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cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 07:36 PM Apr 2012

Our hosts have done a great job. Let's thank them by giving them some relief.

They have served honorably for several months now and have all done a great job, so let's give them a break and elect a new crop of hosts. Otherwise, we run the risk of having them become like career politicians, where maintaining the office is more important than doing the job they were elected to do. I suggest that we have term limits as well, and some fresh blood in the seats just may do this group some good.

Changing the hosts will also allow other DU members a look at the inner workings of DU, something we should ALL be privy to one time or another.

No one that regularly posts here should be excluded from consideration, and I think we should keep the lead host as a non-partisan, non-group regular participant. (I would be ok with keeping Renew Deal as lead host).

Your thoughts?


6 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Time expired
Elect new hosts and set term limits
3 (50%)
Keep existing hosts and set term limits
1 (17%)
Elect new hosts w/o setting term limits
0 (0%)
Keep hosts w/o setting term limits
2 (33%)
I have a better idea (with your idea in the subject line of your comment)
0 (0%)
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Our hosts have done a great job. Let's thank them by giving them some relief. (Original Post) cleanhippie Apr 2012 OP
Lol! rug Apr 2012 #1
Thanks. And you should be one of the hosts, too. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #3
I'm voting to elect new hosts, only if those that are there want that to happen. If some teddy51 Apr 2012 #2
What do the hosts think? rrneck Apr 2012 #4
My thought is that you just found out you can make a poll here, and you couldnt think of rhett o rick Apr 2012 #5
Actually, it wasn't until after I wrote the post did I realize a poll was available. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #6
When these hosts volunteered was there a time set? oilpro2 Apr 2012 #7
I'm unsure about that. Maybe a host can answer that. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #14
Which calendar are *you* using? Nihil Apr 2012 #16
. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #17
It was 90 day, now it's meh. laconicsax Apr 2012 #18
Damn algebra...... Again. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #20
That isn't algebra... laconicsax Apr 2012 #21
I think the joke was that there are 3 months in a quarter. Dorian Gray Apr 2012 #19
You and I must have failed math, (I did in Freshman Algebra) oilpro2 Apr 2012 #22
I think it should be noted that 13 people are ignoring you and won't see this poll. Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #8
Let the gods sort it out Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #9
Might as well just pray about it. cleanhippie May 2012 #23
After a brief discussion with the other hosts, we have decided to ban the following people... ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #10
! laconicsax Apr 2012 #11
hey now!!!!!! opiate69 Apr 2012 #12
Set term limits but for something like a year, not just a few months LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #13
I voted to let them keep it Dorian Gray Apr 2012 #15
 

teddy51

(3,491 posts)
2. I'm voting to elect new hosts, only if those that are there want that to happen. If some
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 07:42 PM
Apr 2012

want to stay on, then I would say let them by all means. Yes they are doing a fantastic job and so is the MIR Team.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
5. My thought is that you just found out you can make a poll here, and you couldnt think of
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 07:55 PM
Apr 2012

anything interesting to poll.

 

oilpro2

(80 posts)
7. When these hosts volunteered was there a time set?
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:14 PM
Apr 2012

I just got here last week. Usually people volunteer for a few weeks or months to do something.

Did any of our hosts volunteer for a time specified? Or were the rules so open that no time limits were set?

If any of you know something about this, I'd love to know the answers to my questions.

Time limits? Surely a year would be the maximum, right?

cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)
14. I'm unsure about that. Maybe a host can answer that.
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 09:48 AM
Apr 2012

Other groups have set limits such as 4 months (one Quarter). I would think that would be a good timeframe.

cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)
17. .
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 01:14 PM
Apr 2012

Im pretty sure that in A&A, a 4 month limit was set, not sure just when that time started though.

 

laconicsax

(14,860 posts)
18. It was 90 day, now it's meh.
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 03:02 PM
Apr 2012

We thought that since forum hosts have a 90-day term, we should try that out to keep fresh blood in the mix. 90 days came along and everyone voted to keep the current hosts and do away with the 90-day term.

BTW: There are 3 months in a quarter

 

oilpro2

(80 posts)
22. You and I must have failed math, (I did in Freshman Algebra)
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 06:23 PM
Apr 2012

But four months isn't a quarter, I know that.

But the bottom line: no one has answered my question with a clear link or rule about hosts and term limits.

I would think the hosts could do that with a direct answer to my question.

Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)
8. I think it should be noted that 13 people are ignoring you and won't see this poll.
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:14 PM
Apr 2012

How many do you think would be likely to vote in your poll if they knew it existed?

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
10. After a brief discussion with the other hosts, we have decided to ban the following people...
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 12:11 AM
Apr 2012

WCGreen, alittlelark, ButterflyBlood, oilpro2, rexcat, teddy51, opiate69, EvolveOrConvolve, Rob H., Hassin Bin Sober, and Metatron.

(just kidding)

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)
13. Set term limits but for something like a year, not just a few months
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 03:21 AM
Apr 2012

If it's only a few months, then people will be kicked out as soon as they've learned the ropes.

But it's a good idea to get new blood from time to time, so something like a one-year term would be good.

I really don't think that anyone is going to regard being host of the Religion group as their career!

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