People, below are summarized some of the things we seem to have near-consensus on. I've put in color the things that seem to need decision and/or confirmation.
Maybe we could focus on the first paragraph and resolve/confirm the pettier items. Then move on to a concrete discussion of what actually warrants admin intervention and the question of bans.
Meanwhile, I'm also working on drafting suggestions for a dispute-resolution process based on things mentioned in this thread, but I want to wait a bit before getting into that.
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B77 is a member-moderated board.
We have
x administrators who serve
three-month terms and are selected from among the members by nomination and vote. Admins have the power to edit or delete posts, ban posters for
certain offenses (to be defined), and
propose banning for other kinds of offenses (to be defined). In all other kinds of disputes they will intervene only at the request of members affected by the dispute.
• Administrative positions are voluntary
• Members become eligible for administrator after being on the board for
x months or x posts, whichever comes sooner
• The same person may serve as administrator more than once, but not in two consecutive terms.
• Administrative terms are staggered so that
x new administrators are nominated every
x months.
Offenses on which Admins may take immediate action without consulting the members:.
Members cannot be banned for any reasons other than those listed here. (Sounds like some things should warrant immediate banning, like spamming porn, whereas others emerge from unresolved disputes and need a different mechanism, on which I'll offer my opinion later.)
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Jn
p.s. sorry to interrupt the cat discussion. My own cat was really, really sick yesterday. Something was obstructing his bowel and I thought he'd need surgery, but he seems to have passed it whatever it was and he's ok today.