{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.party-secretary","code":"thing-q836971","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q836971/","name":"party secretary","alternateNames":["First Secretary","Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan","Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union","Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan","Party Secretary of Jiangxi","committee secretary of a communist party","regional party secretary"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.PER"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A party secretary is an officeholder in a political party responsible for organizational administration, coordination or leadership, with authority defined by the party's rules and the level of organization served.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify a political party secretary role, establish its mandate and current occupancy, and determine which actions its holder is authorized to take.","scope":{"in":["Secretary offices within a political party and its territorial or organizational units","Distinction between administrative secretary and secretary serving as political leader","Eligibility, selection, tenure, succession, and removal","Responsibility for party administration, organization, and authorized political coordination","Authority, delegation, reporting duties, and constraints attached to the office","Relationships between the role, its holder, party governing bodies, and any separately held public office"],"out":["The officeholder's full biography and personal political beliefs","The political party's complete ideology, membership, and organizational model","Government offices or state powers separately held by the same person","Generic clerical employment 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or conflicts of interest.","questions":[{"text":"To which membership forum or governing body must the secretary report, and at what intervals?","id":"answerability-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What complaint, recusal, appeal, or disciplinary procedure applies when the secretary's conduct is challenged?","id":"answerability-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"service-and-handover","name":"Service and handover","description":"Connects the office to its working arrangements and continuity obligations.","findings":[{"id":"resources-and-custody","name":"Resources and custody","description":"Record paid or voluntary status, supporting staff, access entitlements, and custody of party records attached to the office.","questions":[{"text":"What service arrangement, staffing, and access to party systems support this secretary office?","id":"resources-and-custody-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"When the holder leaves or is suspended, which records, credentials, and delegated 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these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of party secretary this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of party secretary this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of party secretary this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of party secretary this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of party secretary this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of party secretary this model covers, and on what 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