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==[[User:Sam Korn|Sam Korn]]==

{{notice|Sam Korn has withdrawn from the election.}}

This hasn't been an easy year for the Arbitration Committee. I think it is entirely reasonable to say that the degree of mistrust in the Committee is as lowhigh as it has ever been. I am running for election to the Committee, therefore, in an attempt to increase the esteem in which the Committee is held.

I believe the first requirement for a member of the Committee is ''integrity''. This means more than recusing when appropriate and not voting in favour of my "friends" in disputes: it means strictly following my conscience in the decisions I support. "Right" beats "expedient", in other words. For this reason, I don't promise to support a principle that has popular support but that I oppose. The Committee must be a servant of the community, but it must not become merely an instrument. I do, however, promise to listen to those who disagree (whether they are members of the Committee or not), to attempt to understand their arguments and to enter into dialogue with them.

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Finally, it is vitally important that the behaviour of a member of the Committee is exemplary. Resolving disputes is the job of the Committee; it is fatal if the behaviour of members of the Committee themselves are, by their behaviour, aggravating those very disputes. Making the process confrontational is highly counter-productive.

I think I am qualified by these tests, and that my record (over four years on-wiki, of which three-and-a-half as an administrator,; 2006I aswas ana arbitratormember of the Committee in 2006) will bear this out.

My thanks to you.

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*[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements/Sam Korn/Questions for the candidate|Questions for the candidate]]

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