On 10/16/07, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: I think the point of this conversation (or one of the points) is to figure out how to avoid having only a handful of active Arbitrators each year when October rolls around. One way would be to allow Arbitrators to declare a long break (without fear of criticism) and have Jimbo appoint a temp fill-in. Thatcher

charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com wrote: You seem to be making my point for me. After nine months of useful work, and three months of awakening to the fact that it's too much brings us to the first renewal. What I'm trying to distinguish are community-side concerns such as whether the person can be trusted, and concerns on the individual Arbcom member's side such as how fast one is exhausted by the job. I agree that pacing is important but that's something that one learns from experience. The good faith assumption is that an Arbcom newbie wants to do a good job, but that the size of the task does not register until he takes time to try to hard. Ec