No applicants yet. This is going to be a necessary and important position. Even if we were to install some sort of voting software, there has to be a person, or several persons, who sets up the software with candidates, dates, etc., has access to logs, and announces the results. So, if you are interested, please *do* let me know!
--Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Larry Sanger > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 1:53 PM > To: [email protected]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Citizendium-editors] Director of elections/sortition > > > All, > > We will begin a process of either election or sortition soon, > i.e., within the next few weeks. We will begin selecting > chief subject editors for > *some* workgroups, as well as leaders for other aspects of > the project, such as the topic informant workgroup, and a > chief copyeditor. > > I would like to see resumes/CVs (if I don't have them > already) from people who would like to steward the balloting > or sortition process. > > We have not yet decided, definitively, that we will use > sortition as a means of choosing people for term-limited > positions of authority. But it seems pretty likely. > > This person will have to have a firm commitment to the > Citizendium project, some extra time, evidence of > intelligence and education, preferably (not > necessarily) some applicable experience with democratic > processes, and unimpeachable personal ethics. For the latter > reason it would help if you were to provide me with several > references. > > As to *what* the process will be, I will be making a more > definite and detailed proposal within the next few days--more > definite than, but similar to, what you see now in the Policy > Outline. This proposal will, of course, be open for public > debate. It is possible that I'll have to go back to the > drawing board if the objections to this proposal are very serious. > > Also, this person should either already be, or (preferably) > will become, a member of the Executive Committee. > > --Larry > > > _______________________________________________ > Citizendium-editors mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-editors > _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
