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Constitution of the Total War Centre Preamble Section 1 - The Executive Section 2 - The Legislature Section 3 - Member Ranks Section 4 - The Judiciary Section 5 - Additional Provisions Preamble This document exists to define the roles of the bodies that run and govern this site and community. The guiding principle of the site is to be that barring technical or fiscal obstacles, any considered mandate from the appropriate legislative body of contributing members will be implemented by the administrators. This document is not absolutely authoritative. It is a compilation of the Curia, written and approved by the Citizens, which may become outdated or contain oversights. Furthermore, this document may be suspended by the administration by the procedure outlined herein. Section 1 of this document and the procedure for a vote of No Confidence lie outside the remit of the Curia to modify or amend, unless such amendment is commenced and wholly authorised by the executive. The only exception to this is where an amendment changes the name of an Officer Section 1 - The Executive The Executive is composed of the Council Officers, Senior Staff Officers and Staff Officers who run the Site. Article 1 - The Council The Council is the overarching governing body of the site. It is composed of Permanent Officers and Non Permanent Officers representing the needs of the Executive at any given time. All Council Officers fulfil normal day-to-day duties and all should discuss and co-ordinate their policies inside the Council. Permanent Officers There shall be 5 Permanent Officers on the Council The Site Owner Chief Moderator - Serves as Head of the Moderation Branch Chief of Content - Serves as Head of the Content Branch Chief Technician - Serves as Head of the Technical Branch Speaker of the House - Represents the Curia on the Council The three Branch Chiefs shall lead their branch, and be the principal officer responsible for policy within the three branches. It shall normally be presumed that they shall be selected from within their branch. The appointment of each branch chief is decided by the Council but must be ratified by the Staff of the branch they are being appointed too. The Speaker of the House is elected by the Curia, as per the procedure in Section 2 Article 2, from among those members ranked as Patricians, and will serve a term of six months. Non Permanent Officers An undefined number of non permanent Council Officer may be appointed by the Council as and when necessary. Normally these Council Officers shall be drawn from the Staff ranks, but other members of the site may be invited in. Every Council Officer, in addition to any other ratification and appointments procedure must be ratified by the Curia immediately after appointment, by the process in Section 2 Article 2. An appointed Council Officer who fails the ratification vote is returned to his previous position. Article 2 - The Moderation Branch The Moderation Branch is responsible for maintaining order within the Site Forum and enforcement of the Terms of Service. Staff Officers of this branch are the only members of Staff invested with general moderating powers. Senior Staff Officers - Strategos The Strategos are Senior Moderators, led by the Chief of Branch, in charge of moderation within the Forum. They will all have Global Moderation powers, and some may have additional administrative powers depending upon their duties. Senior Moderators are appointed by existing Senior Moderators from among the Staff Officers of this branch. Each appointment must also be ratified by the Curia in accordance with Section 2 Article 2. Staff Officers - Tribounos The Staff Moderators form the front line moderation force on the Forum. They are drawn from the Citizens and appointed and fired by the Senior Moderators, but each appointment must be ratified by the Curia as per the procedure in Section 2 Article 2. A Staff Moderator who fails his ratification is removed from his position. The total number of Staff Moderators, along with individual assignments and powers are set by the Senior Moderators. Article 3 - The Content Branch The Content Branch oversees content produced on the main page of the site and the work of the official publications of the Site The Helios The Eagle Standard The TWC Wiki General Sun's Tent The TWC Podcast The Scriptorium The Chief of Branch shall have general organizational and administrative control of all content areas of the site Senior Staff Officers Editors Each official publication shall have an Editor appointed by the Chief of Branch, with the exception of the TWC Wiki. Editors must be Citizens of the Forum. They shall have overall responsibility for running their publication and ensuring that content produced for their publication does not breach the Terms of Service. The Editor of the TWC Wiki shall be appointed as a Curial Officer, not a Senior Staff Officer, see Section 3 Article 5 below. Content Staff Officers Staff Officers of the Content Branch are contributors and writers of the various publications and articles on the front page. They may be drawn from any rank, and are hired and fired by the Editor of the publication for which they contribute.

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