Bylaws

"United Confederation of Districts" - Introduction

"For violations against the people at large"

Foreword:

Americans are strongly challenged today by the powers that be, which appear to have been developing for some time, and I have taken some notes.

In response to developing a position on the current state of affairs, I have also taken the position that political systems design seems needed to face these challenges.

In the 17th and 18th Centuries, the American colonists distinguished themselves by establishing political structure outside of British parliament. Their king did not capitulate, and then, luckily, they came to be known, in British history, as "the ones who got away".

But then, they became the Federal Government of the United States, and the old Guild, and the old Continental Congress, just disappeared.

This proposal is for a non-governmental amendment to the American system; it is to institute a second organization which tasks itself with monitoring the first; with monitoring the US Government, and to remain, permanently, as a second organization in relation to the first. This approach is fully democratic, and member-owned and operated, just like your local credit union, the likes of which all appear to be successful.

In taking notes, I came to the position that grassroots America seems most challenged today. So this design places heavy emphasis on localization; it is 435 National Districts. That grid of districts is used to rally resources and facilities serving the needs of itself and any other local districts of their own kind. It would be my hope, with an organization like this, to also acquire property in each district, and a national center.

It occurs to me that we have a number of major issues to face, or cause for a half dozen organizations. At the same time, I find they all have something in common, to the extent that they are always, in some way, "offenses to the people at large". I think many of us could share that same mission statement (which is in the Primary Campaign, next page).

In this design, 2/3 of representatives have to support a proposed activist "Campaign", to assure general agreeability, but only 1/3 of members have to support that Campaign for it to pass. Also, each member may list, or support, 3 Campaigns at a time, likely resulting in around 5 to 7 active Campaigns running across the organization at a time. This is its attempt at unity and diversity. 1/3 and 3 are my first guesses at the numbers for this new game, but those bylaws could be amended by 3/4 of districts. ;-)

As follows, please find a, we'll call it, an Intro to a "United Confederation of Districts", and the attached Section files for the draft itself (~11,300 words).

- Mark G. Meyers

Below is a picture of a National (Federal) District, which is organized and divided into precincts, producing a representative body, with further elections taking place from there. The Districts then elect National and State Representatives, and they will create the National and State Domains. State Districts, and other small, amended domains will use National District(s) facilities and infrastructure.

All representation is based on equal population; there are no State Representatives in the National Domain; the National Domain is made of Districts. Both State and National Domains are "end Domains", each with their own sphere of end, governmental concern.

Claims, Campaigns, and Redresses: "Claims" of offenses committed against the people may be voted on and passed, followed by the same for "Campaigns", written as mission statements in response to one or more Claims. "Campaign Directors" are elected to lead on Campaign Redress, and fall into the Representative Branch. The "Review Board" is Judicial, and the rest is Executive.

Next in this design, we'll see that the mission statement (Primary Campaign) is guarded by the "Amendment Board", where groups of Representatives with written proposals are held to meet basic Bylegal requirements, before being allowed to go to a full vote.

Note also that the Districts can pass National Proposals, and a group of Districts can take these proposals to full national vote, bypassing the National Body of Representatives.

From Elections:

The National District Vote counts each National District's Officers Vote as One, where each District matches its Executive Officers with an equal number of Representatives, beginning with its National Representative, and for selecting the remainder, by its own method.

So, the district vote went into all the districts, and exercised half executives, and half representatives. The reason why I did this was to give voting on basic bylaws to the committed volunteers of the executive branch. Then, I went with just the representative side, for voting on Campaigns. It's freer on that side, and a Campaign can run its own account, and conduct its own fundraising, separate from membership dues money.

CAMPAIGN VOTING: DUAL VOTING
A Campaign or Redress Proposal passes when it goes to Dual Vote, and receives both 2/3 support from the Representative Votes Cast on the respectability of the Proposal, and 1/3 Support among General Vote for personally Listing it.

Below is where we'll find the key constraint of this system, in the face of people potentially proposing everything under the sun. These are the rules enforced by the Amendment Board on all legislative proposals.

From Amendments:

...

REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSALS
For our Nation and for ourselves, our Primary Campaign is to monitor for and redress discrepancies between the Articles and Actions of our Government, and:
That we understand the bond between our government and the people, and
will hold, as rightful Claims for Redress, those acts committed by our
government which we take as both divergent from moral, representative
courses, and as violations against the people at large, whether against our
bodies, our environment, our fair representation, our peace and security,
or our wealth and possessions, and whether directly, or through publicly
unsanctioned services to private interests.
A Proposal includes a Statement of Cause or Intent, and its various Items,
where its writing is not verbose, and is clear enough to be understood by
the Amendment Board.
Items are not unassociated with the Statement.
Items do not contradict one another.
Items deemed Bylegally necessary, by the Board, to support the Statement, are not missing.

A Proposal is not to cause contradictions in the Bylaws or the Campaigns, and
is not to be redundant against a Proposal that has already gone to Vote.
When a Proposal to Amend Campaigns goes to the Board, all related Claim,
Campaign and Redress parts are to be included.
...
The Board is not to steal the Vote, such as to Conclude upon grounds
not aligned with Bylegal requirements.
...
REQUIREMENTS BY PROPOSAL TYPE
BYLAW: Any text of Bylaws to be added, removed, or both.
CLAIM: Stated discrepancies between our Primary Campaign and the actions of Government, or where it is said that Government Articles have facilitated such discrepancies, including the evidence which supports the Claim, [and including due diligence on relevant discrepancies between the Articles and Actions of
Government, or between the Articles and themselves. - edit or remove. ]
...
CAMPAIGN: Statement which illustrates freedom from discrepancies, in response to one or more Claims, including any necessary elements of accordance with government articles.
...
REDRESS (ITEM): Statement of Action in the name of a Campaign and within the same period, which ultimately serves its end, and which participating members will perform.

The above depicts one of the current Campaigns going on, and the auspices of a Director, acting as a Campaign Redress leader. Below, the more regular, infrastructural side.

I would guess a fully fledged district could get by with Member, Election, Amendment, and Accounting Secretaries, and one department for IS&T, Records, and Dispatch, for a total of 5 Executive Departments. Domains could go to the Representatives.

Preparing for the next Two pictures; text from Branches:

The Representative Branch drafts and exercises Claims, Campaigns, Redresses, and new Executive regimen, and includes all Representatives, Campaign Directors, and Speakers.
The Executive Branch Enforces the known regimen, and includes all Executive Officers and their Departments, Trustees, Counselors, and Administrators.
The Judicial Branch includes currently operating Review Board Members, and provides the highest interpretation of these Bylaws, and its Conclusions may call for enforcements by all Members and Executives, with exception to those of its Conclusions overridden by 3/4 of the Body of Representatives.
Within each Branch, there may be Agencies, each with Elected Officers, and other Appointees and Volunteers.
Either an Executive Officer operating in their Jurisdiction, or a Formal Representative Inquiry, may find cause, and bring the conduct of any Officer or Agency before a Review Board.
No Member may occupy Executive or Representative Offices while in the other, or in either while acting as Secretary of Review.
Only Trustees and Counselors are allowed to hold their respective Offices across Domains, and within themselves, Child Domains may combine their Trustee and Counselor Jurisdictions with other Executive Jurisdictions.

Note: Herein, "domains" are of all political jurisdiction types. The domain types you see here are National District, and National (State is not rendered, but works the same way).

Note: Trustees are elected to hold money, and Counselors as legal consultants (and everyone around here is a volunteer). Trustees and Counselors from all the districts form national circles, which elect persons to serve board appointments. Below: The national amendment and review boards.

Various member queues are applied in this design to fill appointments.

Below: The Representative Body could use volunteering for Review Board queues. An impartial judicial branch member takes the chair, and one side is appointed from the executive branch, and the other side from the representative branch.

In fact, it could be appointments from volunteers or electees across the executive branch on the left, and not only as one trustee and one counselor.

With time, more Review Secretaries could also be elected.