Historic First Ever MUScoop Constituitional Convention

[Blackhat]

Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!

First proposal: there will never be taxation without representation, MUScoop is free for the people by the people. 

[rocky_warrior]

Hey, that's actually kinda' like our byline: "By the fans, For the fans"...

[Blackhat]

Guess I'll use this thread to say I appreciate the site.   I look at other boards like Brewerfan.net and frankly they take themselves a little too seriously.   You guys have a good flow to the board.  Thanks again for putting the time in. 

[StillAWarrior]

I think the mods should personally review ever single post before it goes live.  And it would be nice if they could make spelling and grammar corrections too.  Oh, and edit out the really stupid stuff.

I'll add my thanks to the mods for a great site.

[Skatastrophy]

I feel as if all the thread-locking going on has been oppressing me. 

I object to be automatically being treated as an inferior.  Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for promoting people to moderator.  Supreme administrative rights are derived from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76WQzVJ434

Happy Friday!

[MUfan12]

Badger fans shall count as 3/5 of a member.

[4everwarriors]

Time to rip on phony, self-absorbed, used car salesman-like former head coaches.

[rocky_warrior]

Please state that in the form of a proposal:

2) In the middle of every thread, no matter the subject**, 4ever, PRN, DKCL or any other poster who knows what ACAT stands for, will post a rip on phony, self-absorbed, used car salesman-like former head coaches. 

a) In many cases, the ensuing debate should completely consume the thread.

b) In cases where the subject of the thread is Al McGuire, this requirement may be ignored.

[SCdem@MU]

Guess I'll use this thread to say I appreciate the site.   I look at other boards like Brewerfan.net and frankly they take themselves a little too seriously.   You guys have a good flow to the board.  Thanks again for putting the time in. 

I also really appreciate this site, but there is a reason why the Scout and Rivals boards have detailed and accessible terms of service agreements and privacy policies.

I would hate for the owners of this site to get sued and for MUSCOOP to be get shut down.

A robust community guidelines and privacy policy are completely different from a bill of rights and a constitution.

Given that this site is run by Marquette fans for Marquette fans rather than by a large corporation, I thought it be appropriate to open up the creation of these documents to the community.

If the mods and site owners would rather create these documents themselves and simply make them more accessible, I'm fine with that too.

And of course they can completely disregard my suggestion, but as someone who really does deal with these issues for a living, I would strongly advise against that.

Also stating that you will never sell personal information in a topic thread is not the same as having a formal privacy policy.

[rocky_warrior]

3) The use of teal for sarcasm is expressly forbidden, unless your sarcasm is so bad that nobody knows it's sarcasm

[rocky_warrior]

4) The moderators at MUScoop appreciate the concern of SCdem@MU, however, the suggestions on robust community guidelines, and a formal privacy policy will be completely disregarded, almost casually. 

a) This can happen several times in one day.

b) Not to exceed 5 serving per day

[mu_hilltopper]

Privacy policy smivacy policy.  

There are about 12 people on the whole internet who know what a privacy policy is.  And another 12 people in the US that read the constant privacy policy letters that arrive in their mailbox on a weekly basis.  Oh, and another 12 people who read the Terms of Service on websites.

SCDem, I'm am guessing that you are the only one who is concerned about our lack of a privacy policy and explicit ToS.   We are not.   If that really bothers you so much, well, there is something you can do about it.

[mu_hilltopper]

Damn, I love it when great minds think alike.

[Marquette Gyros]

You know the link that says "Recruting Info" in the top left? 

As part of the Constitution, can we change it to "Recruiting Info" ?

[Henry Sugar]

I would hate for the owners of this site to get sued and for MUSCOOP to be get shut down.

Sure is a nice site you've got here.  It'd be a shame if anything happened to it.  For a modest "protection fee", I would be happy to take care of this problem for you.  Yous guys want protection, right?

Mafia'd

[4everwarriors]

How 'bout we get someone from the other board to pontificate it for us?

[SCdem@MU]

Privacy policy smivacy policy.  

There are about 12 people on the whole internet who know what a privacy policy is.  And another 12 people in the US that read the constant privacy policy letters that arrive in their mailbox on a weekly basis.  Oh, and another 12 people who read the Terms of Service on websites.

SCDem, I'm am guessing that you are the only one who is concerned about our lack of a privacy policy and explicit ToS.   We are not.   If that really bothers you so much, well, there is something you can do about it.

You are probably right and I'm going to give up on fighting for this. It was just a suggestion that based on a few things I noticed and I thought it may be helpful.

Thank you for providing a sincere response rather than responding sarcastically like rocky_warrior.

[rocky_warrior]

Thank you for providing a sincere response rather than responding sarcastically like rocky_warrior.

Good cop, bad cop gets um every time.

SCdem - I don't mean to insult.  It was just a fun thread, and then you went and got serious again, I tried to lighten it up.  Apologies if you took it as disrespect.

[SCdem@MU]

Good cop, bad cop gets um every time.

SCdem - I don't mean to insult.  It was just a fun thread, and then you went and got serious again, I tried to lighten it up.  Apologies if you took it as disrespect.

No insult taken. I really enjoy the product you guys put out, just was thinking of ways that could possibly make it better and tossing this out in the MUSCOOP free market of ideas.

I think the openness and willingness to let users/fans here create their own sense of community through the forums and wikis is what makes this site great.

Thought that maybe this would be a way to push that openness theme a bit more.

[Sir Lawrence]

"Constitution?"  I thought the term of art these days was "Mission Statement."  Another generally useless exercise.

[rocky_warrior]

You know the link that says "Recruting Info" in the top left? 

As part of the Constitution, can we change it to "Recruiting Info" ?

You should get your eyes checked, I'm, pretty sure it already says "Recruiting Info".

J/K.  Too funny.  Never noticed it - surprised nobody pointed it out earlier.  BTW - I'm a terrible proof reader.  My eyes see what I think should be there, even if it isn't.

[Blackhat]

I call for this man to take over the ever important position of treasurer.  Somebody go check under the interchange. 

[radome]

I have become ashamed to be a member of this board.  Please, please, please something good happen to us basketball-wise. We have become a bunch of Monty Python quoting, spell checking legalists! Apologies to the lawyers out there. Oh the off-season, thank goodness for baseball.

[muguru]

Serious question.....how many, if any "insiders" post at this board, and if they do, when is the last time something big happened with MU basketball that someone here broke the story BEFORE anyone else?? I ask this not to be a jerk, I am asking because I really don't know. Having not been here as long as a lot of you have, i don't have the chance to read every thread.

Now I know the DJO commitment was essentially broken on this board first but that was by an Iowa State fan.

[77ncaachamps]

3) The use of teal for sarcasm is expressly forbidden, unless your sarcasm is so bad that nobody knows it's sarcasm

...Or you like the color teal.