NationStates Jolt Archive

Welcome to the Union Office Party, we've got a beer keg, numerous unwanted information pamphlets, and a very earnest barman, who will extoll the virtues of forum democracy while serving you! Punch for all, and cookies for the m0ds that drop by!

Come on in, hang out, and chew the fat about issues of proletarian concern. Concerned about venerable posters leaving? Sick of boob and nipple threads? Tired of all the threads that aren't about boobs and nipples? Want to talk about ideas, complain about avatars, chide (gently) the mods, or ogle some union pinkos? Want to make a difference? This is the place for you.

Though folks might have been a bit freaked out by some of our more..erm...eccentric members in the begining, we're really all about constructive suggestions, and affirmative action. Nothing dodgy at all, alrighty?


The Mission Statute of NS Local 8976

We, the as members of the general forum, have come together as a union to form the democratic collective of NS Local 8976. The Union shall reflect the wishes of its membership through a democratic process, thereby maintaining the true principles of modship, addressing issues of proletarian concern, and exerting the strength of the collective for the furtherment of the rights and innovations of its membership, and those of General’s posters at large. The Union shall welcome new brothers and sisters to its ranks with open arms; howsoever loyal members gather in unity, NS local 8976 shall carry forth its mission. Members will signal their commitment to the Union by stating its name in their signatures, and actively participating in the forging, strengthening, and shaping of the Union: discussion of issues and ideas; participation in membership meetings and events; and a commitment to the mission statement. Local 8976 is committed to organizing with fellow posters, improving quality of forum-life, and offering creative and thoughtful ideas to our peers, and respected m0ds, in a manner respectful of all brothers and sisters, and in an environment conductive to debate and challenge from all quarters.

MISSION STATEMENT: To improve the quality of the NS General Forum through collective action, innovation, and open, democratic means.

The summary of our last meeting will be on view in the next post. Check out PCRA central, where ongoing discussion happening. Work is still in progress for forging a platform that is moderate and cool. http://s6.invisionfree.com/PCRA_Central/index.php?act=idx

Cool, but one question ---

Is the punch spiked?

I just came for da b00ze.

No hand me a fuckin' drink, and put on some good tunes!

(Drinks down Coke, crushes can with forehead)

Yeeeaaah boyeee!

Here's the summary of our first meeting, as graciously put together by Brother Chicken pi
Summary of agenda

1: Nominations for Chair (Chair will rotate as required)
Originally I was nominated for chair, although I quickly passed the position on to WG, as I was about to go to bed. Later in the meeting we decided not to have a formal chair, and to simply have a member take up the responsibility if there is nobody online currently acting as chair.

2: Chairs comments


My comments are as follows.

We have agreed that the chair will rotate as members sign off so the meeting may move along. The only two stipulstions are that the chair select a willing member to take over if they wish to sign off and that several other members be present for voting.

Lets have a good meeting.

3: Approval of agenda: (chance to place items on agenda)
The agenda was approved. During the course of this motion, it was suggested that the meeting be moved to an IRC channel, #NS_local_8976. Although the vote was passed, too few members logged on to the IRC channel to make it a practical method of discussing motions.

4: Motion on spam lite: Discussion..word the motion..vote on it..
This was a long discussion. During this, it was decided that word games would be discussed in a separate motion and several definitions of spam-lite were put forward.
-The Slaglands suggested that it be defined as decent, but not as good as regular Spam, even though it all fries up the same.- I suggested that spammy threads could be limited by making people go to the union for permission to start one. Realising the impracticality of this in regards to spam threads, I suggested that this would be a better method to use with word game threads, to be discussed in motion 9(b).
-The discussion about spam also brought up the issue of social threads. The idea of having a single general social thread was brought up, and a separate thread was started to gauge people’s reaction to the idea. According to Cogitation, this proposal is being discussed amongst the mods.

We agreed upon Word Games’ of spam-lite: “So spam lite is any thread, or post within a thread that does not offend and has a conceivable point. A conceivable point includes a funny comment, not a flame. Word games, although they come up later in the agenda have a conceivable point, in that they provide recreation and some thought to stay within the rules of the game.”

5: Motion on mOds selection:
-It was agreed that democratic mod elections would be impractical, for various reasons.
-A People’s Choice Mod Awards thread was suggested.
-As an alternative to direct elections, it was suggested that the union could put together a list of suitable candidates to be mods, which the mods could decide upon.
- Somebody suggested having a union representative on the mod team, perhaps with some form of limited access in order to protect OPSEC. Word Games and Haken Rider were nominated as potential candidates, but in the end we decided that we should finish the meeting and implement a couple of our other ideas first.
-During the course of this, a vote of “no confidence” in Word Games was held. This was passed with four “ayes”.
-As a result of the vote of “no confidence”, Sandpit suggested that we completely scrap the name “NS local 8976” and merge with the NSRP under the name “Nationstates Reform Alliance”. This was rejected, however.

6: Motion on the NS Board Oath

The NS Local 8976, considering that it has been summoned to establish the constitution of the forum, to effect the regeneration of the public order, and to maintain the true principles of modship; that nothing can prevent it from continuing its deliberations in whatever place it may be forced to establish itself; and, finally, that wheresoever its members are assembled, there is the NS Local 8976;

Decrees that all members of the NS Local 8976 shall immediately take a solemn oath not to stop posting, and to start new topics wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the forum is established and consolidated upon firm foundations; and that, the said oath taken, all members and each one of them individually shall ratify this steadfast resolution by a message in their signature.


-This motion was not passed. Although there were more ayes than nays, it did not reach the required number of 7 ayes. Also, several members protested, saying that they would quit if they had to take any oaths.


7: Motion on more poll options:
- After a short discussion, we decided to skip motions 7 and 8 until such time as we are better informed about why we only have 10 poll options and whether it would be feasible to have this changed.

8: Motion on search times:
- This motion was skipped along with motion 7, as we would need to talk to somebody at Jolt to be reliably informed about this.

9: Other Motions?
a) Word games
-The general consensus was that unlimited word games should not be allowed, as the forum would be flooded with them. A few of the suggestions were: 1) Having a single thread for all word games. Any word games outside of this thread would be deleted. 2) making people get union approval for word game threads. 3) Only allowing one word game at a time, which would have to be a game with a reasonable degree of complexity. 4) Just not allowing word games at all.
-Although the exact method in which word games would be implemented was not decided upon, allowing one word game at a time seemed to be the most popular method.

b) NSRP



[QUOTE=Word Games] b) Motion
That NS Local 8976 and the NationStates Reform Party (NSRP) be allied as seperate entities. However a member of one will be automatically a member of another, and all members will add "Member, NationStates Reform Alliance" to their sig.




-Firstly, I feel that it is important to note the purpose of the NSRP. According to Sandpit, “The intent of the NSRP is that it is a lobbying group. It is a "draft committee" to create a well-written and polite email to Max, outlining all the changes that members of the NSRP want and petitioning him for change”
-This vote was passed unanimously. All members are encouraged to become members of the NSRA forum , if they haven’t already.


c)



That this new entity move it's headquarters to PCRA Central (where the MDSC is). This is so that we would have a dedicated place to meet, and a place which is out of the jurisdiction of NS moderators.



- It was decided that there should be a compromise on this one. Accepting this proposal would have meant that NS local 8976 would effectively cease to operate in the Nationstates forums, while declining it would have meant that we would not have a separate forum to use, should we so wish. Most members voted for a compromise, so we will make use of both forums.

10: Motion on tactics:Chinkopodia summarised this effectively


-first tactic snipped-
2nd tactic: Putting forwards ideas to the Mods explaining pros, taking public polls over it, presenting all of the evidence for it, and seeing what they think.

Pros: Viewing in a better light, a possibility the mods will actually read it.
Cons: The mods won't necessarily agree with our ideas, but then they never will regardless, unless we hold Myrth hostage, which is never a good idea.
Effectiveness: Probably the best we can have.

Third Tactic: Use the PCRA under the NSRA to dicuss stuff.

Pros: It will allow us to discuss things in secrecy and without mod intervention, thus stopping any meetings etc. being sidetracked.
Cons: It doesn't spread AS MANY of our ideas to the normal NSers in the 'production stage'. (AS MANY being because we're still using here due to the last vote's results)
Effectiveness: Very Good, and regardless, how many NSers are reading this at the moment?




It was generally agreed that both tactics have their good and bad points, so we need not limit ourselves to a single method of bringing about change.

11: Motion on negotiating team:
(Suggest we have a meeting just for these nominations)
A separate thread was made for this. Chinkopodia, myself and OceanDrive were nominated for the negotiating team.
As to our method of negotiation, Chinkopodia suggested that we “would we make a topic in Moderation or something after each meeting explaining what we want and so putting forwards suggestions to the mods, then discussing with them on the topic the issues, or some other way?”

12: Other Business:
- It was suggested that we come up with a union slogan. Some of the ideas put forward were:
Fighting for forum freedom – your union, your way
Making your voice heard – your union, your way

- Avatars were also brought up in this section. We decided that these would be discussed in more detail in another meeting.

- Some kind of union rally/social thread was suggested. The original proposal was to have a rally, but we decided that a union office party would be better.


Okay, I guess this fits in the category of "other business", although it was written after that section of the meeting was wrapped up. Here is the NS local 8976 Mission Statute, written by Kreitzmoorland:




The Mission Statute of NS Local 8976

We, the as members of the general forum, have come together as a union to form the democratic collective of NS Local 8976. The Union shall reflect the wishes of its membership through a democratic process, thereby maintaining the true principles of modship, addressing issues of proletarian concern, and exerting the strength of the collective for the furtherment of the rights and innovations of its membership, and those of General’s posters at large. The Union shall welcome new brothers and sisters to its ranks with open arms; howsoever loyal members gather in unity, NS local 8976 shall carry forth its mission. Members will signal their commitment to the Union by stating its name in their signatures, and actively participating in the forging, strengthening, and shaping of the Union: discussion of issues and ideas; participation in membership meetings and events; and a commitment to the mission statement. Local 8976 is committed to organizing with fellow posters, improving quality of forum-life, and offering creative and thoughtful ideas to our peers, and respected m0ds, in a manner respectful of all brothers and sisters, and in an environment conductive to debate and challenge from all quarters.

MISSION STATEMENT: To improve the quality of the NS General Forum through collective action, innovation, and open, democratic means.


13: Next meeting:
This is in progress. These are the basic points so far:
- We should hold meetings on a regular basis. Once a month would be good, although it may be a good idea to have a break between meetings, probably the same length as an average meeting (about 27 days?)
- If there are important issues which need to be decided upon, it would be a good idea to hold emergency meetings.
- Chinkopodia suggested that we discuss various motions for the next meeting in PCRA Central.

14: Motion to close meeting:
The motion to close the meeting was passed unanimously with 4 ayes.

(Drinks down Coke, crushes can with forehead)

Yeeeaaah boyeee!
Sweet! I wish I could do that.
*grabs a lampshade*

Cool, but one question ---

Is the punch spiked?
Uhhh, yeah. what's the point otherwise?

EDIT: folks are welcome to drink our booze, but if you've got any things you'd like to present to the union, post'em on this, the Local 8976 thread, or go to PCRA central.

EDIT2: hey Eichen, I've got some new math jokes

snip
Dude, you are so harshin' my mellow.
Is this a party, or an attempt to indoctrinate us, like a Hare Krishna "dinner party"?

We did warn you about unwanted pamphlets, but feel free to ignore'em. ;)

We did warn you about unwanted pamphlets, but feel free to ignore'em. ;)
You're right, you did. Just keep the hooch flowing.
This is turning into a sausagefest... Where's the hot chicks?

I apear to be the only "chick" of any description around at the moment...sorry about that

I apear to be the only "chick" of any description around at the moment...sorry about that
Oh, I didn't realize you were.

Ummm... So how are you doing? Lookin' lovely tonight. :D
*spilling, swaying*

Am I allowed to come? If so to let you know I'm already drunk.

everyone is welcome!!

I'm fine Eichen. Here a math joke for ya: A methematician enters his pin into an ATM, and it self-destructs. Why?

*hires bouncer*

everyone is welcome!!

I'm fine Eichen. Here a math joke for ya: A methematician enters his pin into an ATM, and it self-destructs. Why?

*hires bouncer*
It's Pi?

no, man. It was an imaginary number.

no, man. It was an imaginary number.
*takes away platic cup*

I think you've had quite enough tonight.

*takes away platic cup*

I think you've had quite enough tonight.
I've had quite enough.? now that's funny, comming from you.

I've had quite enough.? now that's funny, comming from you.
I'm not dearly nunk enough yet.

BUMP!! (http://img171.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img171&image=bump2gv.jpg)

Hey, Kreitzmoorland. It seems to be a bit quiet around here...

Hi everybody....!

I've got another maths joke! Me! Me!

What does the constipated mathematician do? WORK IT OUT WITH A PENCIL!

*doesn't realise people are laughing AT me, not with me*

*swipes beer from barman....downs it*

Yeah....it's really funny! *laughs in drunken stupor*

Yeah.....you know what I'm gonna tell you? You know what? *loosens tie, flops onto table* Yeah.....you know we actually like the mods? Yeah! We're not really zealots! We're just...like....y'know.....pro...posing....stuff, yeah. Like, so people can get....like....idea-things......heard, y'know? For YOUR bene....benef....good. yeah.....so all's fine with the mods....you've got it all wrong, y'know.....yea-

*gets dragged off by men in white coats*

"You're damaging the disreputable reputation of NS Local....when you wake up, this never happened."

*is syringed. Staggers back onto scene.*

Err......we all hate teh eee3v1l m0dz0rz!111eleven1. The cookiez hav cyanide in them! I think.....yeah?

*is thumbed-up by men in white coats. Gun is withdrawn from behind me*

Errrr......drink more and go crazy! More maths jokes! :p

*does a Ricky Gervais dance*

http://img206.exs.cx/img206/3594/39955597theoffice1445ir.jpg

el bumpo!

*starts dancing*

Ai Caramba!

*enters wearing a 'party naked' t-shirt and dragging a keg...*

Hey gang! :D

gang: Hello Lascivious Maximus!

*I get tounge-tied half-way through the word "Lascivous" and just start mindlessly babbling on how nice an idea it is to have a suggesting force to implement people's ideas into the forum, and that that idea is NS Local. However, this being combined with "Lascivous Maximus" means that no-one heard me.*

*joins chinkopodia on the dance floor* whhooot!
I can pronounce Lascivious Maximus just fine...and have often done so for my own amusement.
OOC: whay aren't ya'll ever on at the same time as me?

Dunno......where'd you live? Over here you just posted at 3:00 in the morning, so the answer is probably 'asleep' for a few.

I was online at the ame time as you yesterday though.

"Where are the beer kegs!?"

Hi ho!! * whisks cover off 2 additional beer kegs with an iron-chef-esque flourish*
what a question!
I live on the pacific coast, in Vancouver, and no, you definately weren't on when I was here...I think this thing has issues with signing me OUT.

Goes up to Karaoke (sp?) machine....

"Where have all the people gone....." :p

Bump.....Where HAVE all the people gone!?

I'm coming up, so you better get this... union(?) started!

Just in case you guys don't go to the other thread anymore (I also posted this there)...

Made significant changes to the platform.

Please provide suggestions, especially about what rule(s) you would like to see changed and how. That part of the platform ("Fair and Sensible Moderation") needs a little work.

The platform should be ready for discussion and ratification soon.

Oh yes, and...

What's in those brownies over there? I feel... giddy... and Chinkopodia's math jokes actually sound kinda funny... :p
Wow.

*takes one more*

now they're really funny :D

Whoa, this parly is turning into a cesspool of illegal activity- underage drinking, suspicious brownies....ahhh, well, things could be worse.

Thanks for the post Sandpit, I'll have suggestions for the platform in a couple days!

*Gets up on swivelly office chair, clears throat*
What is a mathematician's pick when he's given the choice between poutine, and eternal bliss in the afterlife?

*.....stunned silence wraps the room....food, eternal bliss and mathematics are hard to reconcile, aparently*

"Poutine!! Because nothing is better than eternal bliss, and poutine is better than nothing!"

*hops of off chair, sits down, and starts spinning, amid embarssment of being a huge nerd*

WAsZsszup

where is da beer? :D :D

Things here seem kinda quiet! (I think I scared everyone off with the math jokes)

But now you're here! Awesome! Where have you been, baby?

hickjackin other threads .. :D :D :D :D

let me kiss you again :fluffle:

ahhh I missed that.

*puts vinyl of Marvin Gaye on the record player*

niiiiice

*feels the music*
*slowly takes her hand*

*twirls into his arms* "hi"

*hello babe.. nice to see you again*

*nice to touch you again*

you too. have you kept up to date on union buisness? *leans in*

WordGames was severely dealt with, that has kinda slowed down da shop.

nah, this is too good to ruin with buisness. *whispers*
"Ocean.....Drive...I liked your name from the begining. It makes me think of sunday afternoon on the seaside."

and the ocean breeze...

whispers: --feels so good to be with you babe--

really? *innocently* how good?

how good?

as good as this song:

I heard it through the grapevine
not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

I know that a man ain't supposed to cry,
but these tears I can't hold inside.
Losin' you would end my life you see,
cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself
that you love someone else.
Instead...

People say believe half of what you see,
son, and none of what you hear.
I can't help bein' confused
if it's true please tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go
for the other guy you loved before?
Don't you know...

no, that's about the end of something beautiful....infidelity, lies, all the bad stuff.

Try this one, its beautiful:

Let's get it on
Marvin Gaye

I've been really trying now baby
Trying to hold back this feeling for so long
And if you feel like I feel
Come on

Let's get it on
Let's get it on
Let's get it on
Let's get it on

We're all sensitive people
With so much to give - understand each other
As long as we got to be here
Let's live

check your TGs

hey babe...wanna dance?

*kiss* yes...*sway*.

*holds her and dances...slow and close*

*feels good*

this is my last dance.. I have to go soon..

*dances, listens, looks into ocean...holds him close*

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you
I needed the shelter of someone's arms and there you were
I needed someone to understand my ups and downs and there you
were
With sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotion
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby
How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you
I close my eyes at night
Wondering where would I be without you in my life
Everything I did was just a bore
Everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before
But you brighten up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby
How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you
You were better for me than I was for myself
For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby
How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you


they don't make'em like Marvin anymore.

same; school, and wahtnot.

when I go to bed tonite...Ill think about you..sweet thang.

*kisses her softly*

I have to go soon...

alright baby. goodnight. *last kiss* *real last one*
*turns around and slowly walks off*

*Stares in awe*

And I thought I'd been at the kegs.....

Hey Chink, I just had a thought...why is the NSRA located on the Pro-Cannabis Regional Alliance board?

*does a little dance*

Cool, but one question ---

Is the punch spiked?
it is now >=D

Hey Chink, I just had a thought...why is the NSRA located on the Pro-Cannabis Regional Alliance board?

I never noticed that! :eek:

REAL REASON: The head of NSRP is the main forum admin.

MY DRUNKEN REASON: AAAARGH!!!111! :mp5: :mp5: It'dss teh n00 j00 pr0n pl0t w00t!11eleven.

3500!

*fishnishesh bottlesh and pashetsh outsh*

w00t! Scheven hundered!

EDIT: ooh, I''m a schuperiorrr gaaaamerrr. Ha, ha, ha. gaymer. ha. *collapses*

I never noticed that! :eek:

REAL REASON: The head of NSRP is the main forum admin.

MY DRUNKEN REASON: AAAARGH!!!111! :mp5: :mp5: It'dss teh n00 j00 pr0n pl0t w00t!11eleven.

Yes, when I first created the MDSC, I felt that it was a bit much to have a board for only one forum. I was also attempting to conduct at least some semblance of regional politics, so I simply lumped the MDSC along with my region board.

But I have since given up on regional politics: it's almost impossible to do regional politics when your region is too small, and there's only a limited market for pot-themed regions :p.

Let's PARTY!!!!

whooot!! not only is the party revived, but we've snared a newb!!

Welcome to local 8976 brother Nucking Futs. can I pour you a drink?

Wait a sec, is that you WG?

Wait a sec, is that you WG?

I can run but I can't hide.

WTF happenned to all the sigs?

WTF happenned to all the sigs?
Do you have sigs turned off?

Do you have sigs turned off?

Oh kay... I am going nuts.. I forgot to switch them on..
:p

Whoa, I just got an official warning....(kinda undeserved, but meh) I am in AWE of the powers of the mods. *Bows down to Fris*

*gropes up from floor*

"YAAY! WARNING WARNING! DESTROY DESTROY! STRANGER = DANGER!"

*collapses again*

OOC: What for?

OOC: What for?
Since Kreitzmoorland isn't here to answer at the moment:

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8410411&postcount=142 is why.

Ah, I see.

As much as I don't like being warned (the word "fuck" isn't illegal yet, is it), and I don't want to repeat it, I feel strangely initiated. The concept of being on a blacklist somewhwere is rather intruiging. And besides, what's a good party without some mischief, eh?

*cranks up music*

As much as I don't like being warned (the word "fuck" isn't illegal yet, is it), and I don't want to repeat it, I feel strangely initiated. The concept of being on a blacklist somewhwere is rather intruiging. And besides, what's a good party without some mischief, eh?

*cranks up music*


Remember the list?

You just made it... :eek:

Wasszup?
*takes a cold beer*

*takes a sip of ocean's drink*

Wasszup?
*takes a cold beer*


Cheers Brother Ocean!

Cheers Brother Ocean!
WG? is that you?

*takes a sip of ocean's drink*
:fluffle: hi baby.

That definately is WG. Still making trouble :) I've just learned that he's an old-schooler- a venerable member, I should say.

That definately is WG. Still making trouble :) I've just learned that he's an old-schooler- a venerable member, I should say.

I'm not old school as much as the school of hard knocks ;)

why not use a name like "WordGames2" or something like that?

:fluffle: hi baby.

hi. You look tasty today

*kisses her*
damn i got go again...
see you guys soon

bye love

hi. You look tasty today
u were on my mind all day...
u r special ...

gotta run

why not use a name like "WordGames2" or something like that?


I started out as Ur6. There was a bunch of Ur7, Ur8 (not all mine)

I like to try different names out.

I once used URN8 for a few posts... I also used a bunch of Stupid Monkey no Brains clones..

I went to Silly Puppet Fun and a few others

Word Games was a protest to banning the pastime..

I like to use the nation name to make a statement.

But...why not just choose one, and make a statement with your posts? I like my nation, the actual nation, so I wouldn't change it just for a new name.
But hey, to each his own.

But...why not just choose one, and make a statement with your posts? I like my nation, the actual nation, so I wouldn't change it just for a new name.
But hey, to each his own.

I only changed names after I was deleted. Several times I guess.

I only changed names after I was deleted. Several times I guess.
LoL! I guess "making (too many) statements" will do that to ya, if you're not reasonable about it.
Every union needs its mad-as-a-hatter lunatic embarassment though, I suppose.
cool to have you back WG

LoL! I guess "making (too many) statements" will do that to ya, if you're not reasonable about it.
Every union needs its mad-as-a-hatter lunatic embarassment though, I suppose.
cool to have you back WG


We cannot let the union die. It's come too far.

Nah, we're not going anywhere, don't worry.
*does that annoying glass-clinky thing with Ocean's beer bottle*
I propose a toast to Local 8976! may it prosper and grow!

Nah, we're not going anywhere, don't worry.
*does that annoying glass-clinky thing with Ocean's beer bottle*
I propose a toast to Local 8976! may it prosper and grow!

I'll drink to that! Once this thing really catches on it will do some good too.

Cheers!
le'hayim!
To life!

We have to come up with a real good Union toast.

To Solidarity! or something..

u were on my mind all day...
u r special ...


Where do you come up with this stuff Ocean? Give me a break, I'll tell you straight out that you haven't crossed my mind all day (till just now), I'd bet money that the same was true for you. And about being special, I won't deny it, but uhhh, well, lets just leave it at that.

We have to come up with a real good Union toast.

To Solidarity! or something..
A Union toast! good idea! think of something nice, WG.

May you post in freedom and in fun,
May your posts always be enjoyed by young and old,
May your threads live forever,
and may the mOds be offline, or asleep when you stray.

I like the third one. Lets adopt it officially at the next meeting :)

May our threads live forever! *clinks drinks with WG*

I like the third one. Lets adopt it officially at the next meeting :)

May our threads live forever! *clinks drinks with WG*

*clinks* :)

May your threads live forever!

I'm off for now, later brother

I'm off for now, later brother

Later :fluffle:

Nice toast... :)

*thinks of marmalade and jam*

*wanders in*
*starts playing darts*

hi baby.

can I play with you?

sure can.. Cats eye!!
hands over pretty feather-dart to ocean

party back on?

Yeah baby, just don't get between me and the dart-board

Where's everyone gone? Don't they like us? :(

Hello?

Yeah baby, just don't get between me and the dart-board


ok

Finally finished writing the first draft of the platform, and it's now ready for discussion and ratification.

Please participate, as this first release is very important. Many people's impression of the pro-reform movement, and desire to join the pro-reform movement, will be shaped by this platform.

*throws a dart*

Perhaps this office party is not working out?

I think it's time for a party convention/union membership meeting, to ratify the platform, discuss the future of the movement, select a leader of the NSRP...

Maybe we should just drop it.

We can always call on it when we need it.

Maybe we should just drop it.

We can always call on it when we need it.

Well, I still stand by "drop the Union (due to its reputation), don't drop the party".

But we should ratify and release the platform first.

*drops in*

I'm currently fighting for my life, so I'll only be here a bit...

*drinks beer, eats some pretzels*

Great gig - bye!

*drops out*

Party Time!!

Yeah! Let's party!!!

But it seems that a lot of people are not here. Maybe they're on spring break? And certainly, if we're are to hope for more members, we better release the platform soon...

Hello?

If no one posts here within 24 hours, I'm releasing the platform without ratification.

You do what know?

I think we should just release the platform....

You couldn't incorperate a bit more from the meeting summary into it, could you, if possible, first?

Done.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405754

I already incorporated ideas from the meeting (for example, the "people's choice mod award"). But it is important to note that we are moderates. We are trying to reach for the broad middle.

you are reaching for the broad's middle? :)

Hmmm....interesting to see what people are saying.

It appears that many people still hold the view that the NSRP is a group of rabid reform zealots and want to overthrow teh 3333vil m0dz0rz and change teh forum 4 3v4! :p

El bumpo....