Originally posted by Randy Petersen:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I and the TalkBoard will work toward a solution that you and others can post with - whatever that may be.
The only thing that I'm dissapointed about is that i thought i deserved at least a C- for the follow-through. There's a bunch of other members on FT who didn't try at all and they still get good grades from you..... HA!
So, how was your day?</font>
Touché!
I think the one-week breathing space to allow some brain storming to impose a little self-discipline on ourselves is just what the doctor ordered.
No mere B+ from "Professor Lifer." When you next visit SPN (perhaps on a honeymoon), I'd be happy to show you around Northern Marianas College.
I didn't suffer any long-term effects from giving OMNI up for 40 days during Lent. A week will not kill anyone.
Turning to the merits of the issue, I will restate a possible solution I have proposed in similar circumstances (but not in this forum):
How about a reasonable daily posting limit? 50, 100, 200? There has to
be
some number that would be considered "extreme" or beyond good manners or reasonable contribution levels.
The number could be technically monitored, like "flood control," or by moderators.
We don't want to crimp the prodigious helpers like
PremEx, however.
Perhaps the "limit" could be for OMNI only; the other threads are subject to more natural "off-topic" TOS limits.
Or the limit of 50 or 100 could apply solely to the number of OMNI
threads posted to daily.
Your first iteration doesn't have to be carved in stone. Change it as needed.
Good luck in continuing to inspire your volunteers to give such splendid follow-through.
That's the kind of leadership we learned at the Naval Academy. (Yes, the entire class did get restricted when the women's obstacles at the O-course were painted pink. We didn't have the same degree of problems as USAFA integrating women, some well-publicized
consensual scandals involving videotape notwithstanding -- the Superintendent's daughter was a member of the second class with women (now a space shuttle astronaut), and the entire Brigade of Midshipmen had no doubt about the leadership's commitment to do what needed to be done.