The Governance team proposes amendments to the Ambassador Charter to clarify and improve the evaluation process.
The following amendments and additions to the charter are designed to ensure that every ambassador has a fair opportunity to receive three evaluations per review cycle. They also strengthen the charter by explicitly specifying that ambassadors have seven days to submit an evaluation, and reviewers have seven days to provide their reviews. While this was previously implied, it will now be clearly stated. Additionally, these changes ensure that if an ambassador does not submit an evaluation in the first round, they will not be selected for supplemental reviews in the same review period, helping to keep the process moving efficiently.
Article 2 Section 10.2
- Review Period. Each Peer Review Process will evaluate submissions within a calendar month.
+ Review Period. Each Peer Review Process will evaluate submissions within a calendar month. Each Ambassador shall have seven (7) days to provide submissions, and seven (7) days to complete their assigned peer review evaluations once distributed.
Article 2 Section 10.5
- Failure to Participate. Failure to Participate in the Peer Review process means, during any single peer review cycle, any one of the following violations: i) not providing a Submission on time, ii) not returning at least one of the requested peer evaluations on time, or iii) receiving a score of zero on two or more evaluations. If any Ambassador or Lead Ambassador incurs a Failure to Participate more than twice in any contiguous 6-month period, such person will be automatically terminated from the Program.
+ Failure to Participate. Failure to Participate in the Peer Review process means, during any single peer review cycle, any one of the following violations: i) not providing a Submission on time, ii) not returning at least one of the requested peer evaluations on time, or iii) receiving a score of zero on two or more evaluations.
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+ For purposes of this section, multiple review rounds for a single calendar month of submissions shall be considered one peer review cycle. Any Ambassador who fails to submit evaluations in an initial round shall be excluded from selection as an evaluator in any supplementary rounds for the relevant month.
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+ If any Ambassador or Lead Ambassador incurs a Failure to Participate more than twice in any contiguous 6-month period, such person will be automatically terminated from the Program.
Article 2 Section 10.9
+ Minimum Review Requirement. Up to three (3) attempts should be made to ensure that each Ambassador is afforded three (3) peer reviews per evaluation period. When necessary, up to two (2) supplementary review rounds shall be conducted for those Ambassadors' submissions that do not already have three (3) reviews received. If more than three (3) reviews are received, only the first three (3) reviews received will be counted.