Our administrators are not police officers. I see no problem with
requiring them to be reaffirmed every 2 years or so. If they are
unpleasant that is reason enough not to reaffirm them.
Fred
On May 29, 2006, at 1:12 PM, Travis Mason-Bushman wrote:
Ah, no. One cannot fire a police officer merely
because he "loses the
support of the people," whatever that means. One must go before a
review
board, such as a Police Commission, and demonstrate that the
officer has
committed wrongful acts - abuse of power, misuse of force, etc.
Similarly,
we have a procedure to allow review of administrative decisions
through the
Arbitration Committee. Several admins have lost their sysop bit due to
ArbCom actions, so this is not some sort of paper tiger but a real
check on
administrative abuses.
I agree that admins cannot and should not be seen as untouchable
and perhaps
we need to make clearer to people who feel wronged that they do have
recourse to appeal. At the same time, to expect the people that we
call upon
to make controversial and contentious decisions about the
encyclopedia to be
somehow subject to the arbitrary whim of the "support of the
people" at any
time is the height of insanity.
-Travis Mason-Bushman