Notice of Meta Election

Formal Notification Date: Friday 1 April 2021Close of Nominations: Sunday 4 April 2021Election Date: Tuesday 6 April 2021Election Close Date: 8 April 2021

All times on each date 10 PM AEDT. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 17 March 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Community Moderator
• One Community Commission seat
• Petition: Hold a vote on petitions within 14 days of receiving 7 seconders
• Petition -- to Clarify the role of the HCA
• Petition: Removing HCA from Meta Responsibilities
• Petition to omit all of s 4(5)

To be nominated as a candidate, see the below for the details.

Nomination Process for Community Moderator

As per section 4 of the Meta Constitution, the following requirements must be met for a person to be validly nominated:

• A candidate (whether self-nominated or proposed by another and accepted)
• The candidate is a Meta Voter
• Seven seconders (no self-seconding allowed)
• Must be 18 or older
• Above requirements met before close of nominations

The voting threshold for this position is 65%. If there is more than one viable candidate, then multiple candidates will be put to the ballot, but at most one will be selected if more than one candidate is above the threshold (whoever has the highest percentage). If there is a tie then the Mods will exercise discretion.

Nomination process for Community Commission

One must meet the following requirements:

• A candidate (whether self-nominated or proposed by another and accepted)
• The candidate is a Meta Voter
• Five seconders

The threshold for this position is 50%, If there is more than one viable candidate, then multiple candidates will be put to the ballot, but at most one will be selected if more than one candidate is above the threshold (whoever has the highest percentage). If there is a tie then the Mods will exercise discretion.

To nominate, comment below. Close of nominations is at 10 PM AEDT Sunday 4 April 2021. No late submissions (or seconders) will be accepted.

The Moderation Team may reject a candidate if:

• The candidate is ineligible to be nominated; or
• The candidate has committed prior misconduct contrary to the Code of Conduct or similar of such severity that the Moderation Team is satisfied that the candidate should not proceed to a meta referendum; or
• The candidate has, in the opinion of the Moderation Team, demonstrated an inability to hold the position.

If there is a rejection, the Moderation Team shall explain why that is the case.

A list of candidates will be published one day before the commencement of the vote.

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.