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Grammar and wording

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	The Committee maintains [[Canon Structure\|Living canon]]. It does not own the world, and it does not decide what counts as a Duela story. It maintains a recommendation.		The Committee maintains [[Canon Structure\|Living canon]]. It does not own the world, and it does not decide what counts as a Duela story. It maintains a recommendation.

	A story written without ever consulting the Committee is still Duela. A lineage of branches ~~that~~ the Committee never recognized is still Duela. The Committee exists to give writers who want a shared reference point something stable to build on. Nothing more.		A story written without ever consulting the Committee is still Duela. A lineage of branches the Committee never recognized is still Duela. The Committee exists to give writers who want a shared reference point something stable to build on. Nothing more.

	== Composition ==		== Composition ==
	The Committee has five seats:		The Committee has five seats:

	* One '''~~permanent~~ seat''', held by the project founder.		* One '''founding seat''', held by the project founder.
	* Four '''rotating seats''', held by ~~heavy~~ contributors.		* Four '''rotating seats''', held by contributors whose work has shaped what other writers build on.

			All five seats vote with equal weight. The founder is one Committee member among five, not above them.

	== Rotating seats ==		== Rotating seats ==
	Rotating seats serve six-month terms. There is no limit on consecutive terms - a contributor whose work continues to anchor the setting may hold a seat for as long as the nomination process supports it.		Rotating seats serve six-month terms. There is no limit on consecutive terms - a contributor whose work continues to anchor the setting may hold a seat for as long as the nomination process supports it.

	New seats are filled by mixed nomination: the existing Committee nominates a candidate, and the ~~permanent~~ seat confirms. Either side can decline a name. A seat may remain open through more than one nomination cycle if no candidate is agreed on; this is not a problem.		New seats are filled by mixed nomination: the existing Committee nominates a candidate, and the founding seat confirms. Either side can decline a name. A seat may remain open through more than one nomination cycle if no candidate is agreed on; this is not a problem.

			"Contributor whose work has shaped what others build on" is not defined by a single metric. It refers to writers whose stories, characters, or settings other writers have meaningfully built on - the same standard that determines whether an entry has settled into Living canon by use. A Committee seat reflects the same principle the canon does: recognition follows what the rest of the project has been building from.

			== Inactivity ==
			Committee rights lapse after two months without contribution. This is a generous threshold; it is meant to remove members who have actually stepped away from the project, not to penalize a quiet stretch.

			A lapsed seat is treated as vacant for voting purposes (see ''Vacancy'' below).

			A member whose rights have lapsed may return. The Committee decides case by case whether their seat is restored, whether they re-enter the nomination process as a new candidate, or whether the seat has been filled in their absence. There is no automatic restoration.

	"Heavy contributor" is not defined by a single metric. It refers to writers whose stories, characters, or settings other writers have meaningfully built on - the same standard that determines whether an entry has settled into Living canon by use. A committee seat ~~reflects the same principle the canon does: recognition follows what the rest~~ of ~~the project has been building from~~.		== Founding seat ==
			The founding seat votes as one of five.

	~~== Permanent seat ==~~		It holds two additional powers, both procedural and neither overriding a vote:
	~~The permanent seat votes as one of five.~~

	~~It holds two additional powers:~~		* '''Confirmation on nominations.''' New rotating members are nominated by the Committee and confirmed by the founding seat. This is a check on nomination, not an appointment power - the founding seat cannot nominate, only confirm or decline.
			* '''Final call on procedural disputes.''' Disputes about how the Committee operates - quorum, recording, interpretation of these rules - are resolved by the founding seat. This power covers process, not outcomes.

	* '''Procedural final call.~~''' Disputes about how the Committee operates - quorum, recording, interpretation of these rules -~~ are ~~resolved by the permanent seat. This power covers process,~~ not ~~outcomes. It does not override a vote.~~		The founding seat also fills gaps in two specific cases described below: vacancy and recusal. These are not extra powers; they are mechanisms to keep the Committee at five votes when seats temporarily can't be filled by their normal holders.
	* '''Vote multiplication on vacancy.''' If a rotating seat is unfilled when a vote is called, the permanent seat casts an additional vote for each vacant seat. This keeps the Committee at five votes ~~regardless of vacancies, and removes the incentive to stall nominations to influence outcomes~~.

	== Votes ==		== Votes ==
	The Committee votes on two things:		The Committee votes on two things:

	* '''Promotion''' of an entry to Living canon: requires ~~a majority (~~three of five).		* '''Promotion''' of an entry to Living canon: requires three votes of five.
	* '''Pruning''' of an entry from Living canon: requires ~~unanimity (~~five ~~of five)~~. Pruning returns the entry to the general collection. It does not delete the story.		* '''Pruning''' of an entry from Living canon: requires all five votes. Pruning returns the entry to the general collection. It does not delete the story.

			When uncertainty exists, the Committee biases toward keeping entries in canon. The unanimous threshold for pruning is intentional - it should be hard to remove what has already been recognized.

	An entry that other stories have built on cannot be pruned if pruning would break those branches. This rule overrides any vote.		An entry that other stories have built on cannot be pruned if pruning would break those branches. This rule overrides any vote.

			=== Vacancy ===
			If a rotating seat is vacant - between terms, lapsed, or otherwise unfilled - the founding seat casts an additional vote in its place. The Committee always votes as five.

			This is not an expansion of the founding seat's power. It exists so that delayed nominations or sudden departures do not stall or weaken Committee decisions. A founder uncomfortable with this concentration of votes can choose to postpone votes until the seat is filled. There is no obligation to act on an active matter while seats are vacant.

			=== Recusal ===
			A Committee member cannot vote on the promotion of their own work to Living canon. They are recused for that vote. The founding seat casts the recused member's vote in their place, keeping the Committee at five.

			If the work up for promotion is the founding seat's, the founding seat is recused and does not cast a replacement vote. The remaining four members vote, and promotion requires three of four.

	=== When a member is unreachable ===		=== When a member is unreachable ===
	A vote requires all ~~five~~ members present. If a member is ~~unreachable~~, the vote is postponed. ~~There is no urgency in~~ Committee work - nothing in the canon collapses while a vote waits.		A vote requires all members able to vote present. If a member who is not vacant or recused cannot be reached, the vote is postponed. Committee work is not urgent - nothing in the canon collapses while a vote waits.

	=== How votes are recorded ===		=== How votes are recorded ===
	Only the outcome of a vote is recorded publicly. Individual votes, deliberations, and dissent stay within the Committee.		Only the outcome of a vote is recorded publicly. Individual votes, deliberations, and dissent stay within the Committee.

	This is intentional. The Committee speaks with one voice once a vote is settled~~, regardless of how its members voted internally~~. A promoted entry has the Committee's endorsement. A retained entry has the Committee's protection. The reasoning behind either is not part of the record.		This is intentional. The Committee speaks with one voice once a vote is settled. A promoted entry has the Committee's endorsement. A retained entry has the Committee's protection. The reasoning behind either is not part of the record.

	== The integrity rule ==		== The integrity rule ==
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	* arbitrate disputes between writers about their own work;		* arbitrate disputes between writers about their own work;
	* approve, reject, or rank stories in the general collection;		* approve, reject, or rank stories in the general collection;
	* alter ~~[[Canon Structure#Trunk\|Trunk]]~~ in any way.		* alter the cosmology in any way.

	A story in the general collection does not pass through the Committee. It is ~~simply~~ written, and it is Duela the moment it is written. The Committee's authority begins and ends at the question of what carries the Living canon marker.		A story in the general collection does not pass through the Committee. It is written, and it is Duela the moment it is written. The Committee's authority begins and ends at the question of what carries the Living canon marker.

	== Principle ==		== Principle ==
	The Committee does not decide what is true in Duela. It decides what enough of us have agreed to build on.		The Committee does not decide what is true in Duela. It decides what enough of us have agreed to build on.

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	== Rotating seats ==		== Rotating seats ==
	Rotating seats serve six-month terms. There is no limit on consecutive terms — a contributor whose work continues to anchor the setting may hold a seat for as long as the nomination process supports it.		Rotating seats serve six-month terms. There is no limit on consecutive terms - a contributor whose work continues to anchor the setting may hold a seat for as long as the nomination process supports it.

	New seats are filled by mixed nomination: the existing Committee nominates a candidate, and the permanent seat confirms. Either side can decline a name. A seat may remain open through more than one nomination cycle if no candidate is agreed on; this is not a problem.		New seats are filled by mixed nomination: the existing Committee nominates a candidate, and the permanent seat confirms. Either side can decline a name. A seat may remain open through more than one nomination cycle if no candidate is agreed on; this is not a problem.
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	It holds two additional powers:		It holds two additional powers:

	* '''Procedural final call.''' Disputes about how the Committee operates - quorum, recording, interpretation of these rules — are resolved by the permanent seat. This power covers process, not outcomes. It does not override a vote.		* '''Procedural final call.''' Disputes about how the Committee operates - quorum, recording, interpretation of these rules - are resolved by the permanent seat. This power covers process, not outcomes. It does not override a vote.
	* '''Vote multiplication on vacancy.''' If a rotating seat is unfilled when a vote is called, the permanent seat casts an additional vote for each vacant seat. This keeps the Committee at five votes regardless of vacancies, and removes the incentive to stall nominations to influence outcomes.		* '''Vote multiplication on vacancy.''' If a rotating seat is unfilled when a vote is called, the permanent seat casts an additional vote for each vacant seat. This keeps the Committee at five votes regardless of vacancies, and removes the incentive to stall nominations to influence outcomes.

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	=== When a member is unreachable ===		=== When a member is unreachable ===
	A vote requires all five members present. If a member is unreachable, the vote is postponed. There is no urgency in Committee work — nothing in the canon collapses while a vote waits.		A vote requires all five members present. If a member is unreachable, the vote is postponed. There is no urgency in Committee work - nothing in the canon collapses while a vote waits.

	=== How votes are recorded ===		=== How votes are recorded ===

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	New seats are filled by mixed nomination: the existing Committee nominates a candidate, and the permanent seat confirms. Either side can decline a name. A seat may remain open through more than one nomination cycle if no candidate is agreed on; this is not a problem.		New seats are filled by mixed nomination: the existing Committee nominates a candidate, and the permanent seat confirms. Either side can decline a name. A seat may remain open through more than one nomination cycle if no candidate is agreed on; this is not a problem.

	"Heavy contributor" is not defined by a single metric. It refers to writers whose stories, characters, or settings other writers have meaningfully built on — the same standard that determines whether an entry has settled into Living canon by use. A committee seat reflects the same principle the canon does: recognition follows what the rest of the project has been building from.		"Heavy contributor" is not defined by a single metric. It refers to writers whose stories, characters, or settings other writers have meaningfully built on - the same standard that determines whether an entry has settled into Living canon by use. A committee seat reflects the same principle the canon does: recognition follows what the rest of the project has been building from.

	== Permanent seat ==		== Permanent seat ==
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	It holds two additional powers:		It holds two additional powers:

	* '''Procedural final call.''' Disputes about how the Committee operates — quorum, recording, interpretation of these rules — are resolved by the permanent seat. This power covers process, not outcomes. It does not override a vote.		* '''Procedural final call.''' Disputes about how the Committee operates - quorum, recording, interpretation of these rules — are resolved by the permanent seat. This power covers process, not outcomes. It does not override a vote.
	* '''Vote multiplication on vacancy.''' If a rotating seat is unfilled when a vote is called, the permanent seat casts an additional vote for each vacant seat. This keeps the Committee at five votes regardless of vacancies, and removes the incentive to stall nominations to influence outcomes.		* '''Vote multiplication on vacancy.''' If a rotating seat is unfilled when a vote is called, the permanent seat casts an additional vote for each vacant seat. This keeps the Committee at five votes regardless of vacancies, and removes the incentive to stall nominations to influence outcomes.

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	The Committee maintains Living canon. It does not:		The Committee maintains Living canon. It does not:

	* edit, revise, or rewrite stories — including stories in Living canon;		* edit, revise, or rewrite stories - including stories in Living canon;
	* arbitrate disputes between writers about their own work;		* arbitrate disputes between writers about their own work;
	* approve, reject, or rank stories in the general collection;		* approve, reject, or rank stories in the general collection;

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= Committee =
The Committee maintains [[Canon Structure|Living canon]]. It does not own the world, and it does not decide what counts as a Duela story. It maintains a recommendation.

A story written without ever consulting the Committee is still Duela. A lineage of branches that the Committee never recognized is still Duela. The Committee exists to give writers who want a shared reference point something stable to build on. Nothing more.

== Composition ==
The Committee has five seats:

* One '''permanent seat''', held by the project founder.
* Four '''rotating seats''', held by heavy contributors.

== Rotating seats ==
Rotating seats serve six-month terms. There is no limit on consecutive terms — a contributor whose work continues to anchor the setting may hold a seat for as long as the nomination process supports it.

New seats are filled by mixed nomination: the existing Committee nominates a candidate, and the permanent seat confirms. Either side can decline a name. A seat may remain open through more than one nomination cycle if no candidate is agreed on; this is not a problem.

"Heavy contributor" is not defined by a single metric. It refers to writers whose stories, characters, or settings other writers have meaningfully built on — the same standard that determines whether an entry has settled into Living canon by use. A committee seat reflects the same principle the canon does: recognition follows what the rest of the project has been building from.

== Permanent seat ==
The permanent seat votes as one of five.

It holds two additional powers:

* '''Procedural final call.''' Disputes about how the Committee operates — quorum, recording, interpretation of these rules — are resolved by the permanent seat. This power covers process, not outcomes. It does not override a vote.
* '''Vote multiplication on vacancy.''' If a rotating seat is unfilled when a vote is called, the permanent seat casts an additional vote for each vacant seat. This keeps the Committee at five votes regardless of vacancies, and removes the incentive to stall nominations to influence outcomes.

== Votes ==
The Committee votes on two things:

* '''Promotion''' of an entry to Living canon: requires a majority (three of five).
* '''Pruning''' of an entry from Living canon: requires unanimity (five of five). Pruning returns the entry to the general collection. It does not delete the story.

An entry that other stories have built on cannot be pruned if pruning would break those branches. This rule overrides any vote.

=== When a member is unreachable ===
A vote requires all five members present. If a member is unreachable, the vote is postponed. There is no urgency in Committee work — nothing in the canon collapses while a vote waits.

=== How votes are recorded ===
Only the outcome of a vote is recorded publicly. Individual votes, deliberations, and dissent stay within the Committee.

This is intentional. The Committee speaks with one voice once a vote is settled, regardless of how its members voted internally. A promoted entry has the Committee's endorsement. A retained entry has the Committee's protection. The reasoning behind either is not part of the record.

== The integrity rule ==
An entry that has been built on by other stories cannot be pruned if pruning would break those branches.

When a prune is proposed, the affected branch authors are consulted. They describe what their work depends on and what would be lost if the entry were removed. The Committee then judges whether the entry is structurally load-bearing.

The standard is not whether a branch could survive in some technical sense. It is whether the branch would lose its meaning. A story whose entire premise rests on a pruned entry is broken even if it still parses; the integrity rule protects against that.

In practice, the integrity rule means Living canon is unstable in its early life and stabilizes through use. Recognition can be withdrawn. Structural use cannot.

== Scope ==
The Committee maintains Living canon. It does not:

* edit, revise, or rewrite stories — including stories in Living canon;
* arbitrate disputes between writers about their own work;
* approve, reject, or rank stories in the general collection;
* alter [[Canon Structure#Trunk|Trunk]] in any way.

A story in the general collection does not pass through the Committee. It is simply written, and it is Duela the moment it is written. The Committee's authority begins and ends at the question of what carries the Living canon marker.

== Principle ==
The Committee does not decide what is true in Duela. It decides what enough of us have agreed to build on.