[WikiEN-l] Re: WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 8, Issue 34

Wed Mar 10 17:07:45 UTC 2004

> > (4) Alternately, we could try to develop a system
> of "policy juries," 
> > through which everyone occasionally gets asked at
> random to participate 
> > in policy decisions. For a discussion of how
> policy juries work, see:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarchy
> > 
> >  --Sheldon Rampton
> 
> Better. I also like the idea to do the same with
> arbitrators (like a 
> jury)...and with sysops :-)

Of all the ideas in Sheldon's original letter, this
was the only one I might think about agreeing with
(sorry, Sheldon).  The problems would be 

1.  Ensuring participation--what if people are asked
and nobody shows?

2.  Getting a representative pool to ask from. 

Meelar

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