Members of B77:
Here is a summary of the Charter Articles we have worked on so far. This is posted for you to discuss until May 2, and then we will have a ratification vote to approve or reject this text.
The full charter can be read HERE
Please discuss in this thread. If there are parts of the text that are very controversial, we will remove them before the ratification vote and save them for more detailed discussion with the membership later on. So please express your opinions freely.
Thanks!
Jn
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Article 1: Board 77 is a member-moderated board
Article 3 (summarized): Administrators
We will have five to seven full admins, depending on needs of the board. There are also admins-in-training, two at a time, who may exercise routine powers while supervised. ¶1
Terms of office are three months long, and appointments are staggered to ensure the presence of an experienced admin all the time. ¶1
Members who are 18 or older become eligible after 6 months of contributory presence on the board, at which point they may volunteer to enter the admin pool and may begin training. ¶1, ¶2
There will be an Office of the Mayor created, who will keep track of member join dates and eligibility, who will contact potential volunteers, schedule terms of office, and maintain other details concerning the activity of admins. ¶2 [How the Mayor is chosen, and how to contest his/her decisions will be decided later.]
Members who volunteer to be admins will not stand for elections. Their entrance into the pool of admin-in-training will be posted prominently, and the Charter provides for a private objection process in ¶3
Members will serve terms in the order in which they entered the pool. Exceptions to this, and the informal guidelines used in the selection of admins are in ¶3
Admins have Routine Powers listed in ¶4, and they have Special and Emergency Powers listed in ¶5. It is suggested that members read these in full.
There is an admin code of conduct ¶6which volunteers will read and agree to when they enter the pool.
The Charter also contains provisions for contesting admin decisions ¶7 and removing admins from office ¶8.
jn