User:Reception123/CoCC reform

''This page is a draft for an upcoming RfC. Please feel free to correct grammar mistakes and to add new proposals. If you would like to modify a current proposal significantly, please contact me first before doing so''

As Miraheze continues to evolve and different situations are seen, we must also adapt the global groups that were created quite a while ago, as was done with the old CVT group recently. Today the group that requires a reform is the [[Code of Conduct/Commission
 * Code of Conduct Commission]]. I have been a member of said commission since its existence and during these years have realized that it is not an effective first place to go to if there is a violation of the Code of Conduct. I am not sure whether when it was created it was intended to be the first place to go to, but the current way that the Code of Conduct Commission operates is dysfunctional and the commission is not able to resolve most cases of violations (because a commission is not appropriate for a simple case of a CoC violation). Therefore, we are left with two options: 1) to redefine the scope and the rights of the Code of Conduct Commission and make it the “court of last appeals” and direct users to the CoCC only in order appeal the decisions (or lack thereof) of other groups, or 2) more extremely to abolish the CoCC and give it’s current scope and powers to Stewards and Global Sysops. If we go for the option of redefining the scope, other global groups (or operators on IRC/Discord) would be the first to deal with cases of Code of Conduct violations and if one of the parties are dissatisfied with the decision made by the users they can ask the Code of Conduct Commission to review the case.

Proposal 1.1: Scope
It is clarified that '''The Code of Conduct Commission is the final arbitration body for disputes under the Code of Conduct, a user may only contact the commission once another group (i.e. Stewards, Global Sysops, IRC/Discord operators, etc.) has been contacted and they are not happy with result after sufficient discussion or that group has exhausted its process. The Code of Conduct Commission's role is to arbitrate the dispute and produce a binding result that analyses and resolves both the issues of the dispute and any improvements that can be made with previous handling. After the review is complete, the CoCC may take any action necessary against the user violating the CoCC or may impose a different sanction (or remove the current one). Users that do not show previous dispute resolution methods have been attempted will be redirected to the other groups and will not be heard by the CoCC'''.

Proposal 1.2: Rights
The Commission does not have the right to initiate discipline, but may by majority vote ask global or local sysops to take action against user misbehavior, which may include a local block, a ban from IRC/Discord, a global lock, or other sanctions.

Proposal 1.3: Current appeals section
The current section under Procedures for handling a case->Appealing is removed as the Code of Conduct Commission will now be in charge of appeals.

Proposal 1.4: Appealing sanctions
After the Code of Conduct Commission has made their decision, If no period is specified in the decision, a 3 month wait must take place before appealing any sanctions or requesting that they are lifted.

Proposal 1.5: Term Limits
Due to the current lack of many active volunteers, I feel that it is best to remove the mandatory nature of term limits and instead replace it with:
 * Members of the Commission do not have mandatory term limits, however when possible it is preferable not to serve more than 3 consecutive times as a member.

Proposal 1.6a: Current Members
The community empowers the CoCC to start a full re-election of members within 28 days of this RfC closing.

Proposal 1.6b: Current Members
The current members will remain in their position until their term is over.

Proposal 2: Abolition
The Code of Conduct Commission is abolished, all members end their terms the day after this RfC is closed if this proposal passes and Stewards, Global Sysops and any other operators are in charge of the Code of Conduct and to sanction any violations.