1. Qualifications and Election
1. Any citizen of Taijitu may stand for election to the office of Citizen-Liaison.
2. An election for Citizen-Citizen-Liaison will be held when three months have passed since the last election, the Ecclesia chooses to hold an election by a majority vote, or the office of Citizen-Liaison is vacant.
3. No person may serve as Citizen-Liaison for more than two consecutive terms.
4. The Ecclesia may remove the Citizen-Liaison by a majority vote.
2. Powers and Responsibilities
[st]1. The Citizen-Liaison will be responsible for managing Taijitu's community and community activity.[/st]
1. The Citizen-Liaison will be responsible for updating and maintaining the community guides.
[in]2. The Citizen-Liaison will be responsible for [st]establishing and [/st]running cultural events in the interest of community building. As established by the {insert new cultural events law here}.[/in]
3. The Citizen-Liaison will be responsible for welcoming new members to the forum [in]and[/in] answering their questions [st]and aid in their incorporation into the community[/st].
3. Citizen-Guides
1. The Citizen-Liaison may appoint any number of citizen-guides to assist them in their [st]powers,[/st]responsibilities, [in]aid in community events[/in] and all associated activities.
2. The Citizen-Liaison may dismiss citizen-guides at any time.
3. The Ecclesia may remove any citizen-guide by a majority vote.
I feel like this could fix the complaints without nerfing the whole thing.
I like this pretty much on the whole.
As for those saying that the Ecclesia could elect multiple CL's... why bother? Khem's proposal allows the CL to appoint Citizen Guides to share in the role -and- the Ecclesia has the ability to even remove them. So what's the harm in giving the CL the responsibility of choosing who they feel would be best to assist in the duty?
With regards to you, Delfos, saying why have the position when everyone should/could act as liason anyway. Well, what's stopping you even if there is a CL? What's stopping all of us from just popping up and being helpful to new citizens? What's stopping us from organising things that we think could help the community? Hell, look at BBB. He's doing shit left and right. He's actually putting his money where his mouth is (literally, in the case of the writing contest) And no one's elected him to do fuck all!
I would like to see Khem's proposal edited to leave in the part where the CL can
establish cultural events as well. This will keep the position interesting, and encourage creativity on the part of the CL and their staff. I don't see why the Ecclesia should need approval over something so harmless. I mean, that is the potential damage a "cultural event" could cause? Should someone go fucking bonkers and make "Taijitu Nazi Appreciation Day" or something like that then the Ecclesia could just remove them.
Again, CL position or not. Nothing is stopping any one right now from welcoming newbies or creating "events". But a position to oversee and manage the community is good, it gives leadership and direction. It allows efforts to be focused and leveraged to achieve maximum results.