Subject: Discord moderator and Permission Giver nominations
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Posted on: 2018-03-28 06:23:00 UTC

Per discussion down below we could use more moderators on the Discord. In addition, I'd noticed that we haven't voted on whether to hand out some of those very shiny Permission Giver hats in about three years. Therefore, I propose killing two birds with one stone and running a combined election for both positions.

Election structure and proposed voting method:

In keeping with what I'm told is how this tended to work before, this thread is not for voting. The purpose of this thread is people to submit nominations for the positions of Discord moderator and/or Permission Giver. Other things this thread should be used for include discussing the nominations and quibbling about electoral procedure.

The reason I'm structuring the threads this way is that it allows people who just want to cast a vote to do so with only one post once the candidate list has been hashed out, instead of having to hunt around within the nominaitons.

Election for both positions (Discord moderator and Permission Giver) is by consensus. To keep things straightforward, nominations that appear controversial will not be getting on the ballot.

There's no fixed number of winners; we can elect as many or as few people as we like. We could (and in the event there turn out to be no good candidates, should) pick no new mods and PGs at all.

Vote-like things (such an nominations) from the nomination thread will count as votes (unless the voter changes their mind).

Both the nominations and voting will remain open until the thread settles down (about a day or two of no activity) or for one week, whichever is longer. A new thread will be created if an active election-related thread falls off the front page.

To formalize the process a bit, I propose the following: In the vote, you need to have a score of at least +10 points to get elected. Votes in favor give you +1 point, votes against give -4 points (to penalize controversial candidates), and not having an opinion/abstentions is worth 0 points. (This roughly matches the structure of how Delta and Maslab were elected last year.)

If anyone has objections to any of the above of proposals for different ways to do it, please reply with them.

How to nominate someone:

Simply reply to this thread saying who you're nominating and for what. It would be a good idea to explain a bit why you're making that nomination, but that isn't strictly required.

If you're nominated, you need to affirmatively accept the nomination. Otherwise, I'll assume you don't want the job.

You can't nominate yourself.

Qualifications:

Discord mods should be reasonably active on the Discord and have been around for a decent amount of time. They should also be someone who would be trusted to enforce the rules fairly and keep the chatroom safe.

Permission Givers should have, per the wiki, "a reasonable level of activity for a decent amount of time (currently six months, although longer is better), and a dedication to the PPC in general".

- Tomash

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