My question is, who are we going to go to if we have a problem with a decision made by the team? is it going to be one of the spare members? a Mod/admin? (that is, an impartial party, who can be turned to if one of the people involved in the case isn't happy with the explanations given (in one example, if someone thinks that one or more of the team-members has a conflict of interest or bias in the case.). kinda like a mediator/omnibus person.
Okay, so on another site, they have a BoD (Board of Directors), who own/control the site. This is a (slightly edited, to remove IRL names) quote from their bylaws, which I think would be good thing to base the structure on.
ARTICLE II – MEMBERSHIP
Section 1 – Membership: Membership shall consist of the board of directors and all active members of at least one of the Sheroes Inc websites, discluding banned members. Members who have been inactive on the websites for more than a year may be purged but can rejoin at any time.
ARTICLE III – BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1 – Board role, size, and compensation: The board is responsible for overall policy and direction of the association, and delegates responsibility of day-to-day operations to the staff and committees. The board shall have up to 11, but not fewer than 5 unrelated members, or such minimum as future changes in NH regulations may require.
Section 2 – Terms: With the exception of the initial board members, all regular board members shall serve three-year terms, but are eligible for re-appointment for up to five consecutive terms. The initial board members shall be appointed to staggered terms, with [two people having] (3) year terms, [two people having] a two (2) year term, and [one more person having] a one (1) year term. A representative of the administrative teams may be elected to up to five consecutive one-year terms. Representatives of each active message site will serve one-year terms, eligible to be reelected twice. The representatives from the message sites each have a single vote.
