[Voting] Implement the new rules of the voting procedure and the by-laws amendment
Feature Request
Description
Implement the changes described in motion 2 of VGM 2023 internal link.
Proposals
The editorial college voted for the following amendment of by-laws and the voting procedure
Extend the second paragraph of the article 3.3 Screening with the following sentence:
If a manuscript stays unassigned for more than one month, the editorial administration in possible consultation with senior editors may return the manuscript to the authors on the grounds that a suitable EiC was not found.
To article 3.7 "Editorial College Vote" add the following text:
If the voting does not conclude within two weeks, any senior fellow with an appropriate specialization may cast the deciding vote if they judge that the voting is unlikely to resolve within a short time frame.
Please amend the by-laws description and implement the procedure that allows the editorial administration and the senior editors to act following this amendment.
Additional Information
Processing speed is a significant ongoing reputation risk for SciPost. This issue addresses one of the bottlenecks, and therefore I hope this issue can be prioritized.