Subj : Reality Check!
To   : Paul Williams
From : Thom LaCosta
Date : Mon Sep 30 2002 06:50 am

Paul Williams wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

 PW> Hi Thom LaCosta, hope you are having a nice day

RW>>Under who's authority?  Elections held in FN_SYSOP are held once a
RW>>year, as spelled out in the echo rules.  IE; the moderator election
RW>>hasn't been held yet!
TL>The problem Roy is that the moderator is eolected in the first place.  
TL>Once a moderator is elected, then he/she is subject to a recall 
TL>vote....which is what happened in FN_SYSOP.

 PW>  Except for one little problem Thom. The rules under which Roy was
 PW> elected, and which the echo operated, do *NOT* have a recall
 PW> provision. None! Nada!

Any time you have an elected postion, there is the possibility that the 
"voters" can elect someone else....and that's what happened in FN_SYSOP.

TL>Don't like the results?  Do what other did when they didn't like you as
TL>moderator...stage an election to replace the moderator.

 PW>  And what happens when everyone decides to have an election to
 PW> remove you as moderator from Elist and Echolist?

It's not the same situation, as the moderatorship of those echoes has NEVER 
been an elected position.  

cya,
thom
baltimoremd@baltimoremd.com
http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ 
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