[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Committee elections, 2005 - still no information!

[geni]

On 11/28/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> On 11/28/05, Mark Wagner <carnildo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11/28/05, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Other than the need for a friendly developer is there a reason why we
> > > could not in theory ignore jimbo and elect arbcom whatever?
> >
> > The ArbCom's power comes entirely from the willingness of the admins
> > and the community in general to implement the decisions it comes up
> > with.  If we're willing to forgo the use of the formal voting
> > software, there's nothing stopping the community from running its own
> > ArbCom election.
> >
> > --
> > [[User:Carnildo]]
>
> Umm, the ArbCom's power comes from Jimbo as President of the Wikimedia
> Foundation.  The "community" can run its own election if it wants, but
> Jimbo and the board choose how to spend the funds of the foundation
> and how to administer the property of the foundation (such as the
> servers).

However servers and fundraiseing are not the concern of arbcom.

--
geni