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Nova Sector Veteran Committee (VC)

Might as well be a Militia playing Clue

What is the VC?

The VC provides a way for Veterans as a whole to self regulate their population through the democratic process, and enables the Staff Overseer better insight on who to selectively cull.

The VC is composed of only Crew with the Veteran rank. Staff are not permitted on the VC.

Members of the VC are responsible for deciding if other Veterans, including other Members of the VC, should have their status revoked over their behavior, or long term lack of effort / quality.

Members of the VC will handle most of their discussion with their dedicated channel, #veteran-committee. Votes are handled in #veteran-committee-vote

Members of the VC are shielded from interference by Staff on their Duties.

If this happens, create a Staff Report.

How is the VC staffed?

35 Members are selected by a quarterly voluntary raffle. Veterans sign up, and then are randomly selected by software to participate for the next three months. Once a Veteran completes a term with the VC, they are placed on cooldown for one term.

This ensures fresh insight, prevents issues with tenure, and prevents Staff bias. Consistent turnover of the VC also helps keep an active player population on the VC itself. The size of the VC should stifle issues with private interests attempting to sway the system through numbers.

The Staff Overseer is part of the VC, but is not counted within the Member limit, and should not be involved by the VC directly in their affairs except for the Staff Overseer’s part in the Voting Process. If a rulebreak occurs, and the VC is made aware of it, this is an Administrative issue and should be reported through a Staff Ticket normally.

How does the VC handle Votes?

Votes have three phases:

Discovery and Requesting a Vote, Discussion and Observation, and then Voting.

Discovery and Proposing a Vote

The VC has identified a problematic Veteran, and with ample discussion wishes to start the Vote process. The VC picks one Member to present a Vote Proposal, where a post with the following template is made and the Staff Overseer is pinged directly in #veteran-committee-proposal:

@ Staff Overseer - Vote Proposal - Veteran’s Name & Discord ID

Primary Complaints:

Details about the complaints go here. Avoid biased language and intonation. Written attacks on any Veteran’s identity or person will result in the immediate removal. Do not go ad hominem.

Explain in clear, structured detail, the points of the Complaint. Keep it as short as is reasonable.

Evidence:

Round IDs, Screenshots, Recordings, and any Major Testimonials are described here.

Major Testimonials should be submitted in a .txt file, and be titled: Testimonial - Name - DiscID.


Vote Proposals without Evidence will be rejected. This is note a ‘Vibes’ process.

If the Staff Overseer agrees with the Vote Proposal, they will create a Discussion Thread. If the Veteran in question is a VC Member, they will be excluded from viewing the Thread.

If a Discussion Thread is created, all further debate about the Veteran will be kept inside the Thread for the duration of the Vote Process.

Discussion and Observation

This phase lasts 1 Week.

Once the VC has achieved a Discussion Thread, specific conversation about the Veteran will commence. This should be performed as neutrally and fairly as possible by Members of the VC. Discussion should be professional and objective, referencing specific Policy and Rules, or observations made on Evidence provided or that Members have personally had in gameplay.

Any new Evidence must be labeled as such, and details about the Evidence provided.

Voting

Once the Discussion and Observation phase has completed, the Discussion Thread will be locked and a Vote will be created in #veteran-committee vote. The vote will last 3 Days.

During this period, no further discussion about a Veteran under Vote should occur. Members of the VC are strongly discouraged from whipping votes in any channel. This can be grounds for removal from the VC.

The Voting Basis is an Entire Membership and Grand Majority (+60%) system. This means that any members of the Veteran Committee not participating in a Vote are considered a No vote.

Any Vote that results in a close call or tie can be acted on by the Staff Overseer.