Have fun and remember that real life always comes first. You're never required to talk/participate more than you want to. There is zero tolerance for disrespect in this Free Company.
RULE 1 - FC Decision Making
- Any FC Decision that affects the FC will be voted on by the advisors (i.e. Where should we move our FC house to? Should we remove an FC officer or change rank names?). The officer with the proposal will inform the FC leader of the proposal.
- If the FC leader is offline, a vote may be called if 2 officers agree.
- The FC leader will open a poll in consul-votes that will last 24 hours or until additional officers vote won't change the outcome.
- The FC leader will not vote in that poll unless the amount of FC officers is even. Why? In case of a tie! If the vote is tied, the FC leader will cast the deciding vote.
- The deciding vote will always be to maintain the status quo.
- Sr. Consul are considered the equivalent of co-leaders and may call a vote in the FC Leader's absence.
RULE 2 - Removing an FC leader
- If the FC leader has committed an action so egregious the FC thinks they should step down, a poll will be put to the FC as a whole. If 3/4 of the FC members agree to it and 2/3 of the officers, the FC leader has a duty to leave and the officers will elect a new FC leader. The FC leader election will polled in the same way by one of the Founders. * Unfortunately this game can't force an FC leader to step down, but they should.
- FC Voice Votes:
- For a question in which at least 75% of the officers are present (including the FC Leader), the FC Leader may call a voice vote.
- The FC leader may seek out FC Officers. The FC will call the roll and report the vote in consul-votes
RULE 3 - Elevation of Page to Keeper
- After 7 days of activity, a Page may be promoted to Keeper.
RULE 4 - Elevation of Regular Members to Consul or Mentors.
- Elevating a regular member to Advisor requires an FC Advisor Vote. Elevating regular members to mentors or veteran crew is done at the FC Leader's discretion
RULE 5 - Dismissal of FC Members
- Regular crew are dismissed after 300 days of inactivity. Pages are dismissed after 14 days of inactivity. Any FC member who will be offline for a long period of time may be put in "Hiatus" status. Veteran Crew, Hiatus, Advisors may not be dismissed for inactivity.
- FC members who harass, uses racist, homophobic, or otherwise discriminatory language towards another FC member will be dismissed. This may be done by any Advisor or above.
RULE 6 - Inactivity of Mentors and Consul
- After 14 days of inactivity, Advisors are moved into "Curator Emeritus" and are unable to vote on FC decisions.
- After 30 days, inactive Advisors become Mentors.
- After 21 days of inactivity, Mentors become Veteran Crew and are removed from the Leadership linkshell.
Rule 7 - Purchasing of FC Rooms
- The FC will reimburse 50% of the cost of any FC room and 100% of the cost of any FC room for a Mentor or Advisor.
Rule 8 - Repeated Leaving and Returning
- If an FC member leaves the FC 3 times, they are not permitted to return. A majority vote of the FC Advisors may remove this soft-ban.
Rule 9 - Permabans
- FC Members are permanently banned by a majority vote by the FC Advisors. This can be removed by another majority vote.
Rule 10 - Recording & Retaining of FC Members
- FC Members & Friends in the discord will not record or retain any video, voice, or text clips without the direct permission of everyone involved. Permission is never to be implied.
- Exception is in the Duty Chat's for raiding purposes streaming and recording is permitted. This does not however apply to the FC running normal duties and utilizing these chats.
