug 20, 2003 7:12:11 am PDT #4297 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

Hasn't it come up and been shot down multiple times? Wasn't avoiding topics like that one of the main reasons for the gf in the first place?

What then would the gf actually apply to? Apparently I'm not clear on the concept.