Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4984687-20150326211251/@comment-25356303-20150402155003

I'm not sure about this whole thing. I like the idea of the community having a stronger voice in who gets to become staff, but I'm worried that if we do this it will completely turn into a popularity contest.

What I'm afraid of is that someone ill-suited for a staff position with numerous friends will apply, and their friends will still back them; not because they deserve the position, but because they are friends. If we go ahead with this, I think the current staff should have the final say in an application to make sure this scenario doesn't occur.