[Dargon-writers-list] Hmm. Calendar Question!

[William Donahue]

Victor Cardoso wrote:
> Now, as a group based on a consensus-driven decision model, I always 
> wonder how the heck we ever get anything done because when one or two 
> people point something out, most people fail to even notice it and reply 
> in a timely manner. At what point do we determine that a consensus has 
> been reached? Or that most people don't care? I have no vested interest 
> in what we do about Melrin's placement on the calendar. I just want it 
> to make some semblance of sense or be able to explain it to an outsider.

Well, you raise a good point, so let me state my position on it, both as 
someone who is running the show and as someone who has tried to get 
consensus out of the group a number of times. My take is, given an 
opportunity to respond, silence equals agreement. That opportunity 
should vary, based on the impact of the change, though. So, if someone 
decides they want to kill off the duke and make Dargon a democracy, 
there ought to be a big window. The calendar thing really isn't hugely 
impactful, and I think you have given it a fair time window.

You also touched on the "nothing ever gets done" complaint. Often 
(though not in this case) the person making that complaint seems to 
think that there is a vast support group who will tend to any suggestion 
they make. My take on that is that if you want it, you own it, with the 
exception of any password protected webwork. Victor, you have stepped up 
  to own this one, so thanks for that.

> At any rate, I'd like to make a graphical calendar to help writers and 
> be able to explain it. Do we want to leave everything the same and live 
> with the contradiction, redefine Melrin as a summer festival, or move 
> the equini to correctly make it a temporal spring festival again? Any 
> thoughts on this?

I say go for it. You constraints should be canon. Anything else can be 
ignored, though if there are things such as the new reader intro, that 
need changing, let me know. Note that not even the glossary is canon. 
Those entries can be changed as well. If you would like to send me 
glossary and other web items that need fixing, I will take care of 
updating them.

L