It's not a slap in the face for anyone. Minds Eye is not a fiefdom with some line of succession; it's a community, made up of many diverse ideologies and personality types. Care for the community should be determined by the community, not by any sense of authoritative seniority. Rigsy has already put in one vote for Orn, and if the majority consensus is that he's best suited to take final say on the list, then I'll gladly hand the reins to him. If there's a consensus that someone else might be better suited for negotiating the various conflicts which arise, it would go to that person. It doesn't matter to me; this is your community.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:54 AM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually I was thinking what a slap in the face for orn this must be. But > then this is if I was orn and orn doesn't want my empathy. And he doesn't > want an open word at the time he is asked for it either. That's how I came > up with the answer. > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:03 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On who's time line? Or are you thinking of a mercy killing? >> >> On Apr 26, 5:27 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I vote for a natural death. >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Chris Jenkins >> > <[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > I don't think anyone would be surprised to hear that I've had little >> to no >> > > time for all things Minds Eye. I did what I could to help grow the >> group, >> > > and expand it into other venues, but honestly, I think it's time >> someone >> > > else took over the top reins. I know that will be a contentious >> conversation >> > > given some of the conversations and conflicts around here regarding >> > > moderation, but I think it's fair to put the top level of control in >> the >> > > hands of someone who is actually currently working to make the list >> better. >> > >> > > I don't know any better way to do it than to be democratic. I'll take >> > > suggestions, via this thread or personal message, and the name I get >> the >> > > most of will get the spot. I don't care if you want it or not...if the >> > > majority of folks here find you to be fair minded, then they'll trust >> you to >> > > hand it over to someone else. Who knows, perhaps there will come >> elections, >> > > an official Minds Eye president or some such thing...ok, well, >> probably not, >> > > but you get the idea. >> > >> > > This list has never been about hierarchies, but the fact is, someone >> at >> > > some points in time has to make difficult decisions, with the good of >> the >> > > group in mind. It's an utterly thankless job, and no matter what you >> choose, >> > > there will always be folks who find you to be a fascist prick for >> making >> > > that decision. >> > >> > > As an aside, for those of you who remember when DubiousProfundity.com >> was >> > > the dedicated website for this list, you might be interested to know >> that >> > > I've revived the new concept here:http://obnoxi.us. Feel free to >> > > participate, if you like. >> > >> > > Enough with the formalities. I'll start. My vote's for Francis Hunt.- >> Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - > > >
