Originally Posted by SD69 (Post 1229514)

Yesterday, the Council decided to remove Estel from his position as Council Chair. This is due not only to the Community Awards, but to many other actions of his since becoming Chair. He will remain a member of Council, and will continue to serve the community in that capacity.

For me, the primary reason was that he was acting poorly as Council Chair. He didn't represent Council well, and I didn't have confidence in what he was doing and how he related to the community. There were multiple complaints from community members, and I saw personal comments he made against many people, including me. I believe he doesn't have the soft skills necessary to serve as the representative of Council.

Let me also say that this was done with regret. He is a valuable contributor to the community, and fully deserving of his community award. I hope this will be sufficient remediation and that the non-constructive grievances will come to an end. I do not intend to support any actions proposed related to the community awards, such as taking away devices, etc.

Originally Posted by Dave999 (Post 1229517)

Who is the hand of the king now?

Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 1229528)

I cannot believe that this sorry little thread and its spinoffs have ~300 posts, while those about really important issues have only 80.

Originally Posted by Dave999 (Post 1229530)

A threads greatness is not decided by number of post but what's in the posts.

Originally Posted by SD69 (Post 1229514)

Yesterday, the Council decided to remove Estel from his position as Council Chair. This is due not only to the Community Awards, but to many other actions of his since becoming Chair. He will remain a member of Council, and will continue to serve the community in that capacity.

For me, the primary reason was that he was acting poorly as Council Chair. He didn't represent Council well, and I didn't have confidence in what he was doing and how he related to the community. There were multiple complaints from community members, and I saw personal comments he made against many people, including me. I believe he doesn't have the soft skills necessary to serve as the representative of Council.

Let me also say that this was done with regret. He is a valuable contributor to the community, and fully deserving of his community award. I hope this will be sufficient remediation and that the non-constructive grievances will come to an end. I do not intend to support any actions proposed related to the community awards, such as taking away devices, etc.

Originally Posted by nieldk (Post 1229525)

That is to be decided still

Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 1229528)

I cannot believe that this sorry little thread and its spinoffs have ~300 posts, while those about really important issues have only 80.

Originally Posted by misterc (Post 1229581)

click on the link currently beneath my posts...
Rob (SD69) has the 2nd highest number of votes and thus becomes head of the Council / Council Chair.
well deserved considering he is certainly the most experienced member of the Council.

may i further suggest that all official communications from Council are only posted by the Council Chair, possibly after consultation?

a post of an other member of the Council is never representative of the Council, unless Rob (Council Chair) can't attend to his function.
in which case Ivan (ivgalvez) assumes the function.

which also means that Rob would have to clearly mark any posts he makes at a personal title.

ideas?