Citizenship is an award and the whole Curia is just about awards. This
is the reality today, it might have been different in the past (more than 15 years ago, actually.. an age in Internet terms) or might have been intended to be differently, but as of today (and since when I know about this site) it
has been so. I don't question the goodness of the position of Muizer about taking responsibility for your role as a Citizen (which I share in principles as I said), nor I contest Pike's interpretation of what the Curia was intended to be (which I hope it could be), nor even I'm pretending to have people agree with me on what I believe the Curia should be (since honestly I don't have any plan in that sense), I'm just telling what the Curia
is today, period. Someone will not agree with that I'm sure, but that can't be helped. I'm talking as someone who has spent an
enormous quantity of time in this site, all the way from day 1 up to becoming a retired Hex with that many Emeritii usergroups. I spoke with many members about this argument, in particular some of the older ones, and I add to that my own experience and the access to info I had as a Hex. ...I'm posting a quote from
the CDEC abolishment thread, from Garbarsadar.
....That being said, it seems to me that the discussion all these years has revolved around whether the Curia represents or not the best of this site and if it should have (and actually has) a stake on
site management (besides its role as an
awarding committee, I mean). Well I guess the answers to both questions are pretty straight: no and no.