Well a my RfA was divisive and I barely passed b I ve only been a practicing admin for about 3 months and most importantly c as a clerk I can see how hard the arbitrators work and how challenging it is to come to agreement with such a large group over a dozen members spread out over many time zones It s a time consuming rather thankless responsibility and just becoming an arbitrator makes one a target for types who are anti authority So if I ever ran it would have to be at a time when I could devote time to it I was looking at the history of the committee and I don t think there has been a term without one or more retiring early People get elected and find out that it might not be the most rewarding experience That s been my impression Read Talk