Power · proposed 2 months ago · Example
Rotating chairship so no one holds the gavel too long
Power concentrates when the same person always chairs. Rotating the chair on a fixed schedule keeps authority answerable and spreads the skill of facilitation.
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synthesised from 2 contributions · 1 month agoAcross the contributions, the strongest support is that rotation spreads facilitation skill and prevents any one person from entrenching.
Strongest points
- Rotation spreads the skill of facilitation across many people.
- A fixed schedule cannot be gamed the way a chair chosen by vote can.
Live tensions
- Continuity — a rotating chair may lose institutional memory between terms.
Open questions
- How long should each term be, and who sets the rotation?
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How this idea is being tested
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Rotate on a fixed calendar, not on a vote, so it can't be gamed.
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Rotation risks losing institutional memory between chairs.
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