Over the course of the last year or so, we have seen the discussion of policy stretch many on staff thin, with short term policy proposals aimed at band-aiding issues continuing to take up more and more of the staff discussion bandwidth, and diverting attention and effort from the long term solutions that are needed, the most important being the SCP Wiki Charter Rewrite / Policy Overhaul.
This has long been an albatross around our neck, and it is time a push was made to solve this issue, so as to provide a stronger basis moving forward with policy proposals.
As such, we are calling for a staff-wide vote to temporarily halt additional policy proposals for at least a period of 45 days + voting time with an exception of emergency discussion (i.e. discussions or policy that poses an existential threat to the site if not dealt with in a timely manner during this time period).
During this time period, the plan would be to have manpower and staff discussion bandwidth redirected to charter rewrite. To facilitate this, we recommend the creation of a policy overhaul channel in staffcord, to facilitate discussion on approach, as well as a review of the charter rewrite as it is created. A separate discussion thread will go live with this proposal shortly.
As this is to be a monumental undertaking by staff as a whole, the option is to be left open to extend this period in 7-28 day blocks if necessary, as well as early termination of this time period in the event of discussion/rewrite wrapping up early.
In addition, over the course of the next few days, the administration will be drafting and posting multiple policy proposals to immediately facilitate the rewrite of the charter as well as paving the way for future administrative action/policy drives.
Links to each of these proposals will be included below as they are created:
- http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14564022/discussion-staffcord-channel-creation
- http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14564025/discussion-staffcord-staff-discussion-overhaul
EDIT: Clarification. If this vote passes it will be enacted after the above policies are wrapped up, as they are part of the process to facilitate this overhaul.
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This vote is open to Operational Staff and above and will be open for 1 week.