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How does someone else decide the punishment ensure fair? Truely, i don't |
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see that that does not in a situation like this, at any rate. People can |
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still appeal the overall decision to the council, there's knowone |
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stopping them from it reguardless of wether it's a commitee that makes |
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the decision, or 2 seperate branches. |
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On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Paul Varner wrote: |
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> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:33:12 -0500 |
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> From: Paul Varner <fuzzyray@g.o> |
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> Reply-To: gentoo-devrel@l.g.o |
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> To: gentoo-devrel@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-devrel] devrel meeting etc |
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> |
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> On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 12:38 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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>> Why can't a small committee be fair? Where are the checks and balances |
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>> in the "new" structure? I see one group investigating, another deciding |
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>> the punishment, but no insurance that the latter group won't go |
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>> overboard with punishment or give people a slap on the wrist for a major |
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>> problem. |
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> I'm not saying that a small committee can't be fair. I'm saying that |
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> having the split between investigating and judical does much to ensure |
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> fairness to include the perception of fairness. Having the same people |
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> do both functions can quickly give the perception of being unfair. |
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> |
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> I believe that we can still keep things small given the new system. |
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> Have 1-2 people investigate and 3 decide the punishment. That keeps it |
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> in the 3-5 range, but still keeps it separate. |
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> The checks and balances are in the fact that the same people doing the |
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> investigating are not the ones whom decide the punishment and that there |
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> is a right of appeal to the Gentoo Council. |
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> |
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> Regards, |
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> Paul |
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> |
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