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Conference Hall / Re: A Summit For Reform
« on: January 09, 2018, 05:26:13 PM »Quote
Drop the Naming already xD
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ZetaBoards Terms of Service Act (2015)
An Act to bring into Independent Order law the provisions of the ZetaBoards Terms of Service and Terms of Use.
Whereas Zathyus Networks, Inc. provides ZetaBoards free of charge to the Independent Order and has full control over the forum content, software and servers, it has been resolved, without hind nor hindrance to the abilities of Zathyus Networks, Inc. in the running of their services, that the provisions hereinafter set forth should enable, within the framework of Independent Order law, Zathyus Networks, Inc., Her Excellency the Grand Chancellor, and any forum administrator or global moderator to enforce the rules set forth by Zathyus Networks, Inc. in the ZetaBoards Terms of Service and Terms of Use.
Be it therefore enacted by Her Excellency the Grand Chancellor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Short Title
(1) This Act may be referred to as the ZetaBoards Terms of Service Act (2015).
Member Agreements
(2) All members of this forum, at the point of registration, shall be compelled to adhere to the ZetaBoards Terms of Service and Terms of Use, as prescribed in this Act.
Prohibited Content and Behaviour
(3) No user may post, upload, link to, or send via email any Content that contains, promotes, gives instruction about, or provides Prohibited Content, as stated by the Annex I of this Act, nor shall they partake in Prohibited Behaviour, as stated by Annex II of this Act.
(4) Should a member be found by the Grand Chancellor, a forum administrator or global moderator, or Zathyus Networks, Inc. (ZetaBoards) to have knowingly posted Prohibited Content or partaken in Prohibited Behaviour, then the Grand Chancellor, a forum administrator or global moderator, or Zathyus Networks, Inc. (ZetaBoards), shall have the full authority to warn or ban the offending member from the forum.
Content Screening and Disclosure
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(6) The Grand Chancellor, a forum administrator or global moderator, or Zathyus Networks, Inc. (ZetaBoards), has the right to access any forum and its related Content and delete, edit, or restrict access to any Content, should it be deemed that such content is disallowed.
(7) The Grand Chancellor, a forum administrator or global moderator, or Zathyus Networks, Inc. (ZetaBoards), has the right to log, access and disclose any email sent using the forum, and Zathyus Networks, Inc. (ZetaBoards) shall further have the right to log, access and disclose my private message sent on the forum.
( The Grand Chancellor, a forum administrator or global moderator, or Zathyus Networks, Inc. (ZetaBoards), reserves the right to further disclose any information provided by the member, including IP address, date of birth or email address, to fulfil what is required by law or is needed to comply with legal processes or to protect the rights (including copyrights), property, or personal safety of anyone.
Appeals
(9) Should a member banned without warning by the Grand Chancellor, a forum administrator or global moderator, for the posting of Prohibited Content or partaking in Prohibited Behaviour, then another member of the forum, if believing such a decision to be unjust, may appeal this decision to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
(10) No member may appeal a ban issued by Zathyus Networks, Inc. (ZetaBoards), or by the Grand Chancellor or forum administrator where Zathyus Networks, Inc. (Zetaboards) has made such a request.
Amendments to Other Legislation
(11) The following section shall be added after section (33) of the Criminal Code (2013):
“(34) The provisions of this Act shall not apply or extend to cases where a member has breached the ZetaBoards Terms of Service or Terms of Use, as otherwise defined by law.”
Miscellaneous
(12) The Grand Chancellor, a forum administrator or global moderator, or Zathyus Networks, Inc. (Zetaboards) shall have the full right to determine if a post includes Prohibited Content, or that a member has partaken in prohibited behaviour, and what punishment shall be imposed.
(13) Provisions in the Judiciary Act (2014), the Judicial Procedures, Sentencing and Evidence Act (JPSE) (2014), or any other act passed prior to the granting of Royal Assent to this Act shall not apply, extend or interfere with the provisions of this act.
(14) Provisions in this act shall not apply, extend or interfere with the actions, policies or decisions made by Zathyus Networks, Inc. (ZetaBoards).
(15) Annex I and Annex II of this act may be amended, by Order-in-Council, following a change of the ZetaBoards Terms of Service or Terms of Use, however such amendments must be inline with changes made to the Terms of Service or Terms of Use.
(16) A list of administrators and global moderators shall be maintained in Annex III of this Act, and may be amended by Order-in-Council when changes in this list occur.
Annex I: Prohibited Content
(1) Prohibited Content includes any Content that breaks any local, state, county, national or international law.
(2) Prohibited Content also includes:
(a) Content that infringes upon any rights (including, but not limited to, copyrights and trademarks),
(b) Abusive, threatening, defamatory, racist, or obscene Content,
(c) Viruses or any other harmful computer software,
(d) False information or libel,
(e) Spam, chain letters, or pyramid schemes,
(f) Gambling or Illicit drugs,
(g) Terrorism,
(h) Hacking or cheating for internet/online games,
(i) Warez, Roms, CD-Keys, Cracks, Passwords, or Serial Numbers,
(j) Pornography, nudity, or sexual material of any kind,
(k) Excessive profanity,
(l) Content that is invasive of privacy or impersonation of any person/entity,
(m) Hacking materials or information.
(3) Subsection (b) shall be extended to include homophobic or sexist Content.
Annex II: Prohibited Behaviour
Prohibited behaviour includes:
(a) Interfering with ZetaBoards' servers or software,
(b) Attempting to access any restricted area that they do not have access to: this includes private forums, password protected forums, accounts of ZetaBoards staff or other members, Control Panels, or any forum's Admin CP,
(c) Posting harmful or disruptive html/javascript,
(d) Reproducing, distributing, or publishing Content posted by other users without the prior permission of the owner,
(e) Excessive hotlinking by sites not located on a ZetaBoards server of images hosted by ZetaBoards,
(f) Hotlinking images from other websites without proper permission,
(g) Abusing the report system by sending in false reports or flooding the system with duplicate reports,
(h) Abusing the support ticket system by flooding the system with tickets.
Annex III: Forum Administrators and Global Moderators
(1) The list of forum administrators is as follows:
Avakael
Beatrice
CGJ
(2) There are presently no global moderators.
The World Assembly Procedures Act (2014)
An act to establish World Assembly Procedure and clarify the responsibilities of the World Assembly Delegate.
Short Title
(1) This act may be referred to as The WA Procedures Act (2014).
Recognition of WA Delegate's Position and Selection
(2) The World Assembly Delegate on NationStates (herein ‘WA Delegate’) is determined by the nation who has the most number of endorsements or, where two nations share the same number of endorsements and one is the incumbent WA Delegate, the incumbent WA Delegate.
(3) Any nation wishing to become WA Delegate must be able to demonstrate that they have had a nation in The Independent Order for a minimum time period of seven (7) days and that they have made a minimum of six (6) non-spam forum posts, before posting a notification in the Conference Hall.
(4) Any nation unable to demonstrate the qualifications in Section (3), or who have not posted a notification in the Conference Hall, shall be limited to a maximum of fifteen (15) endorsements. Any nation with more than fifteen (15) endorsements may be kicked by the Grand Chancellor, or banned for repeated offences.
General Assembly Responsibilities
(5) As the chief representative of the Independent Order to the World Assembly it is the duty and responsibility of the WA Delegate to vote in accordance with the majority opinion of the WA Members on any Resolution presently At Vote before the General Assembly.
(6) This vote shall be determined by the voting tally as noted with the Resolution at vote, accessible via the Details link included with the Resolution At Vote.
(7) The Delegate shall check this tally daily and must change his or her vote to match the majority opinion of Independent WA Members.
Security Council Responsibilities
(8) Recognizing the potential political implications of Resolutions before the Security Council the Speaker shall be empowered to call a vote of the Senate to determine the vote cast in Commendation, Condemnation and Liberation proposals.
(9) The Speaker may defer this vote to the majority opinion of Independent WA Members in cases of Commendations and Condemnations with the advice and consent of the Premier. In such cases the WA Delegate shall follow the same procedure used when voting for General Assembly votes to determine the majority opinion of Independent WA Members.
(10) Recognizing the political implications of Liberation proposals a vote of the Senate shall determine the vote cast by the WA Delegate when a Liberation is At Vote before the Security Council. Upon certification by the Speaker the WA Delegate shall be directed to cast his or her vote as determined by the Senate vote.
[box][align=center][b][size=125]Condemn Bruthannia[/size][/b][/align]
[align=center]Category: Condemnation | Nominee: [nation]Bruthannia[/nation] | Proposed By: [nation]Dartfordia[/nation][/align]
[i]The Security Council,[/i]
[i]Recognising[/i] the existence of [region]The Independent Order[/region] as a long-standing, independent roleplaying region,
[i]Noting[/i] their subsequent move to [region]Independent Order[/region],
[i]Dismayed[/i] at decision by [nation]Bruthannia[/nation] to remove all Regional Officers from the region,
[i]Dismayed further[/i] at the actions of [nation]Bruthannia[/nation] to exclude members of [region]The Independent Order[/region] from accessing their forum,
[i]Noting[/i] that these acts are in direct violation of General Assembly Resolution XXX???,
[i]Hereby condemns[/i] [nation]Bruthannia[/nation].[/box]