[WikiEN-l] arbcom elections

[private musings]

I asked a question here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2008#another_bang_of_the_drum_:-.29

and here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Arbcom_elections

basically I think it's a good idea to confirm the voting system for our
arbcom elections, including how the election winners will be ascertained, in
nice good time :-)

Interestingly (to me!) - a question concerning the role of the Foundation /
The Board / Jimbo has come up, and I realise that I don't really know how
accurate my understanding that the Foundation aren't really involved is.
Further - User:UltraExact mentioned that s/he might have seen some analysis
on past elections done somewhere (or maybe discussion of exactly this kind!)
- so I thought I'd ask if anyone else has come across it, or could even link
to it :-)

I'll just myself quote from the wiki page above; "I'd assume (and propose,
and support) the straight forward election of 7 people to the vacant seats,
with seats 6 and 7 filling the recently resigned posts, and hence being up
for re-election sooner than their peers. By 'straight forward' I mean
'highest percentage of support' - and I really hope that this is
uncontroversial enough to get broad approval well ahead of time :-) "

I'd be very interested to hear thoughts and further discussion both here,
and 'on-wiki' :-)

best,

Peter
PM.