Woah, woah, woah. I want to call a time out here for a few pages.
I'm not trying to be the Grinch here, but I STRONGLY think we've got to get a better handle on this whole process before we just start handing out NXT left and right to ANYBODY.
The infrastructure spending thread has been open for all of about 36 hours. Already we've got 9 projects in the queue and only 23 posts in the thread - less than 3 per project. There is NO WAY we have given the proper amount of deliberation to what is being proposed here. And a vote is being called for already if we haven't achieved agreement as a committee?
Um...what's wrong with this picture?
I am a big believer in spreadsheets to collect all the data in one place and if ever there was a need for them, it's right now. We need to generate a standard spreadsheet listing who is asking, what their project is, how much they want, and a link to a thread that talks about their individual project. Just for starters.
We need to establish a rule that nobody gets a vote on their project for at least a week after they've proposed it to avoid the exact kind of rush to judgement that is happening here. I would personally prefer at least two weeks, but I don't want anybody to think I'm TOTALLY crazy...
I also sort of thought there was gonna be some kind of vetting of people putting their names down for committees, where they would have to put in at least one post describing why they thought they were qualified to serve on a committee, what they wanted to accomplish there, blah blah blah, and um....we might actually VOTE IN A POLL to pick the top 5?
Instead it's just put your name down as a candidate and you're in? On as many committees as you want?
So how is voting for funding going to work in a group of people like THAT?
Hey, I'm all for rapid progress but we've got to establish some kind of initial setup and standards here and PACE OURSELVES FOR THE LONG GAME or this bounty of NXT is going to be gone in a FLASH.
I say forget about voting NXT out of the treasury for at least a few more days and lets go back to setting up the committees themselves and the "paperwork" that defines the process we are about to embark upon..
I'm not trying to be the Grinch here, but I STRONGLY think we've got to get a better handle on this whole process before we just start handing out NXT left and right to ANYBODY.
The infrastructure spending thread has been open for all of about 36 hours. Already we've got 9 projects in the queue and only 23 posts in the thread - less than 3 per project. There is NO WAY we have given the proper amount of deliberation to what is being proposed here. And a vote is being called for already if we haven't achieved agreement as a committee?
Um...what's wrong with this picture?
I am a big believer in spreadsheets to collect all the data in one place and if ever there was a need for them, it's right now. We need to generate a standard spreadsheet listing who is asking, what their project is, how much they want, and a link to a thread that talks about their individual project. Just for starters.
We need to establish a rule that nobody gets a vote on their project for at least a week after they've proposed it to avoid the exact kind of rush to judgement that is happening here. I would personally prefer at least two weeks, but I don't want anybody to think I'm TOTALLY crazy...
I also sort of thought there was gonna be some kind of vetting of people putting their names down for committees, where they would have to put in at least one post describing why they thought they were qualified to serve on a committee, what they wanted to accomplish there, blah blah blah, and um....we might actually VOTE IN A POLL to pick the top 5?
Instead it's just put your name down as a candidate and you're in? On as many committees as you want?
So how is voting for funding going to work in a group of people like THAT?
Hey, I'm all for rapid progress but we've got to establish some kind of initial setup and standards here and PACE OURSELVES FOR THE LONG GAME or this bounty of NXT is going to be gone in a FLASH.
I say forget about voting NXT out of the treasury for at least a few more days and lets go back to setting up the committees themselves and the "paperwork" that defines the process we are about to embark upon..
Was wondering when this would come.
Agreed, of course
Someone already proposed subforums and separate threads for each project to facilitate discussions.
That seems like a good idea, so the to be formed committees have an easier time of it.
The run up period will also give the projects now in the threads time to gather material to present to the committees to support their claim for funds.
That's what normally happens when you apply for funds and I see no reason why we shouldn't do it the same way.
