Friends... Romans... Tremblayans... it's cool, I'm calm, just a note on invites.

[TheStudDuck]

Greetings!

I had mentioned this idea before when the subject of a new home had come up and I just wanted to officially bring it up here and see what everyone has to say about it.

In order to protect ourselves (and we are trying our best to do so) we should really all pledge to be dedicated to this place and the safety of all of our fellow members.  I think it almost needs to be required that we have designated people to do certain things.

For instance... elect our own officials to be in charge of the invites.  If we have like five people working together on invitations, then they are able to keep track of who has been invited and who hasn't -- and they can keep us safe by knowing exactly what the criteria for an invite should be... such as posting history, reputation, etc.  Is anyone up to the idea of elected officials?

Also, I would like to nominated Clarissa and Celeste to share in the titles of "Co- Board Mothers" as they are our moderators... which would essentially give them the position of a judge -- to neutrally settle any possible disputes that may come about or oversee any major projects or decisions that might arise.

I think a registry might also be a good idea... I mean, again... just to know who all is here with us and who isn't yet.  This could help whoever may be in charge of inviting -- should we decide to go that route.

But for the record... I really think it would be a great idea to have people assigned to be in charge of inviting people... just to keep us safe and so we're not all scrambling to try to figure out who knows about this place and who does.

David

[EnnisDelMar]

Ohh can I be an 'Official' since I started the Pierre board?

[YaadPyar]

I know this will sound biased, but I agree with you completely about the invites right now.  We want to be really careful, and Ellemeno especially knows some scary inside info about who we can trust and not. 

Please, please, please PM either of us about invites.  If you post them in random threads, they will get missed.  I have the latest, most updated invite, full of all sorts of cautions about joining and discussing this board, and would like people to have the full info before they come over.

So - at least for invites, at least for now, I'm seconding David on this one.  Hopefully we don't have disputes needing settling, or any other governance issues, although I'll say right now (not to create more disuptes...) that (1) I think he was killed, and (2) it was "s'alright, s'alright, s'alright". 

[YaadPyar]

Ohh can I be an 'Official' since I started the Pierre board?

Absolutely - what kind of official do you want to be?  You are the intrepid exlporer who had the vision of what this could be, and have been with it every step of the way.  And continue to be...that makes you a Founding Father, no?

[dmmb_Mandy]

"I'll say right now that (1) I think he was killed, and (2) it was "s'alright, s'alright, s'alright".  "

LOL, I love you Celeste.

David, I agree about the invites.

[MaineWriter]

David--take a deep breath, relax, breath through your mouth--

I appreciate your sincerity but I feel like you are going a bit off the deep end. Voting for governments? Electing officers? Calm down, it will all work out. People are sorting themselves out on the inviting thing--it will work out.

I thought you were going to take a week long vacation and not visit any boards? Obviously, you decided not to, but my I am feeling you are still a little stressed.....just relax, enjoy the new site...you don' need to worry so much

My 2 cents but I am on your side my friend, relax.

[slayers_creek_oth]

I appreciate your sincerity but I feel like you are going a bit off the deep end. Voting for governments? Electing officers? Calm down, it will all work out. People are sorting themselves out on the inviting thing--it will work out.

Agreed

[TheStudDuck]

I can't quit you guys... I wanted to go on a vacation... but may I'll cut down a bit.  I just want to keep this place safe and honestly... I think that if we had people in charge of the invites at the IMDb, it may not have gotten to the point where we were driven out.  People were inviting people they had known for like a day.

I'm sorry if you feel it is overreacting... it's not like I want to draw up doctrines and have rules and everything be like the U.S. Government or something... I just think it'd be nice to say, "okay, these three people are doing the invites, let them do the invites and nobody else do them, that way we'll all know who is being invited and who isn't."

It just seems so sensible to me... maybe it's just me...

[YaadPyar]

"I'll say right now that (1) I think he was killed, and (2) it was "s'alright, s'alright, s'alright".  "

LOL, I love you Celeste.

It's totally mutual!

 

[slayers_creek_oth]

I can't quit you guys... I wanted to go on a vacation... but may I'll cut down a bit.  I just want to keep this place safe and honestly... I think that if we had people in charge of the invites at the IMDb, it may not have gotten to the point where we were driven out.  People were inviting people they had known for like a day.

I think the biggest problem was people following people through their history.  I was one of the first people on CT and I remember a lot of people showing up and saying "I found you" or "There you are".......so that now eliminates that problem now....

But you are right having someone or some people in charge of inviting is a good idea.....I agree with that one...