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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.11 09:57:00 -
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Edited by: Dippin Dots on 11/06/2008 10:04:49
Bear with me while I prepare the document, please hold responses
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Constitution for the Council of Stellar Management
(10 June 2008)
Article 1: Name And Purpose
Section 1:Name
The name of the organization established by this document shall be ôCouncil of Stellar Management,ö to be abbreviated as ôCSM.ö
Section 2:Purpose
A.The purpose of this constitution is to establish the form, function and procedures for the CSM, as well as any organization created by or for the CSM.
B.The purposes of the CSM are:
i.To identify the issues of greatest interest or concern to the players of EVE Online, who shall be referred to as the ôpopulace.ö
ii.To evaluate the issues for their impact on and value to the populace.
iii.To ensure that the CCP Council is aware of the most important issues to the populace, the level of their importance, and their merits.
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.11 09:59:00 -
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Edited by: Dippin Dots on 11/06/2008 10:05:43
Article 2:The Populace
Section 1:Membership
To be considered a member of the populace a person must own an active account for the software EVE Online and be in compliance with the End User License Agreement (EULA) and Terms of Service (ToS) for that software.
Section 2:Voting
A.Any member of the populace who has owned an active EVE Online account for 30 days and is in compliance with the EULA and ToS is eligible to vote; with the exception of employees of CCP, who are not eligible, and do not hold votes.
B.A member of the populace who is eligible to vote holds one vote for each account owned in compliance with.
C.An eligible member of the populace may transfer control of their vote to a proxy.
i.A proxy must be an eligible voting member of the populace.
ii.At any time, control of a vote may be taken back by the original holder of the vote.
iii.The recipient of a vote held in proxy, who is not the original holder of the vote, can not transfer control of that vote to anyone else.
iv.If the recipient of a vote held in proxy transfers control of their own vote, they also release any votes held in proxy by themselves to their original holders.
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.11 09:59:00 -
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Edited by: Dippin Dots on 11/06/2008 10:06:17
Article 3:Elections And Referendums
Section 1:Polls
A.Ballots cast in council elections and general referendums are to be anonymous and tallied electronically.
B.Polls for elections and referendums are to be open for two full weeks.
C.Council elections for CSM officers will be held once every 6 months.
D.A general referendum is passed by a poll of the members of the populace eligible to vote (Article 2, Section 2, A) in which greater than 50% approve.
Section 2:Campaigning
A member of the populace who has held their account in active status for 90 or more consecutive days may announce themselves as a candidate for election. The announcement must be made no earlier than 2 months or later than 48 hours prior to the election.
Section 3:Term Limit
No individual may hold the position of a Seated Representative more than twice.
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.11 10:00:00 -
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Edited by: Dippin Dots on 11/06/2008 10:07:53
Article 4:Council Of Stellar Management (CSM)
Section 1:Elected Officer Pool
A.The top 9 candidates who receive the highest number of votes in a council election win seats on the CSM. The votes of all Seated Representatives of the CSM are of equal power. Candidates who receive vote totals in positions 10 through 14 are designated as Alternates.
B.Upon the election of a new set of officers for the CSM, the recipient of the greatest number of votes assumes the powers of the Chairman for the purpose of calling a designation vote. If a designation vote has not been called within 3 days following their election, the recipient of the second greatest number of votes may assume the powers of the Chairman for the purpose of calling a designation vote. For each 3 days that continue to pass without a designation vote having been called for the newly elected officers the power to call a designation vote extends to the next highest recipient.
C.A designation vote is called for the purpose of assigning the CSM Office of Chairman for the term to a Seated Representative, following the rules of a council referendum (Article 4, Section 4, D). Once the Chairman office is filled, the recipient calls for votes to fill the remaining CSM Offices to Seated Representatives.
Section 2: CSM Offices
A.The Chairman:
i.The primary responsibility of the Chairman is to keep CSM meetings focused and orderly.
ii.may summon representatives to schedule council meetings.
iii.may organize council meetings with the populace.
iv.must take responsibility for all management related tasks during the council term.
B.The Vice-Chairman (VC) shares the responsibilities of the Chairman.
C.The Secretary:
i.The primary responsibility of the Secretary is to keep a record of all attendance, activities and topics of discussion for meetings, and to publish them for the populace to read in the Transcript Vault.
ii.must publish the reports on issues delivered to the CCP Council.
D.The Vice-Secretary (VC) shares the responsibilities of the Secretary.
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.11 10:01:00 -
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Edited by: Dippin Dots on 11/06/2008 10:09:50
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Section 3:Vacancy Of An Office
A.In the event of a CSM Office being vacated a council referendum (Article 4, Section 4, D) shall be held to assign another representative to the vacated position, the highest ranked Alternate representative (Article 4, Section 1, A) is then promoted to the position of Seated Representative.
B.A vote of No Confidence can be held among the Seated Representatives to remove a CSM Officer from office.
i.Grounds for a vote of No Confidence for a CSM Officer include; a failure to perform the duties of their office as set forth in this constitution or its bylaws, or failure to uphold the provisions of this constitution or its bylaws.
ii.For a vote of No Confidence to pass a super-majority of 75% approval must be reached.
Section 4:Council Meetings
A.Council meetings shall be held at least once a month
B.If a Seated Representative is not present for a meeting, the highest ranking Alternate (Article 4, Section 1, A) available shall temporarily take up the responsibilities of that position.
i.If a Seated Representative should arrive at a meeting in which their position on the council has been temporarily filled by an Alternate, they immediately resume the responsibilities of the position.
ii.Upon the arrival of a Seated Representative, the Alternate who had held their seat shall inform them of the current topic.
C.Vote results require a minimum of 7 votes cast, including those in abstention.
i.A representative must be present at the meeting to abstain.
ii.No fewer than 3 of the votes must be given by Seated Representatives.
D.Approval of all decisions, declarations and statements representing the CSM and the populace shall require a council referendum. A council referendum shall require a minimum of 55% approval for passage. CSM actions that shall require a council referendum include, but are not limited to:
i.Approval of a report, presentation or request to be delivered to the CCP Council.
ii.Approval of a scheduled date and time for an upcoming meeting.
iii.Approval of an agenda for an upcoming meeting.
E.The proceedings of all meetings of the CSM shall be recorded and published in a timely manner for review by the populace.
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Idiot King
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Posted - 2008.06.11 10:01:00 -
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If the OP is already 4 posts I can tell this is just going to be a lot of words and not much content
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.11 10:02:00 -
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Edited by: Dippin Dots on 11/06/2008 10:11:28
Article 5:Amendments and Bylaws
Section 1:Amendments
All amendments to this constitution must be approved by a general referendum and a council referendum.
Section 2:Bylaws
The CSM may approve bylaws through council referendum to facilitate the functions of the council.
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Idiot King
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Posted - 2008.06.11 10:02:00 -
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Jade constantine alt spotted
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.11 10:03:00 -
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Held for Space
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Sigmorhair
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.06.11 10:10:00 -
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Lol Buttes
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.11 11:35:00 -
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 Originally by: Idiot King
If the OP is already 4 posts I can tell this is just going to be a lot of words and not much content
Yes, there are a lot of words, and a constitution by definition is an organized document, so I chose to break it into segments for easier reading (and quoting for discussion).
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.16 00:11:00 -
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(reposted in the first post)
One last try for sanity...
Currently, the CSM does not have any form of formal direction or sturcture. Many people assume that the CSM.pdf document is meant to provide this, but if you read closely, it is easy to tell that it is not meant for that purpose. It was written for CCP as a proposal for the idea of allowing/encouraging the formation of a player government.
It is up to the CSM, like any other founders, to establish how it as a government is supposed to work. If the people represented are not happy with what they, the representatives, propose, they revolt. Clearly, the most popular CSM related threads of late are ones calling for the downfall of the representatives, or ones mocking it.
I can understand their desire to get things rolling and jump straight into issues. Without a constitution or similar document that formalizes how they are supposed to do, and what they are supposed to do, anything that is attempted in the meantime will be a catastrophe of confusion. Before they can address issues, the CSM desperately needs to adopt a founding document such as this.
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Dramaticus
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.06.16 02:16:00 -
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an internet spaceship constitution lawl
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Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.16 07:15:00 -
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Edited by: Dippin Dots on 16/06/2008 07:17:19
Originally by: Dramaticus
an internet spaceship constitution lawl
It's no different than a local sports club having a founding document, or a school organization, etc. This organization covers a much much larger body of people than most of those would, and thus the need for such a thing is even greater.
There are plenty of towns and cities with smaller populations than Tranquility has, and they have charters etc. that establish city councils, mayors, police forces etc. It's foolish to think any organizaiton which is supposed to represent tens or hundreds of thousands of people wouldn't need a set of rules/bylaws.
Even the internet forums on which we communicate have such founding documents. I doubt you could find many forums without one.
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Anthony Pants
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Posted - 2008.06.16 08:46:00 -
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Originally by: Idiot King
If the OP is already 4 posts I can tell this is just going to be a lot of words and not much content
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Parid
GoonFleet
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Posted - 2008.06.17 17:46:00 -
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Just what this process needs more bureaucracy to bicker over to distract everyone from doing work. 
/countersigned
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Jade Constantine
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Posted - 2008.06.17 18:02:00 -
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Almost uniformly terrible ideas. An overcomplicated mess of value only to barrack-room lawyers and people interested more in the political powerplays than anything actually getting done.
No support.
CSM Manifesto 2008 | Destroy Outposts! |
Dippin Dots
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Posted - 2008.06.17 18:39:00 -
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Originally by: Jade Constantine
Almost uniformly terrible ideas. An overcomplicated mess of value only to barrack-room lawyers and people interested more in the political powerplays than anything actually getting done.
I can remember around a dozen posts of you and the other members of the CSM trying to figure out just what you're supposed to be doing, and what your powers were supposed to be, and you're still planning to rely on CCP to provide you with clarification and "permission" to nominate your own leaders.
A document like this and its bylaws allows a new set of representatives to avoid all that nonsense and waste of time arguments without dependancy on vague and unreliable word-of-mouth hand-me-down descriptions of how they're supposed to function. "Fly by the seat of your pants" methods rarely work well.
It's not as if the current unfounded CSM isn't full of powerplays.
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