There are several appeals possible. Jimmy has indicated that he wants to be
replaced as the appeal route for Arbcom decisions, and that he will be
giving up some of his Founder powers later this year. So Fae could appeal
to Jimmy now, or wait for an alternative appeal process later this year, or
wait 6 months and appeal to Arbcom. By the time he can appeal to Arbcom
there will have been a fresh election and some of those who supported the
ban may no longer be Arbs.
WSC
On 26 July 2012 20:14, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 26 July 2012 20:01, WereSpielChequers
<werespielchequers(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
My suggestion would be that Fae use the available
appeal processes, and
that
hopefully Arbcom can be reformed or brought to
its senses.
What appeal processes? Arbcom aren't going to just change their minds.
The community isn't going to reach a consensus on anything this
divisive. Does Jimmy even hear appeals any more? If he does, I don't
have any more faith in his judgement than I do Arbcom's.
I did read the case, and the only accusation that has any evidence (or
is even coherently made) is the misuse of multiple accounts. That
doesn't warrant an indefinite ban. The ban is because he had the
audacity to speak to a member of Foundation staff while waiting for a
lift... (there was only hearsay that the conversation was at all
inappropriate).
My view is that either Fae should resign in order to save WMUK from
having to deal with this, or we should have an EGM and let the members
decide. If a majority of members at the meeting vote in support of
Fae, then he'll have a renewed mandate to continue on the board (which
he continues as chair is entirely the board's decision - I don't think
the members should interfere in that). I think that renewed mandate
should prevent most negative PR for the chapter. It could create some
negative PR for the movement generally due to internal conflict, but
we can survive that.
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