On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 00:41 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Oh, and we need a way to deal with the structural problem of questions > > which get posed to tech-ctte and simply never answered at all. Suppose > > the tech-ctte fails to answer a question in, oh, three months, the > > entire membership is removable at the discretion of the DPL? > > How do you define "answering" a question? I think we should try to get any > question resolved in < 3 months, but I don't think replacing the committee > when this fails to happen is going to improve anything.
The analogy has been made to the judiciary. A panel of judges works on a majority rule basis, as a rule, and issues an order for every case giving its disposition. The Wikipedia arbitrators similarly have a clear and published process, with clear and published statements about the current progress of cases, and give clear and published decisions. That's what I mean. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
