[Cz-editcouncil] Resignation

[Dr.Supten Sarbadhikari]

Dear All,
As of now, there is no formal procedure for resignation in the
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Editorial_Council_Rules_of_Procedure and
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Editorial_Council_Resolution_0007#I._Composition_of_the_Council
.
However, as http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:K_kay_shearin has expressed
her inability due to time constraints, we can accept the resignation.
However, Martin is the Secretary of the Editorial Council and as such
leaving without proper replacement is likely to jeopardize the functions of
the Editorial Council.
As Christian Kleineidam has expressed, we would sincerely request Martin to
reconsider his unilateral decision and come forward with positive
alternative proposals.
Looking forward to the opinion of the other esteemed members of the CZ EC.
With warmest regards
Supten
The Chair, Editorial Council, Citizendium: [
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Category:CZ_Editorial_Council_Members ]
-- 
Dr. S N Sarbadhikari, MBBS, PhD
Founding Chair of Biomedical Informatics
PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641 004
Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Email: drsupten at yahoo.com, supten at gmail.com
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/supten/
Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Medical Informatics [
http://ijmi.org/index.php/ijmi/about/editorialTeam ]
Editorial Board Member (MENPA): [
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaleditorialboard.cws_home/714078/editorialboard#editorialboard]

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Christian Kleineidam <
christian.kleineidam at fu-berlin.de> wrote:

> Dear Martin,
>
> I would hope that you would withdraw your resignation and let us as the
> Editorial Council find a way to deal with this problem.
> Citizendium is at it's nature supposed to be democratic and the question
> about who has the authority to evaluate specialist articles should be
> discussed here on the Editorial Council.
> Afterwards we should decide as Editorial Council about the issue by voting
> about it, if there are disagreements.
> It's not Larry's job to decide about how far his own power goes in a case
> like this.
>
> To me the problem lies in roles not being clearly defined.
> In this case it's about whether Larry's role as Editor in Chief gives him
> the authority to demand that the article about the financial crash contains
> a mention about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
>
> I think that Larry clearly has the right to voice his opinion about the
> topic from the perspective of contributing in citizendium like every other
> user.
>
> One solution to clearly mark roles:
> When Larry writes with the authority of being Editor in Chief on a talk
> page, he uses a different font or color than otherwise.
>
> One idea:
> Normal user: black text
> Editor in that field: pale blue
> Editor in that field who specializes into the subject of the article: deep
> blueConstable: red
> Editor in Chief: green
>
> Afterwards Larry can use black text like every other user in cases like
> this without somebody thinking that Larry tries to overrule the Editor.
>
> Thanks
> Christian Kleineidam
>
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