Simple Majority Not Obtained
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 two 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.
****RUNOFF BALLOT: Voting will begin Monday (today) at 8:00PM GMT (4:00PM EST) and last 24 hours
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.
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.
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.]
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.]
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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.
A. I accept Option A as it is written
B. I accept Option A except for point 5
C. I accept Option B as it is written
D. I accept Option B except for point 2
Notes: (1) A simple majority was able to choose, so I have eliminated the postponement option. If you cannot choose, abstain from voting on this question. (2) Only points to which an exception was stated have been included as choices.
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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.
A. Six months
B. Nine months
C. One year
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