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Friends, this will be an archival thread so I'll ask you not to post in it. That way the ballots will flow without interruption. I'll remove my own little comment at the top here before this gets archived.

There's probably a bunch of code errors in this and I'll come back and correct them either late tonight or tomorrow. Thanks! Jn
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BALLOT #1
Article (.)Ratification of Charter

March 17, 2005

Question #1: How long should the board be allowed to discuss the pieces of the constitution that we put up for discussion?
C. ten days: 11 votes
E. two weeks with option to prolong: 6 votes
F. one week with option to prolong: 4 votes

Question #2: When the discussion ends and the board votes on whether or not to accept the piece of the constitution presented to them, how long should the approval vote run?
A. eight days, two weekends inclusive: 10 votes
C. 10 days, two weekends inclusive: 11 votes

Question #3: What percentage of the voting members must approve the constitution in order for it to be accepted:
B. 67% with 30% quorum (39 members must vote, based on 127 members): 11 votes
C. 67% with 50% quorum (64 members must vote): 10 votes

Question #4: Who should be counted for purposes of determing a quorum?
A. all registered members (127 as of March 12): 15 votes
B. members active during past two months : 6 votes

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BALLOT #2
Article 1

March 22, 2005

Article 1: Board 77 is a member-moderated board

Approve:
Yes = 20
No = 0

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BALLOT #3: Article 1
March 24, 2005

Article 2: Administrators
¶1: Number of Administrators and Terms of Office


Option 1

We have five to seven administrators, depending on the needs of the board at the time.They serve three-month terms and are selected from among the members who are eligible and have volunteered. There are also up to two administrators in training who are practicing on the experimental board and may exercise on the main board the routine powers of an admin as defined below. Admins have the power to edit or delete posts or ban posters for certain offenses and propose banning for other kinds of offenses defined below. In all other kinds of disputes they will intervene only at the request of members affected by the dispute.

Option 2

We have five to seven administrators, depending on the needs of the board at the time. They serve three-month terms and are selected from among the members who are eligible, have volunteered, and have been confirmed as acceptable by a vote of the membership. There are also up to two administrators in training who are practicing on the experimental board and may exercise on the main board the routine powers of an admin as defined below. Admins have the power to edit or delete posts or ban posters for certain offenses and propose banning for other kinds of offenses defined below. In all other kinds of disputes they will intervene only at the request of members affected by the dispute.

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The sentence which differs between these two options is shown in blue. Please note that the method of voting does not have to be specified in this paragraph. You are only expressing now your agreement or disagreement with the rest of the wording and your agreement or disagreement with the idea that some voting process should take place.

Option 1 = 3
Option 2 = 18

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BALLOT #4
Article 2: Administrators
¶2: Eligibility of Members to Serve as Administrators

March 27, 2005

Question 1
To serve as an administrator, a member should be eighteen years of age,

Yes = 18
No = 1

Question 2
E = 10: have been a member for six months while maintaining a continuous, visible, and contributory presence on the board
A =9: have been a member for six months with a post count of 250

B. have been a member for six months with a post count of 500
C. have been a member for one year with a post count of 250
D. have been a member for one year with a post count of 500
F. have been a member for one year while maintaining a continuous, visible, contributory presence on the board

Question 3
and have spent enough time on the experimental board to demonstrate an ability to perform the routine functions of an admin.

Yes = 11
No = 8

Question 4
A = 15: The same person may serve as administrator more than once, but not in two consecutive terms
B = 4: The same person may serve as administrator more than once, but not twice in a twelve month period

Question 5
A member may not begin a term of office if they are currently involved in any capacity in an Arbitration involving an Administrator or a Hearing on a Ban.

Yes = 15
No = 4

Question 6
Registered members as of March 12, 2005 are eligible to serve as admins providing they have spent enough time on the experimental board to demonstrate an ability to perform the routine functions of an admin, and are not currently involved in any capacity in an Arbitration involving an Administrator or a Hearing on a Ban.

Yes = 12
No = 7

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BALLOT #5
¶3 Selection of Administrators

April 9, 2005

STAGE ONE: After eligibility requirements have been met, deciding which members go on to the roster for admins.

Question 1: Putting eligible members on to the roster for admins - this question only concerns who will be responsible for keeping track of when eligibility requirements have been fulfilled.

A = 8: We will create a mayor’s office, and the mayor will be responsible for keeping track of join dates, sending out emails to notify members when they become eligible, asking them if they are willing to serve as admins, and putting their name onto the list of trainees if they are willing. A willing member will automatically go into training once other eligibility requirements are met (those from Article 2, ¶2) How the mayor will be chosen and what that person’s other duties are would be decided later.

C = 7: The current full admins will be responsible for keeping track of join dates, sending out emails to notify members when they become eligible, asking them if they are willing to serve as admins, and putting their name onto the list of trainees if the member is willing. No additional offices or committees have to be created, but keeping track of eligibility would be added to the duties of admins.

B. We will create a selection committee which will be responsible for keeping track of join dates, observing the behavior of members on the board, and deciding who would be a suitable admin. Not all members who are otherwise eligible will be approved necessarily. When a member is approved by the committee, the committee will send an email to notify the member, and if the member is willing to train as an admin their name will go on to the roster and they will complete their other training requirements (those from Article 2, ¶2). How the selection committee will be chosen would be decided later.

Question 2: How mandatory is public service on this board?

D = 8: Neither serving in the pool of admins nor serving in the jury pool should be mandatory, and an admin or jury member can withdraw their name from the pool if they wish.
C = 7: Serving in either the pool of admins or the jury pool should be mandatory
A. Serving as an admin should be mandatory
B. Serving as an admin should be mandatory except under certain circumstances specified by the charter Those circumstances would be determined later.

Question 3: Who will decide when a ‘junior admin’ is ready to be a full admin?

B = 10: The approval of the full admin who coached them, with the agreement of the trainee, will be sufficient.
A. The trainee will decide for him/herself.
C. All trainees will stand for an up/down vote of the membership We will decide how to structure this vote only if the vote is desired by the majority.

STAGE TWO: Once a person is in the pool of admins

Question 4: At what point do admins serve their term?

A = 10: They serve a term of office in the order they entered the pool, unless some reason prevents them from doing this, in which case they remain ‘next on the list’ until circumstances allow them to serve.

B. They serve a term of office in the order they entered the pool, unless some reason prevents them from doing this, in which case they go to the bottom of the list and their name does not come up again until everyone else has served.

C. Current admins and admins in the pool decide together who will serve next. Since we know when each term begins and ends, those in the admin pool could conceivably schedule who would serve each term a whole year in advance. Admins in the pool should be allowed to ‘team up’ and serve together with those whom they choose.

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Ballot #6
Temp Admin terms

April 11, 2005

The time limit for service as a temporary admin and the number of possible renewals will be:

D = 9: Two full weeks with one renewal (max = 4 weeks)
B = 5: Two full weeks with two renewals (max = 6 weeks)

A. One month (4 full weeks) with one renewal (max =8 weeks)
C. One month (4 full weeks) with no renewals (max = 4 weeks)
E. One full week with two renewals (max = 3 weeks)
F. One full week with one renewal (max = 2 weeks)

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Ballot #7
Amend terms

April 11, 2005

Finishing the term of office for an administrator who has resigned will not count as a full term for purposes of determining how many successive terms a member may serve, unless the term they are completing has eight full weeks or longer remaining.

Yes = 14
No = 0

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BALLOT #8
¶4 Routine Powers
April 12, 2005

Question 1: Routine powers

1. Activate memberships
2. Create new forums when a majority of current administrators agree it is necessary
3. Move the appropriate threads into newly created forums as necessary
4. Create temporary admin positions when a majority of current administrators agree this is necessary, provided that the appointees have served as administrators in the past and no formal complaint has been issued against them for their actions as an administrator. A temporary appointment will last for two full weeks and may be renewed one time (four full weeks in total).
5. In the Jury Room and the Archive, enable posting rights, delete illegitimate posts from Arbitrations and Hearings, and delete threads when they are finished.
6. In the Thinking of England Forum, enable posting rights when age confirmations are received.
7. Lock, split or move threads upon request of members, or when it is necessary to improve the coherence of a forum. The thread originator must be notified beforehand.
8. If a poster registers an invalid email address, restrict posting rights to the Bike Racks and send the poster a PM so that a correct address can be provided
9. Download new smileys
10. Delete double posts at the request of the poster

A = 14: I accept all ten of the above routine powers
B = 1: I wish to exclude power(s) [9] (please fill in the number of all powers you wish to exclude)

Question 2: Administrators are required to:
1. Note all administrator edits in a post, and email the poster advising them of the edit.
2. Admins-in-training may have their admin powers enabled and exercise routine powers under the supervision of a full admin, but administrator powers are disenabled when the training session is over.

A = 11: I accept both of the above requirements
C = 4: I wish to exclude requirement #2
B = 0: I wish to exclude requirement #1

Question #3: Administrators may not:
1. Edit or delete posts or lock threads without permission of the originator unless the originator has engaged in conduct justifying an immediate ban
2. Delete smileys or change the style of the board without allowing members to express their opinion beforehand in the proper forum
3. Change the permissions of a poster at the poster's request or ban members for any reason other than those listed below

A = 13: I accept all three of the above prohibitions
B = 2: I wish to exclude prohibition(s) [3, 3] (please fill in the number of all prohibitions you wish to exclude)

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BALLOT #9
Amend Routine Powers

April 15, 2005
Do you agree to amend Article 2, ¶4: Routine Powers, in the section specifying what Administrators may not do, so that the provision which now reads:

• Change the permissions of a poster at the poster's request or ban members for any reason other than those listed below

can be changed to:

• Change the permissions of a poster at the poster's request, except for routine changes of permission in the Jury Room, Archives and Thinking of England Forum; nor can they ban members for any reason other than those listed below

Vote:
Yes = 15
No = 0

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BALLOT #10
¶6 Admin Code of Conduct

April 15, 2005

(Items will not be numbered in the Charter. They are numbered here so that people can object to them by number.)

1. Be the Admin you want everyone else to be.

2. Prioritize functioning as an Admin. You can still post as a normal poster yet your priority should lie in keeping the board running smoothly, attending to requests, helping to work on any pending agenda's and generally strive to make Board 77 a better place for all members

3. Read the Administrators Handbook, observe all the by-laws of the board, and enforce them uniformly. If you are unsure of your authority to take a particular action, use your best judgment and confer with another admin as soon as it is possible to do so. Act as a model poster in accordance with all the rules laid out for board 77

4. Keep the other Admins updated regularly in a dedicated thread in the Admin forum.

5. If you are going to be absent from the board for more than 72 hours, notify the other admins by posting in the management forum and delegate any pending tasks

6. Assign priority to answering business-related PM's and emails. If you cannot handle the request of a member yourself, let them know that you have given it to another admin.

7. Don’t ‘hide’ being online. Having volunteered as an admin you have agreed to be available and members need to know which Admins are online.

8. When posting references to other threads, insert them as clickable links naming the full thread-title to make the posting experience an easy and pleasurable one.

9. If you have to edit someone else’s post, note this in the post with your name and the date.

10. Help the admins-in-training to the best of your abilities

11. Treat all posters the same. When editing posts, answering requests, or enforcing by-laws, be courteous and do not try to intimidate posters with your office.

12.Please do not try to influence the behavior of our posters on other boards, either by discouraging them from posting or encouraging them to post certain things, or by telling them that what they do on other boards will have consequences for them on B77.

13.If you are going to be absent for two full weeks or more, you must notify the other admins in the management forum and arrange in advance for a temporary admin to take your place.

14. If you find you must be absent for more than four full weeks, we ask you to resign because a temporary admin cannot be appointed to replace you. This will not affect your future eligibility, although you will return to the bottom of the roster as if you had served your term.

15. If you are asked to set up and oversee an Arbitration or a Hearing on a Ban, do so promptly.

16. Try to face criticism from posters calmly and not take it personally.

17. If you receive a warning because of a violation of the Code of Conduct, please accept it with good grace and do not inflame the issue. You will always be given a chance to explain your side of any issue.
Warnings are not made public, and if they do not accumulate into a Formal Complaint, no record is kept of them.

18. There are certain things which might result in your removal from office, and by agreeing to the Code of Conduct you are agreeing to these terms as well:
• You will not deliberately or maliciously ban posters who are entitled to a hearing or suspend posting rights without due process, except in the course of exercising Extraordinary powers
• You will not reveal private information to which you have access because of your office, such as profile information that members have made hidden or the contents of secret ballots cast by PM or email
• You will not give another poster access to the admin panel
• You will not boast on the board about criminal activities or encourage other posters to engage in them, such as use of illicit substances, activities forbidden to minors, obtaining bootleg films or CDs or other violations copyright law.

19. If you have been accused of any activity that would result in your removal from office, you have a right to a hearing.

A = 8: I accept all 19 points in the Code of Conduct
B = 4: I would like to exclude point(s) [1, 12, 18, 18 ]

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BALLOT #11
¶7 Contest Admin Decisions

April 18, 2005

Question 1: All admin decisions may be contested.

I accept this provision
Yes =12
No = 2

Question 2: Disputes of a personal nature involving an admin can be resolved at the Bike Racks or by regular Arbitration

I accept this provision
Yes =14
No = 0

Question 3: In more serious cases, like bannings, or a poster feeling treated unjustly when having their posting rights restricted, etc. there is a more formal case from the outset and the procedures are described in the article on Member Rights.

I accept this provision
Yes =14
No =0

Question 4: Members may contest in the following way any admin decisions made while excercising the routine powers of admins, such as edits, moving threads, etc.
a. The member affected by the action contacts the admin by PM or email and requests that the action be reviewed
b. If the poster and the admin can reach an agreement between them, nothing else need be done. If the poster and the admin cannot agree, the poster can ask for an independent review.
c. The independent review will decide to overturn or uphold the decision.
(You vote on who should do the review in the next question.)

I accept all three steps of this provision:
Yes =14
No = 0

Question 5: The Independent Review will be done by:

Please rank your choices:

A = 9: Two other admins and one jury member
C = 5: One admin, one mayor, one jury member of the poster's choice
B: Two other admins and the mayor
D: One admin, one jury member of the poster's choice, and the mayor gets to break a tie

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BALLOT #12
Amend Voting for Admins v. Create Mayor and Objection Process

April 18, 2005

THIS IS NOW A TWO PART BALLOT.

In Part One, it is proposed to overturn a vote of the membership. Another procedure with options is proposed instead. Part Two of the Ballot provides options for those who wish to retain a vote of the membership.

EVERYONE MUST ANSWER QUESTION 1. After that, proceed to either Part One or Part Two.

Question 1: Agreement to overturn

=12 A. I agree to overturn the vote of the membership and will vote on the options in Part One of this ballot. Proceed to Part One, Questions 2 through 6

=0 B. I wish to retain a vote of the membership and will vote on the options in Part Two of this ballot. Skip Questions 2 through 6 and Proceed to Part Two, Questions 7 through 12

PART ONE:

Question 2: I agree to the following text:

“The Mayor is held accountable for determining what constitutes a ‘continuous, visible, and contributory presence,’ approaching members so qualified to obtain their agreement to serve, and entering the names of those who volunteer into the pool of admins-in-training. That roster will be prominently posted, and volunteers will remain on the training roster for at least [ten] days.

=12 A. I agree to the text and to the ten days.
=0 B. I agree to the text, but prefer [#] days. insert the number of days your prefer.
=0 C. I do not agree to the text

Question 3: I agree to the following text stating that concerns and suggestions will be submitted by email, and I will vote on who should review them in the next question:

“While volunteers are on the training roster, all members are responsible for reviewing the roster to determine whether they know any good reason why a particular volunteer would not make a good administrator and should not immediately enter the pool of full admins when their training is complete. If no member expresses a concern or objection volunteers will enter the pool of full admins without delay. If a member does have a concern or objection to a particular volunteer, these must be sent by email to the [Mayor][Admins account, where they may also be forwarded to the Mayor] so that the [Mayor][current Admins][Mayor together with current Admins] can review them for merit.”

=12 A. I agree to the text
=0 B. I do not agree to the text

Question 4: Concerns and objections should be reviewed by:

=0 A. The Mayor alone
=1 B. The current Admins alone
=11 C. The Mayor together with the current Admins

Question 5: I agree to the following text

“If the concern or objection involves a serious violation of by-laws for which a formal action of some kind is required, then the volunteer will not enter the pool of full admins until the issue is resolved. The Mayor and current Admins together will inform the volunteer immediately, attempt to verify the merit of the accusation insofar as possible, and if it has merit they will initiate whatever procedure is called for in the by-laws. If exonerated, the volunteer may enter the pool of full admins when training is complete. If restrictions are placed on the volunteer as a result of the procedure, they will not enter the pool of full admins until the by-laws allow them to do so.”

=12 A. I agree to the text
=0 B. I do not agree to the text

Question 6: I agree to the following text

“If the concern or objection involves matters of courtesy, or unfamiliarity with certain forums, or anything else affecting only the comfort level of the members, [the Mayor][the Mayor or an appropriate admin] will explain the problem to the volunteer as tactfully as possible and suggest ways that their posting might become more “visible and contributory” before they enter the pool of full admins.”

SELECT ONE:
=0 A. I agree to the text and would like the mayor alone to be responsible for conveying this kind of information

=12 B. I agree to the text and would like the mayor and admins to be free to decide who could best convey the information to the volunteer.

=0 C. I do not agree to the text

Question 7: I agree to the following text

“The Mayor will retain record of these concerns and objections and make sure that any full Admin who is coaching the volunteer knows of them as well. When the volunteer expresses his/her readiness to enter the pool of admins, including their correction of any prior deficiency, and the full Admin who has been coaching them agrees, the Mayor will send an email to any member who has raised a prior objection and ask permission to lift the objection, explaining what has been done to rectify the problem. If the member still objects, they must explain why and the issue will be revisited as before. If no response is received within [seven] days, the objection will be lifted and the volunteer may enter the pool of full admins. The pool of full admins will be posted prominently”

SELECT ONE:

=12 A. I agree to the text, including seven days for lifting objections.

=0 B. I agree to the text, but not to the seven days. I prefer [#] days. insert the number of days you prefer

=0 C. I do not agree to the text

**** END OF PART ONE ****

PART TWO: No one completed Part Two It is preserved onlky for historical record

Question 8: Approve the following opening clause:

The Mayor is held accountable for determining what constitutes a “continuous, visible, and contributory presence,” approaching members so qualified to obtain their agreement to serve, and offering their names in groups for an approval vote of the whole membership. These votes will be held with sufficient frequency that there will be no more than ten candidates presented at one time.

Question 9: Voting Method: Rank your choices. There are eight choices, A through H. Pairs of choices differ only by the percentage required for approval. A Quick Summary of the key differences between methods is provided at the end of all the choices.

A . The Prim Method: A thread is placed in the proper forum listing all candidate admins, and a yes/no poll is included. Members vote “yes” or “no” to accept or reject the entire list. Members who vote "no" must send an email to the Admin account specifying which candidate(s) they do not accept.

The number of “no” votes will be counted as equal to the number of emails sent to the Admin account. Anonymous “no” votes in the thread will not count toward the total votes cast.

If the “yes” votes equal 67% or more of the total votes cast, the entire list will be accepted.

If the “yes” votes equal 66% or less, the “no” votes will be counted to determine whether any individual candidate received “no” votes equal to 33% of the total votes cast. If the “no” votes are split among the candidates in such a way that no candidate received 33% or more, then all candidates on the list are accepted. An email which lists objections to more than one candidate will be counted as one vote against each of those candidates, and one vote toward the total number of votes cast.

Any individual candidate who receives “no” votes equal to or greater than 33% of the total vote will not be accepted into the pool of administrators.

B. The Prim Method, with “yes” votes needing to be greater than or equal to 75% of total votes cast in order for the entire list to be accepted, and an individual candidate needing to receive “no” votes equal to or greater than 25% of total votes cast in order to be rejected.

C. The laureanna Method: A thread is placed in the proper forum listing all the candidate admins and a poll is included. The poll will take the form:
• Accept all
• Accept all but [candidate name], with one such poll option for each candidate
• More than one candidate is not acceptable

If the voter objects to more than one candidate, they must send an email to the Admins account listing the candidates to whom they object. [They must include their reasons.][They may include reasons but this is not obligatory.] The email will be counted as one vote against each of the candidates listed, and one vote toward the total number of votes cast.
In Question #9 you may vote between the sentences in brackets or to exclude both of them.

An individual candidate must receive “no” votes greater than or equal to 33% of the total votes cast in order to be rejected.

D. The laureanna Method, but an individual candidate must receive “no” votes greater than or equal to 25% of the total votes cast in order to be rejected.

E. A thread is placed in the proper forum containing a ballot which members must copy into an email and send to the Admin account in order to cast their vote. The ballot will list each candidate separately with a yes/no choice beside their name. [A 'No' vote must include the reason.][A 'No' vote may include the reason but this is not obligatory.] One ballot choice will also be, “approval of all candidates,” and this will be counted as one “yes” vote for each candidate and one vote toward the number of total votes cast. Any candidate receiving “yes” votes greater than or equal to 67% of the total votes cast will be accepted.
In Question #9 you may vote between the sentences in brackets or to exclude both of them.

F. The same method as E, but any candidate receiving “yes” votes greater than or equal to 75% of the total votes cast will be accepted.

G. A separate thread for each candidate is placed in the proper forum with a yes/no poll. Any candidate receiving at least 67% approval will be accepted. The vote in this case is anonymous and no explanations could be given.

H. The same as G, but any candidate receiving at least 75% approval will be accepted.

Question 10: Public nature of opposition votes

SELECT ONE:
A. If the total number of opposition votes against a candidate is not visible because of the nature of the poll, this information will be posted for each candidate in an appropriate thread at the close of the vote.

B. The total number of opposition votes against a candidate will only be posted if it results in a candidate’s rejection and is not otherwise visible because of the nature of the poll.

C. The total number of opposition votes against a candidate will not be posted.

Question 11: Public nature of opposition comments: Rank

A. Anyone casting a 'No' vote by email (except in the Prim Method) must give a reason for it , and these comments will be made available to any candidate upon request, with the voter’s name deleted, after the close of the vote.

B. Anyone casting a 'No' vote by email (except in the Prim Method) must give a reason for it, and these comments will be made available to rejected candidates only upon request, with the voter’s name deleted, after the close of the vote.

C. Anyone casting a 'No' vote by email (except in the Prim Method) has the option of providing a reason and these comments will be made available to any candidate upon request, with the voter’s name deleted, after the close of the vote.

D. Anyone casting a 'No' vote by email (except in the Prim Method) has the option of providing a reason and these comments will be made available to rejected candidates only upon request, with the voter’s name deleted, after the close of the vote.

E. No comments regarding a candidate should be made in any opposition email and the email should be treated as a secret ballot.

Question 12: Approve this provision

“Candidate admins who are rejected by the vote of the membership may be placed on the list again in subsequent votes as many times as they wish.”

Question 13: Given that binding votes and quorums have not yet been defined but will be handled in Part IV of the Agenda, do you approve the following closing clause:

"The membership vote on candidates for administrator is a Binding Vote requiring a quorum as defined by the Charter, Article (.)"

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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.
Approve:
Yes =12
No =0

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.
Approve:
Yes =11
No =1

Question 3:
3. When an admin resigns or is removed from office, a new admin is selected to complete the term of office.
Approve:
Yes =12
No =0

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.

A = 11: I accept all five grounds for warnings, with 72 hour limit to absences
C = 1: I do not accept grounds [1, 3, 5]
B = 0: I accept all five grounds for warnings, with [#] 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.

A = 10: I accept all seven steps of the procedure =10
B = 2: I do not acccept step(s)[2, 2, 6]

Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained
RUNOFF

A = 6: The record of warnings is maintained by the Mayor and does not become public unless it aggregates to a Formal Complaint.
D = 3: 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.]
B = 2: 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.
C = 1: 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.

A = 12: I accept all four grounds for Formal Complaints
B = 0: I do not acccept grounds[#]

Question 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints RUNOFF

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.

A = 6: I accept Option A as it is written
C = 4: I accept Option B as it is written
D = 1: I accept Option B except for Step(s) [2]
E = 1: I do not like either of these procedures and want this clause left open for discussion
B = 0: I accept Option A except for Step(s) [#]

Question 9: Time Limit for Formal Complaints RUNOFF

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.

Six months =6
Nine months =3
One year =3

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.
Approve:
Yes =12
No =0

Question 11: Grounds for Removal of an Admin

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.]

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:
A = 11: I accept all four grounds for removal =11
B = 1: 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.

A = 10: I accept both provisions
C = 2: I reject Provision #2
B = 0: I reject Provision #1


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 = 10: 1 year
B= 2: Other than one year [6 mos, 9 mos]

Questions 14: Extreme Abuse of Power RUNOFF
A = 8: 1 year =8
B = 4: Other than one year [indef, indef, indef,, 2yr]

Questions 15: Desertion
A = 9: 1 year
B = 3: Other than one year [forever, forever, 9 mos]

Questions 16: Breach of Privacy
B = 9: one year
C = 3: other [forever, forever, 9 mos]
A = 0: six months

Questions 17: Access to the admin panel
B = 10: one year
A = 0: six months
C = 2: other [indef, 6 mos]

Questions 18: Encouraging criminal behavior
A = 9: 1 year =9
B = 3: Other than one year [5 yr, indef, 0]

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? RUNOFF
Approve
A. Yes =7
C. I wish to discuss this question after we know what kinds of juries exist,
and amend this article accordingly at a later date =5
B. No =0

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 = 10: Have a paragraph that reads as follows:

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

C = 2: 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.

A = 0: Call this a dismissal and include it in the paragraph about removals, because if a person is forced to resign then it is a dismissal and not a resignation.

B = 0: Call this a resignation because it is not nice to say a person has been dismissed when in fact they have agreed to resign for the sake of the by-laws.

BALLOT #13A

Simple Majority Not Obtained for:

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?

Questions 14: Penalties for Removal of an Admin in the case of Extreme Abuse of Power: six of the 14 voters felt that one year was too short.

Both of these questions will be deferred to the next section of the agenda concerning juries and other ‘sentencing’ issues.

The following questions require a Runoff Vote because a simply majority was not obtained and a runoff is a sensible solution.

Question 6: How is the record of warnings maintained
A = 7: The record of warnings is maintained by the Mayor and does not become public unless it aggregates to a Formal Complaint.

D = 6: 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 8: Procedure for Formal Complaints
Option A
Option B
A = 9: I accept Option A as it is written
B = 3: I accept Option A except for point 5 =3

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.

Nine months =7
Six months =6
One year = 0

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April 19, 2005

Question 1:Admins have power to Edit Posts
• if they affect the display of the page, e.g. stretched pages, after notifying the poster

A =12 I approve this text, and it can be moved to Routine Powers
B =0 I approve this text and want it to remain in Special Powers
C =0 I do not approve this text

Question 2: Admins have power to Edit Posts
• if they contain objectionable content, for example: abuse of another poster, defamatory remarks, pornographic, violent or distasteful content, or advertisement of products

A =8: I approve this text
B =4: I do not approve this text

Question 3: Admins have power to enact an Immediate Ban for the following offenses if the poster has registered within the last [seven days]
1. Spamming the board with ads
2. Spamming the board with porn
3. Hacking the board
4. Refusing to abide by the Decision of Jury in an Arbitration
5. Threats of real life violence or other criminal acts against members
6. In all other cases the poster has the Right to a Hearing, and if the poster registered more than seven days ago they are considered a member of the community and have a right to a hearing for these offenses as well, but their posting rights will be restricted to the Jury Room for the duration of the hearing.

A =11: I approve all six points
B =1: I wish to exclude point(s) [4]

Question 4: ... if the poster has registered within the last [seven days]

A =10: I agree to the seven-day minimum
B =2: I prefer a minimum of [14, 21] days.

Question 5: Admins have power to temporarily suspend posting rights or restrict access to a forum
1. In the Invite Forum, if information about the contents of an invitation thread has been revealed to a non-member, access can be suspended [this provision becomes void if the Invite Forum is removed]
2. In the Jury Room, if poster has interfered with an Arbitration or Hearing on a Ban, board-wide posting rights can be suspended until the Arbitration or Hearing is concluded
3. In the There and Back Again forum, if more than one complaint has been made against the way an RP identity has been used, posting rights can be suspended until an arbitration can be held regarding the continuation of that identity.
4. In the Thinking of England Forum, if more than one complaint has been made about the way a poster has been posting there, posting rights can be suspended until an arbitration can be held to determine the right of continued access to that forum.
5. If a sig pic is arguably pornographic, violent or distasteful it can be removed. If the poster persists in reposting it, posting rights outside the Jury Room can be suspended until an arbitration decision is reached.

A =9: I approve all five points
B =3: I wish to exclude point(s) [2, 4, 5]

Question 6: Admins have power to convene a hearing on a ban
• Whenever a bannable offense is called to their attention.

A =12: I approve this text
B =0: I do not approve this text

Question 7: Admins have power to convene a hearing to reverse a ban if the following three conditions are met:
1. if the duration of the ban was not specified
2. at least (a)two weeks (b) one month (c)six months (d) one year (e) other has elapsed since the ban went into effect
3. the banned poster has requested a new hearing in writing.

A =11: I agree to all three requirements
B =1: I wish to exclude requirement(s) [2]Please fill in all numbers you wish to exclude

Question 8: Time limit before a hearing can be convened to reverse a ban
B = 6: One month
E = 6: Other (no limit, 3 mos, 3 mos, 3 mos, 2 mos, case by case)
A = 0: two weeks
C = 0: Six months
D = 0: One year
All who ranked E gave more than one month as thier next best option, so we compromised with a minimum of one month but admins can wait up to 3 months.

Question 9:Procedures for using special and emergency powers
• An immediate ban is of unspecified duration. A Hearing must be convened to reverse it.

A =11: I agree with this provision
B =1: I do not agree with this provision

Question 10:When posting rights are suspended, an arbitration must be held and the jury will decide the duration of the suspension, not to exceed the maximum duration specified here:

A =12: I agree with this provision
B =0 I do not agree with this provision

Question 11: Extraordinary Powers of Admins
Recognizing that unforeseen events may occur which require a quick response, Board77 administrators are expected to use their best judgment in emergencies, and to take whatever action they believe necessary to protect the board. An emergency would be an event which threatened real and immediate harm, but which is not otherwise addressed by this charter. In such an event, the administrator(s) in question would be expected to explain the circumstances and consult with the board membership as soon as possible. Such measures are temporary by their nature and subject to review by [some body as yet to be determined.]

A =12: I approve this text
B =0: I do not approve this text

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BALLOT #15
The Bike Racks Forum
May 4, 2005

Question 1:
The Bike Racks Forum is a read and write forum available to all members. It is used for:
• resolving disputes between individual members when these disputes do not involve a violation of board rules
• off-topic discussions that are derailing a thread but do not warrant a thread of their own
• restricting posters who have provided invalid email addresses

A =17: I approve this text
B = 0: I do not approve this text

Question 2:
Members may start a thread in that forum to resolve a personal dispute.

A = 16: I approve this text
B = 1: I do not approve this text

Question 3:
A. Admins at their discretion may split quarrelsome or disruptive posts and move them to the Bike Racks;
B. Admins under the following specific conditions may split quarrelsome or disruptive posts: followed by list;
C. Admins at their discretion may split quarrelsome or disruptive posts and move them to the Bike Racks if they threaten to impinge on member rights

RANK
C = 10
A = 7

Question 4:
Bike Rack threads should be titled with the name of the expected participants so that the title is neutral and easy for participants to find.

A = 13: I approve this text
B = 4: I do not approve this text

Question 5:
A. A thread in the Bike Racks forum is restricted to those members directly involved in the interaction, plus whomever else they designate as participants. Those who have initiated the thread may request that Administrators delete the posts of non-designated members who enter the thread.
B. A thread in the Bike Racks forum is intended for those members directly involved in the interaction, plus whomever else they designate as participants. Those who have initiated the thread may request that Administrators delete the posts of non-designated members who enter the thread.

A = 7: I prefer text A
B = 9: I prefer text B
C = 1: I do not want either of these statements in the charter

Question 6:"Uninvolved members should consider carefully before posting comments that they consider to be helpful without the permission of discussants. Sometimes even the most benevolent intervention serves to exacerbate the situation when it is made without the parties' consent or desire."

A. I would like this text to appear following the text in Question 5 in both the charter and in the Jury Room Stickies
B. I would like this text to appear in the Jury Room Stickies but not in the Charter
C. I would not like this text to appear in either the Charter or the Jury room stickies

RANK:
c = 11
A = 6

Question 7:When members involved in the dispute feel it is resolved, they may notify an administrator to lock the thread. Administrators should confirm with all parties that the discussion is concluded before locking the thread.

A = 17: I approve this text
B = 0: I do not approve this text

Question 8:If members are having difficulty resolving their dispute they may ask for a mediator. There should be no more than one mediator, agreed upon by the discussants, and chosen from among those jury pool members who have indicated their willingness to serve in this capacity. Service as a mediator in a particular dispute is voluntary.

A = 17: I approve this text
B = 0: I do not approve this text

Question 9:The role of the mediator is to offer an objective view of the dispute and help the parties come to an agreement. The mediation may take place in private, by PM or email, if the parties so desire. When the dispute is concluded, the mediator should make sure that all parties are aware that the discussion is concluding, and then notify an administrator to lock the thread.

A = 17: I approve this text
B = 0: I do not approve this text

Question 10: please read choices carefully because they are lettered differently from before to break out the time choices

A. Locked threads in the Bike Racks are deleted automatically after two weeks
B. Locked threads in the Bike Racks are deleted automatically after two weeks unless the posters ask that the thread remain
C. Locked threads in the Bike Racks are deleted automatically after 30 days
D. Locked threads in the Bike Racks are deleted automatically after 30 days unless the posters ask that the thread remain
E. Locked threads in the Bike Racks are not deleted at all [clause regarding locked threads would not appear in the charter]
F. Locked threads in the Bike Racks are deleted only if the posters request it .

RANK
E = 13
A = 4

... to preserve the privacy of the members [inclusion of this text depends on whether threads are deleted or not.]

Question 11:

A. Bike Rack threads may be summarized and placed in the Archives with the members' names removed if a mediator or Administrator feels that aspects of the discussion might help future members learn the culture of the board. This requires the permission of the discussants and may be done even if the locked thread remains on the board.
B. If Bike Rack threads are automatically deleted, they may be summarized and placed in the Archives with the members' names removed if a mediator or Administrator feels that aspects of the discussion might help future members learn the culture of the board. This requires the permission of the discussants.
C. Bike Rack threads may be summarized and placed in the Archives with the members' names removed if a mediator or Administrator feels that aspects of the discussion might help future members learn the culture of the board. This may be done even if the locked thread remains on the board and does not require the permission of the discussants.
D. If Bike Rack threads are automatically deleted, they may be summarized and placed in the Archives with the members' names removed if a mediator or Administrator feels that aspects of the discussion might help future members learn the culture of the board. This does not require the permission of the discussants.
E. Bike Rack threads will not be placed in the Archives

RANK
C = 9
E = 7
A = 1

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¶3 Hearings and the Selection of a Jury for Hearings
May 10, 2005

Question 1: The entire text of this paragraph is written below. Items on which a specific vote will be taken in later questions are shown in blue. In this question, simply vote to approve the process and the text describing the process, or not, subject to the choices made in later questions.

The substance of what you are approving is: six jurors making a decision, one alternate juror attending, potential jurors selected from the pool in the order in which they entered, and the right of a member to contest (reject) jurors. You are also approving the text that describes the substance.

TEXT:

Hearings are held for violations of the by-laws.

Board77 recognizes three kinds of hearings: Hearings for a Violation of By-Laws/Community Disruption, Hearings on a Ban, and Hearings to Remove an Administrator or Mayor from Office.

Hearings are convened by an administrator, conducted in a thread in the Jury Room, and decided by a jury of six members.

Jurors are selected in the following manner:
• Jurors will be selected from the pool in the order in which they entered.

•A sufficient number will be selected at the beginning to allow each affected member to contest two/three jurors and still have seven jurors remaining. For cases involving a single individual, this would be [nine/ten] potential jurors. No juror may be a current administrator.

•The administrator(s) convening the hearing will confirm with these potential jurors that they are willing and eligible to serve on this case before submitting their names to the involved member(s). Jury duty is voluntary.

• Each member involved will then have the right to contest two/three of the proposed jurors. They are not required to contest any but they have the right to do so.

• Of the jurors that remain after the selection process, the first six (in order of entry) will hear the case, and one alternate will attend in the event that a regular juror must leave or be removed. No more than six jurors will make the final decision.


A = 14: I approve the substance and the text of this paragraph
B = 1: I do not approve the substance and the text of this paragraph

Question 2: These kinds of Hearings should be called:
A. Hearings on a Violation of the By-Laws
B. Hearings on a Community Disruption
C. Hearings on a Violation of the By-Laws That Disrupt the Community

RANK
B = 9
A = 6

Question 3: Members in a hearing will have the right to contest the following number of potential jurors:
A = 9: Two
B = 6: Three

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¶2 Eligibility for Jury Pool
May 10, 2005

Question 1: We will try first to approve or disapprove the whole text with all of its provisions

TEXT:
¶2: Eligibility of Members to Serve as Jurors

• Members become eligible to enter the Jury Pool when they have been registered members for three months and have a post count of 100 posts.

• It is the responsibility of the Mayor to keep record of join dates and notify members when they become eligible. Eligible members will also be asked if they have an interest in serving as Mediators for the Bike Racks. Entry into the Jury Pool for service as a juror or mediator is voluntary.

• The list of members who are in the Jury Pool will be posted prominantly in the Jury Room in the order in which they entered the pool. When a member has served on a particular jury, the date that the Hearing ended will be posted beside their name, with Served xx/xx/xx replacing their date of entry into the pool, and their name will be moved to the bottom of the list. The mayor is responsible for maintaining these records and ensuring that the Admins update the list of eligible jury members accurately.

• The list of those members who have also agreed to serve as Mediators will be posted prominantly in the Bike Racks. Full names will be used so that PMs can be sent with ease. Dates of entry and served dates do not have to be posted for Mediators.

• A member of the Jury Pool may not be selected as a potential juror for a particular case if:
•• they are currently involved in another hearing in any capacity
•• if they have been inactive on the board for a period of three months or more
•• if they are currently under a ban, under probation for a ban, or if their posting right have been temporarily suspended in any forum
•• if they are under the age of 18 and the hearing concerns the age-restricted forum
It is the responsibility of the Mayor to maintain a record of outstanding penalties, and the responsibility of the Administrator(s) convening a hearing to confirm the specific eligibility of the potential jurors they draw from the pool.

• Penalties that have expired do not affect a member's eligibility to be selected as juror for a particular case.

• There are no restrictions on a member's service as Mediator beyond the requirement that parties to a dispute must agree on the Mediator, and no restrictions on the number of times a member may serve as a Mediator.

POLL

Voters = 14
Approve = 14
Do not approve = 0

Article amended to include paragraph in green above, and approved by lack of objection: May 11, 2005

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¶10 The Archive Forum
May 12, 2005

Option A: First Draft

• The threads in this forum contain parts of discussions or decisions that Jurors from previous Hearings thought might be useful to Jurors in future Hearings. Bike Racks threads may also be summarized and placed in the Archives if a Mediator or Administrator feels that aspects of the discussion might help future members learn the culture of the board.

• The Archive is a Read Only Forum for all members. If a summary is to be posted, a single Administrator or Juror must be given the task of writing the summary by his/her fellow Administrators or Jurors. When the summary has been composed, permission to post in the forum will be enabled and it will be disenabled as soon as the summary has been posted.

• The names of the participants in a Hearing or Bike Rack discussion must be deleted and replaced with neutral identifiers, such as Poster#1, Witness #2, etc. before the summaries are posted in the Archive.

• The permission of participants is not required for a summary of their Hearing or discussion thread to be placed here.

Option B: TORN’s Simpler Version

The threads in this forum contain parts of discussions or decisions that Jurors from previous Hearings thought might be useful to Jurors in future Hearings. Bike Racks threads may also be summarized and placed in the Archives if a Mediator or Administrator feels that aspects of the discussion might help future members learn the culture of the board. Names of all participants are deleted. Summaries may be posted without the permission of participants.

OPTION C: Cerin’s Addition to TORN’s version
• The Archive is a Read Only Forum for all members.

• The threads in this forum contain parts of discussions or decisions that Jurors from previous Hearings thought might be useful to Jurors in future Hearings. Bike Racks threads may also be summarized and placed in the Archives if a Mediator or Administrator feels that aspects of the discussion might help future members learn the culture of the board.

• Names of all participants are deleted. Summaries may be posted without the permission of participants.

POLL
Voters = 14

Option C = 8
Option B = 5
Option A = 1

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BALLOT #19
May 13, 2005
Interim Vote on Creation of New Office
[Note: this is not actual Charter Text - we are voting on the idea]

Question 1: We will create an office whose function is to oversee hearings and ensure that proper procedure is followed. This person will be a resource for juries and all other participants in a Hearing. It will be their resonsibility to be familiar with all aspects of the charter concerning the Outside Forum, Member Rights and Responsibilities, Powers of the Admins and any other issues affecting Hearings.

A = 7: I agree to the creation of this Office
B = 9: I do not agree to the creation of this Office

Question 2: This office would be an elected office, similar in nature and duration to the office of Mayor but with a different area of responsibility.

A = 6: I agree with this statement
B = 10: I do not agree with this statement

Question 3: The title of this office will be:

A. Bounder
B. Counselor
C. Hearing Facilitator
D. Loremaster
E. Monitor
F. Proctor
G. Watcher

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D = 12
C = 1

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BALLOT #20
¶4 Procedure for Hearings on a Community Disruption:

May 16, 2005


Please read the following text. There will be two questions, one to include or not include the text in blue, and another to approve the rest of the text in its entirety, given our answer to the first question.

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The violation of by-laws is called to the attention of the administrators, either because they observe it themselves or because a member reports it.

If action has already been taken by an administrator, such as restriction of posting rights, the administrator notifies the member at that time that a hearing will be held, and the hearing should be convened within three days.

If the problem is brought to the attention of the administrators by another member, two administrators must agree that a hearing is required and the member in question must be notified by email no less than twenty-four hours before the hearing is opened.

The posting rights of the member in question will not be restricted over the course of the hearing on the strength of another member’s report. Only an administrator observing a violation of by-laws directly, or a jury after hearing a case, may impose a penalty on a poster.

When the twenty-hour hour notification period has passed, a thread is started in the Jury Room, titled with the nature of the hearing, for example, “Hearing on Disruption of the RP Forum.”

The first post of that thread will state the reason for the hearing. If two administrators convened the hearing, either one may start the thread but both names should appear at the end of the first post. Full names should be given so that PMs can be sent with ease.

The names of the jurors will be edited in to the first post of the thread and their posting rights will be enabled. The full name should be used so that PMs can be sent with ease.

Ideally, no more than three days should be spent selecting the jury, so that from the first action taken (suspension of rights or appeal from a member) to the opening of the hearing, no more than seven full days should pass in which the posting rights of a member are curtailed without recourse. Administrators and jurors should strive to act promptly and avoid delays.

Once the jury is selected and their names posted in the thread, the administrator(s) may remove themselves from the case and allow the jurors to take over. Administrators should remain alert to the need for changes of permission and deletion of posts that do not belong. Any procedural questions raised by the jury should be referred to the Mayor who will be responsible for ensuring that hearings conform to the by-laws of the Charter.

The member for whom the hearing is held may state their side of the case and the jurors may ask questions.

Either posters or jurors may request that witnesses be allowed to post in the thread.

Members who are called as witnesses participate voluntarily but should respond promptly to the request.

When the jury has sufficient information to decide the case, they may call an end to the hearing. They will post in the thread that the hearing is coming to an end twenty-four hours before actually beginning their deliberation so that the member has time to agree or present any additional information.

The purpose of the jury deliberation is to decide whether the member has in fact violated the by-laws or committed a bannable offense beyond any reasonable doubt, and if so, to impose a penalty not to exceed the penalty provided in the by-laws. If no maximum penalty is specified in the by-laws the jurors may use discretion based on the range of penalties contained in the by-laws for similar offenses.

Jury deliberations may be held in private, by PM or email. Jurors should strive to reach a decision within ten days. Agreement by four of the six jurors that a by-law has been violated is required for imposition of a penalty. Four of the six jurors must agree on the duration of the penalty, otherwise the lesser of all penalties considered by them will be imposed.

When the jurors have reached a decision, they will email their decision to the member and then post their decision in the thread twenty-four hours later. Anything they have taken into consideration should be presented honestly when they state their decision.

Any juror holding a minority position may express it in their post

If the jury has decided that the offense was not committed or that no additional penalties should be imposed, any suspended posting rights will be restored to the member within twenty-four hours.

If a penalty is imposed, an administrator will change the necessary permissions within twenty-four hours. Time limits on penalties will be maintained by the Mayor and it is the responsibility of the Mayor to notify administrators when the time limit on a penalty has expired.

If the decision of the jury is to require something of the member, such as removal of a signature picture, the member will comply within twenty-four hours. Members who refuse to abide by a jury decision may be considered for banning.

As soon as the jury has posted their decision and that decision has been implemented, the thread will be locked. At the request of the member, it may be deleted.

Elements of the case may be summarized and preserved in the Archive with the name(s) of the involved member(s) and witnesses deleted.

Question 1: "Any procedural questions raised by the jury should be referred to the Mayor who will be responsible for ensuring that hearings conform to the by-laws of the Charter."

A =5: I agree to include this text
B =8: I do not agree to include this text

Question 2: “beyond any reasonable doubt”
A =11: I agree to include this text
B =2: I do not agree to include this text

Question 3: I approve the rest of the text in its entirety
A =13: Yes
B =0: No

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