Lisa0315
24th August 2007, 02:11 PM
Okay, several of us have been working on this protocol in the Congregational Wiki. This is what we have come up with.
Contributors: Lisa0315 (http://foru.ms/u118032), XianJedi (http://foru.ms/u112680), Hentenza (http://foru.ms/u183084), ~*Lady Trekki*~ (http://foru.ms/u176971), GreenMunchkin (http://foru.ms/u175920), Tangeloper (http://foru.ms/u197489), Letalis
We are now going to test this out. So, this thread is designed to be a working model of Step #1.
Proposed Poll Question: Should this protocol be added to our Stickied Rules?
Answers to this poll would be: "Yes" or "No, Go back to wiki to make changes."
This discussion will end on Monday at 3:09pm EST. At that point, it will go to poll.
The discussion should contain suggestions to change the wording of both the protocol and the poll question.
Why: The reason we need a protocol is because we have experienced a level of chaos and confusion in CCC regarding open/closed membership among other issues. There have been rule changes while polls were still open for example. The purpose of a new rule protocol is to provide a step by step process by which a new rule is established. It will insure that no step is skipped. Members will have something to reference to insure the integrity of the rule-making process.
Conservative Christian Congregation Rule Changes
CCC Member suggests a new rule and begins a thread to discuss it with other members. This suggestion post will include a proposed poll question and options which will also be discussed by the membership to make it more clear what the membership will be voting for. Discussion should continue for no less than three days and no more than 1 week.
Once discussion in the thread has ended, a poll with the pre-determined question and options will be set up. The poll must be public. All polls must remain open for ten days.
At the end of the poll, it will be examined by a moderator to ensure the integrity of the poll. The moderator will compare the poll voters to the current membership list and exclude any votes made by non-members. The moderator will publish the list of names that were removed, and the choices that were affected. The mod will publish the forumula used to arrive at the final poll results as well.
51/67/75 rule: Rules with a majority of 51% to 66% cannot be changed for a period of three months. Rules with a majority of 67% to 74% cannot be changed for a period of six months. Rules with a majority of 75% and above cannot be changed for a period of one year.
Polls that have two options are preferable. For polls that contain more than two options, unless there is a clear winner (as defined in the 51/67/75 rule) the options with the fewest votes will be eliminated, leaving the two most popular options. A new poll with the two winning options will then be opened to determine the final winning option. In the event that a poll ends with ties that do not allow the elimination process to reach the two most popular options, the poll will be invalidated and a new poll started. (Polls that allow you to pick more than one option follow the same rules.)
Once the poll has been validated by a moderator, the mod will open the Stickied Rules Thread to add the rule, then reclose it. The mod will then announce the new rule in a new thread to make sure it does not get lost in the old poll thread.
For any particular issue, only one discussion thread and one poll thread will be open. Additional discussion/poll threads on the same issue will be closed. Once the results of a poll are final, no more polls on the issue are to be opened until the binding time has expiredForu.ms Site-Wide Rule Changes
If an Erwin mandate is issued, or another site-binding guideline, and members feel that current CC rules are not compliant, a member will open a discussion thread for an emergency change to the rules wiki. All previous steps must still be followed. This is the one exception to the time restraints as outlined above for existing rules.
Contributors: Lisa0315 (http://foru.ms/u118032), XianJedi (http://foru.ms/u112680), Hentenza (http://foru.ms/u183084), ~*Lady Trekki*~ (http://foru.ms/u176971), GreenMunchkin (http://foru.ms/u175920), Tangeloper (http://foru.ms/u197489), Letalis
We are now going to test this out. So, this thread is designed to be a working model of Step #1.
Proposed Poll Question: Should this protocol be added to our Stickied Rules?
Answers to this poll would be: "Yes" or "No, Go back to wiki to make changes."
This discussion will end on Monday at 3:09pm EST. At that point, it will go to poll.
The discussion should contain suggestions to change the wording of both the protocol and the poll question.
Why: The reason we need a protocol is because we have experienced a level of chaos and confusion in CCC regarding open/closed membership among other issues. There have been rule changes while polls were still open for example. The purpose of a new rule protocol is to provide a step by step process by which a new rule is established. It will insure that no step is skipped. Members will have something to reference to insure the integrity of the rule-making process.
Conservative Christian Congregation Rule Changes
CCC Member suggests a new rule and begins a thread to discuss it with other members. This suggestion post will include a proposed poll question and options which will also be discussed by the membership to make it more clear what the membership will be voting for. Discussion should continue for no less than three days and no more than 1 week.
Once discussion in the thread has ended, a poll with the pre-determined question and options will be set up. The poll must be public. All polls must remain open for ten days.
At the end of the poll, it will be examined by a moderator to ensure the integrity of the poll. The moderator will compare the poll voters to the current membership list and exclude any votes made by non-members. The moderator will publish the list of names that were removed, and the choices that were affected. The mod will publish the forumula used to arrive at the final poll results as well.
51/67/75 rule: Rules with a majority of 51% to 66% cannot be changed for a period of three months. Rules with a majority of 67% to 74% cannot be changed for a period of six months. Rules with a majority of 75% and above cannot be changed for a period of one year.
Polls that have two options are preferable. For polls that contain more than two options, unless there is a clear winner (as defined in the 51/67/75 rule) the options with the fewest votes will be eliminated, leaving the two most popular options. A new poll with the two winning options will then be opened to determine the final winning option. In the event that a poll ends with ties that do not allow the elimination process to reach the two most popular options, the poll will be invalidated and a new poll started. (Polls that allow you to pick more than one option follow the same rules.)
Once the poll has been validated by a moderator, the mod will open the Stickied Rules Thread to add the rule, then reclose it. The mod will then announce the new rule in a new thread to make sure it does not get lost in the old poll thread.
For any particular issue, only one discussion thread and one poll thread will be open. Additional discussion/poll threads on the same issue will be closed. Once the results of a poll are final, no more polls on the issue are to be opened until the binding time has expiredForu.ms Site-Wide Rule Changes
If an Erwin mandate is issued, or another site-binding guideline, and members feel that current CC rules are not compliant, a member will open a discussion thread for an emergency change to the rules wiki. All previous steps must still be followed. This is the one exception to the time restraints as outlined above for existing rules.