why? aren't they rather unlikely to want to vote anyway, if they've fucked off?
it's just that someone can run...example not given.... and then they can invite several people that they know to sign up just to vote for them.
or, they can all sign up 30 days before the next election, not post, but vote for the power hungry person when the elections come up.
that is why i say they should be at least active on the board, and a member for at least 30 days.
I think that was the idea when we discussed the world council stuff...
it is. since only the pool of people standing for election could come from the WC. however, any member can vote in the admin elections.
hypothetical: what if someone decided to put their time in here, and join the World Council. they were active for several months and decided to stand for election. then, they called in a bunch of their friends from a different website, and asked them to register here, just to vote in the admin elections.
also, lets say this was a person who enjoyed power and control. and they also had oppressive ideas.
they quickly learn that they cannot do anything, so they start banning people once they become admin.
what a hassle for the webmonkeys and the I² faithful who will not be able to fill their time as well as they could here, but couldn'tr until someone from Europe reset the forum to an earlier backed up time.
we could just let the WC vote in admin elections.
