[EM] Approval for many candidate, non-partisan, multi-seat elections

[Kevin Venzke]

James,

--- James Gilmour <jgilmour at globalnet.co.uk> a écrit :
> Markus Schulze Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:10 PM
> > I have made the experience that the members of Wikipedia's 
> > "Arbitration Committee" (ArbCom) work rather independently 
> > and that the one ArbCom member is rarely willing to revert 
> > the decision of the other ArbCom member.
> > 
> > Therefore, I suggest that the ArbCom should be elected by
> > a single-winner election method used at large.
> 
> I cannot see any logical connection between these two statements.
> James Gilmour

Since the members of the committee work more like independent executives
than a parliament, every member should be "centrist," and there's no use and
(likely) some harm in representing every viewpoint.

That's my interpretation of what Markus wrote.

Kevin Venzke



	

	
		
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