Revised Clan Charter

Revised Charter:

The Charter of Jedi vs. Sith is the primary rule body of the clan, but it is more then just a list of rules, it is a promise to the clan and to ourselves, to do everything we can to, not only keep this clan running, but also to keep all the fun these games are meant to bring and to enable the people who make up this clan to rule there destinies within the clan itself.

Principles

JvS is a clan founded on two core principles. The first is Democracy. In JvS every senator has a vote, and everyone has the right to put forth any idea. The clan is not ruled by just one person, and it never will be ruled by just one person, no matter what happens this core principle must be upheld. There will be a Council and a Senate. The Council will be the primary body for enacting change, and adressing issues both inside and outside the clan, but they do not hold all the power. The Senate is responsible the initial screening of all proposed ideas, after which they will bring the idea up for a vote. The changes will then be enacted by the Council, acting on the will of the people.

The second core principle is good natured fun and competition. JvS does not engage in raids, except by vote, and will be treated as any idea brought up for vote. We ask that all members view this as a clan for fun, and not to take anything too seriously. We understand that emotions may flare at times, but we ask that you try not to act out of passion only.

Senate

The Senate is the most open body of power in JvS, and is the court of First Instance. What this means is that the Senate reviews all ideas and votes on them with the majority vote deciding on the action. These votes must be clan-wide and not game specific unless a game's players seek goverance, and then only for approval of the system. A normal issue voting booth will last no more and no less than a weeks time, while an emergency injunction (said as a raid and can only be set as an emergency vote by a council member) will last no more than 48 hours, and no less than 24 hours. Once a Senator votes they have exactly 48 hours in which to change it before it becomes permanent. The first Senate members will be appointed by the Council until the Senate is on its feet, then the Senate will have control over who is voted in, all votes must pass by two-thirds majority. New Senate members can only be proposed during the first 7 days of any given month, and on the 8th day the proposed members will be held to a normal voting booth.The Senate also must vote on a Representative to the Council, this Representative will be voted on every three months to decide whether or not he will stay. He may serve indefinite terms so long as he is reelected at the appointed time. The vote must succeed by two-thirds in order for the current Representative or for a new Representative to step in. In the case of a tie the Council will vote, and in the case of a further tie, it will be put to a public majority vote. During a public majority vote, to avoid obvious cases of vote fraud stemming from public polls, a post must be made in the voting booth and only those who voted via a post will be counted. In the case of a Senate Representative is removed from office, it is up to the Senate to choose a new Representative, and the Senate will be given a weeks time to decide on two candidates for voting. If two candidates are not presented in a weeks time, the Chancellor and Prime Minister will each select a candidate to be voted on, and this person will serve only a months time to allow the Senate time to debate on who will run after that period of time. In order to remove a member from the Senate it must be proved misconduct was committed and passed by a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate. In order to remove the Senate Representative it must be proved misconduct was committed, and must be passed by either: a unanimous Senate vote, or a two-third Senate vote and the vote of at least one Council member. Senators can only be elected if they have been in the clan a minimum of two months. A Senate Representative must have been in the clan a minimum of four months. Any member of the Senate cannot be a member of the Council or a Faction Leader at the same time.

Council

The Council is an executive branch, of highly trusted members, and while they do not vote, their opinion has a significant impact on any idea put forward. The Council of JvS will be made up of three people: The Chancellor, the Prime Minister, and the Senate Representative. The Chancellor will be responsible for day-to-day administration of the Website, Forums, and any Server currently held by the clan, as well as enacting any changes voted on by the Senate. The Prime Minister will be responsible for Inter-clan relations(such as alliances, clan matches, and settling disputes between clans), and enacting any changes having to do with such. The Senate Representative will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Intra-clan relations(adding people to the Roster, communicating between the Senate and the Council, and settling disputes within the clan) and will have the power to call a Vote of No Confidence. In the event of a Council member being found to have misconducted in an area, the Senate Representative will bring forth three options to the Senate for vote: 1. A severe punishment(Minimum step down from office, maximum kick from the clan). 2. A less severe, but still significant punishment(i.e. Step down from office to Senate, Suspension of Administration abilities for a time, etc). 3. A slap on the wrist(i.e. 24 hour server ban, temporary suspension from office, etc). It will be up to the Senate Representative to choose what specific punishment is available for each of the three options, and then up to the Senate as a whole to decide on which punishment to be administered, via an emergency voting booth. If a Council member steps down, or is voted out, the remaining Council member and both Faction Leaders will present a candidate, each, for vote in the Senate, and the Senate will decide on the next Council member. The Senate Representative does not participate in choosing a candidate for this event. Any member of the Council cannot be a member of the Senate or a Faction Leader at the same time.

Faction Leaders

In JvS Faction Leaders are expected to be good judges of character. The Faction Leaders are responsible for leading their respective factions, as well as accepting members submitted with endorsement and watching the members of their faction. Faction Leaders control admission to their faction and hold the power to exile someone if they prove to be a disruptive influence. On the Forums they act as Forum Regulators, with the ability to hand out infractions and punish members for breaking the rules. In game, on any server held by the clan, they have admin abilities allowing them to enact harsh penalties on anyone who is being a severely disruptive influence. Any punishment by a Faction Leader can only be overturned with the consensus of two Councilors. The Jedi Grand Master must be of good character and patient in the extreme. The Dark Lord of the Sith must be fierce in his conviction and hard on any who challenge him. The Jedi Grand Master is leader of the Jedi until he either: 1. Steps down(in which case he must present possible successors, for the Senate to vote on). 2. Is voted to be removed for misconduct by the Council and Senate. The Dark Lord of the Sith is the leader of the Sith until either: 1. He is challenged for his spot by someone who thinks they can do the job better(in which case the Senate considers the claims and votes on the issue)(a challenge can only be issued once a month so as not to tie up the Senate). 2. Steps down and appoints a successor. 3. Is voted to be removed for misconduct by the Council and Senate. In times of extreme trouble the Dark Lord and Grand Master can be removed by a two-thirds vote by both the Senate, and the Council, and cannot vote in the precedings themselves. Any Faction Leader cannot be a member of the Council or Senate at the same time.

Membership

JvS is an invitation only clan, it does not do open recruitment. In order to be admited you must post an application and a member of the clan must endorse it. In order to discourage over endorsement, any member who endorses someone will be held accountable for that member's actions for the first two months of their membership. Once an applicant is endorsed they automatically join whatever faction they posted an application to, no probation period is required, though the applicant will be closely watched for the first couple months of his membership. Once a member you may apply to as many game divisions as you play in and are encouraged to where your tags whenever you play a game, even if we do not officially have a division in that game. Multi-clanning is allowed in a game so long as the game has no official goverance forbidding it.

Meta-game

Once a person is accepted into JvS they are entitled to use the JvS tag in any game they play. Ranks for any game will default to whatever in-game ranking system already exists unless enough members petition for a unique ranking system. If it can be proven five or more people play a specific multiplayer game they may petition the Galactic Prospecting Forum to have a forum, named for the game, provided for them to discuss specific game elements in. If granted the five must submit someone within their group to manage a roster for the game including who plays it and what in-game rank/level they have(to be provided by the person in question). If a game has 15 or more people playing it, and desires a unique set of ranks and goverance they may present a layout outlining the specifics of this system for the Senate to vote on, if the Senate finds the ranks lacking in detail or containing plot holes a Council member will be provided to help them iron out the details so they may resubmit it. Any game that sets up it's own goverance must be restricted in that it cannot overrule the Council, Senate, and Faction Leaders, and cannot demand resources or money from it's members. Aside from disputes the goverance of a game is up to those who play the game. Game goverances are not considered a clan-wide positions, as such any member of the Senate, Council, or Faction Leaders may also be part of a game's goverance.

Admins

Administrators are expected to use their powers wisely, and give a report and reason if they find it necessary to kick or ban someone from the any Server held by the clan or the Forums (along with screenshot proof of any communication involved). Administration in JvS is controlled by the Council, all members of the Council have the highest level of admin for any servers held by the clan as well as Forum Administration and Website Administration. This is to ensure that no one council member can attempt a hijacking of the forums or server. Faction Leaders have the next highest level Server Administration and Moderator power over the Forums. Senators do not automatically gain any Moderation, or Administration power, with the exception of the Senate Representative, but rather is given out by the Council as the need is seen. If it is found that a Senator abuses his powers he may be charged with misconduct and penalties enacted as such.


Clan Amendments:


Recruit & Rank Disbandment Act

The Great Hall shall hereby be removed, and the Probation Period erased. Members will instead submit applications directly to the Faction they wish to join(Jedi or Sith) and must be endorsed by a current member, or a Retired member in good standing with the clan. Clan wide Ranks will be removed, everyone in the clan can only be recognized as Jedi and Sith outside their game(s) of choice. A game's governance may establish ranks for that particular game, or they may use the game's built-in ranking system, but these ranks apply only to that game's community and not the game as a whole.


Forum Restructuring Act

Category: Clan-wide
Hall of Knowledge(All clan information, including a direct link to the Jedi Application or Sith Application)
-Coruscant(General Jedi Faction Forum)
-Korriban(General Sith Faction Forum)
Diplomatic Corps
-Diplomatic Hotel
Senate Communications Center
-Galactic Prospecting(Where you can petition to have a game-specific forum added)

Category: General
Tatooine Cantina
Parnelli Museum of Art
Galactic City
Galaxies Opera House
Rancor Pit
Techno Union

Category: Members(Hidden)
Darth Bar
Grand Convocation Chamber
-Senatorial Oversight Committee
Arbitration Center
-ArbitrationOffice

Category: Games
(To be made)

Category: Goverance(one category per game with a goverance such as JKA)

Category: Leadership
Grand Concourse
-Analysis Bureau
Council Chambers
Senate Rotunda
Alliance Council
Administrative Office: Forum(Punishments)

Category: Servers
(Filled one for every server the clan owns and then a subcategory for the Administrative Office and Treasury of each server)

Category: Archives
Jedi Archives
Sith Holocrons
Library of Records
Public Senate Archive

Chatbox