From my perspective only
Originally Posted by
wharvey
Now... I truly do not understand... you feel you need a MOTION in order to have a dialogue with Randy? Why not just PM him and ask for a conversation with the Talkboard? Or to a private chat session with the Talkboard?
Why a formal motion just to have a "conversation"?
Because no single person speaks for the entire TB which is made up of 9 individuals with 9 different opinions and priorities. The only time the TB officially 'speaks' is through a motion garnering a super-majority.
I had assumed this motion wanted him to change his mind... but the motion does not say that. Heck "reconsideration" could be interpreted as meaning "You should go back to 2004 and take back all posts not just going forward".
The motion is pretty clear about what option the TB would like Randy to go to. But it does
not preclude other ideas like a games subforum or any other outside-the-box idea:
"that the Talkboard recommend that Randy reconsider his decision to implement the policy of not counting posts in OMNI toward post totals
and instead count OMNI posts in a poster's post count."
