From 91903f3a1e2bd2e063a38bbf50ec43cf335243c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Kelly Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 18:42:32 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Removed superceded Charter of Directorship --- charter_of_directorship.md | 129 ------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 129 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 charter_of_directorship.md diff --git a/charter_of_directorship.md b/charter_of_directorship.md deleted file mode 100644 index e482ba7..0000000 --- a/charter_of_directorship.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ -Whereas we acknowledge the need for a consistent, unified creative -vision, the undersigned agree to establish the office of Project -Director as defined by the [terms](#terms) of this document. - -# Terms - -## Scope - -1. A Project Director is the creative director of a single project, and - not necessarily any other projects. - -2. Each project may have no more than one creative director. A project - need not have a creative director. - -3. A Project Director may only be [elected](#election) as defined here. - -4. A Project Director's [role](#role) only applies to the project - which they direct. Likewise, a Project Director is only beholden to - the creative body of the project which they direct. - -5. The creative body of a project is the subset of members of the - Intrusive Thoughts collective who have agreed to work on the given - project. - -6. A "project" here refers to a single game (or other piece of media) in - development. A game and its sequel are considered two different - projects. - -## Role - -1. A Project Director makes decisions about the creative direction of - the project which they direct. All members of the creative body are - asked to abide by the creative decisions made by the Project - Director. - -2. While other members of the creative body will naturally make - creative decisions about the project in the course of their work, - any such decision may be overruled by the Project Director. - -3. The creative body may collectively reject any decision made by the - Project Director with a two-thirds supermajority veto. - - -## Election - -1. Any member of the creative body may call for the election of a - Project Director at any time when the project has no acting Project - Director. - - 1. After an election for Project Director is held, another election - may not be called for a period of three weeks, or until the - office has been vacated, whichever comes first. - -2. The election shall use - [ranked-choice voting with instant runoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting), - using an online platform so that every member of the creative body - may cast their vote regardless of physical location. - - 1. We suggest using [RCV123](https://www.rcv123.org/election/open/create/1) - with the following configuration: - - Duplicate Vote Deterrence is ON - - Randomize candidate ballot order - - Start voting: when voters receive link - - End voting: election remains open - -3. The election ballot shall be titled "Vote for the Director of - [project]" where [project] is the name or temporary name of the - project. - -4. The candidates on the election ballot shall be the names of each - member of the project's creative body, plus an additional option of - "None" to indicate the preference that the office remain unfilled. - -5. The link to the election ballot shall immediately be posted to the - *#announcements* Discord channel. - -6. 48 hours after the ballot is made public, if at least 50% of the - creative body has voted in the election, then the winning candidate - shall immediately assume the office of Project Director. - -## Abdication - -1. A Project Director may choose to abdicate the position of Project - Director at any time, for any reason, including no reason, by - posting a message in the *#announcements* channel announcing that - they are abdicating the position, after which the position of - Project Director shall immediately be considered vacated. - -2. A Project Director shall automatically abdicate the position of - Project Director upon leaving (or being removed from) the project's - creative body and/or the Intrusive Thoughts collective. - -## Recall - -1. Any member of the creative body may call for the recall of the - acting Project Director at any time. - - 1. After holding a recall vote for an acting Project Director, - another recall vote for that same Project Director may not be - called for a period of one week. - -2. The recall vote shall be a simple majority poll with two options, - using an online platform so that every member of the creative body - may cast their vote regardless of physical location. - - 1. We suggest simply creating a poll in the *#announcements* - Discord channel with the following configuration: - - Poll duration: 48 hours - - Do NOT allow multiple answers. - -3. The poll's title shall be "Should [director] be recalled as - Director of [project]?" where [director] is the name of the acting - Project Director in question and [project] is the name of the - project. - -4. The poll's options shall be "Yes, they should not be Director" and - "No, they should continue being Director". (Pronouns may be changed - to respect the director in question) - -5. The link to the poll (or the poll itself) shall immediately be - posted to the *#announcements* Discord channel. - -6. 48 hours after the poll is made public, if at least 60% of the - creative body (not just the voting body) has voted "Yes, they - should not be Director", then the acting Project Director in - question shall be immediately recalled and the position of Project - Director shall be considered vacated. - -# Signatures