Community Roles

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This page documents official roles within the community.

Administrative Roles

Election Officer

The election office should be a community member and is responsible for administering elections. This includes:

  • ensuring that the rules for voting administered
  • calling / opening the voting poll by posting a message to the citizens mailing list or by declaring a vote open at a community meeting
  • closing the voting poll by posting a massage to the citizens mailing list or by declaring a vote closed at a community meeting
  • publishing the results of the voting poll by posting the results of the vote, including for, against and abstained and the decision in the mailing list.

The election officer will add or remove citizens to the citizen mailing list as determined by the results of elections.

The Election officer may vote in an elections but by convention, should withhold his/her vote unless required to break a deadlock (casting vote). The Election Officer is elected by the community and remains in the post until they retire or are impeached. The Election Officer should ensure they are seen to be independent at all times. If there is any dispute in this regard, or in relation to the election results, then the dispute resolution process should be followed (to be defined).