On 25/10/05, Ilya N. ilyanep@gmail.com wrote:
While I respect Jimbo's opinion I'm not quite sure if this way is the right way to go.
The 'old boys' club' is one of my concerns. The other one (which is slightly related) is that some highly-qualified candidates which could do very well might not be on Jimbo's (and the arbCom's) radar, so how would that work?
I would assume that, some time beforehand, a call for interested parties is put out - those considered for ArbCom are politely prodded to see if they're interested, and anyone else wanting to put their name forward (poss. with some supporting evidence) does so. Mull over that lot for a while, then give a list of possibles and let the community tear them apart.
-- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk