Originally Posted by
kipper
What good is a public announcement if voting has ended before it can be published?
There were 49 motions/votes while I served on TB. Only 1, the last one, had voting conclude before the sitewide announcement went up. As koko notes, it was an outlier. It is
not the norm to have voting conclude before the sitewide announcement takes place. And while it probably won't happen again, TB is taking steps to amend the guidelines to ensure it doesn't & that a more formal heads up in forums before motions are made. So that will take care of it from a logistical point.
Originally Posted by
kokonutz
And here is how that motion might look:
The TB recommends that the TB Guidelines be amended thus:
C. Voting Procedures
i. Not less than 72 hours after Once a motion has been made and seconded the President shall post a sticky poll thread in the TalkBoard forum calling the question and announcing the vote. The thread shall be titled "Vote: [summary of motion]". In the first post on the sticky poll thread the President shall post the maker and seconder of the motion as well as the voting deadline and then restate the motion that has been made and seconded.
and
D. Public Notice Procedures
i. Once a motion has been made and seconded put before TalkBoard for a vote the Vice President/Secretary shall post a new thread in the public TalkBoard Topics forum announcing the vote along with the voting end date as quickly as feasible. Once that thread is posted, the TalkBoard Vice President/Secretary will submit a request to the FlyerTalk Host or representative to create an site-wide announcment of the vote with a link to the discussion/voting thread in the TalkBoard Topics Forum. The Announcement will be available until either voting is completed and a decision is made or the voting period ends.
koko, I was going to start a thread in the private TB forum to get the discussion going re: both time lag on sitewide announcement as well as the formal heads up in forums where an action is being discussed. BTW - I know where you're headed with the above, but the wording doesn't get you where you want to be. I can't post your post, so when I create the 2 threads, perhaps you'd be kind enough to post the above in the thread created in the private forum.
These 2 items, plus overseeing the new Prez/VP elections will be my last actions as lame duck Prez.
Cheers.