The Fish Tank Constitution & Voting System

gLiTch, Wed Jul 18 2012, 03:11PM

I will forever give credit to Bubble Goose for giving us the foundation for this document. Thanks buddy.


Here it is:

Fish Tank Voting System
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Minimum Requirements for a Fish Tank Membership

Fish Tank prospects have TWO (2) options available to them...
You could either:

Achieve 30 server hours AND 100 active forum posts
Achieve 50 server hours AND 30 active forum posts

Active meaning posts in threads that are no older than TWO (2) weeks from the date of your initial post.
This is the BARE minimum to be considered a regular.

Returning Player Courtesy:
25 server hours AND 15 active forum posts


Grounds for a Termination
May include but is not limited too:

- Disregard for rules and tarnishing of the FT image.
- General disrespect or hate towards other members of FT, ANY sub-clan, or regulars.
- Major abuse of admin powers whether on forums or in servers.
- Game AND forum inactivity greater than two (2) months WITHOUT a "Leave the Light On" thread.




Fish Tank Bill of Rights

I. The Fish Tank membership voting process is a Democracy. Voting is strongly encouraged...it is your Fish Tank right. Every member is allowed ONE (1) vote. You may NOT vote for someone else. No absentee votes will be allowed.

II. A simple "yes" or "no" vote should suffice. If you feel you need to give a reason explaining your vote or have any relative comments to add, PLEASE TRY TO USE ONE (1) POST and please keep it short and simple. Any additional posts that lead to a massive discussion and cluttered proposal thread will be deleted by a moderator. You can always go back and edit.

III. Only a Fish Tank member can start a Nomination/Termination proposal. Each member can only have ONE (1) Nomination and ONE (1) Termination going at any given time. The proposal must be started in the "Open Proposals" sub-forum in the FT Community Clan forum.

IV. It is the responsibility of the proposal starter to count the votes, publicly declare a pass or fail in a new thread, and close (not delete) the proposal thread. Edit and add "CLOSED" in parenthesis at the end of the title to signal a moderator. He/she will then move the thread to the appropriate forum which will be the "Closed Proposals" forum.

V. Nomination & Termination proposals will last for FIVE (5) days. Votes cast within those five days will officially be counted. Any votes cast AFTER the five day voting period will NOT be counted and will be disregarded.

VI. Any Nomination proposal must have a minimum of FIVE (5) votes cast and must have THREE (3) more "yes" votes than "no" votes. Any Termination proposal must also follow the same requirements.

VII. A proposal cannot be made requesting changes to any FT server's operation, admin list, mapcycle, etc... That is beyond the scope of the clan. Server operation is up to server owners and operators. Proposals that deal with the above aforementioned will be declared invalid and closed by moderators. Thread will be moved accordingly.

VIII. Returning player courtesy will START only after the returning player makes a thread declaring he/she is retuning to play, be active, and wants to rejoin FT. A forum moderator will add an Edit stating what the current hours/posts are and any subsequent number will go towards the total.

IX. Any new server that is run by an [FT] member and wishes for it to be associated/affiliated/inducted into the [FT] clan and community should be taken to a Vote and decided upon by the clan. If the server is accepted by way of a successful simple majority (more yes votes than no votes), the server should have the words 'Fish Tank' in the name/title as a recognition of the server's affiliation with the clan/community.

X. Any sub-clan that wants to be affiliated with the website must also go through a successful simple-majority (51%) vote. Old sub-clans such as F7L5, 9²5, and noFear will be grandfathered in. Rules to become part of said sub-clan will be dealt with by the sub-clan and they will have their own membership process. However, Fish Tank forum netiquette and respect must be upheld regardless otherwise affiliation will be terminated and sub-forums deleted.

XI. Amendments to this Constitution MUST be openly discussed first amongst the clan in the FT Community Clan forum. A member, preferably the one who started the discussion, must make an Amendment Proposal thread in the Open Proposals forum. It should have the official text of the proposed Amendment and no explanation as the discussion has already happened. It must have a minimum of 5 votes cast and have THREE (3) more yes votes than no votes. It will be officially open for FIVE (5) days. New Amendments go into effect immediately upon declaration of passing which will be stated in a new thread. Same thread closing procedures will occur. A moderator will add the new Amendment to this post immediately. Any Amendments passed during the time another proposal is open will NOT be counted towards said open proposal.