[Cz-editcouncil] Resignation

[Dr.Supten Sarbadhikari]

Dear Martin and All Other EC Members,
There are a few issues to be sorted out.
1. In the case Martin cannot continue, with immediate effect, *I have to
take the temporary charge of the Secretary and call for applications for the
post of Secretary from among the current members.*
2. Further, in the case Martin decides to leave CZ for good, naturally there
won't be any obligations on his part to formulate new and essential
policies.
3. The *Policy changes* that Martin talks of, have to be *channeled properly
through the laid down procedures*. *Any democratic body will have the power
of formulating new laws and amending old ones. The question is who will bell
the cat? Someone has to come forward procedurally.*
4. I fully agree with Martin that the EC has been in hibernation for a
considerable period of time and *I'd personally request the members to
rejuvenate the activities.* Already there are quite a few Proposals in the
pipeline but the current EC members do not feel to convert them into formal
Resolutions.
5. Perhaps I can try to take one or two but it may not look good if the
Chair is the Sponsor for all the Resolutions.
Please let us all know of your presence!
With warmest regards
Supten

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:55 PM, M. BALDWIN-EDWARDS <mbe at mmo.gr> wrote:

>  Dear Supten,
>
> As previously noted by you, I have made a unilateral decision to resign as
> an Editor, as a member of the Editorial Council and as Secretary of the
> Council. This was a decision that I made reluctantly after failing to reach
> agreement with Larry Sanger about his prominent role on the Talk page of an
> article due for Approval in line with CZ policy (I subsequently removed the
> Approval notice). In particular, the dispute centred on my allegation of his
> abuse of power in trying to instruct authors to include in the article
> certain incorrect "facts" and analyses that appear to be in line with
> popular news reporting in the USA. Furthermore, in the unshakeable belief of
> the correctness of his own views, Larry sought alternative expert advice
> from inactive editors in order to counter the "problematic attitudes" of the
> two economics editors (one acting as author, the other as Approving editor).
> This, I found highly insulting to my professional competence since an
> awareness of various alternative analyses constitutes a fundamental tool for
> economists.Furthermore, it is not correct (as he claims) that he merely
> acted as any other Citizen: the instructions were peremptory (implying
> authority) and the subsequent approach to inactive editors was made in his
> capacity as Editor in Chief.
>
> Given that expert decisions on CZ should be made initially by the subject
> editors, and ultimately by the Editorial Council, this matter should lie
> within the purview of the Editorial Council. Having resigned, I do not feel
> able to propose a motion; nor would I think it appropriate, as my personal
> conduct is also challenged by Larry Sanger. It is therefore up to the
> members of the Editorial Committee to decide how to react to this situation.
>
> Although various expressions of support have been communicated to me
> privately by some members of the Council, I believe that no policy changes
> are under consideration. Therefore, I assume that the position taken by the
> Editor-in-Chief is acceptable to its members and my departure from
> the Council is inevitable. Since the workload of the Council recently has
> been zero, I do not think that there will be a problem in accommodating my
> resignation. The deficits of CZ policy are many, including the lack of
> procedure for resignations. In the recent past, I attempted to fill the
> lacunae of policy, either in practice or through policy proposals: I regret
> that I no longer feel an obligation to so do.
>
> Thus, I confirm that I stand down (with retroactive effect from 1 November)
> as Secretary of the Council.
>
> With best wishes
>
> Martin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Dr.Supten Sarbadhikari <supten at gmail.com>
> *To:* The Citizendium Editorial Council<cz-editcouncil at mail.citizendium.org>; M.
> BALDWIN-EDWARDS <mbe at mmo.gr> ; M. BALDWIN-EDWARDS <baldwin at panteion.gr>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:53 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Cz-editcouncil] Resignation
>
> 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
> .
> Martin is the duly elected Secretary of the Editorial Council and Chairman
> of the Rules Committee, as per the above rules.
> Martin, please inform the EC members whether you want to continue as the
> Secretary of the EC or not. If you are not willing to continue, please
> propose a Resolution that takes care of the situations due to resignations
> in the future too.
> Further, I'd personally request you to continue as the Secretary until your
> successor is found and you can handover the job to him/her sharing your
> experience and expertise in carrying out the designated responsibilities.
> 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 ]
>
>
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