Christiano Moreschi wrote:
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?
I find this a little bit problematic in that I feel pretty strongly that some of the less-well-received ArbCom appointments came about without a sufficient degree of broad community oversight and support.
Support from me and one arbitrator is not enough to guarantee quality, as any two people can easily be in error and not in possession of all the relevant facts.
On the other hand, some kind of "snap election" procedure in which vacant seats are filled throughout the year with the normal safeguards makes a lot of sense to me.
Just FYI, the "normal safeguards" are:
1. Confirmation by a minimum of 50% of the community 2. Support from the existing ArbCom 3. Support from me, based mostly on (1) and (2) but also based on thoughtful consideration of objections outside that hierarchy
--Jimbo