On 12/21/06, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Sure. I think we first need to recognize that an OFFICE action is an emergency action by a person who is faced with a crisis and must act immediately. Powers exercised in an emergency have a greater likelihood of being wrong than those which have been subject to consultation and reflection. The errors do not impugn the good faith of the person exercising the power.
Extraordinary powers require extraordinary safeguards against both their intentional or accidental abuse. 1. OFFICE actions should automatically expire after a week unless there has been separate positive efforts to extend for a further period of one week.
I would argue for 2.
2. Key admins should be notified of the reasons for the action, and
asked to initiate a cleanup.
Can see problems with this one. I would argue that letting arbcom know after 2 weeks would provide a significant measure of protection.
3. Disciplinary sanctions for defying the action should not be the
responsibility of the office.
Who else is there? Stewards? Generaly stay away from en.