[WikiEN-l] Arbcom

[Christiano Moreschi]

> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:58:53 -0400
> From: thatcher131 at gmail.com
> To: wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Arbcom
> 
> On 10/16/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I would consider it a sign of maturity and long term committment to
> > the project if any senior project member takes an intentional sanity
> > break from stressful duties, with an eye towards avoiding total
> > burnout and returning (in the same, or different roles) later.
> >
> > I would almost argue for "run for a shorter term, can't run again
> > until you've had a year off", but I'm not sure I would want to
> > legislate specific time limits for anyone who has the energy and
> > bandwidth and really grooves on the job.
> >
> 
> I wonder how the community would react if an Arbitrator said, I want
> to take a 6 month break but not give up my seat entirely; and would
> Jimbo appoint a replacement for that 6 month period.

I would jump for joy, and be even happier if the arbitrator was permitted to publicly nominate his replacement for Jimbo to confirm. Doubtless this happens privately, but doing things publicly is even better, don't we think?

Moreschi


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