MISSION STATEMENT: This is a game, we're here to have fun.


Goal: To provide a flexible democratic government that gives the
players a stake and a say in how things are run. To give everyone that
wants to, the chance to lead. To not leave anyone feeling like they're
stuck in a position. To give those that don't have the time to lead a
chance to work 'behind the scenes' and contribute as much as they want to.

Define: active => 2 weeks inactive.

Elections by all active players every month.

No one can hold the same office for more than two terms consecutively.

Preference shall be shown to those members not having held office
before.

No confidence/recall: Any elected official can be replaced by a 2/3
vote of all active members.


ELECTED OFFICIALS

Prime Minister a.k.a. Grinman

- Declares wars (after membership vote)

- Identify in-actives.

- Kick in-actives / Ban spies (after membership announcment)


Ministers (3) a.k.a. Mudkips 

- Diplomats.

- Vets new members.

- Identify in-actives.

- Appoint admirals (at least 2 must aggree on a choice)


APPOINTED OFFICIALS

Advisors a.k.a. Nigras

- Each Minister appoints 2 Advisors.

- The P.M. appoints one Advisor.

- All appointee's terms end with the next election.


Admirals

- Admirals are appointed on an as needed basis by the Ministers for an
indefinite term.

- Admirals may not hold elected office.

- A 2/3rd no confidence vote of the Ministers or a 2/3 vote of the
active members is required to remove an Admiral from office. 

- As a guideline there should be one Admiral for each 10 galaxies with
additional Admirals placed in hotspots as necessary.  


CHAIN OF COMMAND

- P.M. > Ministers > Advisors

- All officials can add new members, change titles, and add announcements.

- Any event that comes up by default gets dealt with by the highest ranking
  offical online at the time.


WHAT NEED TO HAPPEN.

- The PM, the Ministers and the Advisors need to work together to
provide coverage for handling day to day today affairs. 

- Too much going on? Don't do it yourself DELEGATE !!!

- All need to publicly stand by decisions made by others when they are
not around as it is important that external parties not see dissension

- Communicatation!!


WARS, PEACE, AND TREATIES.

Its a war game so...

- A majority of the PM and Ministers (3 of 4 members) must agree to declare
or war, peace or alliances, after which a simple majority (51%) of the active
membership must ratify the decision.

- A KOS counts as a war for these purposes: a war by the guild against
one player is still a war.


TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT

- Single vote per IP guild forum polls to insure anonymity while being
visible to all members shall be used for voting purposes.

CONTINUITY IN GOVERNMENT

- Should an elected official choose to vacate their post elections shall
the council shall appoint a replacement to serve until the next
general elections. 

AMENDMENTS

- Amendments to this charter shall require a 2/3 vote of the active membership.