Forum:Demotion?

Okay, so on the lead chat today, one of the things discussed between all the leads was this idea: demotion. Now, before anybody blows up, this is not aimed at anybody in general. This is not a personal thing. Do not take it personally. This is just an idea that will help the project in general to be more efficient.

Now everybody knows that positions in PCA are earned through hard work and determination. What happens if somebody earns their rank, but then loses interest or becomes to busy to keep up the hard work that got them their rank in the first place? That's where the idea of demotion comes in. If we could demote a user, the process would be something like this:

A user (let's call them User1) notices that another user (call them User2) is falling down on their duties, whatever those duties are. User1 would go the the noms page (or whatever the equivalent of that would be once we've sorted this idea out) and they would create a new section with User2's username, a dash, and "Demotion ends" with the date ten days from the current day. Underneath that heading would be a "for" subsection, an "against" subsection, and a "comments" subsection. The comment subsection would obviously be used for User2 to defend themself against the demotion. All the rules for voting on a normal nomination would apply to a demotion. If the demotion passes, then the user is demoted one rank. (ie SW -> warrior or warrior -> apprentice) All the normal rules apply for re-nomination, except that they must wait two weeks from the final demotion date.

Right now there's nothing wrong with that process except this: what about deputies and leaders? We can't leave them out of this. They are not above the rules, right? But how can we demote a leader? Presumably they would become a senior warrior, but what about renomination? You can't nominate somebody to be a leader or deputy, as those roles are not elected roles, they are appointed roles. Right now we're not dealing with voting or anything (so don't bother) but we want solutions to our current problems and opinions on the subject. So... comments, opinions, or queries? 23:28 Sat Dec 3