Structure Amendment Proposal take 3
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:36 pmThis is approximately Hoikas' proposal, but I've made it a bit more clearly defined than his post was. Hopefully this will be the last attempt we'll need on this thing. If anyone has any suggestions for amendments or language changes, state them clearly so we can have a good discussion on them, and I'll edit this post as needed for amendments that are generally agreed on.
The main change is moving forum responsibility (here called "internet-based systems") to the Technical councilor. Intra-guild relations is gone, and in its place is a Councilor of Human Relations.
Because I've assigned recruitment traves to the HR councilor, I've modified the last sentence of the Artistic Direction job description slightly, to make it clear that recruitment isn't part of his/her job description.
I've also gotten rid of a part of the shared responsibilities clause and replaced it with a disagreement of tasks clause... if people don't like that change it's easy enough to ditch. It's more explicit than the current setup there, which amounts to "play nice, kids".
The main change is moving forum responsibility (here called "internet-based systems") to the Technical councilor. Intra-guild relations is gone, and in its place is a Councilor of Human Relations.
Because I've assigned recruitment traves to the HR councilor, I've modified the last sentence of the Artistic Direction job description slightly, to make it clear that recruitment isn't part of his/her job description.
I've also gotten rid of a part of the shared responsibilities clause and replaced it with a disagreement of tasks clause... if people don't like that change it's easy enough to ditch. It's more explicit than the current setup there, which amounts to "play nice, kids".
Replace paragraphs 2 to 5 of the structure document with what I wrote:Councilor of Artistic Direction. This person would initiate, oversee, and seek to get approval of all guild projects for the GOW. An example would be the showcase age. This could be as simple as delegating work to Directors (see below), or taking the project manager role him/herself on important projects for the GOW. This person is also responsible for creating an environment within the GOW that is friendly to artists, authors, and musicians.
Councilor of Technical Direction. This person oversees and approves tools, plugins, services, internet-based systems, and any other technical needs of the GOW. This person will run all of the tool projects created within the GOW, and they will ultimately be in charge of any code the GOW recieves from Cyan.
Councilor of Human Relations. This person is responsible for all communications between the GOW and outside entities, including but not limited to Cyan and the general Uru community. This person will communicate any council plans for non-critical changes and experiments to the rest of the GoW. This person will be responsible for helping any GOW members who require assistance publicizing their GOW-related project(s). This person will oversee any guild recruitment drives. This person will assign any GOW liaisons to other Guilds, and be responsible for communicating with the liaisons from other Guilds.
Disagreement on tasks: In any situation where the councilors disagree which of them is responsible for a given task, a Guild Director will be appointed by majority vote of the councilors to manage that task.
Shared responsibilities: All councilors are responsible for initial proposal creation.
There's only one path to take at this junction, but it has been thoroughly debated. I'm satisfied that OHB will take the initiative to represent all factions of the Guild. As this was my major concern, I will support the consolidated proposal.