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Jnyusa
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Faramond,

In the paragraph that Prim suggested, it says:

“Incoming admins must agree to resign if they will not be able to serve for a period longer than than four full weeks,”

That sounds like they resign if they can only serve four weeks. It needs to say:

“Incoming admins must agree to resign if they will be away from the board for a period longer than than four full weeks.”

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Fixed option D in question 20.


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Voting is now open and will last until Sunday 5:00 am GMT.

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Article 2: ¶8 When is an Admin Removed from Office

Question 1:
1. An Admin cannot be removed from office without due process.

A. Yes

Question 2:
2. Except for those special cases listed, no single violation or act of negligence will be sufficient to remove an admin from office. If a hearing is convened, a pattern of repeated violations or negligence damaging to the board must be shown, and an admin must have received warnings and Formal Complaints.

B. No

Question 3:
3. When an admin resigns or is removed from office, a new admin is selected to complete the term of office.

A. Yes

Question 4: Grounds for Warnings

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences

Question 5: Procedure for Warnings

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all seven steps of the procedure

Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained

A. The record of warnings is maintained by the Mayor and does not become public unless it aggregates to a Formal Complaint.

Question 7: Ground for Formal Complaints

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints

Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints

C. I accept Option B as it is written

Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints
B. Nine months

Question 10: Penalty for Formal Complaints
A. Yes

Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all four grounds for removal

Question 12: Procedure for Removal of an Admin
:
A. I accept both provisions

Questions 13 through 19: Penalties for Removal of an Admin

A. 1 year

Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power
A. 1 year

Questions 15: Desertion
A. 1 year

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy
B. one year

Questions 17: Access to the admin panel
B. one year

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behavior
A. 1 year

Question 19: The offices that currently exist are Mayor and Administrator. Should a member barred from holding office also be barred from serving on a jury?

A. Yes

Question 20: We have a paragraph about admins who have to leave office for RL reasons and we don’t know where to put it or what to call it.

D. Or have a paragraph that reads as follows:

“Incoming admins must agree to resign if at any time in their term they will be away from the board for a continuous period longer than four full weeks, because it is not possible to replace them with a temporary admin. Such a resignation will not affect their eligibility to serve as a full admin in the future or as a temp admin at any time, but their name will return to the bottom of the roster of full admins as if they had served their term. If an admin faces this circumstance and does not resign, then this is considered Grounds for Removal.”
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Article 2: ¶8 When is an Admin Removed from Office

Question 1:
1. An Admin cannot be removed from office without due process.

A. Yes


Question 2:
2. Except for those special cases listed, no single violation or act of negligence will be sufficient to remove an admin from office. If a hearing is convened, a pattern of repeated violations or negligence damaging to the board must be shown, and an admin must have received warnings and Formal Complaints.

A. Yes


Question 3:
3. When an admin resigns or is removed from office, a new admin is selected to complete the term of office.

A. Yes


Question 4: Grounds for Warnings

1. Being absent from the board for more than 72 hours without notifying the other admins, except in personal emergency or computer failure.

2. Failing to repond in timely fashion to business-related emails and PM's from members and other admins

3. Posting hidden at times when the admin is needed to be visible.

4. Special treatment of posters or arbitrary enforcement of the by-laws.

5. Conduct Unbecoming an Administrator, such as discourtesy or intimidation, or attempting to influence poster behavior on other messageboards.

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences


Question 5: Procedure for Warnings

1. The action or omission must be brought to the attention of the current
admins.

2. Two admins must agree that a warning is justified.

3. These two admins will notify the admin under complaint and give that person a chance to explain themselves. If the explanation is satisfactory, nothing more need be done.

4. If two current admins still believe a warning is justified, they will write briefly the reason and forward this to the Mayor by email.

5. If the current admins are in disagreement as to whether action is required, no warning will be filed.

6. Warnings are private and kept on the record by [options are given in the next question

7. Warnings are purged after the admin leaves office.

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all seven steps of the procedure


Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained

A. The record of warnings is maintained by the Mayor and does not become public unless it aggregates to a Formal Complaint.

Question 7: Ground for Formal Complaints

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints

Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints

SELECT ONE:

C. I accept Option B as it is written


Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints

Formal Complaints are posted where all members can read them and are kept on the record after term of office ends for a period of [A, B, C below] after which they expire and are removed from the record.

SELECT ONE:

C. One year

Question 10: Penalty for Formal Complaints

During the time that Formal Complaints are on record, the member may not serve as temp admin or begin a new term of office as full admin.

A. Yes

Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all four grounds for removal

Question 12: Procedure for Removal of an Admin

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept both provisions

Questions 13 through 19: Penalties for Removal of an Admin

An admin can be removed from office and barred from holding office in the future for a length of time commensurate with the offense. All penalties must be longer than three months because admins cannot serve consecutive terms anyway.

Questions 13: Pattern of Absences and Failure to Respond
A. 1 year


Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power
A. 1 year

Questions 15: Desertion
A. 1 year

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy

B. one year


Questions 17: Access to the admin panel

B. one year

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behavior
A. 1 year

Question 19: The offices that currently exist are Mayor and Administrator. Should a member barred from holding office also be barred from serving on a jury?

A. Yes

Question 20: We have a paragraph about admins who have to leave office for RL reasons and we don’t know where to put it or what to call it.

“An admin who finds that they will not be able to serve for a period longer than than four full weeks should resign, because it is not possible to replace them with a temporary admin. This will not affect their eligibility to serve as a full admin in the future or as a temp admin at any time, but their name will return to the bottom of the roster of full admins as if they had served their term.”

SELECT ONE:

D. “Incoming admins must agree to resign if at any time in their term they will be away from the board for a continuous period longer than four full weeks, because it is not possible to replace them with a temporary admin. Such a resignation will not affect their eligibility to serve as a full admin in the future or as a temp admin at any time, but their name will return to the bottom of the roster of full admins as if they had served their term. If an admin faces this circumstance and does not resign, then this is considered Grounds for Removal.”

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Question 1:
1. An Admin cannot be removed from office without due process.

A: Yes

- almost misvoted on this one because of the formulation of the question!

Question 2:

A. Yes

Question 3:

A. Yes

Question 4: Grounds for Warnings

A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences

Question 5: Procedure for Warnings
A. I accept all seven steps of the procedure

Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained

B. The record of warnings is maintained in a thread in the admin view post only section of the admin forum during the term of the admin in question, after which it is deleted.

Question 7: Ground for Formal Complaints

A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints

Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints

A. I accept Option A as it is written

Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints

A. Six months

Question 10: Penalty for Formal Complaints
A. Yes


Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin

A. I accept all four grounds for removal

Question 12: Procedure for Removal of an Admin

A. I accept both provisions


Questions 13: Pattern of Absences and Failure to Respond
B. 6 months


Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power
A. 1 year


Questions 15: Desertion
A. 1 year

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy
A. six months


Questions 17: Access to the admin panel
B. one year

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behavior
A. 1 year


Question 19:
C. I wish to discuss this question after we know what kinds of juries exist,
and amend this article accordingly at a later date

Question 20:

C. Give this provision it’s own paragraph: Article 2, ¶9 and title it “When Resignation is Required,” because it does not belong in the paragraph that deals with things an Admin might do wrong.

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What a ballot :Q - you people rock! :D
... and I'm sure we'll get to members rights/obligations in due time ;)



Article 2: ¶8 When is an Admin Removed from Office

Question 1: A. Yes

Question 2: A. Yes

Question 3: A. Yes

Question 4: A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences

Question 5: A. I accept all seven steps of the procedure Procedure for Warnings

Question 6:
D. The record of warnings is maintained in a thread in the admin view post only section of the admin forum during the term of the admin in question, after which it is deleted. A member who makes a complaint is told if it resulted in a warning or not. [So warnings in effect are no longer private.]

Question 7: A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints

Question 8: A. I accept Option A as it is written

Question 9: A. Six months

Question 10: A. Yes

Question 11: A. I accept all four grounds for removal

Question 12: A. I accept both provisions

Questions 13: A. 1 year ................. :Q hardline approach

Questions 14: A. 1 year

Questions 15: A. 1 year

Questions 16: B. one year

Questions 17: B. one year

Questions 18: A. 1 year

Question 19: C. I wish to discuss this question after we know what kinds of juries exist,
and amend this article accordingly at a later date

Question 20: D

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Jny wrote:
TH - But I'd still appreciate it if my question above could be answered

I think Axordil gave the answer, TH. I don't know more than what he posted (I actually knew less). Voronwe mentioned the international conventions that cover bootleg in the other thread. It is locked, or soon will be, but you can still read his answer on the last page.
ARRGGHH! But that wasn't my question!

I'd posted it twice - sorry, but I can't vote yes or no on this before I have an answer on what it means:
on Friday afternoon I wrote:
In: Grounds for Removal it says:
Quote:
1. Pattern of Absences and Failure to Respond: If a series of warnings or violations results in three Formal Complaints, the other admins may consider whether to convene a hearing to remove that admin. If five Formal Complaints have been filed, a hearing is required. [Note: this means there must be at least 15 separate complaints about the admin.]
My problem here is that this sounds as if it were only about the warnings that may accumulate about absence - what about patterns that evolve (i.e warnings and Complaints that may accumulate) about the other reasons you might get a warning or a complaint for, i.e.

- Posting hidden at times when the admin is needed to be visible.

- Special treatment of posters or arbitrary enforcement of the by-laws.

- Conduct Unbecoming an Administrator, such as discourtesy or intimidation, or attempting to influence poster behavior on other messageboards

- Deliberate unilateral actions for which the by-laws require a majority of admins to agree, or any other deliberate and direct violation of the by laws.

- Failing to convene and oversee an arbitration when required, or refusing to convene a hearing on a ban when this is necessary

(these last two from the list of grounds for a Formal Complaint)


Are these meant to be included in the first point about grounds for removal, or are they not supposed to lead to a ground for removal?

And if they are, do we need 15 instances/5 complaints respectively of each of those as well?

I'm sorry if that's common sense again - maybe common sense fails me the more I ponder these problems. :oops:
Prim addressed this, but it didn't really answer my question, so I repeated it:
truehobbit wrote:
Prim wrote:
In the Pattern of Complaints clause--I think "[Note: this means there must be at least 15 separate complaints about the admin.]" should just be removed, because as th points out, getting three warnings is not the only way to get a Formal Complaint.
But my problem wasn't so much with the phrase "15 seperate complaints" - I said warnings/Formal Complaints respectively (for those cases where there are Formal Complaints only) - I'm wondering whether all the things that don't have to do with absence are meant to be included in the point (because it only mentions absence at the beginning). :scratch

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TH - I'm sorry. That clause refers to all warnings. Let me add "other warnings" to the title

Jn

edit: I just realized this is Faramond's thead and I can't edit the ballot :D

I sent him a PM to edit that clause title when he has a chance to:

Pattern of Absences, Failure to Respond and Other Warnings.

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Article 2: ¶8 When is an Admin Removed from Office

Question 1:
A. Yes

Question 2:
A. Yes

Question 3:
A. Yes

Question 4: Grounds for Warnings
A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences

Question 5: Procedure for Warnings
A. I accept all seven steps of the procedure

Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained
A. The record of warnings is maintained by the Mayor and does not become public unless it aggregates to a Formal Complaint.

Question 7: Ground for Formal Complaints
A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints

Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints
A. I accept Option A as it is written

Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints
A. Six months

Question 10: Penalty for Formal Complaints
A. Yes

Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin
A. I accept all four grounds for removal

Question 12: Procedure for Removal of an Admin
A. I accept both provisions

Questions 13: Pattern of Absences and Failure to Respond
A. 1 year

Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power
A. 1 year

Questions 15: Desertion
B. Other than one year [forever]

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy
B. one year

Questions 17: Access to the admin panel
B. one year

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behavior
A. 1 year

Question 19: Should a member barred from holding office also be barred from serving on a jury?
A. Yes

Question 20: We have a paragraph about admins who have to leave office for RL reasons and we don’t know where to put it or what to call it.
D. Or have a paragraph that reads as follows

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I actually started to vote on this but had to stop.

Should Questions 6, 9 and 20 be runoff voting style?

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Thanks, Jny! :)

(Damn, this one is hard - anyway, here goes:)

Question 1:

A. Yes


Question 2:

A. Yes


Question 3:

A. Yes


Question 4: Grounds for Warnings

A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences


Question 5:
A. I accept all seven steps of the procedure

Question 6:

D. The record of warnings is maintained in a thread in the admin view post only section of the admin forum during the term of the admin in question, after which it is deleted. A member who makes a complaint is told if it resulted in a warning or not. [So warnings in effect are no longer private.]

Question 7:

A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints


Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints

A. I accept Option A as it is written


Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints

B. Nine months


Question 10: Penalty for Formal Complaints

A. Yes


Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin


A. I accept all four grounds for removal


Question 12: Procedure for Removal of an Admin

A. I accept both provisions


Questions 13 through 19: Penalties for Removal of an Admin


Questions 13: Pattern of Absences and Failure to Respond
A. 1 year


Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power

B. Other than one year [indefinitely]

Questions 15: Desertion
A. 1 year

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy

C. other [indefinitely]

Questions 17: Access to the admin panel

C. other [indefinitely]

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behavior
A. 1 year


Question 19:
A. Yes

Question 20:
D. Or have a paragraph that reads as follows:

“Incoming admins must agree to resign if at any time in their term they will be away from the board for a continuous period longer than four full weeks, because it is not possible to replace them with a temporary admin. Such a resignation will not affect their eligibility to serve as a full admin in the future or as a temp admin at any time, but their name will return to the bottom of the roster of full admins as if they had served their term. If an admin faces this circumstance and does not resign, then this is considered Grounds for Removal.”

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Good point, Alatar! :Q

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Truehobbit, the wording in question 11 has been fixed.

Alatar, it's too late to include runoff voting now because people have already voted. But no worries or any real change to our method: if no option in questions 6, 9, or 20 gets a majority of the vote in this first pass, then we'll have have a runoff later.


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Thanks, Faramond. That's right.

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Article 2: ¶8 When is an Admin Removed from Office

Question 1:
A. Yes

Question 2:
A. Yes

Question 3:
A. Yes

Question 4: Grounds for Warnings
A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences

Question 5: Procedure for Warnings
A. I accept all seven steps of the procedure

Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained
A. The record of warnings is maintained by the Mayor and does not become public unless it aggregates to a Formal Complaint.

Question 7: Ground for Formal Complaints
A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints

Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints
A. I accept Option A as it is written

Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints
A. Six months

Question 10: Penalty for Formal Complaints
A. Yes

Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin
A. I accept all four grounds for removal

Question 12: Procedure for Removal of an Admin
A. I accept both provisions

Questions 13 through 19: Penalties for Removal of an Admin
Questions 13: Pattern of Absences and Failure to Respond
A. 1 year

Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power
A. 1 year

Questions 15: Desertion
B. Other than one year --should not be eligible to serve again

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy
B. one year

Questions 17: Access to the admin panel
B. one year

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behavior
A. 1 year

Question 19:
A. Yes

Question 20:
D. Or have a paragraph that reads as follows:


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Article 2: 8 When is an Admin Removed from Office

Question 1:
A. Yes

Question 2:
A. Yes

Question 3:
A. Yes

Question 4: Grounds for Warnings
A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences

Question 5: Procedure for Warnings
A. I accept all seven steps of the procedure

Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained
A. The record of warnings is maintained by the Mayor and does not become public unless it aggregates to a Formal Complaint.

Question 7: Ground for Formal Complaints
A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints

Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints
A. I accept Option A as it is written

Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints
C. One year

Question 10: Penalty for Formal Complaints
A. Yes

Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin
A. I accept all four grounds for removal

Question 12: Procedure for Removal of an Admin
C. I reject Provision #2

Questions 13: Pattern of Absences and Failure to Respond
A. 1 year

Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power
B. Other than one year [Indefinitely]

Questions 15: Desertion
A. 1 year

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy
B. one year

Questions 17: Access to the admin panel
B. one year

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behaviour
A. 1 year

Question 19: The offices that currently exist are Mayor and Administrator. Should a member barred from holding office also be barred from serving on a jury?
A. Yes

Question 20: We have a paragraph about admins who have to leave office for RL reasons and we don’t know where to put it or what to call it.

C. Give this provision its own paragraph: Article 2, 9 and title it “When Resignation is Required,” because it does not belong in the paragraph that deals with things an Admin might do wrong.

And

D. Or have a paragraph that reads as follows:

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Article 2: ¶8 When is an Admin Removed from Office

Question 1: A.


Question 2: A.

Question 3: A.

Question 4: A.

Question 5: A.

Question 6: B.

Question 7: A.

Question 8: A.

Question 9: A.

Question 10: A.

Question 11: A.

Question 12: A.

Questions 13: A.

Questions 14: B. Other than one year [2]

Questions 15: A.

Questions 16: B.

Questions 17: B.

Questions 18: B. Other than one year [5]

Question 19: C.

Question 20: D.

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Question 1:
1. An Admin cannot be removed from office without due process.

A. Yes

Question 2:
2. Except for those special cases listed, no single violation or act of negligence will be sufficient to remove an admin from office. If a hearing is convened, a pattern of repeated violations or negligence damaging to the board must be shown, and an admin must have received warnings and Formal Complaints.

A. Yes

Question 3:
3. When an admin resigns or is removed from office, a new admin is selected to complete the term of office.

A. Yes

Question 4: Grounds for Warnings

1. Being absent from the board for more than 72 hours without notifying the other admins, except in personal emergency or computer failure.

2. Failing to repond in timely fashion to business-related emails and PM's from members and other admins

3. Posting hidden at times when the admin is needed to be visible.

4. Special treatment of posters or arbitrary enforcement of the by-laws.

5. Conduct Unbecoming an Administrator, such as discourtesy or intimidation, or attempting to influence poster behavior on other messageboards.

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences

Question 5: Procedure for Warnings

1. The action or omission must be brought to the attention of the current
admins.

2. Two admins must agree that a warning is justified.

3. These two admins will notify the admin under complaint and give that person a chance to explain themselves. If the explanation is satisfactory, nothing more need be done.

4. If two current admins still believe a warning is justified, they will write briefly the reason and forward this to the Mayor by email.

5. If the current admins are in disagreement as to whether action is required, no warning will be filed.

6. Warnings are private and kept on the record by [options are given in the next question

7. Warnings are purged after the admin leaves office.

SELECT ONE:
B. I do not acccept step(s)[ 2, 6 ]

Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained

C. The record of warnings is maintained by the Mayor. A member who makes a complaint is told if it resulted in a warning or not. [So warnings in effect are no longer private.]

Question 7: Ground for Formal Complaints

1. Three warnings for the same action or omission.

2. Being absent from the board for more than two weeks and failing to notify the other admins in advance to arrange for a temporary admin.

3. Deliberate unilateral actions for which the by-laws require a majority of admins to agree, or any other deliberate and direct violation of the by laws.

4. Failing to convene and oversee an arbitration when required, or refusing to convene a hearing on a ban when this is necessary.

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints

Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints

Option A contains the following steps:

1. The action or omission that is the basis of the Formal Complaint must be brought to the attention of the current admins.

2. Two admins must agree that a Formal Complaint is justified.

3. These two will notify the admin under complaint and give that person a chance to explain themselves. If the explanation is satisfactory, nothing more need be done.

4. If the two current admins still believe a Formal Complaint is justified, they will write briefly the reason and forward this to the Mayor by email.

5. If the current admins are in disagreement as to whether action is required, the Formal Complaint will be filed but it will be marked “Disputed.” Disputed complaints are purged when the admin’s term of office ends and will not bar them from serving as a temporary admin.

Option B contains the following steps:

1. The action or omission that is the basis of the Formal Complaint must be brought to the attention of the current admins.

2. Two admins must agree that the matter justifies a Formal Complaint rather than a warning.

3. An arbitration for Formal Complaints will be convened to determined whether or not a Formal Complaint should be filed the convention would then have to consider what form this arbitration should take when they consider the judicial part of the agenda.

SELECT ONE:
E. I do not like either of these procedures and want this clause left open for discussion

Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints

Formal Complaints are posted where all members can read them and are kept on the record after term of office ends for a period of [A, B, C below] after which they expire and are removed from the record.

SELECT ONE:

B. Nine months

Question 10: Penalty for Formal Complaints

During the time that Formal Complaints are on record, the member may not serve as temp admin or begin a new term of office as full admin.

A. Yes



Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin

1. Pattern of Absences, Failure to Respond And Other Warnings: If a series of warnings or violations results in three Formal Complaints, the other admins may consider whether to convene a hearing to remove that admin. If five Formal Complaints have been filed, a hearing is required. [Note: this means there must be at least 15 separate complaints about the admin.]

2. Desertion: An admin who deserts the board and cannot be contacted for a period of 30 days should be removed from office.

3. Extreme Abuse of Power: a hearing may be convened if an admin deliberately and maliciously bans a member who is entitled to a hearing or suspends posting rights without due process, except in the course of exercising extraordinary powers.

4. An Immediate Hearing is required if:
....a. An admin reveals private information obtained as a result of their office, such as profile information that members have made hidden or the contents of secret ballots cast by PM or email
....b. Gives another poster access to the admin panel
....c. Uses the board to boast about criminal behaviors and/or encourage other posters to engage in them

SELECT ONE:
B. B. I do not acccept grounds[1]

Question 12: Procedure for Removal of an Admin

1. Two admins must agree that the charges against an admin are sufficiently serious and not manufactured, and that a hearing is justified. The admin who is considered for removal will be notified by PM and by email, and the call for a hearing will be posted in the Jury Room.

2. The posting rights of the admin in question will be restricted to the Jury Room and Admin powers will be revoked for the duration of the hearing.

The convention will have to consider what form this hearing should take when they consider the judicial part of the agenda.

SELECT ONE:
A. I accept both provisions

Questions 13: Pattern of Absences and Failure to Respond
B. Other than one year [6 months]

Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power
B. Other than one year [Indefinitely. But with an option to appeal the sentence after a year. If that is not an option, the longest time span possible]

Questions 15: Desertion
B. Other than one year [9 months]

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy
C. other [9 months]

Questions 17: Access to the admin panel
C. other [6 months]

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behavior
B. Other than one year [Again indefinitely with the option to appeal. If that is not possible, the longest term suggested.]

Question 19: The offices that currently exist are Mayor and Administrator. Should a member barred from holding office also be barred from serving on a jury?

C. I wish to discuss this question after we know what kinds of juries exist,
and amend this article accordingly at a later date

Question 20: We have a paragraph about admins who have to leave office for RL reasons and we don’t know where to put it or what to call it.

“An admin who finds that they will not be able to serve for a period longer than than four full weeks should resign, because it is not possible to replace them with a temporary admin. This will not affect their eligibility to serve as a full admin in the future or as a temp admin at any time, but their name will return to the bottom of the roster of full admins as if they had served their term.”

SELECT ONE:

D. Or have a paragraph that reads as follows:

“Incoming admins must agree to resign if at any time in their term they will be away from the board for a continuous period longer than four full weeks, because it is not possible to replace them with a temporary admin. Such a resignation will not affect their eligibility to serve as a full admin in the future or as a temp admin at any time, but their name will return to the bottom of the roster of full admins as if they had served their term. If an admin faces this circumstance and does not resign, then this is considered Grounds for Removal.”

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Griff,

It's fine that you gave the reasons for the provisions that you are rejecting, but I do not have things set-up in a way that I can store ballot commentary together with the votes. I can only store the # of the provisions that you reject and the ballot item they refer to.

Could I ask you to hang on to those rationales in a file on your own HD so that when the board-wide discussion opens, you can contribute these ideas - especially if other members express discontent with the same provisions.

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