Blogger Bylaws
Membership Requirements:
- Must know how to type.
- Basic understanding of the English language.
- Must have an interest in something. Examples: Current events, Pop Culture.
- A subscription to the Peoria Journal Star is suggested.
Attendance Requirements:
- New posts are encouraged but not required at least every other day. More than three posts a day, everyday, is discouraged.
- Meetings are held every 5th tuesday of applicable months. Attendance is encouraged but not required. Additional meetings may be scheduled on an as-needed basis.
Code of Conduct:
- All bloggers are expected to be negative and bitchy.
Dues:
- There are no monetary requirements, although the Peoria Pundit may occasionally ask for a tax deductible donation.
Grounds for Termination:
- No new posts for one month or more.
- Being unsocial by not commenting on fellow bloggers websites.
- Limited or no blogroll.
July 25th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Amen, sir. Amen.
How about this one: No commenting on the blogs of others if you’re a borderline fascist that posts anti-civil liberty propaganda and displays pro-fascism tendencies on their own blog while refusing to admit anyone else might have a valid point. *cough*Vonster*cough*.
/good-natured ribbing
July 25th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Funny.
July 26th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Hmmm.. guess I need to get up off my ass and:
1) obtain an interest, other than my bratty kids
2) post more often (feeling brain dead of late)
3) start commenting more (one down, two to go)
July 26th, 2007 at 7:52 am
BeanCounter point of clarification: I don’t think the laptop fund is a registered charity with the IRS. Don’t try to deduct it, the tax man will come for you
July 26th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Bill is a reverend isn’t he? Surely it can be a ‘church’ deduction. Church’s and Schools get away with tax-free robbery all the time.
July 26th, 2007 at 8:41 am
“Must know how to type.”
You see that’s why this is a list of bylaws for Peoria blogs and does not apply to commentors on pjstar.com.
HAVE YOU SeEn SOOME oF TheR POSTINGs? Everytime I read comments on stories at the Journal Star it seems like they were written by Borat.
July 26th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Ok…so I can be a little slow…who am I kidding! I can be a lot slow at times. Is this a membershio that happens when you start a blog? Is this a club that you have to be asked to join? Can you ask to join? Is there a probation for a first offense? A double secret probation?
I can be snarky, negative, and bitchy. In fact, throw in sarcasm and I’m there! But I have been trying to be good because I want people to like me. (Stupid self esteem issues!) Can I play too?
July 27th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Snarkiness, negativity, being a bitch, and sarcasm are all very endearing qualities in the blogging community. Just don’t be a fascist. No one likes a fascist. Or a tattletale.
July 27th, 2007 at 11:27 am
If you have a blog, you’re basically in the club.
This started because I mentioned the upcoming blogger bash to my wife, who volunteers waaaay too much. She was jealous because while she has met many good people and made many good friends and generally enjoys it, she has to attend a bunch of boring meetings and do stuff that she doesn’t always want to do to fulfill her obligations. I, on the other hand, just have this silly blog, have no obligations and our meetings are at a bar; attendance optional.
July 27th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Maybe if I really did any of those things I’d take offense, Morton. But since it’s just your skewed perception…
July 27th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I think you’re just so far out to the right, Vonster, you’ve forgotten what the middle looks like.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Heh, it’s too bad we can’t apply these standards to the regulars at pjstar.com. But, then again, would we really want most of those people in our club?
July 30th, 2007 at 7:19 am
I took the test and was rated a right of center moderate. But then so many of us extreme right-wingers are pro-choice like me.
July 31st, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Funny.
Your bylaws inspired me to start blogging — not that I have anything particularly relevant or interesting to say. It’s just . . . I dunno, the requirements seemed so lax that I couldn’t resist joining the club.
August 4th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Hmmm… Do you allow outlanders, like this “Normal” resident into the club or is it for official Peorians only?