Originally posted by Bob LaoTse
That often focuses on the shady and sinister activities of them-- has elected its own them........
I'm really not sure what to make of this. The councilors are not 'them', they have no power, other than an ability to applaud or give 'little
warns', like for posting one liners and the like.
You don't find other boards, infact you won't find a single other board, that has a group of members, chosen by their peers, to represent them and
their needs to the actual owners of the board. Thats because any other board's owners are going to want to control
their board.
I find it stunning that someone can see this as a bad thing.
I can't even explain to the members here just to what lengths the ownership of this board goes to make sure that what they are doing jives with the
intent and wants of the membership. They constantly communicate with their Administrators and Super-Moderators. They're constantly talking to and
hashing things over with us in Modship. They go through a lot of work and down right nuissances to set up these elections every so often and have
primaries and a final vote, providing the council of members with forums, not just a single forum but sets of forums, to discuss all the things that
the members want. This is no small amount of work
for an avocation, not even their actual vocations.
I mean, talk about an irrational fear of authority, and when the council doesn't even have any authority in the first place!
Personally, for all the flaws, nuisances, and wastes of the council, I am still impressed that this is the only board in the internet that has
anything like this.
If members are dissatisfied with something in the board, then all they need to do is contact the council members to try to work it out!