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WDC motion proposal
sebastianotronto Nov 17, 2023
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Added reference to CoC in Suspensions motion
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion documents/motions/02.2022.1 - Definitions.md
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Align with CoC

“ Registered Speedcubers, Competitions Organizers, Guests, WCA Officials, Users on the official WCA Forum”

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I thought this version could do it because WCA Officials are included in Staff and Organizers are included in Partners.

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<td>Community</td>
<td>The Community of the WCA as formed by all Staff, Registered Speedcubers, and Partners.</td>
<td>The Community of the WCA as formed by all Staff, Registered Speedcubers, Partners, Guests, and Users of the WCA Forum.</td>
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<td>Competition Organizer</td>
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3. To establish and remove Committees or change their duties. Such rights must be exercised in accordance with the Motion relative to every Committee.
4. To instate and remove Senior Delegates. Such rights must be exercised in accordance with [WCA Motion : Senior Delegates](wca{documents/motions/09.2022.1 - Senior Delegates.pdf}).
5. To instate and remove Regional Delegates. Such rights must be exercised in accordance with [WCA Motion : Regional Delegates](wca{documents/motions/09.2021.2 - Regional Delegates.pdf}).
6. To suspend or take other sanctions against Registered Speedcubers and to reinstate Registered Speedcubers that have been suspended. Such rights must be exercised in accordance with [WCA Motion : Suspensions and other Sanctions](wca{documents/motions/15.2022.1 - Suspensions and other Sanctions.pdf}).
6. To suspend or take other sanctions against Community members and to reinstate Community members that have been suspended. Such rights must be exercised in accordance with [WCA Motion : Suspensions and other Sanctions](wca{documents/motions/15.2022.1 - Suspensions and other Sanctions.pdf}).
7. To approve the annual budget proposal of the WCA Financial Committee in accordance with [WCA Motion : Finances](wca{documents/motions/11.2023.1 - Finances.pdf}).
8. To accept or not accept results of WCA Competitions as official, according to the procedures in the Regulations.
9. To overrule any decision under control of the WCA, as long as the overruling complies with the WCA Bylaws, their Motions, and the Regulations.
3. Decisions of the WCA Board are based on majority voting in the WCA Board.
4. The WCA Board's agenda is based on:
1. Vision and strategy documents for the WCA, updated on a periodical basis by the WCA Board.
2. Input from Staff, Regional Organizations, local organization teams, Registered Speedcubers, external organizations, media, or outsiders.
2. Input from Staff, Regional Organizations, local organization teams, Community members, external organizations, media, or outsiders.
3. Internal initiatives and agreements within the WCA Board.
5. Communication with or within the WCA Board:
1. Communication to the WCA Board shall generally take place via the email address [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]), but could also be initiated via other communication channels.
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1. The WCA Disciplinary Committee has the following rights and duties:
1. Investigations
1. Performing independent investigations regarding WCA Staff and Registered Speedcubers.
1. Performing independent investigations regarding WCA Staff and Community members.
1. The subjects of the investigations are incidents during WCA Competitions, incidents related to WCA Competitions, or incidents within the WCA Community. Incidents are alleged violations of the Spirit and/or Regulations of the WCA.
2. Delivering an independent report on the investigations.
3. Involving the WCA Ethics Committee in case any WCA Staff Member is suspected of acts against the Spirit of the WCA or not compliant with the Code of Ethics.
4. Making decisions on disciplinary actions in relation to the investigated incidents. See [WCA Motion : Suspensions and other Sanctions](wca{documents/motions/15.2020.1 - Suspensions and other Sanctions.pdf}).
2. Confidant
1. Being the confidential contact for Registered Speedcubers and WCA Staff, in case of important personal matters that are related to WCA activities.
1. Being the confidential contact for Community members and WCA Staff, in case of important personal matters that are related to WCA activities.
3. Information and administration
1. Informing the WCA Board on investigations, decisions, and disciplinary actions.
2. Publishing public information on the investigations, decisions, and disciplinary actions.
3. Managing and administrating investigations, reports, decisions, and disciplinary actions.
4. Keeping all information confidential that needs to stay confidential, based on internal and external guidelines
2. All WCA Staff must fully cooperate with investigations by the WCA Disciplinary Committee.
3. All Registered Speedcubers must fully cooperate with investigations by the WCA Disciplinary Committee.
1. All Registered Speedcubers should respond to emails sent on behalf of the WCA Disciplinary Committee within one week of each message.
1. A Registered Speedcuber must inform the WCA Disciplinary Committee or the WCA Board if they decide to stop responding to the WCA Disciplinary Committee and explain as to the reasons why.
3. All Community members must fully cooperate with investigations by the WCA Disciplinary Committee.
1. All Community members should respond to emails sent on behalf of the WCA Disciplinary Committee within one week of each message.
1. A Community members must inform the WCA Disciplinary Committee or the WCA Board if they decide to stop responding to the WCA Disciplinary Committee and explain as to the reasons why.
4. The WCA Disciplinary Committee will take the role of WCA Ethics Committee in case the WCA Ethics Committee is not constituted or for any reason non-functional.
5. In case the WCA Disciplinary Committee is not constituted or for any reason non-functional, the WCA Ethics Committee will act as WCA Disciplinary Committee.
6. Reducing conflicts of roles
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1. The WCA Ethics Committee has the following rights and duties:
1. Maintaining and publishing a Code of Ethics that all WCA Staff must abide by.
2. Functioning as the Board of Appeal if WCA Staff or Registered Speedcubers do not agree with the conclusions and advices of the WCA Disciplinary Committee regarding investigations related to the persons involved.
2. Functioning as the Board of Appeal if WCA Staff or Community members do not agree with the conclusions and advices of the WCA Disciplinary Committee regarding investigations related to the persons involved.
1. The appeal must be initiated by the WCA Board on behalf of the affected individuals. WCA Board must not deny the initiation of appeals made by affected individuals.
2. The WCA Ethics Committee may refuse appeals if the Committee decides there is no valid ground for appeal.
3. Performing independent investigations regarding WCA Staff
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5. Informing the WCA Board on investigations, decisions, and disciplinary actions.
6. Publishing public information on the investigations, decisions, and disciplinary actions where necessary.
7. Managing an administration of the investigations, the reports, the decisions, and the disciplinary actions.
8. Being a confidant to WCA Staff and Registered Speedcubers regarding ethical matters and questions within the WCA.
9. WCA Staff and Registered Speedcubers must never start communications with the WCA Ethics Committee regarding matters related to the WCA Disciplinary Committee or the WCA Ethics Committee, except for the following matters:
8. Being a confidant to WCA Staff and Community members regarding ethical matters and questions within the WCA.
9. WCA Staff and Community members must never start communications with the WCA Ethics Committee regarding matters related to the WCA Disciplinary Committee or the WCA Ethics Committee, except for the following matters:
1. Requests for investigations by the WCA Board and the WCA Disciplinary Committee.
2. Requests for appeal by the WCA Board on behalf of a Registered Speedcuber or WCA Staff.
2. Requests for appeal by the WCA Board on behalf of a Community members or WCA Staff.
3. Financial Support of the WCA Ethics Committee by the WCA Financial Committee.
4. Questions and reports to the confidant within the WCA Ethics Committee.
2. All WCA Staff and Registered Speedcubers must fully cooperate with investigations by the WCA Ethics Committee.
2. All WCA Staff and Community members must fully cooperate with investigations by the WCA Ethics Committee.
3. In case the WCA Ethics Committee is not constituted or for any reason non-functional, the WCA Disciplinary Committee will act as WCA Ethics Committee.
4. The WCA Ethics Committee will take the role of WCA Disciplinary Committee in case the WCA Disciplinary Committee is not constituted or for any reason non-functional.
5. Reducing conflicts of roles
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Since Registered speedcubers are included in the definition of community member, it is redundant to say “Registered Speedcuber or Community Member”

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Yes, but some of the points in Suspensions and Other Sanctions only apply to Registered Speedcubers, and they are intermixed with those that apply to both. So I felt like specifying every time was the better choice.

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# Motion

1. The WCA Disciplinary Committee shall have the following rights and duties, based on a Voting in the WCA Disciplinary Committee with a supermajority:
1. to suspend a Registered Speedcuber from participation in or attendance of a WCA Competition or specific events of WCA Competitions, for a fixed period or until a specified set of circumstances changes or ceases to exist.
2. to caution or censure a Registered Speedcuber.
3. to issue fines against a Registered Speedcuber and suspend a Registered Speedcuber from participation in a WCA Competition until the fines are paid.
1. Fines must only be issued if acts of the Registered Speedcuber caused financial damage or financial loss to the WCA or any organization or individual within WCA Community.
1. to suspend a Registered Speedcuber or a Community member from participation in or attendance of a WCA Competition or specific events of WCA Competitions, for a fixed period or until a specified set of circumstances changes or ceases to exist.
2. to caution or censure a Registered Speedcuber or a Community member.
3. to issue fines against a Registered Speedcuber or a Community member and suspend them from participation in a WCA Competition until the fines are paid.
1. Fines must only be issued if acts of the Registered Speedcuber or Community member caused financial damage or financial loss to the WCA or any organization or individual within WCA Community.
2. The fine must not be larger than the actual damage or loss.
4. to withhold or withdraw prizes and honors (records, titles, medals, certificates) from a Registered Speedcuber.
5. to disqualify a Registered Speedcuber or specific results of a Registered Speedcuber during and/or after a WCA Competition.
6. to exclude a Registered Speedcuber from meetings and competitions of the WCA.
7. to reinstate a Registered Speedcuber who has been sanctioned under 1.1 to 1.6, before the end of the fixed period or before the set of circumstances specified has changed or ceased to exist. WDC must communicate each reinstatement to the WCA Board with a clear motivation.
6. to exclude a Registered Speedcuber or a Community member from meetings and competitions of the WCA.
7. to reinstate a Registered Speedcuber or a Community member who has been sanctioned under 1.1 to 1.6, before the end of the fixed period or before the set of circumstances specified has changed or ceased to exist. WDC must communicate each reinstatement to the WCA Board with a clear motivation.
2. The WDC may exercise its suspensive rights under this Motion only if:
1. a Registered Speedcuber has failed to pay fees for WCA Competitions, or
2. in the opinion of the WDC, the Registered Speedcuber is in breach of the Bylaws, Motions, or Regulations, or
3. the conduct of the Registered Speedcuber breaches or remains in breach of the Mission, Spirit, and/or Objectives of the WCA, or
2. in the opinion of the WDC, the Registered Speedcuber or a Community member is in breach of the Bylaws, Motions, or Regulations, or Code of Conduct, or
3. the conduct of the Registered Speedcuber or Community member breaches or remains in breach of the Mission, Spirit, and/or Objectives of the WCA, or
4. the WDC considers that the Registered Speedcuber does not fulfil the requirements of eligibility for registration as a Registered Speedcuber.
3. Before the WDC may exercise its suspensive rights under this Motion, the Registered Speedcuber must have been sent notice of the grounds and must have been given the opportunity to be heard by a WCA Delegate, the WCA Disciplinary Committee, or the WCA Board.
4. A Registered Speedcuber who has been suspended by the WDC under this Motion may request for reinstatement by the WDC, with a motivation of the request.
5. A Registered Speedcuber who has been suspended by the WDC under this Motion shall automatically cease to be suspended at the end of the fixed period, or once, in the opinion of the WDC, the set of circumstances specified has changed or ceases to exist.
5. the WDC considers that the presence of a the Registered Speedcuber or Community is threat to the safety of other community members or otherwise disruptive for the community.
3. Before the WDC may exercise its suspensive rights under this Motion, the Registered Speedcuber or Community member must have been sent notice of the grounds and must have been given the opportunity to be heard by a WCA Delegate, the WCA Disciplinary Committee, or the WCA Board.
4. A Registered Speedcuber or a Community member who has been suspended by the WDC under this Motion may request for reinstatement by the WDC, with a motivation of the request.
5. A Registered Speedcuber or a Community member who has been suspended by the WDC under this Motion shall automatically cease to be suspended at the end of the fixed period, or once, in the opinion of the WDC, the set of circumstances specified has changed or ceases to exist.
6. The WCA Ethics Committee shall have the following rights and duties, based on a Voting in the WCA Ethics Committee with a supermajority:
1. to issue fines against a Registered Speedcuber and suspend a Registered Speedcuber from participation in a WCA Competition until the fines are paid.
1. Fines must only be issued if acts of the Registered Speedcuber caused financial damage or financial loss to the WCA or any organization or individual within the WCA Community.
1. to issue fines against a Registered Speedcuber or a Community member and suspend them from participation in a WCA Competition until the fines are paid.
1. Fines must only be issued if acts of the Registered Speedcuber or Community member caused financial damage or financial loss to the WCA or any organization or individual within the WCA Community.
2. The fine must not be larger than the actual damage or loss.
2. to disqualify a Registered Speedcuber or specific results of a Registered Speedcuber during and/or after a WCA Competition.
3. to reinstate a Registered Speedcuber who has been sanctioned under 1.1 to 1.2, before the end of the fixed period or before the set of circumstances specified has changed or ceased to exist. The WCA Ethics Committee must communicate each reinstatement to the WCA Board with a clear motivation.
3. to reinstate a Registered Speedcuber or Community member who has been sanctioned under 1.1 to 1.2, before the end of the fixed period or before the set of circumstances specified has changed or ceased to exist. The WCA Ethics Committee must communicate each reinstatement to the WCA Board with a clear motivation.
7. The WEC may exercise its suspensive rights under this Motion only if:
1. a Registered Speedcuber has failed to pay fees for WCA Competitions, or
2. in the opinion of the WEC, the Registered Speedcuber is in breach of the Bylaws, Motions, Regulations, or Code of Ethics, or
3. the conduct of the Registered Speedcuber breaches or remains in breach of the Mission, Spirit, and/or Objectives of the WCA, or
2. in the opinion of the WEC, the Registered Speedcuber or a Community member is in breach of the Bylaws, Motions, Regulations, Code of Ethics, or Code of Conduct, or
3. the conduct of the Registered Speedcuber or Community member breaches or remains in breach of the Mission, Spirit, and/or Objectives of the WCA, or
4. the WEC considers that the Registered Speedcuber does not fulfill the requirements of eligibility for registration as a Registered Speedcuber.
8. Before the WEC may exercise its suspensive rights under this Motion, the Registered Speedcuber must have been sent notice of the grounds and must have been given the opportunity to be heard by a WCA Delegate, the WCA Ethics Committee, or the WCA Board.
9. A Registered Speedcuber who has been suspended by the WEC under this Motion may request for reinstatement by the WEC, with a motivation of the request.
10. A Registered Speedcuber who has been suspended by the WEC under this Motion shall automatically cease to be suspended at the end of the fixed period, or once, in the opinion of the WEC, the set of circumstances specified has changed or ceases to exist.
5. the WEC considers that the presence of a the Registered Speedcuber or Community is threat to the safety of other community members or otherwise disruptive for the community.
8. Before the WEC may exercise its suspensive rights under this Motion, the Registered Speedcuber or Community member must have been sent notice of the grounds and must have been given the opportunity to be heard by a WCA Delegate, the WCA Ethics Committee, or the WCA Board.
9. A Registered Speedcuber or Community member who has been suspended by the WEC under this Motion may request for reinstatement by the WEC, with a motivation of the request.
10. A Registered Speedcuber or Community member who has been suspended by the WEC under this Motion shall automatically cease to be suspended at the end of the fixed period, or once, in the opinion of the WEC, the set of circumstances specified has changed or ceases to exist.
11. The WCA Board shall have the following rights, based on a voting in the WCA Board of Directors with a supermajority:
1. to remove or deny accreditation, appointment, or acknowledgement of Staff, Registered Speedcubers, or Partners.
2. to impose any sanction that the WCA Board deems to be appropriate on Staff, Registered Speedcubers, or Partners.
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4. Appeals to decisions on disputes must be filed within sixty days after the decision.
5. Appeals must be handled within sixty days of the date of appeal.
6. During the process of disputes and appeals all involved parties should be heard.
7. The decisions on disputes and appeals will take immediate effect and all WCA Staff, Registered Speedcubers, and Partners must take all necessary actions to ensure that the decisions come into effect.
7. The decisions on disputes and appeals will take immediate effect and all WCA Staff, Community members, and Partners must take all necessary actions to ensure that the decisions come into effect.