On 10/14/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 14/10/2007, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
Why not allow clerks to draft proposals? The arbitrators would still be the only ones allowed to -vote-, of course, but I see no harm in letting a clerk make a suggestion. If it's poor, it'll just get voted against anyway.
Anyone can draft proposals - that's what the workshop page is for (and to keep idiots occupied somewhere relatively harmless, of course). Proposals from known sensible people are more likely to be taken notice of, of course.
- d.
This does suggest to me a completely different approach though. How about having some arbcom members only voting on cases, not being otherwise obligated to participate in the deliberate on the cases?
It may be that I am describing the actual situation as it is currently de facto, but even if so, how about making it de jure. An arbcom member who (chosen for that situation by whatever means and by whatever criterion) need only cast votes, would at least mentally feel less stress about their involvement in the arbcom functioning, and thus would be likely to not burn out that swiftly.
And again, regardless of how these voting members were allocated, I can well imagine that they might slip in and out of the role of being a mere voter, and being one who drafts decisions etc.
Since I am not on the arbcom or on it's mailing list or the various organs of its function, I cannot say whether this is practical or adds anything useful, but I offer it purely in the way of tossing ideas to see if they will stick to the wall.
-- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]