Author: Phil Dixon
Date: 18:24:10 07/22/99
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On July 22, 1999 at 20:12:33, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On July 22, 1999 at 19:28:18, Mark Young wrote: > >>I never did understand the moderation representation on CCC. We vote for three >>moderators, but instead of having two of the three moderators agreeing to delete >>a post, we have three three kings that do as they will when they see a post they >>think should be deleted. This approach kills the representation of the mass of >>CCC. Not a very logical way to represent the voters. >> >>Under the circumstances of how the moderators represent the voters I understand >>and agree with your reasons for resigning. As it stands now if one moderator can >>delete posts at will without the consent of at least one other moderator, this >>leave you unable to represent your position and view as moderator that you ran >>and were elected on by the voters of CCC to represent. > >It depends upon how you see the job of moderator. I view post deletion as a >police function, mainly. You wouldn't expect the cops to get together and vote >before they arrested someone, would you? > >The voting process has no hierarchy or decision process built in. We elect >three moderators but we don't give them any framework for dealing with each >other. My first point of business was to try to establish a framework, but we >never got together and did it. > >I think this is only the second time that something was deleted, it has been >mostly quiet so far. > >I don't think that moderators are above the charter, and I will react the same >way to a moderator post as to any other post. If I had seen any other member >post that I would have deleted it. > >bruce I don't think any one person should be allowed to impose their guidelines, standards, etc. on the rest of us here at the CCC. I don't believe it was ever set up with a ONE MAN show in mind. No matter who it is.
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