[puts on parliamentarian hat]

As I pointed out in the discussion thread, according to the charter:

Changes to the Charter/Rules require a supermajority (60%) of all currently active Mods and Administrators to be implemented.

Only mods' and admins' votes are gonna count. Everyone else… well, Troy didn't say you couldn't comment in this thread, so carry on, I guess.

The Staff page lists seven admins and fourteen mods. 60% of 21 is 12.6, so it's gonna take 13 Yep votes from mods and admins for this thing to pass.

[removes parliamentarian hat]

Voting in favor of this proposal as amended.

[puts parliamentarian hat back on]

So I'm counting ten eligible votes in favor, with none against so far, and eleven votes outstanding.

[hey it's a nice hat shush]

This process is stared by administration at the beginning of July

Anyway, yes.

(Current count - Favour: 3, Favor: 2)

Optionally, once per year, the charter itself will be put up for review to ensure that this document remains relevant and useful to the site. At this time, by the will of a clear majority of staff (as defined by the charter's definition of majority at the time of the review), the charter can be changed and altered more easily and fluidly to help it come more into line with the current culture of the site.

This process is started by administration at the beginning of July (though this may be delayed for up to two weeks to avoid overwhelming O5 if a current, serious discussion is taking place), and it will last until a majority of staff agree on the current text of the charter or to forgo the process until the following year.

Individual portions of the charter should be voted on during this time. New portions can be added to the charter, but they should probably have their own discussions, as this process would be more to correct problems with existing policies rather than create new ones.

Once discussion is complete, a designated administrator will update the charter as needed.

Please, simply vote in favor of or against this change.