Next chunk of Agenda:
PART II. Completing Those By-Laws that have already been begun:
please pay attention while discussing this section to the distinction between Powers of the Admins and Rights of the Members. Some of these items probably belong under Member Rights.
...A. Administrators
......1. Eligibility (requirements and process)
http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/viewtopic. ... um=board77
......2. Suggested number, expressed perhaps as a proportion of the membership?
.........a. suggested guideline for distribution by time-zone?
.........b. suggested guideline for cultural diversity?
......3. Routine powers: Suggested so far:
.........a. editing/deleting polls upon request or approval of thread-starter,
.........b. locking/moving threads upon request/approval of thread-starter or when necessary during forum cleanup,
.........c. in case of trolling power to delete threads
.........d. deleting posts in bike-rack forum by uninvited posters and deleting thread at end of dispute
.........e. initiating hearing on a ban
.........f. initiating arbitration process upon member request or without if the problem seems to be serious and reoccurring
.........g. activating new members according to process
.........h. others - to be discussed
......4. Special powers and Emergency powers (currently in discussion is the following:)
.........a. automatic bans / perhaps rephrase to 'immediate bans' ?
.........b. temporary suspension of posting rights, by forum. Suggested:
............i. refusal to participate in a requested arbitration
............ii. refusal to abide by an Arbitration Decision
............iii. invalid email address
............iv. multiple-IDs used for non RP purposes à posting rights only in RP forum (discussed and mostly been agreed upon but not voted on of course)
.........c. cancelled registration: Question: Admin Power or Member Rights issue?
............i. posters who register and visit the board once in order to post ads or spam and do not respond to email contact about policy may have their registrations cancelled after 30 days.
..........ii. Members who have been asked to participate in an Arbitration, or a Hearing on a Ban, and who simply disappear rather than participate, may have their registrations cancelled after 30 days.
..........iii. Inactive members
http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/viewtopic. ... um=board77
......5. Procedures for using routine, special and emergency powers
.........a. Procedure for creating a new forum
http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/viewtopic. ... um=board77
.........b. Procedure that must be followed before suspending posting rights
......6. When can an administrator be removed from office: suggested:
.........a. neglecting their duties
.........b. not getting things done in a timely fashion
.........c. trying to take the board into a place not consistent with its purpose
.........d. flaunting authority
.........e. bragging about their 'leader' status
.........f. giving special treatment to their friends
.........g. favoritism
.........h. discouraging members from joining other boards
......7. How is an administrator removed from office. Suggested: will take the form of an arbitration; a decision against the admin will result in the immediate removal of admin powers and being barred from admin position for one year.
......8. How to Contest the decision of an admin.
This post is repeated in the thread entitled: Convention: Admin Powers