Content Manager Role Bill

**Tom Paine** · February 01, 2007, 03:13 PM

Taken from here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...t=81516&page=2

Content Manager Bill

The Content Manager heretoforward shall have the ability to view Hex and retain one (1) vote on it; however he shall have only such moderator and administration priviledges as Hex sees fit to grant him. He shall have the power to hire and fire editors at will, and to advise that they hire and fire specific members of their staffs, but of themself cannot hire or fire any journalist unless he is also an editor, and even then they will remain a journalist. They have no power to order an editor to take down an article or similar except on direct authorisation by the Hex

This tries to set out what I see as the responsibilities of the Content Manager and his rights/powers in order to strike a balance so that he/she does not tread on editors' toes, as it were. It does not, note, touch on his selection, as that I see as an amendment to this Bill when such matters ae a little more clear. I don't want this to fail on the grounds of selection.

**gigagaia** · February 01, 2007, 04:45 PM

What? No elections? If no elections, I can't support it. You could, alternatively, help me get the curial officer's bill passed and then make the content manager a curial officer (something I intended many weeks back in staff...)

**imb39** · February 01, 2007, 04:53 PM

Well, Giga, Ozy has confined the Bill to the area of action rather than how he is promoted. That is explicitly stated.

**gigagaia** · February 01, 2007, 04:55 PM

well you can't fault me for trying to push my agenda as much as possible, can you?

Well, to be honest, I'm indecisive about this bill. Perhaps I will read a bit more on this bill and decide then

**Perikles** · February 02, 2007, 01:54 PM

I think we should wait for the Curial Officers bill and make the content manager a Curial office with a designated mandate etc.

**Tom Paine** · February 03, 2007, 03:24 AM

jp, I don't like that because i don't want to be applying some of the matters of the Curial Officers Bill (eg a limited tenure) to the Content Manager; however the selection of the content manager should be the same method of selection. This Bill is not a matter of laying out the selection of the CM, specifically so in fact; its the responsibilities, rights, and duties thereof, and no more. Selection is not within its selfimposed remit.