Re: CFD, EB members and admin votes

On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 09:32:06PM +0100, Ben Ullmann wrote:
> 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.

What made you change your mind?  When you were an EB member, you
opposed EB having votes. :)

> 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?

I think it would depend on the person.  For example, I hope that I
am still considered worthy of being in the EB, but if I could run
lik-m-aid anymore than I wouldn't be an IRC admin.

I also think that soon it will be time when we should look into ways
of electing and removing EB members, but that will need a lot of
though, particularly on who exactly is allowed to do the voting.
That is a very much separate conversation..

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