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Welcome, everyone.
It is once again August, and that means it is also once again time for the election of SV's Community Council for the next year. Last year's election thread can be found here.
Council Role
The Council is a unique Sufficient Velocity institution; it is a body, currently of eighteen people, selected from and by our users, to act as their voice and representatives in the administration of Sufficient Velocity. They participate directly in our policy discussions, act as the final stage in hearing appeals regarding Staff actions, and in general provide oversight and guidance on a wide variety of topics. It is an important duty.
Electing the Council
Councillors are chosen every August, and are seated at the beginning of September. Council members are chosen through a two-stage election process, which every user may participate in.
In the first stage, Councillors are nominated for election. Any user may nominate up to five users, themselves included.
The thirty-six users with the highest number of nominations will proceed to the election. They will receive a banner on SV marking them as a candidate for election, be given a matching role on the SV Discord server, and asked to make a short statement, which will be published in a randomized order in the election thread, about why they deserve your vote.
You can join the elections discussion on the same Discord server where we hold Townhalls and other public events. Connect your SV and Discord accounts here to join the official SV Discord and participate. A meet-the-candidates event is plannedfor the weekend of August 26-27 during the election!
The election itself will be a simple poll. You may vote for any number of candidates; vote for the ones you wish to see on the Council, don't vote ones you don't wish to see there. The top eighteen eligible people will become next year's Council.
Eligibility
In order to be nominated or elected, a user must:
In addition, if the user is a Councillor they must have met the activity requirements. Further, to ensure turnover, a maximum of nine (9) Councillors may be re-elected. If more than that place in the top half during the election, the person with the next-highest vote total will move up.
Campaigning Rules
We would love you to talk to your friends about the election, and to encourage them to nominate candidates and vote. However, nobody here's running for a national office, so no slating, vote-stuffing, bribery, or other chicanery, please.
Timeline
Update: Due to RL issues for me there has been some timeline slippage. Dates & times revised:
Current status:
Nominations are now open! Use the official nominations thread to submit your nominees!
Nominations are now closed! Thank you to everyone who participated.
Voting is now closed!
It is once again August, and that means it is also once again time for the election of SV's Community Council for the next year. Last year's election thread can be found here.
Council Role
The Council is a unique Sufficient Velocity institution; it is a body, currently of eighteen people, selected from and by our users, to act as their voice and representatives in the administration of Sufficient Velocity. They participate directly in our policy discussions, act as the final stage in hearing appeals regarding Staff actions, and in general provide oversight and guidance on a wide variety of topics. It is an important duty.
Electing the Council
Councillors are chosen every August, and are seated at the beginning of September. Council members are chosen through a two-stage election process, which every user may participate in.
In the first stage, Councillors are nominated for election. Any user may nominate up to five users, themselves included.
The thirty-six users with the highest number of nominations will proceed to the election. They will receive a banner on SV marking them as a candidate for election, be given a matching role on the SV Discord server, and asked to make a short statement, which will be published in a randomized order in the election thread, about why they deserve your vote.
You can join the elections discussion on the same Discord server where we hold Townhalls and other public events. Connect your SV and Discord accounts here to join the official SV Discord and participate. A meet-the-candidates event is planned
The election itself will be a simple poll. You may vote for any number of candidates; vote for the ones you wish to see on the Council, don't vote ones you don't wish to see there. The top eighteen eligible people will become next year's Council.
Eligibility
In order to be nominated or elected, a user must:
- Not have declined nomination or election;
- The account must be more than 120 days old and have more than 40 posts;
- Not be a Staff member;
- Not be permanently banned from SV or any subforum thereof (including self-requested ones);
- And not been banned from seeking election.
In addition, if the user is a Councillor they must have met the activity requirements. Further, to ensure turnover, a maximum of nine (9) Councillors may be re-elected. If more than that place in the top half during the election, the person with the next-highest vote total will move up.
Campaigning Rules
We would love you to talk to your friends about the election, and to encourage them to nominate candidates and vote. However, nobody here's running for a national office, so no slating, vote-stuffing, bribery, or other chicanery, please.
Timeline
Update: Due to RL issues for me there has been some timeline slippage. Dates & times revised:
- 0000 (midnight) August 14th, UTC-6: Nominations open
- 2359 August 20th, UTC-7: Nominations close
[*]0000 (midnight) August 24th, UTC-6: Voting opens - 0000 (midnight) August 29th, UTC-6: Voting opens
[*]Weekend of August 26th-27th,Date & time TDB: Discord townhall with nominees
[*]2359 August 31st, UTC-6: Voting closes - 2359 Sept 4th, UTC-6: Voting closes
Current status:
Nominations are now closed! Thank you to everyone who participated.
Voting is now closed!
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