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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 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 as defined here.

  4. A Project Director's 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, 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 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.

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