Re: spoon-discuss: P338

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth "Harrison, Andrew":
> > From: Joel Uckelman [mailto:uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > 
> > I noticed that P338 doesn't affect the way Judges are 
> > selected, which may 
> > be a bad thing. Currently, the Officer responsible for 
> > selecting Judges may 
> > do so any way e wishes. Because I select Judges in my capacity as 
> > Administrator, I see the fair selection of Judges as something like a 
> > sacred trust. However, someone elected to the proposed OSJ 
> > may not see it 
> > the same way, and under the current rules could be as 
> > arbitrary in Judge 
> > selection as e wanted. Maybe this should be corrected.
> 
> Ok, I'll add a bit that says the selection must be 'random' and that the OSJ
> should say exactly how the selection was determined if someone asks. I also
> think that the OSJ should be able to exclude further people from the
> selection if they would have a vested interest in the judgement. At the
> moment the Plantiff is exluded and there is no notion of a Defendant. In
> some RFJ's there would be another Player who the RFJ is against, clearly
> this Player should be excluded from Judgement too. Since the OSJ is elected
> we can always vote them out if they abuse their positiion.
> 
> --
> The Kid

Actually, I don't see non-random judge selection as a bad thing 
necessarily, but maybe a five nweek term distances abuses too much from 
ultimate accountability. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm not opposed to 
discretionary powers granted to Officers, so long as there exist checks on 
the abuse of those powers.

-- 
J.

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