Originally Posted by
Spiff
As a volunteer adviser to IB/Randy Petersen, it would take something that I perceive to be a colossal blunder or that the other FlyerTalkers could convince me of being a colossal blunder before I'd presume to tell IB/Randy Petersen something to the effect: "How dare you do something without consulting all FlyerTalkers!?" Sorry, I 1)Don't see this as such a blunder and 2)am just not that presumptive that IB/Randy Petersen must consult the community on all matters. Other TalkBoard members may feel differently.
Originally Posted by
ClueByFour
If you are going to have the Talkboard ask it's boss to reconsider himself, I might pick something a bit less, well, hammered-into-stone than a 4 year old decision which was recently affirmed and implemented.
Let me preface what I am about to post by saying that I am one of the strongest advocates of not counting Omni posts. Indeed, I feel that no posts on the non-miles and points forums should be counted, that mods of the M&P Forums should identify threads within that forum (like the Delta Forum Lounge Thread) which should not be counted, and that all of this should be made retroactive.
I have posted all of that before and am re-posting it now only for one reason: to make it clear that what I am about to say has nothing to do with my own personal preferences on this issue.
The fact is that TalkBoard should express its opinion to what it feels is best on any issue which effects the membership and not only when Randy makes what it considers a "colossal blunder".
Nor is Randy TalkBoard's "boss". He may be the boss of the moderators who he appoints but not that of TalkBoard, which is elected by the membership.
There is a long-standing argument about how TalkBoard members should make decisions. Some FTers feel that it should reflect how a majority of posters stand on a particular issue. Others (and I am one of these) feel that TB members are elected to use their own individual judgment.
Randy has repeatedly said during TB elections that he is only one member with one vote -- and that is the way it should be. It would be a ridiculous situation to have a TalkBoard elected to advise Randy and then expect it to tell Randy only what he wants to hear. What possible good does that do for anyone (including Randy)?
TB should give Randy what it considers to be the best possible advice it can offer, even if that means telling him exactly the opposite of what he wants.
Randy, of course, is free to accept or reject that advice.