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Post by Admin on Nov 2, 2015 21:24:55 GMT
This thread is for the posting of questions to candidates for the office of Castellan. Please place your questions here.
Castellan Candidates for the 2015-2016 term are as follows:
Lissa McGrath Jana Moore Rya Louise Scholl
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Post by The Valeyard on Nov 5, 2015 3:32:04 GMT
As our current Castellan can, no doubt, attest, the position of Castellan is not an easy one. You are specifically prohibited from even giving the appearance of being political, you can only serve one term before waiting a full term to run before, and you are expected not only to work with the President to protect the rights of the Membership but, if necessary, to hold Tribunals and determine punishment for saidsame members. You're also tasked with the absolutely essential and yet extremely difficult role of having to come forward to say that Officers are, in your opinion, abusing their positions or using their positions to take unfair advantage of others.
Add to that the responsibility of holding the polls, making sure that Endorsements are done on a weekly basis, etc... It's a tough job. You may not be aware of this, but we've already had more than one Tribunal. They aren't fun. They are fair. But they aren't fun....
I don't think any single candidate for this office is unqualified for the role. But I do want to know your honest assessment of the hardest part of a hard job: dealing with the inevitable negativity that arises from it, even when people clearly see that you are doing your job in everyone's best interest. How would you handle such a situation? What if an issue strikes to close to home?Would you recuse yourself, or do you feel that you'd generally have the impartiality to judge fairly? (Assuming it's not something that the Charter would absolutely insist you recuse yourself from.)
Again, I believe every one of you could handle this. I'm just curious about how each of you would go about handling it.
-Alex
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Post by The Valeyard on Nov 9, 2015 22:26:27 GMT
Another question. And a little late, so I won't be offended if you don't get to it.
At what point do which types of disciplinary actions become necessary? In a general sense, what I mean is, where do you draw the line between minor offenses and major offenses, between a letter of warning and a partial ban, between a partial ban and a full ban. And what other options are there?
Thanks, Alex
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