Requests for Comment/Community Directors (Amendments)

This RfC is opened to discuss amendments to the existing policy on Community Directors' election to the Miraheze Limited Board of Directors'. The follow proposals are put forward, with justification, after a consultation of a range of interested members of the community in the successful running of an election.

Proposal 1: Election Commissioners are Stewards
Election Management is rewritten as follows:

Stewards are responsible for independently adjudicating community consensus in the election of Community Directors to the Miraheze Limited Board of Directors. Stewards should retain their independent views unless they are intending to stand in the election as a candidate. In the event of a Steward standing for election, they are not considered part of the Steward team for the purposes of this section.

A Steward will manage:
 * Scope
 * Communicating with the Secretary of the Board to ensure that an election can be called timely and appropriately.
 * Ensuring the election is carried out in a fair and legal manner.
 * Declaring the result of the election and advising the Secretary of the Board.
 * Ensuring all legal candidates are allowed to take place - liaising with the Secretary of the Board to confirm eligibility.
 * Monitoring that the vote is closed in accordance with all rules.

Justification: As we saw with the attempt to elect a team for the Election Commission, it didn't go to plan.

Support

 * As electing a Commission rarely, taking away from a talent pool of limited volunteers creates a situation where potentially candidates to be Community Directors need to stand for election as a Commissioner to allow an election to occur. John (talk) 13:39, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Proposal 2: Formalise an Election Timeline
The policy currently has a 28-day limit written into it. I propose that we formalise what these 28-days actually are in terms of a timeline.


 * Day 1: Nominations are opened by the Board of Directors by liaising with the 'election commission' (dependent on proposal 1).
 * Day 1 - Day 7: Nominations are received and the community can ask questions to candidates. Nominees should ensure questions are answered as soon as practicable. During this period, candidacy checks are completed.
 * Day 8 - 28: The community vote on nominees. Additional questions can be asked during this period.
 * Day 28: The 'election commission' close requests, certify the results and have the Board of Directors' Secretary also certify the validity of the results.
 * Any day after the 28th: Board of Directors vote on appointments of successful candidates.

Justification: Creating a clear timeline, ensure strict deadlines are maintained and expectations are managed.

Support

 * One week for nominations, three weeks for voting. John (talk) 13:39, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Proposal 3: Eligibility Cleanup
Under the current policy, 'The user must be in good global standing (no CoCC determined violations)' is a eligibility requirement. As the CoCC will be dissolved in July, removing this line makes sense - especially as to date there have been no CoCC violation determinations.

Support

 * Administrative change. John (talk) 13:39, 18 May 2021 (UTC)