Opening up Discussion on Hosting Guidelines

[Joe Shlabotnik]

47. I favour options 1 or 2 at this point.

Personally, after the initial set up is done, I'm not too concerned about hosts overstepping their boundaries, as long as there is term limits, (6 months sound ok), and a recall option.

Once the group is established, I think the most important role for the hosts would be defending the 'safe haven'. It is inevitable, (especially this year) that some anti-occupy Duer's will be disruptive. If a visible consensus vote were to be used for banning purposes, it identifies individual members preferences, and opens them up to attacks elsewhere on DU.

Also, because seeking consensus can be time consuming, I think threads that appear to violate the SoP should be locked in the most efficient manner, which would be by a host. That is not say that a consensus couldn't be sought afterwords, to unlock the questionable thread.

Lastly, I think the pinning of threads containing external links to livestreams, and Major Occupy sites is a good tool, as long as they are updated/edited periodically, and don't get too cluttered. (we can't list Every occupy-related site; keep it simple)

Thats just my 2 cents, and I'll be the first to admit that I'm not very savvy when comes to group administration. Generally speaking though, I don't think its possible or practical to try and closely mimic GA procedures, because we have to work within a larger community here on DU.