Originally Posted by chexfan
.. is input from the FT Community as a whole as well as from our elected TalkBoard being entered into the considerations? If no outside thoughts are entered into the discussion, especially from those elected by the community, could you explain the decision to solely let those who do the policing set the rules?
Chexfan I can't respond to your other queries, but I can advise TalkBoard as a group made no changes
whatever to these guidelines drawn up by the Moderator volunteers.
For the record, TalkBoard proceeded to vote to approve the draft TOS in mid November. (A lot of drafting work from
letiole - to whom thanks were given by TB!)
I was invited to vote to approve the draft, but was advised by one TB member it was too late to make any suggestions or changes or input as the deadline had apparently passed, despite no deadline being outlined anywhere at any time AFAIK.
In fairness I chose not to vote (or could have abstained) as I personally had no opportunity to add any input, and raised some matters that were important to me, and were just common sense.
The elected TalkBoard itself added or changed nothing in regards these TOS, despite there being some pretty vigorous posts seeking fine tuning to sections of it by one member of TB. However under TB conventions, I am only permitted to post my own comments, which were:
Originally Posted by ozstamps (November 16)
The great bulk of the proposals seem fine to me - indeed as far as I can see largely replicates the existing TOS/Rules etc?
I am a little confused. Will any comment made here on these have any effect whatever in seeing modifications considered? And by whom? And when?
I have not voted yet, being new, and am unsure whether suggestions are sought or whether the entire package is just here to be rubber stamped. In which case I wonder why TB needs to vote on it at all if it is a fait accompli document?
Also unless I am missing where to look for it on FT, these new "Guidelines and Rules" do not appear to cover some areas that once were posted as being part of the FT TOS and rules?
For example TalkBoard did recently vote 8-1 and 8-0 in polls ending February to approve two rule changes re user names. They appear to now exist nowhere in writing in Guidelines or TOS to guide the new and existing members it was designed to assist. (Unless I can't find them - but I have looked for 5 minutes.) :
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=524963
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=516553