Re: CFD, EB members and admin votes

Hi,

I think the thing to consider is why does Blitzed give admins a vote in the
first place. Why do they get a vote and not opers or other members of staff.
Presumably the thinking behind it is that they are providing the base
function of the network in servers and without servers there can be no
network. They have gone to the trouble of getting a server and applying to
link and then maintaining the server. It is this which is recognised and why
they are given the vote. All the EB members who have servers have had to go
through the same process and so it seems only right to give them the same
votes as any other admin. The fact that they are EB members is partly
incidental for two reasons. They don't get "two votes", they get one vote,
the same as any other admin in admin votes, they do not get any more say in
admin votes. This is right and proper in their roles as admins. If there is
a tie then they can don their EB hat and make a decision that way in a
separate vote. There is also something in the argument that EB members
should ONLY ever be admins of servers because they have a direct vested and
perhaps economic interest in the network. Would it be right for someone who
had none of these ties to be a member of the EB?

To condense that rather badly worded paragraph. I think that EB members who
are  also admins should be allowed to vote as admins of servers since most
of the time that is their role and function.

Cheers

Ben Ullmann