Social Committee proposal text (diff)
Hi,
Here goes my first try at the exact diff at the Constitution:
--- constitution.wml 2007-02-12 01:49:13.000000000 +0100
+++ constitution+soc-ctte.wml 2007-02-12 03:24:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
<LI>The Technical Committee and/or its Chairman;</LI>
+ <LI>The Social Committee and/or its Chairman;</LI>
+
<LI>The individual Developer working on a particular task;</LI>
<LI>Delegates appointed by the Project Leader for specific
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@
<LI>
<P>A person may hold several posts, except that the Project Leader,
- Project Secretary and the Chairman of the Technical Committee must
+ Project Secretary, the Chairman of the Technical Committee
+ and the Chairman of the Social Committee must
be distinct, and that the Leader cannot appoint themselves as their
own Delegate.</P>
</LI>
@@ -142,6 +145,11 @@
Committee, provided they agree with a 2:1 majority.</p>
</li>
+ <li>
+ <p>Make or override any decision authorised by the powers of the
+ Social Committee.</p>
+ </li>
+
<LI>
<P>Issue, supersede and withdraw nontechnical policy documents and
statements.</P>
@@ -193,7 +201,8 @@
<OL>
<LI>If the Project Leader or their Delegate, or the Technical
- Committee, has made a decision, then Developers can override them
+ Committee, or the Social Committee, has made a decision,
+ then Developers can override them
by passing a resolution to do so; see §4.1(3).</LI>
<LI>If such a resolution is sponsored by at least 2K Developers,
@@ -203,7 +212,8 @@
<LI>If the original decision was to change a discussion period or
a voting period, or the resolution is to override the Technical
- Committee, then only K Developers need to sponsor the resolution
+ Committee, or the resolution is to override the Social Committee,
+ then only K Developers need to sponsor the resolution
to be able to put the decision immediately on hold.</LI>
<LI>If the decision is put on hold, an immediate vote is held to
@@ -263,11 +273,11 @@
<OL>
<LI>
<P>Appoint Delegates or delegate decisions to the Technical
- Committee.</P>
+ Committee, or delegate decisions to the Social Committee.</P>
<P>The Leader may define an area of ongoing responsibility or a
- specific decision and hand it over to another Developer or to the
- Technical Committee.</P>
+ specific decision and hand it over to another Developer, or to the
+ Technical Committee, or to the Social Committee.</P>
<P>Once a particular decision has been delegated and made the
Project Leader may not withdraw that delegation; however, they may
@@ -737,6 +747,210 @@
that includes the commitments those organisations have made as
to how those assets will be handled.</p>
+<toc-add-entry name="10">10. Social committee</toc-add-entry>
+
+<H3>10.1. Powers</H3>
+
+<p>The <a href="soc-ctte">Social Committee</a> may:</p>
+
+<ol>
+ <li>
+ <p>Decide on any matter of social policy.</p>
+
+ <p>This includes social norms and customs, non-technical communication
+ among developers, and day-to-day organization matters within the Project.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Decide any social issue where Developers' jurisdictions
+ overlap.</p>
+
+ <p>In cases where Developers need to implement compatible
+ social policies or stances, the social committee may decide the
+ matter.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Make a decision when asked to do so.</p>
+
+ <p>Any person or body may delegate a decision of their own to the
+ Social Committee, or seek advice from it.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Offer advice.</p>
+
+ <p>The Social Committee may make formal announcements about its
+ views on any matter. <cite>Individual members may of course make
+ informal statements about their views and about the likely views of
+ the committee.</cite></p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Defer judgement to the Technical Committee.</p>
+
+ <p>If the Social Committee can not decide whether an issue is
+ social (rather than technical), it defers judgement to the
+ Technical Committee.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Lend authority to other Developers.</p>
+
+ <p>If a Developer brings up an issue with the Social Committee,
+ the Committee can vote to lend authority to a willing Developer
+ in order to assist in resolving the issue.</p>
+
+ <p>The Project Leader may override the aforementioned action.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Overrule a Developer (requires a 3:1 majority).</p>
+
+ <p>The Social Committee may ask a Developer to take a particular social
+ course of action even if the Developer does not wish to; this requires
+ a 3:1 majority.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Appoint the Chairman of the Social Committee.</p>
+
+ <p>
+ The Chairman is elected by the Committee from its members.
+ All members of the committee are automatically nominated; the
+ committee votes starting one week before the post will become
+ vacant (or immediately, if it is already too late). The members
+ may vote by public acclamation for any fellow committee member,
+ including themselves; there is no default option. The vote
+ finishes when all the members have voted, or when the voting
+ period has ended. The result is determined using the method
+ specified in section A.6 of the Standard Resolution Procedure.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+
+</ol>
+
+<H3>10.2. Appointment and composition</H3>
+
+<ol>
+ <li>S1 is the smallest integer number that is larger than Q.
+ S2 is S1 or 7, whichever is larger.
+ The Social Committee consists of S2 Developers.</li>
+
+ <li>The Social committee members are elected by the Developers.
+ Each member is elected for a period of two years. The election
+ for members of the Social committee is held every two years.</li>
+
+ <li>The election for social committee begins three months after the
+ leadership election, or (if it is too late already) immediately.</li>
+
+ <li>During the following month, any Developer may nominate
+ themselves as a candidate member of the Social Committee.
+ Every such nomination must be seconded by one other developer.</li>
+
+ <li>For two weeks after that, no more candidates may be nominated;
+ candidates should use this time for campaigning (to make their
+ identities and positions known). If there are fewer than S2 candidates
+ at the end of the nomination period, then the nomination period is
+ extended for two further weeks, repeatedly if necessary.</li>
+
+ <li>The next two weeks are the polling period during which
+ Developers may cast their votes. Votes in social committee elections
+ are made public after the election is finished.</li>
+
+ <li>The options on the ballot will be those candidates who have nominated
+ themselves and have not yet withdrawn, plus None Of The Above.</li>
+
+ <li>The decision will be made using the method specified in section
+ §A.6 of the Standard Resolution Procedure. The quorum is the
+ same as for a General Resolution (§4.2) and the default
+ option is "None Of The Above".</li>
+
+ <li>The first S2 candidates who win over "None of the Above" become
+ elected members of the Social Committee.</li>
+
+ <li>If "None Of The Above" wins the election, or if fewer than S2
+ candidates win over "None of the Above", the election process is
+ repeated.</li>
+
+ <li>At least one third of all elected candidates should have been
+ members of the project for at least Y/2 years, where Y is the age
+ of the Project in years. If fewer than one third of candidates meet
+ this requirement, the election process is repeated.</li>
+
+</ol>
+
+<H3>10.3. Procedure</H3>
+
+<ol>
+ <li>
+ <p>The Social Committee uses the Standard Resolution Procedure.</p>
+
+ <p>A draft resolution or amendment may be proposed by any member
+ of the Social Committee. The minimum discussion period is one week.
+ The voting period lasts for up to one week, or until the outcome is
+ no longer in doubt. Members may change their votes.
+ There is a quorum of 50%.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Details regarding voting</p>
+
+ <p>The Chairman has a casting vote.</p>
+
+ <p>When the Social Committee votes on a matter brought upon by a member
+ of the Committee, that member may not vote.</p>
+
+ <p>When the Social Committee votes whether to override a Developer who
+ also happens to be a member of the Committee, that member may not
+ vote.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Public discussion and decision-making.</p>
+
+ <p>Discussion, draft resolutions and amendments, and votes by
+ members of the committee, are made public on the Social Committee
+ public discussion list.
+ There is no separate secretary for the Committee.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>No detailed mediation or policy-making.</p>
+
+ <p>The Social Committee does not engage in design of new
+ proposals and policies. Such design work should be carried out
+ by individuals discussing in ordinary social forums.</p>
+
+ <p>The Social Committee does not engage in immediate mediation
+ between parties interested in an issue. Any issue must have been
+ discussed by individuals in ordinary social forums for at least
+ one week before bringing it up before the Committee.</p>
+
+ <p>The Social Committee may decide to defer considering any issue
+ which it deems to be a repetition or continuation of another issue
+ discussed within the last one month.</p>
+
+ <p>The Social Committee restricts itself to choosing from or
+ adopting compromises between solutions and decisions which have
+ been proposed and reasonably thoroughly discussed elsewhere.</p>
+
+ <p><cite>Individual members of the social committee may of course
+ participate on their own behalf in any aspect of policy design.
+ </cite></p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Social Committee makes decisions only as last resort.</p>
+
+ <p>The Social Committee does not make a decision until efforts to
+ resolve it via consensus have been tried and failed, unless it has
+ been asked to make a decision by the person or body who would
+ normally be responsible for it.</p>
+ </li>
+</ol>
+
<toc-add-entry name="A">A. Standard Resolution Procedure</toc-add-entry>
<P>These rules apply to communal decision-making by committees and
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2. That which causes joy or happiness.
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