When I originally saw this thread I said damn someone stole my idea of suggesting trusted supporters got minimal admin powers. But after further reading I'm convinced that this isn't suited for SG ..
**Story Time!!**
Back in 07 this worked exceptionally well for a gmod community i played on mainly because they had 8 mostly-full to full servers but only 15 legit admins, and were almost never on any of the servers except for 2 or 3. Some servers had an admin on it only a couple times a week for an hour or 2 which prompted the community to turn to its many sup's for help(since the owner didn't want any more full admins). There were strict rules stating that no ordinary supporter could get selected, and any supporter-admin caught abusing their powers, depending on the severity you got stripped of all status, or banned temp.
This may have worked very well for them, but I don't see it going anywhere fast for SG and we all know why; "hint hint".
---Votekick/voteban is just a fail and should never be mentioned ever again. I cant tell you how abused those features get.
Plus there are 2 reasons why this would suck IMO....
Reason one, being an admin in every gaming community/group I've belonged to over the years(except for SG), whether it was just low level with just kick/mute access, or full blooded server control, has made me realize that being an admin will certainly ruin the fun(or at least make it less fun), and possibly drive you away from playing the game, or the groups servers(like it did with my last clan). Unless the server has like 20 admins on it all the time, you wouldn't need to do anything since another guy would take care of the problem before you can even act(which is great for me since I'm lazy ). In my opinion its not worth the loss, especially if your a supporter and you loose your chat powers which I so madly love .
Reason two..... Sup powers > Admin powers