Merge pull request #13 from iamuditpatel/master

added Creators and Advisors Council pages to the website 👍  @jring-o

_includes/navlinks.html

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           <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="./podcast/">Podcast</a>
           <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="./arena/">LBRY Arena</a>
           <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="./verified/">Verified Creator</a>
+          <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="./advisors/">Advisors Council</a>
+          <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="./creators/">Creators Council</a>
           <!-- For newer additions Follow : <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="./asinpermalink/">pagename</a> -->
         </div>
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             <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="../podcast/">Podcast</a>
             <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="../arena/">LBRY Arena</a>
             <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="../verified/">Verified Creator</a>
+            <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="../advisors/">Advisors Council</a>
+            <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="../creators/">Creators Council</a>
             <!-- For newer additions Follow : <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="../asinpermalink/">pagename</a> -->
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pages/advisors.md

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+---
+title : Advisors Council
+subhead : 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.💸
+bg-image : "../img/foundation-advisors-background-art.png"
+meta-image : "https://lbry.org/img/advisors-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.

pages/creators.md

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+---
+title : Creators Council
+subhead : The Creators Council is a group of active Lbry creators🎥
+bg-image : "../img/foundation-creators-background-art.png"
+meta-image : "https://lbry.org/img/creators-page-meta-img.png"
+layout : default
+permalink : /creators/
+---
+
+# Creators Council 
+---
+### The Creators Council is a group of active Lbry creators that helps the foundation make decisions and offers support to creators. The council has been granted 100k LBC granted by the Foundation to support a new creator every week through its Creator of the Week program. The council is also in charge of validating verified creators on the Foundation Discord server.
+
+#### The Creators Council is formed by 8 people so far and they are:
+- @Letsfly | @Racecationtv| @racecation
+- @vlad
+- @TheGamingDragon
+- @Marusame
+- @Sarah | lbry://@SarahCorriher 
+- @TechDunk
+- @Kamots
+- @lbry://@AlexandreMarcotte777
+
+#### How to get in the council ? 
+1. Must be a verified creator on the LBRY Foundation Discord server
+2. Must be nominated by a member of the creators council
+3. Must be approved by the majority of the creators council
+3. Must be active on the Lbry Foundation Discord ( participating in important discussions )
+
+#### How to get expelled from the council ?
+1. Inactivity in Lbry discord for 2 weeks without notification
+2. Failure to participate in 2 consecutive Creator of the Week nomination cycles without notice
+3. Voted out by the majority of the council
+
+#### Creator of the week
+ 
+-Requisites : 
+
+  1) 2 weeks Active in Lbry
+  2) Minimum of 7 original uploads and at least 1 LbryExclusive
+  3) Less than 1k followers
+
+-Rules:
+ 
+  1) Members can't nominate themselves
+  2) Once nominating a winner, a council member cannot nominate another creator until all other council members have nominated someone
+
+-Nomination Period: Friday-Wednesday 
+-Voting Period: Through Thursday
+
+  2) Nomination process:
+ 
+- The creators council nominates two creators and votes on them.
+
+#### Support Budget (100k LBC) 
+
+1) How is it used : 
+
+- 1 week support for the creator of the week