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richard
response 250 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 01:56 UTC 2004

that is forcing staff to do all the scribbling of jep and valerie's items.
wouldn't they have to be logged on as "valerie" to scribble valerie's items?
I note that when I posted an item from mnet on grex in an agora item where
we were discussing whether user's owned their own words, and it was decided
to remove that post, that marcus (who took the action) did not scribble it,
he went in and edited the post and put xxx's through everything.  Can staff
actually "scribble" a post of another user without being logged on as that
user?  If staff would have to use root and edit each individual post and take
out the words one by one, that would take a lot of time.  Why pass such a
proposal unless its clear that somebody on staff is willing to volunteer to
take the time to do all that work?
jp2
response 251 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 02:31 UTC 2004

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gelinas
response 252 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 03:34 UTC 2004

And John Remmers has volunteered to do the grunt work.
jp2
response 253 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 14:10 UTC 2004

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mary
response 254 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 15:15 UTC 2004

Please consider removing all but what was part three.  That
last is more editorial comment and doesn't belong in the
motion.
jp2
response 255 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 15:48 UTC 2004

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willcome
response 256 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 15:53 UTC 2004

I'd like to thank naftee for brining this matter to our attention.
jp2
response 257 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 15:53 UTC 2004

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remmers
response 258 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 19:07 UTC 2004

Hi, this is your friendly voteadm person again.

The wording in Section 1 of #255 is acceptable, although I don't
think Section 2 is necessary and could give a misleading impression.
By default, policies take effect as soon as a passing result is
announced, and staff is always supposed to implement policies as
soon as practical.  Having that language in the proposal suggests
that those things are not the default.  Jamie, are you willing
to take that part out?

It appears that for the first time in Grex history we might be
voting on more than one proposal at the same time.  The current
vote program can handle that okay with a minor amount of
hack-work on my part, but I'm working on a rewrite that will
handle parallel votes with different expiration times gracefully,
and that will automate some things that I currently do by hand.  
I'd like to delay the start of voting until tomorrow (Saturday)
to see if I can get that operational.  If I do, I'll start the
vote using the new program; if not, I'll start it using the old
one.  Hopefully that's acceptable to folks.
jp2
response 259 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 19:14 UTC 2004

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remmers
response 260 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 19:32 UTC 2004

Thanks for the willingness to be flexible.

Refresh my memory -- was more that one staff member involved in
deleting the items?  The proposal refers to "staff members".
jp2
response 261 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 23 19:43 UTC 2004

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naftee
response 262 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 24 04:25 UTC 2004

I would also like to thank willcome and jp2 for their tireless efforts in
discussing the matter with the users of GreX.
ryan
response 263 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 24 16:38 UTC 2004

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remmers
response 264 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 24 17:27 UTC 2004

Re #261: You can avoid naming names and still be factually accurate.
remmers
response 265 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 25 22:02 UTC 2004

To clarify:  I think the wording in #259 is okay except that the
phrase "by staff members" is contrary to fact.  Simplest fix would
be to leave it out.  Once that's fixed, I'll start a vote whenever
Jamie says.  Other things came up this weekend that slowed down work
on the new vote program, and I doubt I'll have a chance to work on
it again until next weekend, so in the interest of expediting 
a decision it may be best to start the vote under the old program.
jp2
response 266 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 26 01:11 UTC 2004

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gelinas
response 267 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 26 02:26 UTC 2004

(That only works if the bill is sure to pass, jp2.  You know that.  Except
in the case of "poison pill" riders, which are added to ensure the basic bill
does NOT pass.)
jp2
response 268 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 26 10:54 UTC 2004

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remmers
response 269 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 26 11:06 UTC 2004

When I start seeing some kickbacks for my efforts, I'll give more
serious consideration to imitating shady legislative practices.  But
darn it, Jamie didn't offer me any bribes at all.  You get what you
pay for.  :)

Okay, I'll start the voting either later today or first thing
tomorrow.
jp2
response 270 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 26 11:12 UTC 2004

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bhoward
response 271 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 26 13:17 UTC 2004

That ought to buy you some creamer for your Starbucks latte, James.
jp2
response 272 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 26 14:10 UTC 2004

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jep
response 273 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 27 14:07 UTC 2004

I request, once again as I did in resp:203 on Wednesday, January 21, 
that the Board resolve the questions that have been raised by myself 
and others about what happens if both proposals pass, before the 
proposals are placed before the voters.  I think otherwise the voters 
can not know what they are voting to decide, and that therefore the 
outcome of the two votes will possibly be moot.

I don't know of a procedure for bringing this request into the decision 
making process.  I hope someone on the Board can take charge, though.
slynne
response 274 of 424: Mark Unseen   Jan 27 15:06 UTC 2004

It is my understanding that the most recent proposal takes precedence. 
Since jp2's proposal was made first, your proposal would be the most 
recent. 

So, if jp2' proposal passes and yours passes, only the baby diary items 
will be restored. If jp2's proposal passes and yours doesnt, then the 
baby diary items and the divorce items will be restored. If jp2's 
proposal fails and yours passes, then the staff could decide to restore 
the baby diary items but they would not be allowed to restore the 
divorce items. If both proposals fail, the status quo prevails. 

I am not sure we need a board action to clarify this officially. 
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