well a my rfa was divisive and i barely passed b i've only been a practicing admin for about 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