Originally Posted by
SanDiego1K
1375, a drop from last year's 1875. Honestly, I'm disappointed that more didn't come out to vote. We had solid candidates who threw themselves into the debate. We kept up changing announcements reminding everyone of the vote. We indicated who was running. We used Avatars to show who voted. We kept the vote open past Thanksgiving weekend. It was featured in TalkMail.
Originally Posted by
Mary2e
That's really a disappointment Carol. It makes me wonder if the effort is even worth it - and that includes even having a TB.
Sorry, I know it's like 3 pages later, but I'd been thinking about this and wanted to respond.
In all honesty, if TB spends another year of doing nothing substantive or worthwhile (in terms of *my* use of the board [and I know that's sort of a selfish view]), it's unlikely I'll bother voting next year. Last year, their only functions seemed to be new forum creation, and ensuring that the majority of FT could no longer access parts of the site. Their motions (all 16), were mostly made up of new board creation (7), access removal (2), attempts to "reward" a small subsection of board membership for posting in a restricted area (1), the addition of images to that restricted area (1), alterations to internal TB processes (4) and a single vote that had anything to do with most board members; the one dealing with public notifications.
Given the above, why
should I vote for TB? Had it not been for the punitive motions last year, it's unlikely I would've bothered doing so this year.