Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:34:58 07/23/99
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On July 23, 1999 at 19:43:23, Amir Ban wrote: > >As a former moderator I take credit for inventing the "on-duty" procedure. When >I was lobbying for it, I described it to my fellow moderators (Don Dailey & >Bruce Moreland) in these terms: > >Having one moderator on duty doesn't mean that he has all the power. The >principle of majority decision still holds. The moderator on duty acts as a sort >of chairman, decides the agenda, and asks the two others to vote on stuff. He >can act alone only in cases that are too simple to bother the others, or have >already been discussed by the moderators and the action is what was agreed >should be taken in such a case. IN ANY CASE, if the moderator on duty already >knows of a dissenting opinion by another moderator, he's not allowed to act >alone and must get the opinion of the third moderator. > >This was my understanding of the rules, and they were followed with no >exceptions that I can remember. > >It doesn't seem the present moderators have worked out any such procedures, or >at least that's my impression from the posts in this thread. If they were >following the procedures set above, I would consider Bruce's action to be >illegal, since he should have assumed that Fernando, by posting what he did, >disagrees with him, and he had to resort to majority vote. > >I think Bruce showed very poor judgement here. His action would not deserve much >comment against an ordinary member, and would probably be perfectly justified, >but for the moderators to start censoring each other does not make sense, for >reasons that have nothing to do with the charter. What we have now can be called >a constitutional crisis. > >Experience shows that the post of moderator needs quite a bit of talent for >politics and diplomacy. I hope the voters will remember this next time. > >Amir Your comments show a lack of insight and/or thought, and perhaps some vindictiveness. That is self-evident to the casual reader, so no argument is required. I am furthermore disappointed that, after so long an absence, you choose to post on such an insubstantial matter. Really disappointing. Will
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