In the modding decision thread the discussion seemed to reach consensus on some items, and was stalled on others. One of my posts in that thread shows in blue what we seemed able to agree upon. I want to break the unresolved issues out into new threads so that we can discuss them and eventually vote on them.The purpose of this thread is to discuss the term of office for administrators.
There seems to be agreement that a six-month term is too long from the administrator’s point of view. The other options proposed are three-month and four-month terms, and there is agreement that the terms should be staggered so that new admins have experienced admins to work with.
There is also a question of how many times a year we should vote. If terms are staggered, we may vote on two terms at a time.
Selecting the term of office and voting periods has no bearing on the number of administrators we wish to have.
My personal preference is for the four-month term, and voting for two terms at a time because I believe it will be easier to execute. But I will lay out all the options for you to consider.
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Three-month staggered terms:
Jan-Feb-Mar ......... Feb-Mar-Apr ..... Mar-Apr-Jun
Apr-May-Jun ....... May-Jun-Jul ...... Jul-Aug-Sept
Jul-Aug-Sep .......... Aug-Sep-Oct ..... Oct-Nov-Dec
Oct-Nov-Dec ....... Nov-Dec-Jan ..... Jan-Feb-Mar
Choice #1: Which two sets of terms to choose: If we decide upon three-month terms I will recommend the second and third set, because a term that begins in January will require us to vote in December when people are less active.
Choise #2: How often to vote: If we vote for each term a month before it begins, we will vote eight times a year. If we vote, for example, in January for terms beginning in February and March, we will vote four times a year. Two threads would go up at voting time, one for each term.
Four-month staggered terms: In this case there is only one set of terms that avoids a December vote.
Feb-Mar-Apr-May ..... Apr-May-Jun-Jul
Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep ......... Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov
Oct-Nov-Dec-Jan ....... Dec-Jan-Feb-Mar
Choice#1: How often to vote: If we vote for each term separately we will vote six times a year. If we vote for two terms at once, we will vote three times a year and two threads would go up at voting time, one for each term.
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Discuss: If don’t reach a consensus, we can put it to a vote.
Jn