Originally Posted by
RichMSN
I am an equal member to you and the rest of the community. TB members (and moderators, so I'm told) are members first and foremost.
You aren't equal. You have specific rights and privileges that other members do not, that makes you unequal to the majority of the community. You can vote on changes that affect FT, ordinary members cannot. If the matter was anything else but Talkboard related, I would agree with you, but it isn't.
Why try to collect feedback from ordinary members and then muddy it with the votes of people that have the power to vote anyway. Yet another sign that the TB is not interested in the thoughts of the community.
I think I've asked this about 3 times now:
who do
you represent? Is it youself, a small subset of 'friends' or the broader community? I really have no idea anymore.
Originally Posted by
RichMSN
Our opinions should be counted in a poll like this right alongside yours.
I strongly disagree, since you already have the power to vote. Ordinary, non-voting members do not, the only thing we can do is express an opinion.
Originally Posted by
RichMSN
I am listening -- to the people that voted for me in November. I clearly, CLEARLY said I would be raising this and supporting this during the campaign and I received enough votes to be seated. So did kokonutz. I would be going back on my word to the voters who voted for me if I didn't support this.
Can you confirm that everybody that voted for you did so because of this one issue? What happened to the other questions? People may well have voted based on the answers that you gave to those and not just this one issue.
Originally Posted by
RichMSN
Furthermore, the opinions here are *not* overwhelmingly in one direction or the other. As I've been told, being loud or repeating yourself over and over does not mean more people feel a certain way.
If you are implying that this is what I am doing, then fine, but I only got counted once in the 'poll' as did everyone else, regardless of how many posts have been made by the individual.
Originally Posted by
RichMSN
Finally, If you don't like me keeping my promises, I will be up for re-election (if I choose to stand again) in November 2013. Feel free to vote against me then.
The only promise that I want you to keep is the one where you said that you would represent the community.
Originally Posted by
RichMSN
Most issues where I don't have a particular viewpoint or feel I need some guidance I'll be leaning on the opinions of members in this forums or by PMs I receive. But for this one? My vote was already set in stone when I made the motion. Sorry if that offends you, but it's the truth.
What offends me is the fact that you appear to be following your own agenda, rather than listening to the community, or maybe, our definitions of the 'community' differ. Your community might only be made up of the people that you know, rather than a broader sense, which is where this forum comes in to play.
What was the point in voting for fresh new people with great ideas and thoughts if they then turn around and tell members: 'thanks for voting for me, but from now on, I'll only listen to you if I feel like it'?
I give up.