The Committee
The Committee is the elected people in charge of ASVS.
The member, titles and duties and requirements are as follows:
Acting FAQ Maintainer: Current Member - Unfilled
This person is in charges of maintaining the ASVS FAQ. He/she will add all new rules and agreed changes within one week of being decided. He/she will also update the previous topics section of the FAQ on a regular basis. Must have HTML skills above Certified Retarded and webspace to upload the R&R to.
ASVS Master: Current Member - C.S.Strowbridge
ALL votes must go through the ASVS Master. Must respond to all vote suggestions within 3 days of receiving them. Also need to warn people when they break the rules. Must be willing to publish his e-mail, and therefore must possess either a high tolerance for spam or a good spam filter.
ASVS Whip: Current Member - Robert Dalton
No, this is NOT the S&M branch of ASVS. This person is in charge of welcoming newbies, making sure people read all ASVS documents. Each newbie should be greeted individually, or as a group at least twice a month. Must be willing to spend far too much time on this NG ready to welcome Newbies and smack rule breakers. A good grasp of the English language or a good spellchecker is also a must.
The Committee and KF: Cause The Committee has official duties they can not KF registered members. If they did these people couldn't: Vote, nominate or second suggestions, etc. Unfortunately, some voters have taken it upon themselves to abuse this policy. So members to The Committee CAN KF a voter if one of the following applies.
- They give permission to be KFed.
- They KF the member of The Committee.
- The Committee members unanimously agree that the voter has become too abusive to deal with.
- The NG as a whole as decided to take action in the form of a trial, the FS or other such steps.
Since all official business between registered voters and The Committee must go through e-mail these rules obviously only need to apply there. In other words, nothing that happens in this NG matters. Something I think we can all agree with.
With these limitations in place we are confident that a balance has been struck between the rights of registered voters to be heard and the rights of The Committee members not to be harassed. While it is possible for either side to abuse the system other checks and balances are already in place to deal with that situation.
Remember, since The Committee is in charge of the votes, elections, R&R, etc. getting KFed by them can have a devastating effect on your ability to vote, nominated people, accept nominations, suggest votes, start trials, etc. It is therefore recommended that you do your best to remain our of their KF.
Elections
Besides regular Elections, there are two situations where an election could be held early.
Committee Members and A.W.O.L.: In the event that one of The Committee members can not perform their duty to what ever reason, the other two members will take over till a suitable replacement can be found. This will take place in the form of a vote during the next available time.
Impeachment: If a member of The Committee is found guilty in a trial and given a punishment where they lose voting or posting rights, then they are striped of all duties immediately. A new member will be elected A.S.A.P. In the mean time, the other members of The Committee will carry out the removed member's duties till a suitable replacement is elected. This rule overrides any other rule that talks about the normal electing of new members and the transition time.
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