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 Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:36 am Post subject: Our Constitution |
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The following is the Constitution and By-Laws of M.E.E.T. Retail workers.
This document along with the hyperlinks at the botton of the page should give you some idea of who we are, what the community is about, along with what is expected of our members and Administrational staff.
If you have any questions concerning these documents, please contact a member of the Board of Moderators.
| Quote: | Constitution and By-Laws
Article I
Name and Purpose
Section 1. Name of Organization
The name of this organization shall be known as "M.E.E.T. Retail Workers" (Moral and Ethical Employee Treatment for Retail Workers).
Section 2. Mission Statement
The purpose and goal of this organization is to encourage an ongoing development of a return to moral and ethical treatment towards another. In each of our daily lives as well as our place of employment.
Article II
Organization
Section 1. Officers
The officers of this organization shall consist of an Administrator, Vice Administrator, along with other members in good standing as required to facilitate in the formulization of an unbiased, bipartisan group to be known as the Board of Moderators who are committed to our Mission Statement and founding principles.
Section 1a. Administrator
It shall be the duty of the Administrator to preside at all meetings of the organization and the Board of Moderators. He shall appoint all committees, subject to the approval of the Board of Moderators, sign or countersign all checks needed to instill any and all payments necessary for the existence of said organization. In the event deemed necessary shall retain within his rights the ability to perform and execute a power of veto of any/or all judgments.
Section 1b. Vice Administrator
In the absence of the Administrator, the Vice Administrator shall preside and perform all said duties of the Administrator. They will assist and advise the Administrator in all matters relative to the community of said organization as necessary to accomplish its objective.
Section 1c. Standing Board Members
Standing Board members will consist of general members who have shown theirselves to be actively participating in the organization along with establishing theirselves to be both reliable and trustworthy. There is to be no set amount of Standing Board Members as this is subject to change based on the amount of total membership. Their duties are to form a unbiased and informed means of advisory council to assist the Administrator, Vice Administrator and general membership.
Article III
Board of Moderators
Section 1. Board of Moderators
The Board of Moderators shall consist of current participating officers of the community who have expressed a commitment to our standard of principles along with a responsibility towards our organization.
Section 2. Powers
The Board of Moderators shall have along with the Administrator, Vice Administrator, other currently standing Board Moderators, the general management of the affairs of the said organization. This is to included, however not limited to, applications for membership, and to suspend or expel any member for conduct which in their judgment may endanger the welfare, interests, good order or reputation of the organization.
Section 2a. Amendment for Moderators sign off.
As by request and vote of the general membership the following will be implemented and adhered to by all moderators as of 05/01/05. If and/or when any post(s) is/are edited or elsewise modified and/or deleted or removed in its entirety and/or partially, the moderator(s) committing any such said action(s) will be required to openly state who and/or whom preformed such action. "Amended on 04-15=2005"
Section 3. Vacancies
Any vacancies of officers or Moderators occurring in the interim between annual meetings shall be filled by of vote from the Board of Moderators and approved by the Administrator.
Section 4. Compensation
No member of the Board of Moderators shall receive any compensation for his/her serve as a member of said Board.
Section 5. Board Quorum
Three (3) members of the Board of Moderators shall represent a quorum of the Board of Moderators. The Board of Moderators shall resovle to act upon a simple majority vote of a Board Quorum as necessary. The Administrator shall retain power to break any tie vote and /or veto any or all actions of said Board.
"Amended on 10/01/08"
Section 6. Suspension of Members of the Board
If a member of the Board of Moderators is absent for one month without notice given as to why they are absent, then they will be suspended and their status as a member of the Board of Moderators will be filled by a alternate moderator. If a member of the Board of Moderators is absent for three months with a notice having been given or fails to perform the duties required as an officer or violates the rules of the site causing a judgement against them, that members position may be declared vacant by a vote of the majority of a Board Quorum provided that the officer or moderator is given a reasonable opportunity to appear before the Board of Moderators before such action is taken by the Board of Moderators. These vacancies shall be filled as set forth above.
Section 7. Limitation of Liability
Any person who serves as an officer, moderator, or advisor to the Board of Moderators of the organization shall be exempt from personal liability for all acts or omissions taken in such capacity so long as such acts or omissions do not amount to willful misconduct or a knowing violation of criminal law.
Article IV
Membership
Section 1. Eligibility
Any person subscribing to the objectives of this organization may become a member upon acceptance of his application and approval by the governing body.
Section 2. Honorary Membership
The Board of Moderators along with the approval of the Administrator, may elect to bestow honorary membership to any person they deem worthy.
Section 3. Unactive or Nonparticipating members
Members who are not active within the community after a time frame of six (6) months once their membership is accepted will have their accounts closed. If the member does not contact the Board of Moderators and ask to have the account re-opened durring the proceeding six (6) months, the account will/may be deleted as having been abandon.
Article V
Meetings
Section 1. Annual Meeting
The Annual meeting of this organization shall be held in the month of March of each year. At the meeting, the officers shall make any annual reports as needed and address any concerns the general membership may desire to have heard.
Section 2. Special Meetings
Special meetings may be called any time upon the request of the Administrator, two thirds (2/3) of the members of the Board of Moderators, or upon written request of three percent (3%) of the total membership in good standing. A petition for such request may be submitted to the Board of Moderators by of the forwarding of an email that would then allow for each requesting member to have shown they have received, acknowledged, and signed the same. A notice for any such special meeting that may be called shall, where possible, be given by mail (E-Mail) ten (10) days before said meeting is called to order to those whom it would be pertinent. Only such business as designated in the notice of the special meeting may be considered at any special meeting.
Section 3. Rules of Order
Unless otherwise provided, "Roberts Rules of Order" shall govern conduct at all meetings of this organization. A copy of those rules will be made available upon request.
Article VI
Privileges
Section 1. Privileges
It shall be the privilege of any member in good standing to offer a motion for the recall at any regular meeting of any previously transacted business conducted at a meeting of the Board of Moderators of the organization. If the motion carries, the entire subject matter contained therein shall be open for discussion by the membership.
Section 2. Attendance at Board of Moderators` Meetings
Any member in good standing may attend the meetings of the Board of Moderators. A request to attend a meeting must be addressed in writing to the Board of Moderators and approved by of vote from the same. Any member attending a meeting of the Board of Moderators may not speak or otherwise participate in the discussion unless granted permission to do so by the Administrator and/or a member of the Board of Moderators acting as chairman at such time. The Administrator and/or the Board of Moderators shall have, in their sole discretion, the power to close part or all of any board meeting and exclude any member who is not a member of the Board of Moderators.
Article VII
Code of Conduct
Section 1. Use for the communities forums and/or chat room/s
Rule #1 - Posts are to be made in the relevant forum.
Rule #2 - Members are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting.
Rule #3 - Members are to post in the correct forum. Members consistently posting to the wrong forum may have their posts moved or removed entirely.
Rule #4 - Members are asked to not cross post. That is to say, post in the appropriate topic if it exists. If it does not, start or reply to only one topic to address the issue.
Rule #5 - Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users.
Rule #6 - Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated.
Rule #7 - Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance.
Rule #8 - Members are not to use abusive or vulgar language.
Rule #9 - The posting of pornographic rated text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated. Members are advised this board is aimed at a general audience.
Rule #10 - Members are asked to respect the copyright of other users, sites, media, etc.
Rule #11 - Members should not post the entirety of Internet available material, post a partial subject matter along with your comments and a link there after.
Rule #12 - Members linking to or asking for information on warez, crackz, etc. or re-printing material without permision will have their post removed.
Rule #13 - Members should respect the bandwidth of other users and sites.
Rule #14 - The use of inline ([img][/img]) image tags pointing to data stored on third party systems for which the user has not received permission to link to will be removed.
Rule #15 - The maximum size of images should generally not exceed 363 pixels in width. Members who post oversized images that stretch the forum will be asked to resize and edit their posts accordingly on an as needed basis.
Rule #16 - Members should post in a way which is consistent with normal writing. That is users should not post excessive numbers of emoticons, large, small, coloured or repetitive text, etc.
Rule #17 - Similarly members should not SHOUT (continual use of capitalization in the forming of wordage) or use excessive punctuation (e.g. ! and ?) in topic titles or posts.
Rule #18 - Members should use an appropriate, descriptive title when posting a new topic. Examples of bad titles include; Help me!, I'm stuck!, I've got an error!, etc.
Members violating this Code of Conduct may find theirselves in receipt of a warning, being placed in our local jail or removed from the community.
The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. as noted in these points is up to The Board of Moderators and not general members !
Article VIII
Violations and Punishments
Section 1. Warnings
A "warning" may be issued for the offense of violating the "Code of Conduct" ( see Article VII ) by any member of the governing body, with no other course of action taken, if the said same is adhered to.
Section 2. Charges
A member may be brought to charges of violating the "Code of Conduct"( see Article VII ), if they have knowing violated the said "Code of Conduct", or after having been duly "warned".
Section 3. Response to Charges
A member may request to have any charges of misconduct heard in an open forum by the governing body, and the right to defend their case. Any request to do so must be submitted and received within seven (7) days after any charges are placed towards the member by providing the written petition to the Board of Moderators.
Section 4. Judgment
Upon review of any or all charge(s) by the governing body the following actions will/may be adhered to based on the severity of the violation.
Section 5. Punishment
Sub-Section 5a. First Offence
After and at such time as a member is found "guilty" of having violated the "Code of Conduct" (Article VII ) for a first time, The said member will be placed on suspension for a period of time not to exceed the sum of 30 days.
Sub-Section 5b. Second Offence
After and at such time as a member is found "guilty" of having violated the "Code of Conduct" (Article VII ) for a second time, the said member will be placed on suspension for a period of time not to exceed the sum of 180 days.
Sub-Section 5c. Third Offence
After and at such time as a member is found "guilty" of having violated the "Code of Conduct" (Article VII ) for a third time, the said member will be removed from the community.
Section 6. Blatant Disregard
At anytime a member has shown willful and Blatant Disregard for the "Code of Conduct" (Article VII ), the member may be removed without prejudice. |
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