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As an unofficial sub-organization of the Orion Legislature, the OML does not claim any legal authority other than the ability to express the views of its membership, which happens to be a subset of the Orion Legislature.
The OML is an open organization in which every member of the Orion Legislature is entitled to full and equal participation.
Officers
Officers are OML members who have been delegated the authority to hold votes, create committees, and announce official position statements of the OML. The only qualification for being an officer is the ability to follow the organization's bylaws and procedures.
As the moderators of this subreddit, Officers may grant posting privileges to any Orion Legislature member, and they may remove the privileges of and/or ban any person who is not a member of the Orion Legislature.
There shall be no limit to the number of OML members who may be made officers.
For the first three days after the founding of the OML, officers may be appointed by the OML's founding member MadeofMeat, who will probably appoint about a dozen just to get the ball rolling.
At any time, any member may make a post requesting to be made an officer. This post must be tagged [New Officer Vote]. There will be 72 hours in which any member may vote aye or nay to their appointment, with the outcome determined by a simple majority of votes cast.
All Officers are entitled to moderator access of the /r/OrionML subreddit.
An officer may be censured for violating the bylaws or procedures. A censure vote shall follow the same procedure as an Officer appointment vote, but with the tag [Officer Censure]. Once censured, a former officer must relinquish their moderator access.
Debate and discussion threads
- Any OML member is free to initiate a discussion thread. The suggested purpose of discussion threads is to discuss policy ideas that may have legislative majority support.
Vote threads
If an officer believes that a policy idea may have the support of the legislative majority, they are encouraged to hold a vote on the OML's adopting an official Policy Position Statement.
Vote threads must be tagged with [Policy Position Vote]. The body of the post must contain the exact text of the Policy Position Statement that is proposed to be adopted, and this Statement text must be separated from the rest of the post using > symbols.
Example Post:
[Policy Position Vote] End war with Aytos
Hey guise we should rly pass this statement,
The OML is opposed to Orion's recent declaration of war on Aytos and we urge the EC to withdraw Orion's military forces immediately and unilaterally, and to open negotiations with the Aytian leadership.
Cuz Aytos is kewl epecially meat blah blah etc...
- For a Policy Position Statement to pass and be adopted, a number of votes equal to 50% of the total current number of members in the Orion legislature must be cast in favor of adoption. There shall be no time limit on conducting a Policy Position vote.
Announcements and Action Committees
The Officer who held a successful vote shall be responsible for announcing the OML's adoption of that Policy Position Statement by cross-posting the successful vote thread to /r/civcraft_Orion. They shall also be responsible to share the link with the three Orion Executive Council members, informing them that a majority of the Orion Legislature supports the Statement. Alternatively, that officer may delegate these duties roles to another OML officer if that officer also voted in support of the statement's adoption.
If the Officer who held a successful vote believes that legislative action or additional lobbying efforts are appropriate in order to implement the Policies expressed in the Statement, they may form an Action Committee composed of volunteering OML members who voted in favor of the Statement's adoption. The Officer may task this Action Committee with drafting legislation, holding nonviolent public demonstrations, or any other other lawful lobbying efforts in support of the adopted Policy Position. The Officer may delegate any portion of these duties to other Officers who also voted in favor of the Statement.
Falsely claiming OML support for legislation or lobbying activities shall be grounds for Censure. All official actions of the OML must derive a mandate from a vote supported by a majority of the Orion Legislature as described above.
Amendment of the Bylaws and Procedures
If these bylaws and procedures prove to be ineffective at accomplishing the goals of the OML, amendments may be proposed by any Officer, and passed by a simple majority of members who vote within 120 hours of the post (5 days).
The bylaws and procedures shall always stay stickied.
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