Snowspinner wrote:
On a more serious note, are we just expanding the size of the committee, or are we also changing the rules so that the same vote totals are required? Requiring things to cross three more people's desks seems to me to do nothing to speed up business. Quite the opposite. Can we perhaps change to, say, five net support votes required or a majority, whichever is less?
Traditionally it is up to the ArbCom to set their own internal rules of procedure, but I do absolutely recommend that adding members should not _slow down_ the process but rather _speed up_ the process. Adding members without changing the necessary quorum seems reasonable.
One thing we know: ArbCom members are dedicated volunteers but they are of course volunteers and therefore real life has to take precedence at times -- so ArbCom members often go inactive for periods of time. Having more members should ensure smoother functioning and fewer times when we're really beating the bushes to get cases closed.
--Jimbo