Opening up Discussion on Hosting Guidelines

[Leopolds Ghost]

37. Do you feel they should, or should not?

DU2 is still part of DU... but the real issue is the folks involved wanted to be part of the new group
and for many of them they are hoping it will be a group they feel comfortable in due to a perceived
"crackdown on dissent" on GD (rightly or wrongly)

The original Mic Check thread very explicitly stated that persons who did not visit DU3 at all (e.g. KoKo, who was very supportive of our efforts) would be counted as a "stand-aside" and explained their vote as such. I.e. all the comments that were tallied in favor of being part of the new group specified that they wished to participate; as such those persons (who are on here as well) are effectively the people that initiated the effort to form the group. To not give them a seat at the table would be sort of like replacing all the Deaniacs after the election.

If this had been a safe haven group as Ohio Joe strongly suggested, then the ten or so folks from the du2 thread would have had to appoint hosts of their choosing (being the persons requesting formation of the new group) off the bat.