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Re: Context: LUGNET is not a democracy
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Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:52:05 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > 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,
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> > 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.
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> 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
I assume you mean they, the (other) admins?
> would be the ones that would need to agree about it. A majority vote system
> might be good for larger groups, but such a small group should be expected to
> come to consensus on this.
Well maybe, but I'm not sure "should be expected to come to consensus" is very
useful here. What if a majority do agree that an admin is a problem, but they
can't all come to a consensus? At the moment, that majority is forced to put up
with what they consider a problem, I'm not sure that would be a workable
situation. Remember, even if you all have been able to agree on everything so
far, it is unlikely you will always be the Admins.
> I termed it a safety valve because there needs to be
> at least one additional check in place in addition to the site owners.
Well there isn't really, is there? Isn't it more a case of the site owners are
one additional check in place in addition to the admins?
ROSCO
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| (...) 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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