Sovyet Gelibolu Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I'm sure we've all found, at some point or another, that Charters, Compacts, Constitutions, and the like require a little breaking in. We certainly think so. Here's the result: The InternationalWe, revolutionary leftists of the Cyberverse, in the spirit of unity and solidarity, establish the International. In order to ensure our common defense and development, encourage thoughtful discussion, cultivate camaraderie, and gain popular acceptance of our worldview as legitimate, we agree to live under the following Constitution and the following civil and martial flags: Article 1. Rules of the International § 1. All National Affiliates and Affiliate Delegates will act in accordance with policies once they are enacted, and in a manner that does not bring ill repute upon themselves, the International, or its allies. § 2. The International is an exclusive alliance; non-Affiliates may not send Delegates to its boards. § 3. All decisions are made openly and collectively, to the greatest extent possible. § 4. Affiliates must make every effort to move to Orange team; the International is an Orange alliance. § 5. Affiliates must protect and defend each other against attacks theoretical and physical, the latter either through participation in the Red Guard or contributions to the Treasury for use in war, and will not attack other Affiliates unless those Affiliates are supporting unlawful action against this Constitution. § 6. Affiliates may undertake unilateral military action or espionage against nations in alliances under five members which are not on the Red or Orange teams; other such unilateral action is forbidden. § 7. Delegates will not engage in offsite espionage against any other alliance. § 8. Affiliates will not unilaterally violate contracts held by the International with other alliances. § 9. Affiliates will abide by the military chain of command at any given time, and Delegates will respond to any and all military roll calls unless they are unable to access the International at all. § 10. Affiliates which do not agree with its basic goals and rules will not be admitted to the International. Article 2. Delegates § 1. Affiliate Delegates represent Affiliates in the International’s forums and other offsite venues. § 2. Delegates may and should: propose at any time any measure that they feel in accordance with the International’s rules and which will help advance the International’s goals to the Congress, and vote on all such decisions; criticize in a private forum any measure that they feel violates the International’s goals or rules; nominate during nomination rounds other Delegates to enter the Central Committee, accept one nomination offered, vote in elections, and hold one Central Committee position at any given time; ask, at any time, for a recall of a Central Committee member and vote in the recall. Article 3. The Congress § 1. The Congress, made up of all Affiliate Delegates—except those formally accused of breaking the International’s rules—each having one vote, is the supreme power within the International. § 2. Votes are to be expressed in a post in the following format in case of votes on measures: Aye: - Nay: - where in order to have voted one must take a position; and in polls in case of elections. § 3. Votes nominally take forty-eight hours. § 4. The Congress may decide by a simple majority (greater than fifty percent) vote to: pass any measure that is in accordance with the International’s rules and will help, either by reforming the internal life of the International or some other way, to advance the International’s goals; make contracts with other alliances which do not violate the International’s rules, and cancel them; elect Commissars and a General Secretary, and recall any member of the Central Committee; declare the beginning and end of hostilities against another alliance; depending on the violation: fine, mandate reparations, decline military protection, or expel from the International an Affiliate for violating, directly or through its Delegate, the International’s rules. § 5. The Congress may decide by a super majority (greater than sixty-seven percent) vote to: declare the beginning and end of a Crisis in the event that something other than war threatens the International’s existence; declare Delegates from expelled Affiliates Enemies of the International; their IP addresses are recorded and they are unable to reapply while the designation remains, and lift such designations; amend this Constitution. Article 4. The Central Committee § 1. The Central Committee consists of Delegates given the following mandates through election: determination of whether a vote in the Congress, depending on extraordinary circumstances, should take less or more than forty-eight hours to complete, determination of whether the other Central Committee members are carrying out their mandates competently, intervening if they are not even to the point of removal of the member from office without a vote in the Congress, organization of elections, determination of whether an Affiliate should be expelled, starting all Congress votes on that issue, and communication with the Cybernations community at large (General Commissar); assistance of the General Commissar by exercising the same powers (General Secretary); communication with other alliances through the Liaison Service (Liaison Commissar); organization of mutual-aid and other economic relations between two or more Affiliates, or between Affiliates and outside nations, and the organization of the International Treasury (Treasury Commissar); organization of Affiliates into a Red Guard to defend themselves and the International with force, and organization of bi-weekly roll calls to ensure activity (Martial Commissar); determination by a Census and a Security Task Force that the International is free from infiltrators who wish harm it, maintenance of a Recruitment Corps to recruit new Affiliates, publication of the newsletter International Communist written by Reporters, as well as other propaganda, and maintenance of an Academy staffed by Teachers to socialize new Affiliates (Membership Commissar); integration of alliances which decide to merge into the International (Matriculation Commissar: this position and that of Matriculation Secretary are filled only during the period between a merger and the following election. Matriculation Commissars are selected by and from the merging alliance. There can be more than one Matriculation Commissar and Secretary at one time, one per merging alliance); and the Secretaries that the Liaison, Treasury, Martial, Membership, and Matriculation Commissars appoint to assist them, and which share their mandates for their duration. § 2. These mandates expire on the last day of every other month. § 3. Four days before mandates expire, Delegates may nominate during a period of forty-eight hours one or more candidates to stand in forty-eight hour elections. Should no candidate attain a simple majority, a forty-eight-hour runoff between the two most popular will be held. There are no term limits. § 4. If a Commissar retires before mandates expire, is successfully removed, or becomes inactive, the Secretary assumes the position and appoints a new Secretary. If a Secretary retires before mandates expire, is successfully removed, or becomes inactive, the appropriate Commissar will appoint another. § 5. While the International is engaged in hostilities or is in a Crisis declared by the Congress, the serving Commissars, excepting the Matriculation Commissar, are granted the power to, by a simple majority vote, pass any measure that is in accordance with the International’s rules and will ensure that the International emerges intact and victorious. These decisions hold equality with decisions made by the Congress. The Congress does not relinquish lawmaking power thereby, but shares it during these times. § 6. All Commissars except the General Commissar must report their activities weekly to the General Commissar, who will compile them and forward them to the Congress. § 7. 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Kroknia Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 If I knew the changes, I'd say hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tron Paul Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 If I knew the changes, I'd say hooray! huge charters should be MAIMED, KILLED, and BURNED. Good to see TINT breaking in the new clothes though, looks very sexy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Xander the Only Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Should tell us what you changed, Jellyboo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Autumn Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Article 1. Rules of the International§ 2. The International is an exclusive alliance; non-Affiliates may not send Delegates to its boards. Apologies for being confused, but does The International's new constitution prohibit the existence of ambassadors from other alliances being present on their boards? The text seems to indicate as much, though I doubt this is in fact the intention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrnea Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Apologies for being confused, but does The International's new constitution prohibit the existence of ambassadors from other alliances being present on their boards? The text seems to indicate as much, though I doubt this is in fact the intention. The term 'Delegates' refers to 'Delegates of the Congress', that is, the member nations of the International. It doesn't have the same connotation as foreign ambassadors, and therefore does not prohibit foreign ambassadors from coming to their boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Marx Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Nice new charter, INT. But I'm with Xander on this; It would be nice to know what was changed. Also, cool flags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjav0 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 ^^ with stupid here. I figured reading this thread, might make me learn what all the fuss on the INT forums was about. Because I did not have a single clue what I might have been voting about **waits for another INT member to kick him in the arse for saying this in public** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MutedFaith Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 ^^ with stupid here. I figured reading this thread, might make me learn what all the fuss on the INT forums was about. Because I did not have a single clue what I might have been voting about **waits for another INT member to kick him in the arse for saying this in public** *kicks* It had something to do with people running for multiple gov positions and winning both elections.. I think.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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