Birkal
We have the technology.
Hello and welcome! The Policy Review Committee currently follows this procedure for closing its threads:
Therefore, I propose that we tweak this policy by allowing any CAP moderator to close PRC threads. The CAP moderators are well-versed in finding a community consensus, and know how to keep conversations going if we don't have it. Nothing else would change due to this proposal; any user may approach a CAP moderator for permission to create a Policy Review thread. This also would allow PRC members to bug any CAP moderator in order to find resolution on CAP policy threads.
What are your opinions? Could we move forward with this? Or do you have a better alternative?
I would argue that this largely... isn't happening. Doug & I simply do not talk often enough to designate a thread closer, especially within a 48 hour time limit. I am personally not wholly invested in the Policy Review Committee, compared to my other duties, so I haven't pushed this hard. Furthermore, it's a bit inorganic to end a policy thread in such a way. I think this idea looked good on paper, but it hasn't been effective in practice. We've been left with a few Policy Review threads over the past year or two that have difficulty closing.Therefore, I propose that we tweak this policy by allowing any CAP moderator to close PRC threads. The CAP moderators are well-versed in finding a community consensus, and know how to keep conversations going if we don't have it. Nothing else would change due to this proposal; any user may approach a CAP moderator for permission to create a Policy Review thread. This also would allow PRC members to bug any CAP moderator in order to find resolution on CAP policy threads.
What are your opinions? Could we move forward with this? Or do you have a better alternative?