[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