Posted by thuso on February 6, 2006, at 17:45:30
In reply to Re: openings for deputy administrators, posted by Dr. Bob on February 6, 2006, at 10:59:08
> Here are some specifics. I think we could accommodate 2 additional deputies now. Let say the deadline for volunteering is in 2 weeks = through Feb. 20.
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> I'm trying to establish some specific requirements. Currently, my idea is that candidates need to have been registered for 1 year, to have posted 300 times, and not to have been blocked for longer than 4 weeks at one time or within the last 3 months.
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> Volunteers should *not* assume that satisfying the above requirements means they'd automatically be selected. There may not be an "election", but there probably will be at least some sort of opportunity at some point for posters to provide feedback. I think that could be done here or privately, and any feedback that's posted will need to be civil, but still there's clearly the potential for dynamics involving acceptance, rejection, competition, envy, etc.
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> Any questions? Thanks for working together to keep this community going,
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> BobI really like the idea of people being allowed to give feedback on the candidates. I personally think it should only be done privately to you and the deputies though. I know I find it hard to be really truthful about someone when I know they're reading what I'm writing about them. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings if I had some negative or contructive things to say about them as a deputy...especially if I really like them as a poster.
I vote for what you are proposing, but to keep it private between you and the current deputies. You should set up an email specifically for comments that automatically gets forwarded to you and each of the deputies. I'd feel most comfortable with that.
One question though...how is a person supposed to know if they have the required amount of posts? Since we can't see a post count, there is no way for someone to know. And I don't know if a certain post count should be a criteria. It's not hard to do a ton of posts without being helpful to the community. All it takes is 300 :-) posts and a person can apply. Technically, I don't even have to ever say a word to reach 300 posts. Not that I think that will be the case with any candidates, but it's just to show that post count doesn't really imply anything. I like the year requirement and previous blocks requirement though. I'm really interested to see how this all turns out.
(I haven't been here a year yet, so none of this applies to me anyways...just curious)
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