queenhailee

Congratulations on the upgrade

Welcome to the project, MD and BTA. We're glad you've chosen to join us.

[quote name='Johnny Apocalypse' timestamp='1341675697' post='3005955'] You decided against the Rebecca Black theme in the end then? [/quote] /me gives JA the squint eye. [b]Most[/b] of us have. . .

[quote name='Hereno' timestamp='1341638368' post='3005597'] Cool to see another anarchist alliance pop up on Bob. It seems our humble ideology is spreading. Good luck to my leftist brethren in their new-found alliance. [/quote] Ah, you are mistaken. We are not anarchists. We are in the business of anarchy. We specialize in delivering only the finest quality.

Just making official that which has been reality for a long time. o/ BAPS o/ Valhalla You've always been our brothers and sisters. I'm happy to be going forward with each of you by my side.

[center][img]http://angevine.org/temp/offann.png[/img][/center] Our histories run deep. Our traditions stand strong, our will... unbreakable. From the heights of Mount Olympus, The Emerald Isle of Éire and the embattled lands of the Viking come forth a new entity. An entity steeped with traditions and friendships that have intertwined closely throughout time. An entity that combines the hearts and souls of some of the greatest alliances that have ever graced Planet Bob and one that will tirelessly defy anyone who dares to infringe upon its sovereignty. The merging of BAPS, Olympus and Valhalla is a testament to the friendship and collaboration of our alliances. We are alliances who are dedicated to our communities and allies, Alliances that believe in each and every one of its members and take great interest in the health of one another. Combining our efforts eases the load that rests on the shoulders of our strong and dedicated leaders. Combining our efforts will also allow us all to focus on the reasons why we have continued to make Planet Bob our home. We hereby declare our existence. We will protect current members in the Alliance Affiliations of "Valhalla", "Olympus" and "Boards Alliance of Protectorate States" until further notice. Recruiting from these AA's is strictly prohibited. The treaties that we all three share will remain in place along with each and every one of our protectorates. All other treaties have been converted to 30 day Optional Defense Pacts. [size=5][b]Anarchy Inc.[/b][/size] [size="3"][b]Preamble[/b][/size] We the people of Anarchy Inc, put forth this charter for the purpose of protection, guidance and growth of our nations. Anarchy Inc. is founded upon the wisdom, strength and prosperity of its forefathers and hereby incorporates that which made us strong individually into a united entity that is greater than the sum of its parts. [size="3"] [b]Triumvirate[/b][/size] The Triumvirate is charged with the responsibility of charting our course and with leading us on that path. The Triumvirate’s duties include but aren't limited to the signing of treaties and the declaration of wars. Triumvirs serve until resignation or removal. Removal of a triumvir requires a 75% Vote of No Confidence by the standing Council. Triumvir are appointed by the Triumvirate and ratified by the membership. A Triumvir may not run for a Council position. [size="3"][b]The Council[/b][/size] The Council consists of four Ministers. These ministers control the day-to-day functions of Anarchy Inc. [b] The Minister of Internal Affairs[/b] is charged with forum administration, applicants, membership levels, administering votes other than Council elections and internal communication with members. [b]The Minister of Foreign Affairs[/b] is charged with being a public face of the alliance, maintaining communication with allies and others, briefing the membership on happenings outside of the alliance and bringing treaties up for discussion. [b]The Minister of Finance[/b] is charged the growth and maintenance of our economic strength. [b]The Minister of Defense[/b] is charged with the organization of our military as well as the strengthening and training of our member nations. Ministers may appoint or dismiss Deputies and delegate duties as needed. Deputies are not considered government level positions. A Minister can be removed by a unanimous vote of the Triumvirate. If a council seat is vacated during a term the position will be filled by a Triumvir or Triumvirate appointment until the end of the term. [size="3"][b]Council Election Procedure[/b][/size] Council elections are administered by the Triumvirate and shall begin on the 10th day of each quarter (January, April, July, October) and consist of these stages. First is a 24-hour Nomination period in which qualified Members may nominate themselves or others. Each nomination shall require 2 other Members to sign the nomination in order to proceed. Nominees who obtained the required signatures will then have 24 hours to post their platforms. All members have 48-hours in which to pose questions to the nominees. Voting on candidates will begin after the Question and Answer stage closes and last for 48 hours. Candidates must receive more than 50% of the vote to be declared the winner. If no candidate receives the minimum votes, there will be a 24-hour run-off vote between the 2 candidates who receive the most votes. If the run off vote is a tie after 24 hours the vote will continue for an additional 24 hours. [size="3"][b]The Membership[/b][/size] Membership in Anarchy Inc. is broken down as follows. [b]Applicants[/b] have expressed an interest in joining Anarchy Inc. and are currently working their way through the application process. They have limited forum access and no voting rights. [b]Prospects[/b] have full forum access but no voting rights in Council elections. For promotion to Member, a Prospect must meet the criteria set out by Internal Affairs. [b]Members[/b] have full forum access, voting rights and may stand as Deputies. They may seek election to Council once they have reached 90 days seniority as a Member. Members may petition the council to begin a Vote of No Confidence against a Triumvir. [b]Mentors[/b] are a subset of the Members. They have full forum access as well as access to a Government discussion forum. They have full voting rights, and may run for Council or stand as deputies. Mentor status is not a permanent appointment. [size="3"][b]Amending the Charter[/b][/size] A petition to amend the charter supported by 10 Members will lead to a Triumvirate vote on the amendment. Should that vote be passed a discussion period of one week shall be held, followed by a vote from the membership. A simple majority will decide whether the change is adopted. Ratified and Incorporated on this day, July the 7th 2012 by: [u][b]Triumvirate:[/b][/u] [b]queenhaillee[/b] - [color=#800080]Triumvir[/color] [b]Nobody Expects[/b] - [color=#800080]Triumvir[/color] [b]TRON IX[/b] - [color=#800080]Triumvir[/color] [u][b]Interim Council:[/b][/u] [b]jraenar[/b] - [color=#800080]Minister of Defense[/color] [b]EmperorBadger[/b] - [color=#800080]Minister of Finance[/color] [b]Lord Levistus[/b] - [color=#800080]Minister of Internal Affairs[/color] [b]ThePansy[/b] - [color=#800080]Minister of Foreign Affairs[/color] o/ Valhalla o/ BAPS o/ Olympus o/ Anarchy Inc. We invite each and every one of you to join with us in the celebration of our pasts and a toast to our new beginning. We can be found via the web at [url="http://anarchyinc.org/"]http://anarchyinc.org[/url] or on IRC on coldfront at #anarchyinc

o/ Valhalla. Olympus's first friends and protectors. Good luck on your new path.

[center][img]http://www.waltonmuseum.org/Smaller%20Webphotos/Goodnight%20Logo.JPG[/img] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp7_u0kcQRo]Click [/url] [img]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l578/OlympusStuffs/goodbyeolympus.png[/img] Good night, Olympus Thank you all. It’s been awesome [/center]

Rest in Peace, Moo. We miss you.

[quote name='IYIyTh' timestamp='1340989155' post='3000029'] I don't find anything wrong in denying what people want. In fact, I take great pleasure in it. [/quote] One thing that I haven't seen anyone mention in this thread is what you deny to your own membership by taking this particular pleasure. Know what? Fighting a losing war--even a war you're losing badly like our side did in Bi-Polar--can be a glorious time for your alliance if you take the time to make it so. You can grow even closer to your allies. You can increase internal camaraderie in ways that fighting a winning war will [i]never[/i] give you. You can make the lesson of coordinated battles stick with your peeps better than a winning war can. You can instill a pride in your folks for their role in easing the burden on your allies and you can make the new camaraderie even stronger post war as you all work together to rebuild allies and one another. We lost pixels in the wars we lost. Lots and lots of pixels. But we gained something so much more valuable. I'm not saying I want to lose a war. I'm just saying I sure don't fear the short-term loss because I understand the long-term benefits we can gain.

May your nukes land true.

[quote name='jraenar' timestamp='1338864012' post='2977215'] brb, rolling Pacifica. Too much NS. [/quote] [quote name='Mary the Fantabulous' timestamp='1338864146' post='2977216'] More casualties. [/quote] Nope. jraenar is just happy to give me a chance to buy tech from Brehon again

[quote name='not adolf hitler' timestamp='1336531106' post='2965379'] Though a bit off topic, how long have they said they were going to cancel on npo? Well at least since I was secretary of state. They gave been stating that they were cancelling on npo any day (back when I was sos). Sorry for the lack of length and explanation, but I'm on my phone [/quote] I may be mistaken, but I don't think Olympus ever told IRON we'd be cancelling. If you're interested in that statement, what happened to change it (and how long ago that was, for heavens' sake), feel free to ask one of us who was around at the time.

[quote name='Jorost' timestamp='1336499865' post='2965193'] Then let's see the logs. Look, I'm not accusing anyone of lying. I spoke to a lot of people then, and undoubtedly I lamented the situation, and especially the fact that Invicta was losing a lot of hard-earned NS. If this was misinterpreted as "suing for peace," then I am sorry. That was not my intention. I did not necessarily like the situation in which I found myself, but I was fully prepared for Invicta to take a beating, which we did. [/quote] Jorost, you're better than this. You were Invicta's leader and you were doing what you felt was best for Invicta. There is nothing to apologize for in that. Your only error was in trying to apply the rest of us to what you felt was best for Invicta, as we all had our own reasons for sticking. I don't log irc, but if you find the logs, you'll find I told you the night of the first surrender conditions you brought to us that you needed to do what you needed to do for Invicta. I meant it then. I mean it now.

Allies allying allies? Did we approve of this?

Congratulations to our friends in SNAFU and NAC. This is an awesome pairing. Stetson Thom no for Joe though

It seems silly when you think about it, but congrats to BAPS and Valhalla. Pinning SNAFU down to a treaty is hard work. I'm glad it finally paid off for you.

[quote name='Rotavele' timestamp='1335511017' post='2960044'] This argument isn't really needed. Most alliances are here for power and not friends. There has only been 3 instances where alliances fought on both sides of the war to honor their true treaties and not just in it for the stats. This is the reason I highly respect Rok, VE, and FOK. They would be what i consider a true friend and not someone who is only wanting an ally so they can improve their own stats. Rarely will you ever find an alliance that protects all of its treaty partners. EDIT: Not including the ones who were beat down and were not able to defend their treaty obligations. That would be the only excuse in my eyes to not follow with your treaties. [/quote] I don't post here much, but I couldn't let this one go by without a response from somebody. It doesn't take fighting on both sides of a war to honor "true treaties" or even all of your treaties. It takes being responsible with your FA and not signing treaties with everyone with whom you are friends. Signing a treaty without the relationship is dumb. Signing a treaty just because of a relationship (and not considering the cohesiveness of your FA) is just as dumb. We're prepared to fight on multiple fronts in a war to defend all of our allies as needed, but it's very, very unlikely we'd be put in a position to need to fight on both sides in a conflict. If the only way to earn your respect is to need to fight on both sides in a war, I think we'll pass.

[quote name='memoryproblems' timestamp='1334426217' post='2953236'] Some alliances do the right thing, others do the easy thing. [/quote] Yes. Yes they do. And since this move was far from easy for both NPO and Invicta, that shows which of those this move is. Good luck on your path, Invicta. Being true to the path you choose isn't always easy, but the discipline pays off in the end. Good luck, too to the members of NPO. It's hard to watch good friends head down a new path, especially if it leads them away from you. But good friends want what's best for their friends, so celebrate for them a little, even if it's bittersweet.

It's a sad day, Noli. For awhile there at the beginning we were living parallel existences. It was nice having someone who shared the dark times and it was awesome to be able to share the good times, too. Now on to new beginnings. . .

Pansy's going back to Valhalla? How much cake is that going to cost us?

[quote name='Schattenmann' timestamp='1329065629' post='2919034'] . . . You know Olympus spent the Doom House War in peace mode just like all of us, right? [/quote] [quote name='Roquentin' timestamp='1329069403' post='2919064'] Olympus didn't. They came out and peaced out early because they were sick of having to follow the PM strat. [/quote] Actually, neither of you is right. At least neither of you have all the facts. (or at least you're not posting them anyway) But that isn't the purpose of this thread. Congrats AGW Overlords on the treaty. And even though it doesn't mean much, you have respect from me for stepping up here.

A decision that I'm sure wasn't entered lightly by either Mary or Brehon. o/, Friends. Together the 2 of you went a long way to changing peoples' minds about Pacifica in this new era. You went a very long way to strengthening our relationship. I am confident that Brehon and Baka will continue along the same path. Mary, you more than just about anyone deserve thanks for your service. But more than anything you deserve a time just to sit back and have a chance to relax. Maybe there will even be a return to scrabble soon.

[quote]Here, I'll say it again so everyone can stomp their feet or provide an ad-hominem argument: Sparta fulfilled its obligations while damaging its opponents just as much as MHA did from what you all claim to be "completely in peace mode." They did not suffer the losses that Fark nor MHA did, but successfully defended themselves as much as possible in which their entire coalition was on the defensive from the moment it started. Other alliances in Sparta's coalition probably should have taken some notes.[/quote] Sparta did a great job of defending themselves with their peace mode strategy. But they didn't contribute to their coalition's effort in a meaningful way. Not only didn't they do much to defend FARK as they didn't take much of the load from their shoulders, they also left Guru Order out to dry. Whether they are allies with GO or not, they came into the war together on a common opponent--with a common cause. After the initial declarations on Olympus, Sparta mostly left us alone, leaving GO facing us without help as FARK didn't have many folks able to declare to help them out. Fark took a lot more damage because Sparta thought more of their stats than they thought of Fark. And Fark's allies did, too. There's no shame in losing a war. There is plenty of room for shame in other actions, though.

[quote name='Stetson' timestamp='1326696639' post='2900773'] Congratulations on peace to all of our friends, but especially our brothers in Olympus and BAPS. [/quote] I'm going to be watching you. . .