Facilitator
The position of facilitator is given to anyone on the Committee or Spokescouncil who is currently conducting that meeting. While the Spokescouncil rotates between facilitators rather often and the position does not exist outside of an active meeting, the Committee Chair is often viewed as a single long-term Facilitator, by custom. There are no formal rules for who qualifies as a facilitator (more accurately, everyone does), and there no term limits, as their function is mostly to make sure meetings go smoothly.
Requirements
Facilitators need only to be nominated (by themselves or someone else) and then confirmed through consensus by the body they are facilitating.
Appointment
A facilitator can nominate themselves or be nominated by the body they are serving on, or may be drawn directly from the people in a similar manner if a popular referendum for nomination reaches consensus (though this is rare). At the end of the meeting, there is nothing further to facilitate, and so the title officially dissolves--however, the Committee Chair may be referred to interchangeably as a Facilitator even between meetings, owing to the less dynamic culture.
Duties
Facilitators are meant to ensure everyone's voice is heard, and foster clear, active consent in the decision-making process.
Responsibilities
Facilitators run meetings of either the Spokescouncil or Committee, ensuring that all points on the agenda are dealt with in accordance with the settlement's Charter, restating proposals as needed, asking for consent, and acknowledging blocks. They also typically ensure that the Recorder is able to keep up with the meeting's minutes.
Benefits
A salvaged shuttle comp/con unit, Persephone, serves as an assistant to the serving Facilitator/Committee Chair, managing their schedule, taking calls, and maintaining the Commons.
Grounds for Removal/Dismissal
Facilitators are technically disbanded at the end of meetings (though with the highly technical and ongoing work the Committee does, Facilitators are informally recognized as contiguous). It would be highly irregular to unseat a facilitator during a meeting, but if a block to their continued holding of the position is raised and supported by a consensus of the body, the facilitator would step down; blocks not supported by consensus may or may not result in the objecting person leaving the meeting of their own volition, depending on their commitment to said block. From there, it would be up to the body to continue the meeting with or without the unseated facilitator, or adjourn.
Type
Civic, Political
Status
As-needed/In effect
Creation
Settlement Charter
Source of Authority
Settlement Charter
Current Holders
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