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Re: Context: LUGNET is not a democracy
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Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:41:09 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
The language regarding unanimous admin
consensus to remove another admin is a safety valve more than anything else,

I would be interested to hear the rationale behind that statement, specifically
why it is more of a safety valve than majority decision. The reason I ask is
that I, as a non-admin, see it as *removing* a safety valve.

ROSCO



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  Re: Context: LUGNET is not a democracy
 
(...) The admin team has worked on a consensus basis, and the theory (OK, my theory) was that if a fellow admin was problematic enough to need to be removed, they would be the ones that would need to agree about it. A majority vote system might be (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Context: LUGNET is not a democracy
 
(...) That's mostly accurate, I would add "or one or more site owner(s) remove a staff member from their position." The reason it's stated in such a way stems from the current structure of LUGNET ownership... Todd and Suzanne are the owners of (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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