Private nominations/submissions to a comittee

Lets see if I do a good job explaining this one.

The idea is you have a group of people on a committee or panel, they are trusted to receive private submissions. Non-members can start discussions within the group, but they can only see the discussion they created.

The members of the group and the discussion author can have a conversation to resolve any questions. Group members can also invite other guests if required.

We worked with OpenSSL to develop this feature for their representative election process.

From the user manual page:

Nominations are a clear use case when candidate details or the list of nominees must remain private during selection. A person can nominate themselves or someone else for an election, appointment, committee, board, or representative role, while a selection panel reviews each nomination in its own discussion.

Other suitable purposes where submissions should not be public include:

• Complaints, safeguarding reports, safety concerns, and incident reports

• Appeals and requests to reconsider a decision about an individual case

• Requests for mediation, conflict resolution, or personal support

• Applications containing personal, financial, or eligibility information, such as hardship grants or scholarships

• Sealed bids or tender responses that must remain private during assessment

As always - very interested to know if you have a use case for this within your own organsations.