Rebecca Leighton wrote:
In my opinion, particularly considering the slow rate of proceedings of late, and that we are now down to seven active arbitrators (two away, one inactive, as well as these two spots), it would be wise to attempt to fill these.
I support this. Excellent suggestion. To review the original appointments:
C - Gutza C - MyRedDice C - NoHat C - Epopt B - Fred Bauder B - Delirium B - Maveric149 B - Camembert A - Jdforrester A - Kat/UninvitedCompany (NOW VACANT) A - Cunctator A - Erik Moeller (NOW VACANT)
Those in group A are up for election this December.
Kat/UnivitedCompany and Erik Moeller were slotted for group A, and since their resignations, those two slots are available. Those terms are slated to have re-elections in December.
So I propose that we have elections now for the two vacant seats. The terms will be from now until December. This gives 2 new people the chance to try the job out and see if they like it, and also gives the community a chance to see if they handle cases well.
Then in December we'll have regular elections for all 4 seats.
Since we now have the nifty election thingy, we should use that. The top two vote getters in an approval voting process will win. In the event of a tie, the top three will all serve.
There's no reason to delay on this, so let's set the elections up ASAP, and have them end 1 week from today. That is, the 30th at midnight.
I may have sketchy net access for a few days, so Angela or Anthere should be consulted regarding any further questions. If Danny and Imran would volunteer to run the election, that'd be great, but otherwise someone else can do it.
Since I'm saying all this on a Friday afternoon, I understand things might not get done right away of course. I don't think it matters much because just 2-3 days of voting is sufficient for this if it comes down to that.
My feeling is that the community is generally in the mood to elect some "hanging judges". But I might be wrong. Anyhow, in any candidate statements, I would recommend outlining a general view on how strict we should be, how aggressive about bans.
--Jimbo