Board Thread:Wiki Running/@comment-3225604-20150619060400/@comment-26235098-20150701124217

I think that your proposal is good. Excellent in fact, to allow users to apply to be admin. I just think this application process should not preclude all alternatives.

Why extreme. Hmm. How to explain. "Cannot appy for admin" is like to one end of an invisible scale? And "must apply for admin" is on the other end. These are the extremes, while in the middle of the scale would be "can apply for admin". Do you see? Cannot versus can versus must.

Also, I would not compare this to the role of president. That's not the same as working on a team, even a leadership team. A president is a single person and generally the person with the most power and more responsibility than everyone else. He is top dog, and he is the only top dog.

As a basis for comparison? Maybe the admin team would be more like a committee. Members of a committee are very seldom purely elected. It depends on the entity, but often they can request to be on the commitee (come forward) or they can be requested (invited). One process does not have to preclude the other, and indeed, most often both processes are used.