Carrite wrote:Gaslighted wrote:Kumioko wrote:Especially after the last couple years and the Fram case, they are really going to have a hard time filling the vacating seats.
That might be the end of ArbCom and self-regulation. The benefit of the Fram debacle might be that the community realizes, that self-regulation requires more moral, courage, effort, etc. and less toxicity than the community has.
I suspect what is coming isn't an end to self-governance or an end to Arbcom, but an end to the Administrators-only monopoly at Arbcom.
They are going to have a very, very hard time filling all the vacancies with The Usual Suspects.
There's time enough to run an RfA between announcing a candidacy and voting.
There is not one single reason why someone who thinks they're good enough to be on ArbCom, wouldn't pass RfA with some ease.
Seriously, try and come up with the name of someone who would stand a chance in hell of being voted into ArbCom in a normal year, who wouldn't easily pass RfA.
Non-admins might make it this year, but they're not going to be good candidates. Kudpung is running. Kudpung! Why? Because he realizes this is the year that people who would otherwise stand no chance, might just squeeze in.
It's going to be an interesting test of the rules, because I seem to recall there is a minimum percentage support required, and if that means seats can't be filled, that is apparently what is supposed to happen.
