Member-based Control Models Sought

[DeadCat]

Firstly,it's great to these things discussed-the best harm reduction empowers and having the membership discussing and eventually controlling the site can only be a boon.
Secondly,I think the democracy comes in electing the people who'll make the decisions after the issues have been discussed openly.

That works for me. A "democratically elected republic" is about as good a a blance betwen the effeciency of an autocratic dictaorhsip and mob rule.

[Chip (OP)]

I/we don't want to ban anyone unless they show utter disrespect and post irrelevant ugly shit that is obviously troll-like.

... and of course, anyone silly enough to try to buy/sell directly.

the best option is to make friends with people and take your friendship to facebook (and then it's out of our hands).

i know that i won't be too strict, i live in the real world but nick and candy are probably wiser so putting things to a vote seem like the best option.

we are still figuring out what's best but whatever we decide, will be the right thing BY you.

we'd love to see the board self-governing, self-administered/moderated, self-funded and where everyone is an equal ... whether reality let's it play out or not will be something we'll all have to deal with.

you guys raise some excellent points and right now, i am the only person doing the Linux work and i'm looking to share that ... not that there's much because i'm BIG on automation.

[_Enduser]

I still think a weighted voting system is where it's at.....

[Dhedmo]

I like the idea of voting, but sometimes go a while without checking in.

On patters of policy, or important issues, could Admins send out a global email blast alerting members an important vote is taking place?
This could give everyone a heads-up.

I don't think the interest of members is necessarily reflected in the amount of time spent on the board, or number of posts.

It's not in my case, anyway.

[Sand and Water]

I like the idea of voting, but sometimes go a while without checking in.

On patters of policy, or important issues, could Admins send out a global email blast alerting members an important vote is taking place?
This could give everyone a heads-up.

I don't think the interest of members is necessarily reflected in the amount of time spent on the board, or number of posts.

It's not in my case, anyway.

Just my .002 here. Great points Dhedmo.  I agree w/all, plus I'd like it if/when we have an important poll or vote, it could be left up say for a week or so before a decision/rule is made. I think we'd get a lot more responses and input from folks who aren't online here every day.

[Chip (OP)]

Management is listening. we are nearing our target of 300.

you will get plenty of warning and a decent shot at the polls, if all goes well.

[thetalkingasshole]

Secret ballot,  yea?

If we're gonna vote on bans I'd like to avoid confrontation
by keeping our identities hidden

I trust the people we have runnin' shit to be honest about it

[Chip (OP)]

I avoided a mod to reveal poll data - it's all anonymous, I'm quite sure. we're right.