stevertigo wrote:
I don't think this line of questioning is helpful. Jimbo's role in the community is based not just on his early leadership but his respect and trust by the community *at large. His position is one of *trust, and In order for his role to have meaning, this role needs to remain largely undefined and unconstrained by any set boundaries or constitutional delineations. He can negate consensus, simply because he can, as he has in the past, and as he will continue to for as long as he is active.
To semi-play devil's advocate, how much of that is because he always has been as opposed to a perhaps mistaken belief that he ultimately runs the show? It's not like anyone really bothers to question him, not that such questioning is likely to garner a response given how busy he ends up being.
I mean, part of me wonders whether his "God-king" status is supported simply because he's Jimbo and always has been, or because people honestly think that's best for the project.
-Jeff