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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,

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.

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 (...) (19 years ago, 25-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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