If anyone else has a better title than this I would be happy to change it.
CURRENT TEXT OF BALLOT:
This is a two-part ballot. Please PM your votes on both parts to Administrator.
QUESTION ONE
The first part is an Instant Runoff Vote (IRV) ballot. Please rank the following four choices according to your preference for the action to be taken on the thread.
A) Leave the thread as is. No board-sanctioned action will be taken on the thread beyond possibly changing the disclaimer (see Question Two).
B) Replace the screen names of individuals indirectly referred to in the discussion with the anonymous placeholder ***** (real-life names have already been removed). The disclaimer may also be changed (see Question Two).
C) Replace names as in B) above, and then move the edited thread to Deleted Thread Storage. Only Rangers and the Mayor can access files in this area. The disclaimer may also be changed (see Question Two).
D) Delete the thread (the thread will be removed permanently; it will not be moved to Deleted Thread Storage). According to the Charter, a thread may be deleted by boardwide vote if deemed necessary to preserve the peace, security or continuance of the board.
My ranked vote for Part One:
1)
2)
3)
4)
QUESTION TWO
The second part is a simple poll, adjunct to the ballot above. Pick one:
A) Keep the current disclaimer text:
This thread was active during the upheavals on TORC and here at board77 in the first few months of 2005. Please remember as you read that many posts were made in the heat of the moment. Also, please note that this thread is no longer active; the board has moved on from these events. However, the members of board77 have decided that to delete these threads would be counter to our principles of transparency and openness.
B) Replace the current disclaimer text with this text:
This thread was active during the upheavals on TORC and here at board77 in the first few months of 2005 and many posts were made in the heat of the moment. The comments in this and every thread represent the feelings and opinions of the individuals who posted them and are not representative of the viewpoint of the board as a whole. Keeping threads from the period before the board opened is not an endorsement of their contents, but an attempt to operate according to our stated principles of transparency and openness.
My vote for Part Two:
A or B
(end of ballot text)
edit to add
Membership of the committee (last I checked, this would be a very good time to correct me:D ):
Voronwe--loremaster
Frelga
Cerin
Jnyusa
tolkienpurist
Axordil
Ara-anna
Eruname
truehobbit
TED
and now...
Myst
Thread at the center of discussion:
My presence on this board
Open member input thread for the discussion:
Business Room thread
Threads related to this discussion superseded by the Business Room thread:
Old Business Room thread
Bike Racks thread
Threads with more general applicability, still open:
Symposium thread on notion that silence is consent
Symposium thread on priority of rights
Summary of Jury in hearing related to thread:
Jury Summary