..."Through any means necessary."

The Constitution of the Enlightened Gamers

9 October 2007

Preamble

We the People of enlightenment, in Order to form a more positive gaming model, establish Justice, insure server stability, provide for common friendship, promote *good* karma, and secure the Blessings of equality among gamers to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Enlightened Gamers.

I. Manifesto & Rationale

We exist in contrast to the many servers where racism, tyranny, admin abuse, and harassment are rampant. servers and clans offended by this stance must be offended because they engage in this. We openly struggle against these wrongs. It is the justification for our beginning. Among the self-evident truths apparent to the citizens of this community are the profession that friendship, fairness, and decency are the right thing to do in general; which includes and transcends the gaming community.

Additionally, no level of authority nor circumstance precludes such necessity for obedience; not money, nor power, nor other entitlements frequently used by offenders of this concept.

*Good* karma is in essence the purest form of gaming, not ignorant of imperfection, but rather aspiring to overcome such ignorance with the desire to create a space where obedience to transcendant good nature is practiced with fervor.

To this end, we form this place as a model for desired positive energy in gaming; inspired by and in response and in contrast to bad karma. It is further not the intention to declare enlightenment as an end-state of some perfection; but an ongoing endeavor to seek the better in ourselves and our gaming environment.. Through Any Means Necessary.

For these reasons we do hereby form the community known as Enlightened Gamers to seek enlightenment together and in community, open to all who share such a goal.

II. Organization

A. Legislature

All decision-making powers possible and practical, will be vested directly in our server's regulars and guests.

B. Executive, Communal, & Judicial

All powers of mentoring, leading, regulating, and ordering the operations of Enlightened Gamers shall be executed by a council of administrators (admins). Their selection will be carefully executed through a nomination and voting process initiated by the Recruitment & Internal Affairs Committee, but conducted throughout the entirety of admins.

The committees of administrators shall include:

Community Rules & Server Settings whose purpose is to inspire positive sportsmanship and passion for good karma within the server through the rule of mutually agreed law and environmental settings, and also to regulate the technically necessary aspects for keeping server environments afloat for the gaming benefit of all.

Recruitment & Internal Affairs whose purpose is to seek out knowledge of regulars whose attention should be sought by all for leadership purposes in the executive section of our community, encouraging all admins to get to know these prospects and to pursue the applicable facilitation of votes for recruitment purposes to this end. Additionally, this committee is charged with the responsibility of holding admins to the high standard and expectation set forth from the very founding of our community, to assure quality among admins and to help admins to understand in a loving environment the errors they make, also acting as liasons regarding complaints filed in that vein.

Ban Appeals & Ban Discussions whose purpose is to assure that the process toward banning and unbanning players whose moral presence undermines the missions set forth for our gaming community remains as fair, direct, and factual as possible while caring for the community as a whole in the midst of each equally important individual player. Appeals and proposals alike are addressed by this committee, which serves the purpose of judicial presence.

This Constitution may be amended by a majority (2/3) vote of the admins at Enlightened Gamers and further opened at their discretion to the input of our guests and regulars who are the foremost decision-makers and reason for our efforts. Certain out-of-the-norm steps of prudence may be taken by a *present and active* majority of admins at any given time if it is in line with the purposes served by the whole in order to assure the continuance of server tranquility, governance, and continuity.

*and amen.*