Post by Unfallious on Apr 10, 2018 11:52:34 GMT -5
The Confederate Parliament
Law #008
A Bill For An Act Entitled: The Discord Establishment, Structure and Administration Act
[10/04/2018]
Member of Parliament: Unfallious
Resolved by the Confederate Parliament of the Confederacy of Free Nations, that the following article is proposed as a law under the jurisdiction of the Confederacy of Free Nations, enforceable by all of its institutions.
Be it enacted by the Parliament and Chancellery of the Confederacy of Free Nations, that
Section 1: Establishment
ss1. The Discord server currently owned and operated by a citizen of the Confederacy is to be regionalised and placed under the exclusive control of the government of the Confederacy;
ss2. Should the transferal of ownership not possible for any reason, a new Discord server is to be created named ‘The Confederacy of Free Nations’;
ss3. For the purposes of its administration, an account is to be created for which ownership of the server is to be transferred to. This account, henceforth known as the ‘ownership account’ shall be named ‘The Confederacy of Free Nations’ or as close to this as possible if this username is, for whatever reason, unavailable;
ss4. The former owner of the Discord, in their capacity as former operator of the Discord, is tasked with creating the account which ownership is to be transferred to. In the case that they are not willing to, or if the transfer cannot go ahead, the Chancellor may choose another citizen to create the account;
ss5. The former owner of the Discord, or the individual chosen to create the ownership account, shall be the one to undertake all structural changes and role creations as mentioned in this Act;
ss6. Upon the completion of the provisions of this act, the individual in control of the ownership account may retain ownership of the account, but may only exercise use of it in order to maintain the provisions of this Act or to restore order should a catastrophic failure of the permissions system occur;
ss7. The individual in control of the ownership account may be re-selected by the House in a simple majority vote, in which case the preceding individual must hand over the password and email address associated with the account to their successor. The succeeding individual must change both the email address and password of the account;
ss8. The individual in control of the ownership account is not required to be a part of the Discord Administrative Organisation;
Section 2: Role
ss1. The Discord obtained/created by this Act may be used by both The Government and the citizenry for any reason not exempted by this Act and is to be the only Discord server which may be displayed on the World Factbook Entry;
ss2. The Discord’s primary role is to be a medium by which the citizenry can communicate amongst each other and The Government as well as the facilitation of governmental co-operation and organisation;
ss3. The Discord may not be used as a vessel for the passing or rejection of bills or in any capacity related to the Confederate Parliament other than that of organisation on the part of the Speaker and the publication of the status of bills, amendments and laws;
ss4. The Discord may not be used to exercise any of the functions of The Confederate Parliament except in circumstances by which they cannot be carried out on the forums;
ss5. In the case that the forums are not available for a period surpassing seven (7) days the Discord may be used as a substitute legislature. In this case Article 4, Sections 3 and 4 will be suspended until such a time as the forums become available. The Speaker is tasked with ensuring that sessions of this substitute legislature are as accessible as possible to the majority of the citizenry. Continued efforts must be made to restore the legislature to the forums;
Section 3: Structure
ss1. The ‘Citizen’ role is to be created within the Discord and given to all citizens of the region as according to the relevant government authority. This role is to be given to all citizens regardless of other roles they may also possess within the Discord. This role shall not possess any permissions outside of those given by default;
ss2. The Discord shall have a role that accommodates all of The Government and distinguishes them as members of The Government, set apart from the citizenry. This role shall not possess any permissions outside of those given by default;
ss3. The specific role of Chancellor shall be established and given all permissions except that of the ‘Administrator’, ‘Manage Roles’, ‘Manage Channels’, and ‘Manage Server’ permissions;
ss4. Members of the Supreme Court shall be accommodated by a role that distinguishes them as members of The Judiciary, set apart from the citizenry. This role shall not possess any permissions outside of those given by default;
ss5. Members of committees shall be accommodated by a role that gives indication of which committee or committees they are a member of;
ss6. A ‘Mod’ role shall be established with all of the default permissions as well as the ‘Mute Members, ‘Deafen Members, ‘Move Members’, ‘Manage Messages’, ‘Kick Members’, and Manage Nicknames’ permissions. This will be given to citizens assigned to the Discord Administrative Organisation as detailed in Article 6;
ss7. An ‘Admin’ role shall be established with all permissions except that of the ‘Administrator’, and ‘Manage Server’ permissions. This will be given to citizens assigned to the Discord Administrative Organisation as detailed in Article 6;
ss8. A ‘Director’ role shall be established with all permissions except that of the ‘Administrator’ permission. This role should possess the ability to edit all other roles within the Discord. This will be given to the citizen assigned to the head of the Discord Administrative Organisation as detailed in Section 4;
Section 4: Administration
ss1. The Discord Administrative Organisation or DAO is to be established as the governing body of the Discord under the control of a Director;
ss2. The DAO is to be headed formally by a citizen appointed by the Chancellor. The appointed individual takes office immediately, but must gain majority approval from the Cabinet within two (2) weeks of taking office. The Chancellor may not appoint themselves or a member of the Cabinet. The Confederate Parliament also possesses the right to take a vote of approval on an appointee to the position of Director if a written request is submitted to both the Speaker and Chancellor with the signatures of at least 3 Members of Parliament within 2 weeks of the appointment taking place;
ss3. The Director serves at the pleasure of the Chancellor and may be dismissed as they see fit;
ss4. The Director is to be granted the ‘Director’ role on the Discord and is to exercise the duties of the administrative role. The Head of the DAO must also maintain the provisions of this Act to the best of their ability and, in the case that they are unable, inform the individual in control of the ownership account to take action;
ss5. The Head of the DAO is also required to assign citizens to fill the moderation and administrative roles of the Discord;
ss6. The Head of the DAO, with assistance from those appointed to the administrative roles, is tasked with maintaining an article detailing the correct and appropriate usage of the Discord in a place that is visible to all users of the Discord. This article should also make Discord users aware of the law of the Confederacy which relate to communication and appropriate behaviour;
ss7. The ‘Mod’ role is tasked with keeping order in voice and text channels as well as maintaining the laws of the Confederacy;
ss8. The ‘Admin’ role is tasked with maintaining the structure of the Discord, assisting the government and citizens alike in the creation of additional channels and setting them up as according to government stipulations. The administrative role may also exercise the duties of the moderation role.
Chancellor’s signature______