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On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Matthias Maier <tamiko@g.o> wrote: |
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> - overruling council (and comrel?) decisions with a 2:1 majority |
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While I could see this making sense for most Council/QA decisions, I'm |
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skeptical of how this could work for Comrel, given that nobody would |
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have anything to go off of, unless we made these matters public. |
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I could see it possibly working if we made it clear that there is no |
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expectation of privacy for anybody bringing a complaint, and that the |
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entire matter would be made public if the accused wished to appeal it |
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to a general resolution. Then it would be up to the person who was |
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subject to discipline to allow a general vote. If they did not allow |
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this, then the Council (or Comrel, if no appeal) would have the final |
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say and it could not be appealed. If they did allow this, then the |
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entire record would be made public and available for a general vote. |
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The accused would have full access to the record before deciding |
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whether to make it public, so there would be no surprises. |
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I'm not a super-big fan of this, but I see it as the only reasonable |
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way to let Comrel decisions turn into a general resolution. Otherwise |
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people basically have to vote blind. |
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On the flip side, it would let the accused leave quietly with no |
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public defamation/etc if they so wished, but in doing so they wouldn't |
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really have much room to complain about the process being closed, |
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since they were the one who decided to keep it that way. On the other |
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hand, if they insisted on a public proceeding then everybody can |
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decide for themselves what is appropriate. |
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The main downside is that we'd need to make it clear to anybody |
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issuing a complaint that they would not get a say in whether what they |
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submit was shared with the accused or the public. Otherwise we would |
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be taking that decision out of the accused's hands, and it basically |
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defeats the point in having this sort of appeal available. This might |
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potentially have a chilling effect on anybody who might want to bring |
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a complaint, since it could become public if the accused so desired. |
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Either way I think things like this are best made clear up-front so |
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there are no surprises. |
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Rich |
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