Thoughts of cat's and pidgeons enter my head right now and I think that with the ongoing to-ing and fro-in between OM and Gabs at the mo I'll simply have to put my vote in favour of the pair of them.
Not that I mind to-in and fro-ing, history will show there has been plenty of that between myself and others here over the years. Besides they both hold a place in my heart. On Apr 26, 4:05 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not a slap in the face for anyone. Minds Eye is not a fiefdom with some > line of succession; it's a community, made up of many diverse ideologies and > personality types. Care for the community should be determined by the > community, not by any sense of authoritative seniority. Rigsy has already > put in one vote for Orn, and if the majority consensus is that he's best > suited to take final say on the list, then I'll gladly hand the reins to > him. If there's a consensus that someone else might be better suited for > negotiating the various conflicts which arise, it would go to that person. > It doesn't matter to me; this is your community. > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:54 AM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually I was thinking what a slap in the face for orn this must be. But > > then this is if I was orn and orn doesn't want my empathy. And he doesn't > > want an open word at the time he is asked for it either. That's how I came > > up with the answer. > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:03 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On who's time line? Or are you thinking of a mercy killing? > > >> On Apr 26, 5:27 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I vote for a natural death. > > >> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Chris Jenkins > >> > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> > > I don't think anyone would be surprised to hear that I've had little > >> to no > >> > > time for all things Minds Eye. I did what I could to help grow the > >> group, > >> > > and expand it into other venues, but honestly, I think it's time > >> someone > >> > > else took over the top reins. I know that will be a contentious > >> conversation > >> > > given some of the conversations and conflicts around here regarding > >> > > moderation, but I think it's fair to put the top level of control in > >> the > >> > > hands of someone who is actually currently working to make the list > >> better. > > >> > > I don't know any better way to do it than to be democratic. I'll take > >> > > suggestions, via this thread or personal message, and the name I get > >> the > >> > > most of will get the spot. I don't care if you want it or not...if the > >> > > majority of folks here find you to be fair minded, then they'll trust > >> you to > >> > > hand it over to someone else. Who knows, perhaps there will come > >> elections, > >> > > an official Minds Eye president or some such thing...ok, well, > >> probably not, > >> > > but you get the idea. > > >> > > This list has never been about hierarchies, but the fact is, someone > >> at > >> > > some points in time has to make difficult decisions, with the good of > >> the > >> > > group in mind. It's an utterly thankless job, and no matter what you > >> choose, > >> > > there will always be folks who find you to be a fascist prick for > >> making > >> > > that decision. > > >> > > As an aside, for those of you who remember when DubiousProfundity.com > >> was > >> > > the dedicated website for this list, you might be interested to know > >> that > >> > > I've revived the new concept here:http://obnoxi.us. Feel free to > >> > > participate, if you like. > > >> > > Enough with the formalities. I'll start. My vote's for Francis Hunt.- > >> Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
