Originally Posted by
kokonutz
No, sxj, it would not be direct election of ambassadors, but it is as close as we can get: having an elected body appoint ambassadors. Don't like their choices? Fire the TB at the next election. Accountability. All without the popularity contest and inherent temptation for TOS violation you'd get with direct ambassador elections.
False alternatives. Other selection procedures exist besides popular elections or TB vote. Some have been outlined here.
But to me, and I think for moderators, for those who want to give something back to FT short of being a moderator and for those who would benefit from having ambassadors around, that would be a real shame.
I like the idea of Ambassadors, and will likely have to duke it out with
Cholula to be the first to roll out the welcome mat in TS/S.
However, I'm not in favor of the proposal (as written). How so? On procedural grounds it's impractical.