demerzel-poll

name	demerzel-poll
description	Create governance polls in GitHub Discussions when community input would improve decision quality — used sparingly for genuine decisions

Demerzel Poll — Community Governance Input

Create polls for genuine governance decisions where community input improves quality. Used sparingly — not for trivial decisions.

Usage

/demerzel poll [question] — create a poll with options

When to Poll (strict criteria)

Only create polls when ALL of these are true:

1. Genuine ambiguity — multiple valid approaches exist, Demerzel cannot decide alone
2. Community impact — the decision affects how users interact with the ecosystem
3. Not urgent — polls need time for responses (minimum 3 days before acting)
4. Not recently polled — max 1 poll per month to avoid survey fatigue

When NOT to Poll

• Constitutional compliance questions (the constitution decides, not votes)
• Technical implementation choices (use /demerzel consult with ChatGPT instead)
• Routine governance operations (Demerzel handles these autonomously)
• When you already know the answer (don't poll for validation, decide)

Good Poll Topics

• "Which feature should we prioritize next?" (roadmap input)
• "Should we add [new domain] to the GA chatbot?" (scope decisions)
• "How should Seldon deliver weekly digests?" (UX preferences)
• "Which NotebookLM topics should we expand?" (knowledge priorities)

How to Create

Polls use GitHub Discussions in the Polls category:

gh api graphql -f query='mutation {
  createDiscussion(input: {
    repositoryId: "R_kgDORnMyyQ",
    categoryId: "DIC_kwDORnMyyc4C4eDX",
    title: "📊 Poll: [Your question]",
    body: "[Context and options — use markdown checkboxes or numbered options]"
  }) {
    discussion { url }
  }
}'

Category ID for Polls: DIC_kwDORnMyyc4C4eDX

Poll Format

## 📊 [Question]

[Brief context — why this matters]

### Options

- 👍 React with 👍 for Option A: [description]
- 🎉 React with 🎉 for Option B: [description]
- ❤️ React with ❤️ for Option C: [description]
- 🚀 React with 🚀 for Option D: [description]

**Voting closes:** [date, minimum 3 days out]

*Poll created by Demerzel governance. Results will be considered for the [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/GuitarAlchemist/projects/2).*

After the Poll

1. Wait for voting period to end (minimum 3 days)
2. Tally results from reactions
3. Post results summary as a comment
4. If clear winner: create issue on project board
5. If tie: Demerzel decides based on governance alignment
6. Log the decision in the governance evolution log

Frequency Limit

Maximum 1 poll per month. Track in the evolution log. If the ideation workflow detects a poll-worthy situation, it proposes the poll but does not create it — waits for the monthly slot.

Source

constitutions/demerzel-mandate.md Section 2 (Jurisdiction — community governance), policies/kaizen-policy.yaml (community input for innovative Kaizen)