[BYLAW REVISION] [SECOND] Addition to Character Bylaw 10.c.ii.5

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Proposal Type: Bylaw Revision
Opened: 09-May-2024 12:00AM EDT
Closing: 16-May-2024 12:00AM EDT


I, Samantha Swanson, propose an addition to Character Bylaws 10.c.ii.5 regarding Bump Bump Pass. 

 
From:

c. Registration time frame

  1. 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.

  2. 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:
       

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

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

      3. 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)

To:



c. Registration time frame

  1. 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.

  2. 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:
       

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

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

      3. 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. No Position, Rank, or other instances of PC elevation within any Genre which requires Coordinator Approval may be attained via the Auto Approval due to lack of Coordinator response.

      1. If one of these elevations is sought and the Coordinator fails to respond within the prescribed time, Mediation Team must be consulted to open the lines of communication and ascertain why the request has not been responded to.

    6. 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)

Reasoning: I have heard of more than a few PCs, across multiple genres, that have had IC elevation occur because a coordinator did not respond to their emails for 14 days. Allowing these elevations to occur is a disservice to the Players who went through the correct process to receive their accolades and elevations and is something that should not be allowed to happen.
 
Beyond that, these Elevations are Coordinator Approval for a reason. Claiming these elevations without actually being weighed against the criteria required by a given Coordinator also results in potentially having individuals gain these Elevations without meeting the minimum requirement.

 

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