User:NoSeptember/Arbcom restructuring

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This is a proposal to restructure ArbCom to handle an ever growing caseload and handle with flexibility the inactivity of ArbCom members.

• ArbCom would be composed of about 30 members, which could be increased at any time when needed to handle increasing workload.
• When a case is presented to ArbCom, a randomly selected panel of seven ArbCom members would be assigned to review the case.
  • Eliminating ArbCom members from consideration:
    • Currently inactive members
    • Semi-active members may request to be selected for a smaller proportion of the caseload
    • Early recusals (ArbCom members can indicate that they should not be part of the pool of selection for certain cases)
  • Seven members would be randomly picked to review each case from the remaining members. The selection of panels would be done by some trusted individual who does this as an administrative manner.
    • Late recusals and withdrawals. At an early stage in the case (the acceptance stage), members can remove themselves from a case, and be replaced by a randomly picked substitute.
  • The seven member panel would handle the case from start to finish, in the same manner as the ArbCom committee does now, the first step being the decision whether to accept the case for review.
• The size of panels could be changed if a size other than seven members is preferred. The size of panels could be adjusted situationally (a larger panel for more complicated cases, for example), this would be at the discretion of ArbCom.
• ArbCom may decide in rare special cases to handle the entire case en banc (the whole committee). This would be a practice reserved for rare situations.
• ArbCom may choose to review decisions by individual panels en banc. This sort of appeals procedure would be rare and strictly at the option of ArbCom.
• Each individual ArbCom member would only participate in a fraction (~30%) of the total caseload. As the caseload increases, the ArbCom would be enlarged, and the share of cases each member participates in will decline further.
• As long as there are people willing to participate in ArbCom, this system would be able to handle any size caseload.