The current charter lacks any text or policy in regards to the addition/promotion of new staff members. To rectify this I would like to propose the following policy to codify promotions in official staff policy. This is meant to be an open discussion for OS+, and will include changes to the way promotions for Moderator, and Admin are conducted. This proposal discussion will not address interviews, as these are currently being reworked.
General Promotions:
Promotions to operational staff and moderator will be conducted according to the following schedule:
Winter Promotions:
January 24-31 nominee submission week
February 1-8 interviews
February 9-16 votingSpring/Summer Promotions:
May 24-31 nominee submission week
June 1-8 interviews
June 9-16 votingFall Promotions:
September 23-30 nominee submission week
October 1-8 interviews
October 9-16 voting
Upon staff consensus, promotions may occur outside of this cycle. Conducting regular promotions is a responsibility of MAST.
That is,
- Captains will have one week after being notified to nominate Junior Staff and Operational Staff for promotion to Operational Staff and Moderators.
- Upon closing of nominations, promotion candidates will have one week to be interviewed.
- Promotions voting will begin 2 weeks from closing of nominations.
- Promotion voting will last for a period of one week.
Promotion votes for staff candidates will last a period of one week. In order for a candidate to pass and be promoted, 60% of cast votes must be for yes, counting abstentions. For a promotion vote to successfully pass, Quorum of active staff must be met as defined by the site charter, with abstentions counting towards Quorum. Staff may abstain from voting for candidates of any rank. Staff may not cast a vote for themselves.
Operational Staff:
Operational Staff and above may vote for promotion of Junior Staff to Operational Staff.
Moderators:
Operational Staff and above may vote for promotion of Operational Staff to Moderator.
Administrators:
Administrator differs from promotion of Moderator and Operational Staff. Admin votes may occur at any point when suitable candidates are determined - a rolling process which takes place over a number of months. Admins will raise and discuss possible candidates within admin chat and discuss objections in order to come to a consensus about bringing candidates to a vote, before a vote can be held. This candidate can then be voted on. Their promotion will only pass if:
- A 75% majority of active administrators vote in favor.
- A 60+% majority of participating OS+ vote in favor. (We may tweak this depending on feedback here).
Quorum is established if a majority of active administrators are present. If Quorum is achieved prior to the end of the one week voting period, the vote will not end early.
Explanation: Previously, promotion votes were done somewhat spontaneously. We have since codified a dedicated schedule for promotions, and codified the ability for staff to abstain. Additionally, SCP Wiki staff are now a very large body with many members, and our internet footprint is quite large both onsite and in the offsite community. In the interest of increasing staff overall participation, and allowing all staff to influence selection of upper level staff whose decisions typically have broad and rippling effects on the site, and due to the fact that Administrators no longer have the ability to unilaterally delete the wiki, we wish to open more historically restricted promotion votes to the general staff body.
Discussion Goals: Looking to iron out all details to promotions. Looking for opinion and feedback on promotions codification as written above.
