Quote Originally Posted by dirge View Post
I deleted the old thread.

The reason simply being that the poll options couldn't be edited. Nothing more. As Gok said, we had a discussion about the options being too rigid - more specifically Paulbot made some very good points about the options being offered not being suitable for everyone. So I deleted so Gok could start anew with a wider set of options.

Noone's views were being silenced; rather this new poll was created so that a more flexible (and, hopefully, inclusive) poll could replace the old one. As with anything in life, if this work for you (and hopefully with the wider set of options, it can), feel free to contribute. If not, feel free to disregard this poll and move onto the next thread, people
I also disagree with the deleting of the old thread. People had put not-insignificant amounts of time into typing up their replies. Some of which had good thoughts. To have them just deleted is a bit disrespectful. Couldn't it have just been locked with the last post a link to the new thread?

So the poll options can be edited in this one? Why is that not made clear so that we can suggest other options? It seems that a few people had a Skype meeting, came up with 3 options that they liked and then this is now being forced down the rest of our throats with a "Don't like it? then bugger off!!" mentality.

And as Ultra Marginal says, what subset of the fandom does this apply to? Worldwide? Australia-wide? OTCA-wide? Because I can't imagine that this won't be spouted at someone in a facebook group after the final method is decided and lets be honest here, while OTCA is a great place, it's hardly the biggest fandom platform in the country and every TF fan in Australia can't be expected to accept a method that was agreed to by 6 people.