On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Kurt Maxwell Weber wrote:
On Monday 23 June 2008 08:58, Wily D wrote:
Much to my surprise, I found an old vote where the community approved the creation of ArbCom.
No, it didn't. I know what you're talking about--it was a sham
It was "royal assented" by Jimbo, but with him effectively removed from his position of arbitrary authority these days, I wonder if the community could vote to disband ArbCom.
It doesn't need to, since the Arbitrary Committee doesn't legitimately exist in the first place. It doesn't need to be disbanded; everyone just needs to start ignoring it.
This seems to be an extreme position. Even though I strongly object to Arbcom's legislative power grab, that does not equate to no role for Arbcom at all.
Ec
Indeed, extreme and unworkable. The ArbCom certainly has enough support that it has de facto community empowerment, it seems to have de jure community empowerment too. If the community rescinded its de jure empowerment?
Personally, I'm not pro revolt. I probably would support a move that took out Jimbo's proxy role for English ArbCom, and more closely modelled it on other such bodies, with direct, community empowered appointment. If you believe that the ArbCom was de jure created by the community, we probably can force these kind of changes through with clear consensus.
WilyD