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A Modest Proposal

#1

thymos_one wrote:

One final thought on this topic.

Perhaps you could put it to a vote to all members if they wish to
make the contents of the "modest proposal" a requirement and change the
bylaws, and then ask members to nominate ideas for sanctions against
members who are not in compliance.

IMO, this isn't a polling situation. It's my responsibility.

And, as I said, IMO mandatory vpFREE posts are a bad
idea, and moral suasion is the only wide scale sanction that
I believe appropriate.

If it isn't broke, no point in fixing it.

vpFREE Administrator

#2

I find it very curious that this board must have had 50 or more posts
on the naming of new JOB and deuces games, not that there is anything
wrong with that! but not a single post in response to an proposal to
improve the overall usefullness of this board.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, vpFREE Administrator <vp_free@y...>
wrote:

thymos_one wrote:

> One final thought on this topic.

> Perhaps you could put it to a vote to all members if they wish to
> make the contents of the "modest proposal" a requirement and

change the

> bylaws, and then ask members to nominate ideas for sanctions

against

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> members who are not in compliance.

IMO, this isn't a polling situation. It's my responsibility.

And, as I said, IMO mandatory vpFREE posts are a bad
idea, and moral suasion is the only wide scale sanction that
I believe appropriate.

If it isn't broke, no point in fixing it.

vpFREE Administrator

#3

thymos_one wrote:

I find it very curious that this board must have had 50 or more posts on the naming of new JOB and deuces games, not that there is anything wrong with that! but not a single post in response to an proposal to improve the overall usefullness of this board.

OK, I have one. Regardless of the merits of the proposal (and I'm not saying there are or aren't any), it would impose still another very time-consuming task for someome who is a volunteer. The amount of work that goes into vpFREE is very significant. Believe me, I know. Like the administrator says, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Skip

http://www.vpinsider.com

#4

it would impose still another very
time-consuming task for someome who is a volunteer.
Like the
administrator says, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Skip

http://www.vpinsider.com

I wouldn't necessarily expect the results to be organized by the
administrator of anyone else for that matter. Just have people post
their results and everyone can view them as they appear. Or you could
apply some self-organizing protocol asking people to post results for
certain casinos on certain days of the week...I think of the phrase if
it ain't broke, don't fix it to imply that there is a risk in
attempting to fix something that you might actually make things worse,
I don't see that problem in this situation.

At least we got one response...49 to go!

#5

Please let it rest !

The moderator has spoken. And (s)he has has spoken a second time
(more forcefully). That should be enough.

And I'll add that we "oldtimers" remember how the ICPA tried to
implement a similar policy. It may have died for other reasons,
but I know, that I was thrown out because I wasn't able to make
a (meaningful) contribution in a timely fashion.

Well, I could have lied and posted something like "Great trip,
won $xxxxx", but that's not my style. I live in Europe. I may or
may not get a trip every year to Las Vegas. Nevertheless, I love
this site. It provides me with a taste of Las Vegas when I can't
go and it provides me with valuable information for my upcoming trip.

I've provided information to this site under my real name to the
former administrator. He posted it anonymously. Some of it is still
in the database.

That's it. I'm not going to argument any more on this topic.

Regards,
  heppel

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "thymos_one" <thymos_one@y...> wrote:

>it would impose still another very
> time-consuming task for someome who is a volunteer.
>Like the
> administrator says, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
> Skip
>
> http://www.vpinsider.com

I wouldn't necessarily expect the results to be organized by the
administrator of anyone else for that matter. Just have people post
their results and everyone can view them as they appear. Or you could
apply some self-organizing protocol asking people to post results for
certain casinos on certain days of the week...I think of the phrase if
it ain't broke, don't fix it to imply that there is a risk in
attempting to fix something that you might actually make things worse,
I don't see that problem in this situation.

At least we got one response...49 to go!

#6

Well, I suppose we could always force people to respond by making it a
requirement of membership... vpFREE Admin, could you arrange that
please? :wink:

Chandler

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "thymos_one" <thymos_one@y...> wrote:

I find it very curious that this board must have had 50 or more posts
on the naming of new JOB and deuces games, not that there is anything
wrong with that! but not a single post in response to an proposal to
improve the overall usefullness of this board.