Edict #87
“The loons! Don’t forget the loons!”
Prezolution Implementations Edict (PIE)
INTRODUCTION
This edict is designed to establish the initial implementation rules for the process referred to as ‘Prezolution’. This process includes the implementation of Executive Government Oversight and their initial selections and first term limits to establish the eight month rolling elections for two year terms. It also establishes the timeline for EGO elections to ensure that they occur regularly in relation to the Presidential election cycle. This edict also serves to establish rules for the integration of the Charters book of edicts within the Library into a Bylaws book and the changes which may be necessary in order to accomplish this.
INITIAL EGO ELECTIONS
For the purposes of the initial EGO elections, there shall be a single use set of rules in effect. The election procedure outlined in the EEEGO Bylaw shall be used with the following exceptions
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The Election Coordinator chosen to serve during the elections is not required to be the same chosen for the previous Presidential election.
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At least three standing candidates for the available seats are required. Should three eligible members from the pool of those members ranked Fleet Captain and above not be presented, the Election Coordinator is permitted to expand the pool to include the next lowest rank as outlined in EEEGO.
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Each eligible member shall be granted the option to provide up to three votes, one vote for each of their three preferred candidates. Each candidate may only receive a single vote from each voting member. This is to allow the winners to be ranked in order of preference for initial election.
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There shall be only a single voting period. At the conclusion of this voting period, the three candidates with the highest number of votes shall be the winners.
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Of these three members, the member with the highest number of votes shall serve one full two year term. The member with the second highest number of votes shall serve a 16 month term. The member with the third highest number of votes shall serve an eight month term.
EGO ELECTIONS CYCLE
The initial EGO elections shall take place at least two weeks prior to the next scheduled Presidential election cycle. This shall ensure that all future EGO elections shall take place in the month prior to the Presidential election. This is to ensure that candidate pools for EGO and Presidential elections aren’t narrowed unnecessarily.
TRANSITION FROM CHARTER EDICTS TO BYLAWS
The Librarian is charged with the aggregation of these edicts into a single cohesive document. The final format of this document shall be determined by the Librarian in consultation with the President. The Library is empowered to make non-substantive changes to the Bylaws for the purposes of establishing their new format. Non-substantive changes are defined as anything which does not affect the interpretation, intent or spirit of a Bylaw in its original form but which may include changes in sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, layout, and the removal of “tracking” content (such as specifying which previous edicts are superseded by which new edicts). Once a given edict has been recast as a bylaw by the Librarian the edict will be considered superseded.
If the Librarian feels that any potentially substantive changes are necessary in order to establish a proper cohesive structure, he may make recommendations to the President for what changes need to be made. Such changes if approved must be issued as a Bill the same as any other Bill.
Presidential approval is required for all non-substantive changes.
From the posting of this Edict, the following current edicts shall form the provisional Bylaws base :
Robinson #2
Robinson #26
Robinson #27
Robinson #45
Robinson #81
Robinson #84
Robinson #85
Robinson #86
Dipper #8
Dipper #31
Hemenway #26
Hemenway #39
Hemenway #43
Lerner #3
Lerner #18
Herr #18
Rouse-Deane-2 #7
Fleet Admiral Andrew “Wolfe” Robinson
STF President
13th October 2009