From 98fc75c4eaf5ba5ba5ce76e845ab9375fd75ecc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Udit Patel Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:04:38 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Added advisors council page --- pages/advisors.md | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/advisors.md diff --git a/pages/advisors.md b/pages/advisors.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d8942ae --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/advisors.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title : Advisors Council +subhead : The LBRY Tavern. Cheers!🍺 +bg-image : "../img/foundation-background-art.png" +meta-image : "https://lbry.org/img/home-page-meta-img.png" +layout : default +permalink : /advisors/ +--- + +# Advisors Council +--- +### The Advisors Council is a group of active LBRY community members that help the Foundation decide the direction of the LBRY Community as a whole. This includes things like projects (such as The Tavern) and general design and flow of communication activities (Such as the Podcast and JAM Sessions). + +#### How to become a member of the Advisors Council? +1. Must be an Advisors first ( see below ) +2. Nominated by Advisors Council and simple majority passing vote of the Council. +3. Active in LBRY Discord ( participating in important discussions ) + +#### How to get expelled from the council? +1. Inactivity in LBRY discord for 2 Months without notification. A comment will be made in the #Advisors-council chat, and contact will be attempted before this occurs. +2. Voted out by 2/3rds majority of the Council. +3. Not voting on more than 2 initiatives without notification. + +## Rules/Guidelines to be followed by both Advisors and the Advisors Council +1. Changes to this document requires a 2/3rds approval by the Council +2. Members of the Advisors Council are granted permissions to use the @Warship bot. Use of this bot are to moderate the chats of spam/scammers and extreme cases of abuse if a Moderator isn't around. This is a privilege and should be treated as such. Abusing this access could result in the entire Council losing these permissions and/or removal of the member the Council pending a discussion in #Advisors-council by the remaining members. +3. Members of The Council must strictly adhere to the rules of the Foundation Discord and set an example of best behavior in the non-Council channels. Council private channel can be used to respectfully debate and vent. +4. Voting decisions of the Advisors Council finish and are final after 100% of the members vote instead of waiting on the standard timeout. +5. When in doubt, remember this golden phrase: "Be excellent to each other" -LavRadis 2017 +6. The council shall consist of a minimum number of 7 members and a maximum number of 15 members. +7. Discussion on issues should generally happen in the #advisors channel, this includes issues to be decided by the council to allow for more input before bringing an issue to a vote. +8. Votes for the Council shall be held in #advisors-voting. Options to vote would also include an abstain option, this should be used in place of no vote to allow for accountability. + +#### Advisors Requirements + +< Requisites > + 1. Has been involved in at least 2 discussions about governance in #foundation-gov + 2. Has attended at least 2 Foundation JAM Sessions + 3. Has either been involved with the LBRY platform and/or the LBRY Discord for a combined period of at least 1 year (This is the only requirement which can be overridden by a 2/3rds majority vote of the existing council based on contributions of nominated individual) + +< Nomination process > + 1. A community member that meets the above requirements may be nominated by the Advisors Council + 2. If no special circumstances are present, no vote is required aside from a second to the above nomination + +< Removal process > + 1. The Advisors Council can remove any Advisors with a simple majority passing vote of the Council.