[queef commando]

Hey all, we want to make some changes to how voting works in TTT. To give some history as to why voting is the way it is: Voting used to be open to all staff, but it ended up turning into a situation where you had to be friends with the right people to get anywhere, and certain groups would just force people out they didn’t like. So in 2014ish the co-owner, Tyler, restricted voting to admin and higher. The original system and what it turned into are kind of on the extreme of possibilities for voting, so we want to now try something in the middle. The aim is to greater involve the entire staff body in objective conversation without things getting unruly.

Essentially, voting for different things will be divided into different committees. Staff members will be able to join a certain number of these committees and will be appointed by the Admins based on their skills and preferences. For example, someone who is uniquely impartial and a good judge of character may be appointed to a staff app committee if they desire the role. Members of committees can drop out of their committees or can apply to transfer between committees on request.

These committees will have tiered voting where different roles get more votes such that different groups in the committee largely have the same voting power. Members would also need to maintain activity on the server to retain voting ability in their respective committees. Admins will serve on ALL COMMITTEES and as Committee Leaders to help keep things on track. For some committees, a mod may be assigned as the point man who will take over the majority of organization and planning.

The directive and requirements for committees are as follows:
Committee Leadership Team: Sets the agenda for the committees and provides oversight. All TTT Upper Staff members will serve on this team. ADMIN+ ONLY.
Moderator App Committee: Approve/Decline Mod Apps    Mod+
Test Mod App Committee: Approve/Decline Test Mod Apps    Tmod+
Trusted App Committee: Approve/Decline Trusted Apps    Trusted+
Ban/Unban Committee: Approve/Decline Major Scale Bans when deemed necessary(ban requests/routine in-game bans will still function the same as before). Also Approve/Decline Unban Requests  Trusted+
Training Committee: Design training schemes and assign members of committee to train new and rising staff    Trusted+
Testing Committee: Discuss suggestions and test them on the server, sending feedback to the Admins.    Trusted +

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Notes, Requirements, and Rules: 

1. As a result of this system, sponsors are no longer needed for staff apps in TTT.
   
2. Admins(Committee Leaders) are the supervisors of these committees that set the agenda and keep things in order. Admins also reserve the right to remove disruptive individuals that violate the committee rules with Dinkleberg's approval. This can include but isn't limited to showing favoritism and other bias behaviors.
   
3. If a person receives the rank of Trusted, Test Mod, or Moderator they MUST wait a minimum of one month from the time of promotion to be eligible for those rank-specific committee assignments.
   
4.  If a staff member has not opted to join a committee yet, they may contact an Admin for further instructions and then the Admins will determine which committees they will be assigned to.
   
5. A staff member may only be in up to three committee assignments and can resign from the committee at any time or request a transfer application that will either be accepted or denied by the Admins.
   
6. In order to be vote eligible on a committee, that staff member must maintain a minimum of 10 hours in a span of two weeks, same for Admins.
   
7. Admins shall be the ones to comment the final decisions on that specific thread/topic.
   
8. There are no limit to how many people can serve on a committee, but the number should always be odd. In the event of a tie, it shall be broken by deliberation of Upper Staff on the best course of action.
   
9. There are also more internal rules and procedures for committee members to follow.