Edict #84
“You ever think of writing a book about your military exploits?”
“I’ve thought about it. But then I’d have to shoot anybody that actually read it.”
And here we begin Prezolution. Once these five edicts have been posted, we mark the culmination of a long and very hard road for a lot of President’s and the members who advised them. My thanks go to Jack Dipper for starting the process and Jen Herr and Sarah Hemenway for continuing it in completing the change to the Charter Edicts system that allowed me the headstart to get this far with everything. My thanks also go to everyone involved in the Prezolutions discussion that helped us to establish a working, sensible and (hopefully) effective Presidential Oversight and Impeachment system as well as the Bills and Bylaws system. Further thanks go to Larry Garfield for his work establishing the Library that holds our Charters system and which will hold our Bylaws. Proactive thanks go to him also for the amount of work he and I have to do in the coming term to complete the transfer from Charters Books to Bylaw Document. I’m sure that before we’re done, I’ll have lost a lot more hair and he will likely have considered at least 400 different methods of torture and death for Wolves…
Government Organisation (GO)
Supersedence of previous edicts
Edict Dipper #7 and Hemenway #33 are hereby rescinded and superseded by this Edict.
Government appointments
There shall be three general types of governmental appointment made by the President of STF:
Fleet Commander
The Fleet Commander of each Fleet shall be appointed by the President, who shall name his own Assistant Fleet Commander. The Fleet Commander is considered a member of the Cabinet.
Executive Departments
An Executive Department is a governmental department responsible for overseeing some aspect of STF’s administration that is established in that department’s charter. A Department may set internal policy as well as general policy for those matters relating to its sphere of influence, with the consultation of the President. An Executive Department is headed by a Departmental Director, appointed by the President, who shall name his own Assistant Director and, if needed, any other internal departmental positions. The Departmental Director is considered a member of the Cabinet. Further details of Departmental activity can be found elsewhere in other edicts.
Executive Assistant
An Executive Assistant is a governmental “at large” officer responsible for some stated activity as defined by Edict. An Executive Assistant may set internal policy relating to his responsibilities, but is not empowered to set policy for the club at large. An Executive Assistant is appointed by the President, but is not required to appoint an assistant unless explicitly stated by Edict and is not considered a member of the Cabinet.
As of the date of this Edict, the following Executive Departments exist, per their chartering Edicts: Personnel Department, Internet Department, Engineering Department, Gamemaster Department, and Starfleet Academy. The Cabinet comprises the Engineering Director, the Gamemaster Director, the Personnel Director, the Internet Director, the Academy Commandant, the Fleet Commander of Fleet 1, the Fleet Commander of Fleet 2, the Fleet Commander of Fleet 3, the Fleet Commander of Fleet 4, the Fleet Commander of Fleet 5, and the Fleet Commander of Fleet 6, as well as the Vice President. The Librarian, the Marketing and Advertising Coordinator, the Election Coordinator and the Coder exist as Executive Assistant positions, per their chartering Edicts.
Chain of command
An Out Of Character Chain of Command exists within STF. As of the issuance of this document, it stands thus:
President
Vice President
Cabinet members by order of rank.
Club members by order of rank
The members of Executive Government Oversight (Egotists) exist outside of the Chain of Command for the purposes of discharging their duties as Egotists.
Presidential Succession
Should the Presidency become vacant through AWOL, resignation or impeachment, succession falls to the next available member in the Chain of Command, who shall serve until the next Presidential election.
Exceptions
Any member in the Chain of Command who simultaneously serves on Executive Government Oversight at the time of the Presidency becoming vacant may not be considered for succession to the Presidency under any circumstances and succession instead falls to the next available member in the Chain of Command
Should two members in the Chain of Command hold the same rank, time served in that rank (minus any eLOA or iLOA) shall be the determining factor in Presidential Succession or acting Presidential or Vice Presidential status.
Fleet Admiral Andrew “Wolfe” Robinson
STF President
13th October 2009