[WikiEN-l] How many Arbitrators should we have?

[Fred Bauder]

My feeling is that we should require at least 5 arbitrators to accept  
a case and those who accepted the case would be responsible for  
deciding it.

Fred

On Oct 5, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Carbonite wrote:

> I agree with Tony that it would be difficult to sustain a very  
> large number
> of arbitrators. However, if we had an efficient system for replacing
> arbitrators, I could see maintaining a "steady state" of 25-35.  
> Replacements
> could be appointed by Jimbo, be elected as alternates during the  
> regular
> ArbCom elections or we could utilize a system like the one  
> suggested by
> Dragons's Flight.
>  In my opinion, it would also be beneficial to create panels of 5-7
> arbitrators so that the ArbCom could multi-task. Each panel would only
> handle a few cases at a time instead of the entire ArbCom having to  
> examine
> the evidence of every open case. This might also help reduce the  
> burnout
> that's inevitable when every arbitrator must hear every case.
>  Carbonite
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