Rebecca Leighton wrote:
In my opinion, particularly considering the slow rate
of proceedings
of late, and that we are now down to seven active arbitrators (two
away, one inactive, as well as these two spots), it would be wise to
attempt to fill these.
I support this. Excellent suggestion. To review the original appointments:
C - Gutza
C - MyRedDice
C - NoHat
C - Epopt
B - Fred Bauder
B - Delirium
B - Maveric149
B - Camembert
A - Jdforrester
A - Kat/UninvitedCompany (NOW VACANT)
A - Cunctator
A - Erik Moeller (NOW VACANT)
Those in group A are up for election this December.
Kat/UnivitedCompany and Erik Moeller were slotted for group A, and
since their resignations, those two slots are available. Those terms
are slated to have re-elections in December.
So I propose that we have elections now for the two vacant seats. The
terms will be from now until December. This gives 2 new people the
chance to try the job out and see if they like it, and also gives the
community a chance to see if they handle cases well.
Then in December we'll have regular elections for all 4 seats.
Since we now have the nifty election thingy, we should use that. The
top two vote getters in an approval voting process will win. In the
event of a tie, the top three will all serve.
There's no reason to delay on this, so let's set the elections up
ASAP, and have them end 1 week from today. That is, the 30th at
midnight.
I may have sketchy net access for a few days, so Angela or Anthere
should be consulted regarding any further questions. If Danny and
Imran would volunteer to run the election, that'd be great, but
otherwise someone else can do it.
Since I'm saying all this on a Friday afternoon, I understand things
might not get done right away of course. I don't think it matters
much because just 2-3 days of voting is sufficient for this if it
comes down to that.
My feeling is that the community is generally in the mood to elect
some "hanging judges". But I might be wrong. Anyhow, in any
candidate statements, I would recommend outlining a general view on
how strict we should be, how aggressive about bans.
--Jimbo