[Mouth]

hey, glad to have you back!.. i sort of wonder if rygar can still post.

personally, i also interpret adding a trading forum here as being beneficial to the art and industry of maille. i had no qualms with the mission statement when it was written. i have no qualms with it now.

just being here increases awareness. i just read a post today about how someone had found the site while looking for beading stuff and was inspired by some of the weaves listed here, and decided to give it a shot.. and they seemed pretty happy and excited about it.

david austin made a brochure that explains the basic maille information. that increases awareness.

if 30% want no professional ads, and 30% want professional ads, then 60% -do- want a trading forum. it is the rules of the forum they don't agree on. and, as stated in the vote, it is the responsibility of the BOD to determine those rules.

we once had a 3 part vote. there were 2 slots for "yes" and 1 slot for "no". together the 2 "yes" slots had more votes than the "no" slot. everyone interpreted the vote differently and we had to hold the vote a second time.

if we're to go that route, i would rather just hold 2 votes. 1 for "yes/no" on the forum itself, and one for "yes/no" on the professional advertisements.. but, i think the BOD can hammer that second one out, if the membership vote passes.

also, if the membership decides to force a vote, it does not matter what our mission statement says, they can force the vote because of how the charter is worded. in fact, the membership can change the charter. the mission statement.. with enough support behind an idea, the membership can do whatever they want.

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at midnight GMT, unless someone comes up with something different, (as i stated before) i will post a vote that looks like this..


MAIL APPROVAL VOTE (stickied)

Should MAIL add a trading room to the forum?

(O) Yes *if passed the BOD will be responisble for creating, instituting, and monitoring any rules associated with this room.*

(O) No *Nuff said, No room*

this topic has been discussed in the knitting circle, here
and in the admin forum, here
(appropriate links)

please familiarize yourself with the subject before casting your vote.

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i will run the vote for 11 days, as we have done in the past, to cover 2 weekends, and one week, for the benefit of people who only check bimonthly. this will be friday morning to monday morning (aiming for 12 midnight, so at midnight on monday the vote will be closed.)

i will make an announcement which reads:

MAIL APPROVAL VOTE

Should MAIL add a trading room to the forum?

familiarize yourself with the topic here and here.
vote here
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kim

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PSA: remember to stretch.
3.o is fixing everything.

[Mouth]

i was curious about that myself. i figured you had done it, at the time. but i guess not.

i checked soon after tess replied to it, and it was missing. and, iirc, tess replied not too long after you posted it.

i'd say that you posting, tess replying and me checking all probably happened within a couple hours (maybe 4 or 5, max).

perhaps this is related to that glitchiness that was affecting your access..?

kim

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PSA: remember to stretch.
3.o is fixing everything.

[Articles Assistant]

Hrm, strange stuff has happened before...

Speaking of glitches... do we have to tally the certain % of the current active members for the trading room vote? The current member statistics are a bit... off (saying, for instance, that nearly all members have been active in the last 90 days, or something nearly impossible).
I can never remember when we do that...

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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.--Bertrand Russell

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[Mouth]

i ran it for 1 week and 2 weekends, i thought that would catch most of our active members... we've done this in the past and it's worked pretty well.

kim

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PSA: remember to stretch.
3.o is fixing everything.

[Mouth]

sounds good to me.

kim

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PSA: remember to stretch.
3.o is fixing everything.