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Charter For the Tanis City Council
It is the goal of the Tanis City Council from hereon referred to as (TCC) to enable all members of Tanis to have the opportunity to access all the benefits of Egypt and to do so in a matter that is democratic and not determined by the preferences of a few top people within the organization.
Membership
Anyone that is a resident of the territory of Tanis is to be granted membership in the guild upon request, the elders bear the responsibility of ensuring that the guild is always expanded at need. Persons that live outside of Tanis must approved by unanimous consent of all elders.
Voting Rights
All members of the council shall be granted 1 vote regardless of rank in the organization with the exception of elders. Elders may only vote in the case of a tie between the non-elder voting body.
Rules
Anyone that is a member of the guild may propose a vote on any topic to be included on the list of rules at the bottom of this charter. There will be a one week period during which members may make statements and cast votes for each rule. Each rule will be granted it's own wiki page to preserve all arguments for and against said rule. All rules should be accepted with a simple majority vote with elders breaking ties as noted above providing that the rule does not conflict with a previous rule.
To contradict an earlier rule a 2/3 majority is required, this covers all rules established by the this charter as well.
Rankings
- All residents of Tanis are entitled to join the guild
- All members are granted at a minimum initiate status.
- Associate membership is granted upon the contribution of 100 wood or 40 flax
- Membership level is granted to all members that provide 100 wood or 40 flax or equivalent on average per term of membership.
- Kinsman Level may be granted by any elder to signify that the person is contributing to the guild in excess of the membership level or by a majority vote of the community. Kinsman contributions are to be discussed among the members of the guild and set at a level deemed appropriate by majority vote.
- Fellow Level is granted only by the members of the guild... Guild elders may promote someone to this rank only provisionally and they must be confirmed by majority vote of the members of the guild at large within 1 week of their elevation of status. Fellow level are to be granted access to all guild materials except for individual contributions that have not been tallied by an elder yet. Once such goods are confirmed by a guild elder they must be immediately moved to chests that fellow ranked members have access to. An elder may demote a fellow member for a period of not more than 24 hours, thereafter they must be returned to their rank unless an immediate vote has a 2/3 majority to make the demotion permanent. The voting cycle will continue for 1 full week and if at any time the vote loses a 2/3 majority the fellow must immediately be granted fellowship level access. In order to remove a fellow from their position a 2/3 majority must be confirmed by the final vote.
- Fellow level members are to be assigned work duties not to require and excess of 5 hours per week of attention
- Patriarch level may be granted to a fellow level member in order for that person to be able to grant access to chests and other equipment. To become a full patriarch a 2/3rds majority is required to confirm an elder's appointment.
- Elder Elders are limited to 3 members in order to minimize the risk of promoting someone to elder who then demotes the other elders and claims the guild resources. However, the elders are not fixed and can be removed with a 2/3rds majority vote. If after having received 10 votes a 2/3rds majority has been reached, that elder is to be demoted to member automatically pending the final vote. Should the final vote remove the the elder and immediate vote on the next elder must be launched in order to maintain the required 3 elder rule. The elder being removed is allowed to vote, but is barred from occupying an elder