Quote Originally Posted by BoB
If it's a hall of fame thing, I don't see the harm in having more older members at all, in fact one could encourage it as they would have more knowledge of what has happened over the years. I do encourage newbies to get involved, but someone who has no idea what has happened over the past many years wouldn't really have a decent opinion over who should and should not be in a historic hall of fame.
[q=BoB]]Diversity is a good thing, but knowledge is also a strong point to keep in mind. I think it should be a combination of time and activity that makes someone valuable to the hall of fame, and then obviously fairness with judgement, too.[/q]

Well, since this thing actually seems like it's going to get off the ground, I think I'll try and support it. Keep in mind I'm still highly skeptical about the entire thing, as has no doubt been noticed in the other thread. But this is a democracy, and I don't hate, so I'll provide whatever input I can.

That being said, I'd like to see a larger committee. I agree with BoB's argument about having older members serving on the committee because they have more experience about what goes on around here, but I also agree with Psy's implications (and my earlier accusations) that this will simply turn out to be an oldbie orgasm. Given the strata that you're dividing the committee into, it still restricts the diversity of the committee too much. I'm not saying get 30 people, just 3 more would probably suffice. Since you already have 3 people pre-2002, why not 3 people pre-2003, 3 pre-2004, 3 pre-2005? Even if they aren't past your set 8-month custom rank mark, you are the executive decision makers, aren't you? Can't you decide on allowing a newbie in? And if you do allow newbies in, it provides them incentive to stay around longer.

[q=BoB]Having said that, it should be more about activity than oldbie-ness. Taking example from the older thread on this, I'd have Neel over Chef because Neel has been far more active over a long period of time than Chef has been.[/q]
! However, I've been here since March 2001, which renders me ineligible to serve on the committee, since they already have 3 pre-2002 people already (and they are the executives, how about that). :rolleyes: Although it would be nice to give back to the boards in some other manner than copious amounts of spam, I guess I'll have to wait.