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| + | :Drew I've moved my answer to the 8daw topic since most of the participants in this debate don't seem to want to use the Wiki for this. However, my reasoning in short is that we are expecting the volunteers to agree to certain responsibilities and such an expectation is worthless in my opinion unless we have some confidence in their provenance and commitment / staying power. We want Volunteers to be active. As I suggested on the topic, maybe the easiest way to do this is to have a forum called requests for Volunteer status where the applicant just posts his/her application which will include a yes/no poll, and that anyone is free to comment as well as vote. That would do the same thing, but it could also then become a publicly humiliating trial. | ||
| + | :In terms of the quorum: what do we do if someone applies for Volunteer status and we have 2 yes votes and 1 no vote? I am not sure how to specify this, but I do feel we need a minimum threshold of votes. I am not wedded to 2/3 majority, but I do tend to precautionary principle. Not quite to the gentleman's club level of one black-ball and you're out, but would you feel confident in a appointing a member as a volunteer, if the vote was 52 for and 49 against? Clearly where we have a simple case of three applicants applying for a forum administrator role for example then a simple majority is sufficient. | ||
| + | :Also in the case of "trusted" rolls such as administrator, I would very much like to limit the vote to Volunteers. -- [[User:TerryE|TerryE]] 05:09, 10 September 2007 (CEST) | ||
== proposed change to Process of becoming a volunteer == | == proposed change to Process of becoming a volunteer == | ||
Revision as of 03:09, 10 September 2007
Volunteer membership
The Member's request must be supported by two or more Volunteers, who have validated the Members application and are willing to endorse this membership.
Why?
The application must be endorsed by a UCV Vote(3). The quorum for the vote is one third of the UCV, and a two-thirds majority must be obtained of votes cast.
For what purpose?
Who are we trying to keep out? -- 12:59, 9 September 2007 User:DrewJensen
- Drew I've moved my answer to the 8daw topic since most of the participants in this debate don't seem to want to use the Wiki for this. However, my reasoning in short is that we are expecting the volunteers to agree to certain responsibilities and such an expectation is worthless in my opinion unless we have some confidence in their provenance and commitment / staying power. We want Volunteers to be active. As I suggested on the topic, maybe the easiest way to do this is to have a forum called requests for Volunteer status where the applicant just posts his/her application which will include a yes/no poll, and that anyone is free to comment as well as vote. That would do the same thing, but it could also then become a publicly humiliating trial.
- In terms of the quorum: what do we do if someone applies for Volunteer status and we have 2 yes votes and 1 no vote? I am not sure how to specify this, but I do feel we need a minimum threshold of votes. I am not wedded to 2/3 majority, but I do tend to precautionary principle. Not quite to the gentleman's club level of one black-ball and you're out, but would you feel confident in a appointing a member as a volunteer, if the vote was 52 for and 49 against? Clearly where we have a simple case of three applicants applying for a forum administrator role for example then a simple majority is sufficient.
- Also in the case of "trusted" rolls such as administrator, I would very much like to limit the vote to Volunteers. -- TerryE 05:09, 10 September 2007 (CEST)
proposed change to Process of becoming a volunteer
User requests membership change to Volunteer:
User request is posted to a board maintained for this purpose.
- Any UCV member may designate approval.
- Any UCV member may designate protest.
- Upon two approvals, and no protest the membership is granted.
- After 2 weeks,if no member has approved and no member has protested, the membership is automatically approved.
If a member makes a protest. Then a vote of the UCV membership would be needed. But only in this single case. 1/3 quorum as proposed.
