Originally Posted by
ClueByFour
Now, if you are referring to the fact that Randy did not listen to the TB on this issue before (and probably won't this time), you still are not disenfranchised--since neither he nor IB is under any kind of obligation to listen to (much less obey) the whims of the Talkboard.
What are you referring to? To the best of my knowledge TalkBoard has not passed any motions concerning either Omni or post counts -- so there was nothing for Randy to listen to.
The closest that TB had to a decision was a 5-4 vote not to count Omni posts. It failed as any motion requires the approval of 2/3rds of those voting.
Somebody earlier in this thread (Koko? Magiciansampras?) tried to portray this as TB recommending to Randy that Omni posts be counted, but that, too, was wrong. A failed motion
is no recommendation at all.
If this current motion fails, I certainly would not see it as a recommendation that Randy not count Omni posts. Unless and until TB actually approves something by a 2/3rds vote, it has not taken any action nor made any recommendation.
As to whether or not, if this motion passes, Randy would accept the recommendation is not something I would speculate about. As I noted earlier, Randy has accepted recommendations from TB with which he disagrees and even accepted one which failed to gain passage but did get 5 votes in favor.
In fact, I can not remember a single vote passed by TalkBoard since I first joined it which Randy refused to implement.