[10:18] Pedro-seepings: MISSION STATEMENT: this is a game, we're here to have fun.
[10:18] Pedro-seepings: Goal: to provide a flexible government that gives the players a stake
[10:18] Pedro-seepings: and a say in how things are run. To give everyone that wants to,
[10:18] Pedro-seepings: the chance to lead. To not leave anyone feeling like they're stuck in
[10:18] Pedro-seepings: a position. To give those that don't have the time to lead a chance to
[10:18] Pedro-seepings: work 'behind the scenes' and contribute as much as they are able to.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: Define: active >= x minutes inactive.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: Elections by all active players every month.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: No one can hold the same office for more than two terms consecutively.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: Preference shall be shown to those members not having held office
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: before.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: No confidence/recall: Any elected official can be replaced by a 2/3
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: vote of all active members.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: ELECTED OFFICIALS / HIGH COUNCIL MEMBERS
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: Prime Minister
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Declares wars (after membership vote)
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Sets overall policy.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Kick in-actives / Ban spies (after membership vote)
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: Minister of State
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Primary diplomat
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: Interior Minister
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Vets new members
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Resource tracking
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Identify in-actives
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: Minister of Defense
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Overall defense coordination.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Appoints admirals.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: Parliamentary representative
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Advocate for the active members.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - Responsible for turning out the vote.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: High council members shall all be responsible for day to day affairs.
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - All need to publicly stand by decisions made by others when they
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: are not around as it is important that external parties not see
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: dissension
[10:19] Pedro-seepings: - To that end they must communicate. IRC or IM
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: APPOINTED OFFICIALS
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: Admirals
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: - Admirals are appointed on an as needed basis by the MoD for an
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: indefinite term.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: - Admirals may not hold elected office.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: - A 3/5th no confidence vote of the High Council or a 2/3 vote of the
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: active members is required to remove an Admiral from office.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: - As a guideline there should be one Admiral for each 10 galaxies with
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: additional Admirals placed in hotspots as necessary.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: Ministers can appoint delegates and advisors as required.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: Delegates or advisors are not council members and may not vote on
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: council decisions
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: Examples:
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: MoS may appoint a Goonion Liaison to deal directly with the
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: Goons.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: MoD may appoint a Military adviser.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: WARS, PEACE, AND TREATIES.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: Its a war game so...
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: - A majority of the High Council (3 of 5 members )must agree to declare
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: or war, peace or alliances, after which a simple majority (51%) of the active
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: membership must ratify the decision.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: - A KOS counts as a war for these purposes: a war by the guild against
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: one player is still a war.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: - Single vote per IP guild forum polls to insure anonymity while being
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: visible to all members shall be used for voting purposes.
[10:20] Pedro-seepings: CONTINUITY IN GOVERNMENT
[10:21] Pedro-seepings: - Should an elected official choose to vacate their post elections shall
[10:21] Pedro-seepings: the council shall appoint a replacement to serve until the next
[10:21] Pedro-seepings: general elections.
[10:21] Pedro-seepings: AMENDMENTS
[10:21] Pedro-seepings: - Amendments to this charter shall require a 2/3 vote of the active membership.
[10:21] Pedro-seepings: Other discussion points:
[10:21] Pedro-seepings: New guild or revamp [DESU]?
[10:21] Pedro-seepings: Petition to join the Goonion?
[10:21] Cleffa: First off
[10:21] Cleffa: a bit too srs business, and too much detail is given to the titles and ranks
[10:28] Naksu: for your high council thingy
[10:28] Naksu: i'd probably make the membership rotating or have two elections or something
[10:29] Naksu: we've had (and will have) problems relating to completely new people elected leaders, and SAS has those too
[10:30] Naksu: "new" as in people who have not been involved in running the guild before, people who only know the "public" version of current things