The Advisors Council is a group of active LBRY community members that help the Foundation decide the direction of the LBRY Community as a whole.💸
Must be an Advisors first ( see below )
Nominated by Advisors Council and simple majority passing vote of the Council.
Active in LBRY Discord ( participating in important discussions )
Inactivity in LBRY discord for 2 Months without notification. A comment will be made in the #Advisors-council chat, and contact will be attempted before this occurs.
Voted out by 2/3rds majority of the Council.
Not voting on more than 2 initiatives without notification.
Changes to this document requires a 2/3rds approval by the Council
Members of the Advisors Council are granted permissions to use the @Warship bot. Use of this bot are to moderate the chats of spam/scammers and extreme cases of abuse if a Moderator isn’t around. This is a privilege and should be treated as such. Abusing this access could result in the entire Council losing these permissions and/or removal of the member the Council pending a discussion in #Advisors-council by the remaining members.
Members of The Council must strictly adhere to the rules of the Foundation Discord and set an example of best behavior in the non-Council channels. Council private channel can be used to respectfully debate and vent.
Voting decisions of the Advisors Council finish and are final after 100% of the members vote instead of waiting on the standard timeout.
When in doubt, remember this golden phrase: “Be excellent to each other” -LavRadis 2017
The council shall consist of a minimum number of 7 members and a maximum number of 15 members.
Discussion on issues should generally happen in the #advisors channel, this includes issues to be decided by the council to allow for more input before bringing an issue to a vote.
Votes for the Council shall be held in #advisors-voting. Options to vote would also include an abstain option, this should be used in place of no vote to allow for accountability.
Requisites
Has been involved in at least 2 discussions about governance in #foundation-gov
Has attended at least 2 Foundation JAM Sessions
Has either been involved with the LBRY platform and/or the LBRY Discord for a combined period of at least 1 year (This is the only requirement which can be overridden by a 2/3rds majority vote of the existing council based on contributions of nominated individual)
Nomination process
A community member that meets the above requirements may be nominated by the Advisors Council
If no special circumstances are present, no vote is required aside from a second to the above nomination
Removal process