the increasingly inaptly named cB rev 2.0, (By- laws or something like it) Options

[sadolakced acid]

yea. no changes, no complaints. so this should not be in feedback.

a thread to comment about the new staff selection.

(ok so this is a complaint, this part, but it's not the main part of the thread)
i for one don't like the practice of deleting applications after the new staffers are announced. i think some of us would like to be able to see who's application was better. of course, it could open up the selection people to criticism (if people think the application sucked), but sometime public criticism is a good thing.

right. now on to the main part.

were you suprised at any of the selections, or who wasn't selected?


i was quite expecting michael to be people staff. maybe his app sucked, the world will never know...

[racoons > you]

rachel, that would be fantastic.

i'll consider your space to be taken, leave one for justin, and also, i;ve approached katt about the fifth place. i think she is competent in discussion, and she certainly doesnt share my views about a lot of subjects, so she works for the balance issue. provided katt and justin are interested, we have our delegates!

ok, next issue

should we use a subforum of CB for the discussions, or an entirely seperate invisionfree board?

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some arguments for either option:

Invisionfree Board

For:

- one forum can be given over for non-delegates to post ideas/suggestions/comments on the work the delgates are doing. It is important that, as representatives, we are aware of the way people feel about certain issues.

- another forum can be solely for the use of staff to actuall discuss proposals in more detail, and hammer out the actual writing of the by-laws, without people getting in the way. non-delegates will be able to view, but not to post in this forum.

- all delegates can be given moderator powers, meaning we are not dependent on the CB mods to keep threads in order.

Against

- it wont be immediately obvious where the discussions are taking place. someone with an excellent idea could miss out, because they do not know the url of the invisonfree board

- people would hav eto actually register on the board to post, which may be a deterrent

Sub-Forum

For

- It's familiar, and easily accesible to, all members

- it keeps the discussions within CB, meaning no one has to register seperately to comment

Against

- It will be difficult to seperate actual writing out of the bylaws and formal decisions from non-delegate posts. it coud become disorganized very quickly

- We would be dependent on CB mods to keep things in order/tidy, and to deal with any time wasters. this wil be inconvenient to member-delegates, as well as givng some delegates more authority than others, which for the purposes of an open discussion, is not fair.

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personally, i favour the invisionfree board. the organizational/equality benefits outweigh possible disadvantages, as far as i can see
if we make the board visible for guest to view, then people only have to register to actually post their say, and anyone who feels strongly enough about this is unlikely to be dettered by having to register.
in terms of people not knowing where to find us, a pinned thread in feedback with the link should let people know. afterall, the people who post mot in fedback ar elikely to be the most interested in this project

views. not just from delegates, but non-delegates as well