On 11/28/05, Mark Wagner carnildo@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/28/05, geni geniice@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).