because we were asked to stop to address a fund-raising issue, which now may not exist
Just to clarify - it was a technical issue and it still exists.
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Kristen - Aug 20, 2003 9:41:21 am PDT #4315 of 10005
Cindy - Aug 20, 2003 9:43:17 am PDT #4316 of 10005
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Just to clarify - it was a technical issue and it still exists.
Yes, sorry, there is also a technical issue. But I think Raquel stopped, based on Allyson's plea for us to stop and fundraise. I don't think the proposal died forever. I think it died until we know if we can have a new thread or not (technically - and what that'll entail financially) - and so if someone wants to stop it because of the grandfather clause, they should do it now, and put us out of our misery now.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2003 10:05:04 am PDT #4317 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
But I think Raquel stopped, based on Allyson's plea for us to stop and fundraise.
My plea was to stop until we knew more about board health, and fundraising was about a doomsday scenario, in case board health reached a critical level that meant moving to a dedicated server.
We shouldn't be discussing thread expansion until we know where we're at now, where we will be at the start of the new teevee season.
What we should be talking about is tightening up what we have already, which seems to be moving along, now, anyway.
Adding to the house of cards now seems a bad idea, since we can't see the foundation, yet.
Lyra Jane - Aug 20, 2003 10:17:48 am PDT #4318 of 10005
Up with the sun
What we should be talking about is tightening up what we have already, which seems to be moving along, now, anyway
I think the problem is that one obvious way to tighten is combining the low-volume TV threads, but doing that might lead to a general TV thread that might attract more posts and more board instability. Kind of Catch-22y.
Jon B. - Aug 20, 2003 10:20:40 am PDT #4319 of 10005
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IF we decide that the board can technically support a new thread, we can avoid all talk of the grandpappy clause by including in the proposal that the TV thread wouldn't open until Sept. 20. Many shows don't start until around that date and it would save us all a lot of headaches.
Kristen - Aug 20, 2003 10:25:55 am PDT #4320 of 10005
I'm still sticking with my plea that we not even discuss a new thread until after Angel's season premiere.
Katie M - Aug 20, 2003 10:28:30 am PDT #4321 of 10005
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Kristen, would you consider the proposal to consolidate Smallville, Farscape, and Due South into one thread ("Genre TV" or "Fannish TV" or something like that) a new thread?
Lyra Jane - Aug 20, 2003 10:29:07 am PDT #4322 of 10005
Up with the sun
Kristen, could you expound on that a little bit more? I understand that it's likely that a fannish TV thread would attract more posts than Smallville, Due South, and Farscape do now. But we have six weeks until the Angel premiere -- isn't that enough time to judge the thread volume and see if it's enough to cause server problems, and remove it if it does? Also, won't the premiere lead to a temporarily higher posting volume regardless of the number of threads we have?
Thanks for your patience.
Volans - Aug 20, 2003 10:29:12 am PDT #4323 of 10005
move out and draw fire
But I think Raquel stopped, based on Allyson's plea for us to stop and fundraise. I don't think the proposal died forever.
Yep. I stopped based on Allyson's (and others) points about the potential technical impacts (or yeah, what Allyson just said). I think these technical issues will ultimately require fundraising, but that's skipping a few steps.
I didn't think the TV thread was GF'd, but I could've missed that. So yes, please, listen to wise Cindy and address that now.
Jon, will that work, or is it the VOTING that's grandfathered?
esse - Aug 20, 2003 10:30:23 am PDT #4324 of 10005
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
IF we decide that the board can technically support a new thread, we can avoid all talk of the grandpappy clause by including in the proposal that the TV thread wouldn't open until Sept. 20.
A new thread or a consolodated thread? Because if it's a consolodated thread of the ones mentioned before, waiting to open it would be crummy because Stargate is currently airing, the due South discussion rambles along, and Farscape is in syndication.