[OWBN-Council] [PROPOSAL][Character Bylaw Revision][Administrative Bylaw Addition][Requires Second][AMENDED] Holiday Prop Submissions and Bump Bump Pass

I, Lauren Colombo, Council Member for Shadows Crossing, propose the following revision to the OWBN Character Bylaws and addition to the OWBN Administrative Bylaws.

This proposal requires a second to go to vote.

---- Change in Character Bylaws Section 10. Controlled Items -----
Current Bylaw:

c. Registration time frame

i. Items that require a Council vote may be submitted by the chronicle's Council Member or the Archivist and, if passed, be registered in the database by the Archivist no more than 10 days after the closing of the vote.

ii. Items that require Coordinator Approval have to be answered by the responsible Coordinator within 14 days of the request being sent to the proper e-mail or contact form as defined by the Coordinator.

1. If the request is not answered at all in this period of time, the item will be considered approved. For this to happen, the person requesting the item must bump the request at least twice during this time frame.

2. Should a coordinator need further information to make his decision, the period will be reset from the moment that the requested information is given.

3. If for some reason the Coordinator is not able to make this decision within the time frame, an extension can be requested to the Executive Team.

4. The 14 day period is automatically extended for the duration of the below time frames:

a. Between the 4th Thursday in November to January 3rd.

b. From the beginning of Genre Coordinator Elections until one week after they have concluded.

5. Any time an item passes via this method, the archivist will notify council said action occurred. (Specifics are not required, simply [responsible Coordinator] had an auto-approval processed)

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Updated Bylaw: (Changes in Red)

c. Registration time frame

i. Items that require a Council vote may be submitted by the chronicle's Council Member or the Archivist and, if passed, be registered in the database by the Archivist no more than 10 days after the closing of the vote.

ii. Items that require Coordinator Approval have to be answered by the responsible Coordinator within 14 days of the request being sent to the proper e-mail or contact form as defined by the Coordinator.

1. If the request is not answered at all in this period of time, the item will be considered approved. For this to happen, the person requesting the item must bump the request at least twice during this time frame.

2. Should a coordinator need further information to make his decision, the period will be reset from the moment that the requested information is given.

3. If for some reason the Coordinator is not able to make this decision within the time frame, an extension can be requested to the Executive Team.

4. The 14 day period is automatically extended for the duration of the below time frames:

a. Between the 4th Thursday in November through January 3rd. The 14 day timer restarts on January 4th.

b. From the beginning of Genre Coordinator Elections until one week after they have concluded.

c. When a Coordinator has posted to Council they will be out of office for periods that do not require an Interim Coordinator, until one week after they have returned to office.

5. Any time an item passes via this method, the archivist will notify council said action occurred. (Specifics are not required, simply [responsible Coordinator]

had an auto-approval processed)

------ Addition to Administrative Bylaws Section 3. Proposals and Voting Procedures -----
Current Bylaw:

A. Proposals

i. Submission

1. Only voting members may submit proposals to the Council (unless otherwise noted in subsequent bylaws).

2. Include in the subject line of the email "[PROPOSAL]" and a short description of the proposal.

3. The email must include the name of the person making the proposal and the chronicle they represent. The message body must contain the detailed proposal

and how it should be integrated into existing bylaws, if passed.

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Updated Bylaw (Changes in Red)
A. Proposals

i. Submission

1. Only voting members may submit proposals to the Council (unless otherwise noted in subsequent bylaws).

2. Include in the subject line of the email "[PROPOSAL]" and a short description of the proposal.

3. The email must include the name of the person making the proposal and the chronicle they represent. The message body must contain the detailed proposal

and how it should be integrated into existing bylaws, if passed.

4.  No proposals shall be submitted from December 1st to January 3rd. The only exceptions being DA's, General Consensus, and Exceptions per the bylaws.

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Reasoning:

These changes give respect to the real life responsibilities that most of the participants in OWBN as a whole have during this date range. It also gives respect to the offices of Coordinators when they have informed Council they are out of office due to real life reasons. This also clears up the verbiage in the Registration time frame as it currently states the 14 day period is extended, but is not clear in duration. This would make it so bump bump pass does not work during this specified time frame or when a Coordinator has notified Council they are out of office for a specific date range.

Legacy: Not Applicable

Lauren Colombo
Shadow's Crossing CM
Rohnert Park, California USA