Posted by Dinah on June 23, 2009, at 22:39:00
In reply to Re: Rules - What constitutes an infraction? » twinleaf, posted by gobbledygook on June 17, 2009, at 14:33:02
Dr. Bob has asked me if I would like to clarify these facts myself and I have agreed to do so. I've run this reply by him.
> My perception is that the rules have been carried out inconsistently and subjectively, with one person having the power to be "judge, jury, and
> executioner" when the warnings/blocks are issued. Even though the warnings/blocks are issued with the statement: "The administrator is always
> free to override deputy decisions...feel free to email him if you believe this decision was made in error," how many cases can Bob actually review
> with his busy schedule? And when he does review a case, Bob is not around enough to keep up with and understand all the dynamics of the boards
> to know the details of who and what led to the warnings and the blocks - leaving him to rely on one person's judgment.Ava, am I perhaps the one person you are speaking of?
You have no way of knowing of course, but I wanted to clarify the facts.
There are three deputies. We rarely if ever act without at least a majority and usually a consensus of whatever deputies are around. Dr. Bob often weighs in before deputies actually do anything. And we inform him in several ways of what we have done as soon as we've done it. If he doesn't get a chance to weigh in immediately, he nearly always is brought up to speed within a couple of weeks at the most and gives us feedback as he sees fit. We don't take that many actions that he is unable to do this. At one time, he might have been absent longer, but at this point he stays in touch at least that often.
Also, posters have unfettered access to Dr. Bob. His email is at the bottom of each page, and the deputies encourage posters to bring any concerns they have about deputy actions, or any concerns about Babble to Dr. Bob directly by email.
Only one person has unlimited power on this site, and that person is Dr. Bob. Dr. Bob is aware of and reverses any deputy action he disapproves of. He might not have chosen the same actions we do in every instance, because reasonable people can disagree. But if he thinks we're wrong he reverses us.
With deputies, it is rarely *one* person's judgement. Only when only one person is around which isn't that often.
Deputies do do their best to do what Dr. Bob would have them do at any given point of time, to the best of our ability. I know I am scrupulous, and I know my fellow deputies to be scrupulous, in acting on the facts according to our understanding of Dr. Bob's wishes.
And this just may be me, but I don't see the deputies as being less reasonable than Dr. Bob. My recollection of the days of Dr. Bob's continuous presence do not coincide with a glorious place of freedom and peace. Dr. Bob did his best. We do our best to do what Dr. Bob wishes.
I was hoping deputies could be left out of this this time, since surely it is clear that Dr. Bob knows and approves of our actions and that any objection to us is therefore an objection to him. We're his *deputies* carrying out what he wishes to be done as best we can based on precedent and his direct conversations with us. The buck stops with him, and I would hope that the Admin discussions would reflect that.
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