Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for UninvitedCompany
I'll start out by answering the obvious question about why I resigned and what's changed.
In 2003, when Jdforrester and I first suggested the idea of having an Arbitration Committee, my interest was mainly in setting up the process and getting it to work. After the first few cases were underway, I resigned. My comments at the [time of my departure] were chosen in light of the fact that I did not want to undermine what was then a fragile, fledgling institution.
With a series of personnel and process changes, the arbcom has become a more effective institution that is able to work through a case far more quickly than was once the case. With the advent of the arbcom clerks, the arbs no longer have as tiresome a chore in front of them in maintaining the case pages. And I have seen firsthand how important an effective arbcom is to Wikipedia. Delayed cases and poorly chosen decisions have a divisive effect on the community. I think that arbcom work is valuable and am willing to invest the time.