A Proposition to the Hosts: Pin this Alan Grayson thread to top of page:

[Leopolds Ghost]

11. Ellison, NYC, I'm sorry for the delay in the hosting guidelines you drafted

EllisonZ asked me if I wanted to reconcile the drafts of the proposed hosting guidelines. I was worried about doing so and then having no discussion or consensus on the resulting thread. But that wasn't the reason for the delay in returning to EZ's draft -- I was caught up in pressing real life concerns this past two weeks, and barely had time to check in on the other forum I'm active on.

The original proposal for hosts was to allow pinned threads and operate General Assembly threads for creative debate, and secondarily to serve as a check on possible future issues related to unmoderated groups, although I think OU is doing fine with little moderation but that was the strategy originally suggested to have the hosts (if any) take a hands off approach.

One of my main concerns is that Occupy not lose steam, I am worried that opponents of Occupy simply do not feel it is a threat any more. I recall no sooner than a month ago someone posted a thread about a heartwarming story at the site of a "former" Occupy -- the media defined it as the "former" site of the Occupy encampment as many of the campers had been removed, even though Occupy was still there.

I'll post a thread on the subject of the guidelines, to take a temperature check.

I'm cool with whatever the group feels is best. But I guess if EZ still wants to propose the guidelines I need to finish making the edits he requested I make, otherwise there's no "original proposal" to look over... (i.e. we were trying to work in changes suggested by various people to the original proposal.)