User:D. Matt Innis/Organization

Organization and offices

 * The Citizendium shall be devoted to transparent and fair governance at a minimum of bureaucracy.

with assistance by
 * It shall be governed by two Councils,
 * an Editorial Council and
 * a Management Council,
 * a Managing Editor,
 * a Constabulary, and
 * an Ombudsman.


 * All decision processes shall take place in a way that allows every interested Citizen to follow it and support it with feedback.
 * All officials shall be bound by the Charter, and no decision reached shall contravene it.

General principles

 * Citizendium is devoted to transparent and fair governance at a minimum of bureaucracy.
 * There shall be two governing boards: An Editorial Council responsible for guiding content and establishing content policy and a Management Committee responsible for matters concerned with the non-content policies of Citizendium.
 * All Citizens in good standing and with sufficient experience &mdash; as defined by the Management Committee &mdash; shall be entitled to hold an office as a member of the Editorial Council or the Management Committee, or as a Constable or Ombudsman.
 * No Citizen may hold two such offices at the same time.
 * Further special roles shall not be created without excellent reason.
 * Any definition of a special role shall include provisions for replacement should the incumbent become temporarily or permanently unavailable.
 * Each board or official may appoint delegates to perform specific tasks for a specific period of time, who will report to it.
 * The responsibility for the actions of a delegate shall always remain with the appointing board or official.