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MLGC Constitution

We the members of the Manassas Lawn & Garden Club, in order to form a more perfect organization, establish justice, insure club-wide tranquility, provide for the common rules, and secure the blessings of fair play and good fun to ourselves and our progeny, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Manassas Lawn and Garden Club.



Article I

	Section 1.  All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a council of 
		    members, which shall consist of voting and non-voting members.


	Section 2.  Non-voting membership can be bestowed to any person attending
		    any two MLGC events, not including club meetings, and thence 
		    asking for recognition as a non-voting member.
  

		      Such a person shall be told by a current member of this  
                      opportunity.


		      Upon this request, if a quorum is present, a vote shall take place.  
	              In the absence of a quorum, the vote shall be taken as early as
		      possible.


		      Non-voting membership can be revoked by a vote of a quorum.


	Section 3.  Voting membership can be earned by two means; inspiring two
		    persons to attend two MLGC events, or by a great deed.


		      In accordance with the first means, two separate persons must
		      attend two separate events, and there must be no question as to
		      the identity of the individual who influenced their attendence.


		      In accordance with the second means, the non-voting member
		      must through some deed or project, enhance the MLGC greatly
	 	      in some manner.  This is subject to judgement by a quorum.


		      In either case, the non-voting member must ask for recognition, 
		      and the next available quorum shall decide by vote on the status
		      of the individual.


		      Voting membership can be revoked, the individual in question
	   	      being demoted to either a non-voting member or a non-member.
		      The vote shall be taken at the next opportunity, but the 
		      individual in question must be notified.


		      Voting membership can be willed to one non-voting member.


	Section 4.  Voting members shall assemble a quorum at least twice a year, at
		    or near the time of the equinoxes.


		      At this time, a new executor shall be elected, and any pressing
		      business shall be discussed.


Article II

	Section 1.  The executive power of the MLGC shall be vested in an Executor,
		    to hold a term that lasts from one equinox to another.

		       The Executor shall be voted into office by a quorum, and one
		       individual may not be the executor for consecutive terms.

	Section 2.  The Executor shall have several powers and responsibilities as 
		    follows.

		      The Executor can appoint committees to oversee specific tasks.  

		      The Executor shall oversee the organization of all MLGC events.

		      The Executor opens and closes all MLGC events, and presents any
		      and all trophys for such events.

		      The Executor can call for an MLGC meeting.

		      The Executor must wear a sash to all MLGC events.

	Section 3.  The Executor can be removed from office by a standard quorum
		    vote, however the Executor must be notified prior to this vote.


Article III

	Section 1.  The voting procedure of the MLGC shall be in the form of rock-
		    scissors-paper democracy.  Refer to the the Rock-Scissors-Paper 
		    Corollory for further detail. 
		

	Section 2.  Each voting member has one vote for each issue brought up in a
		    meeting.

	Section 3.  The non-voting members, if present, shall have one vote 
		    collectively among themselves.  

		      They shall decide among themselves how to cast this vote, and 
                       appoint a representative to cast this vote.

	Section 4.  For an MLGC meeting to take place, there must be a quorum of
		    voting members.  In this case a quorum shall consist of a majority
		    of the voting members.

		      No non-voting members are required to be in attendance.

		      Votes may be assigned from one voting member to another.


Article IV

	              Any member of the MLGC, voting or non-voting can be punished
		      by a vote of a quorum.  The quorum shall decide guilt and
		      punishment.

		      The individual in question must abide by the punishment or be
		      banned from any MLGC events until such time as the punishment
		      is fulfilled.


Article V

	Section 1.  The MLGC shall have a number of official sports which it shall
		    endorse.  There may also be a number of exhibition sports which
		    can be attempted at MLGC events.

	Section 2.  A sport shall be considered official once voted in favor of by a 
		    quorum.

	Section 3.  Exhibition sports need not be voted upon, but must be sponsored
		    by at least two voting members.

	Section 4.  The current official sports are as follows.  Additions can be made
		    by ammendments to this constitution.

		      Cricket
		      Croquet
		      Hockisball

	Section 5.  An official list of rules for each sport shall be kept by the MLGC.


Article VI

		      The Constitution of the United States of America, and all the
		      powers and rights contained therein, shall also govern the MLGC.


Article VII

		      The official seat of the MLGC shall be Manassas, Virginia.


Article VIII

		      The following persons are recognized as voting members.  This
		      list can change due to ammendments to this constitution.

		      Keith Ferguson
		      Jason Jones
		      Mike Lawler
		      Chris Olds
		      Alan Post
		      Susan Snyder
		      Tom Snyder


Article IX

		      This constitution may be ammended by a standard quorum vote
		      of the MLGC.


Article X

		      This constitution is ratified by an MLGC quorum, on this date,
		      June 29, 1997, and witnessed by the following persons:

		       Keith Ferguson
		       Chris Olds
		       Alan Post
		       Susan Snyder
		       Tom Snyder


Article IX

		      This constitution may be ammended by a standard quorum vote
		      of the MLGC.


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		       Keith Ferguson
		       Chris Olds
		       Alan Post
		       Susan Snyder
		       Tom Snyder

Articles XI-XV were ammended to Constitution as of June 29, 1997.

Article XI

		      The Sport of Bocce Ball will also be considered an official MLGC
		      sport.

Article XII

		      Biting someone's ear will result in dismissal from the MLGC.

Article XIII

	Section 1.   A new elected position has been created, the Voting Cooridinator.  The
		     Voting Coordinator will elected by a quorum and shall have term that 
		     lasts from one Solstace to the next, and may not be elected for
		     consecutive terms.

	Section 2.   The Voting Coordinator's responsibilities will be to tally votes recieved
		     electronically and to present the result to the MLGC.

Article XIV

	Section 1.   An issue may be raised and voted on by electronic means.  One month after the 
		     issue has been raised and seconded, electronic votes are due to the Voting 
		     Coordinator.

	Section 2.   An electronic vote shall consist of two items:

			20 votes of a rock-scissors-paper variety.
	
			20 votes of an odd man out variety(i.e. 1's and 2's, representing one and
			  two fingers)

	Section 3.   In the case of multiple issues, separate votes for each issue must be sent in, or 
		     it must be specified to the Voting Coordinator that the same vote should be used 
		     for each issue.

	Section 4.   The Voting Coordinator should group the votes according to which side is supported, 
		     and then randomly compare votes of opposing partys, in the case of a draw, proceeding 
		     to each party's next selection, until a winner is declared.

	Section 5.   As an individual advances in the voting, the Voting Coordinator should disregard the 
		     votes used in the preceeding rounds - i.e. pick up in the sequence of 20 where it was 
		     left off in the preceeding round.

	Section 6.   If an individual specified that one vote be used for multiple issues, the Voting 
		     Cooridinator should start at the beginning of that sequence of 20 for each separate 
		     issue to be voted on.  

	Section 7.   If any person runs out of their sequence of 20, the Voting Coordinator should declare 
		     an invalid vote and request new series of votes from all party's involved.  At this 
		     point the Voting Coordinator has the discretion to raise the limit past 20.

Article XV

		      Voting members must advise the MLGC of their whereabouts at least annually,
		      or forfiet the notification necessary in Article I Section 3.



Rock-Scissors-Paper Corollory

I.    Introduction

Rock-Scissors-Paper (RSP) Democracy is a voting system developed
by the MLGC to be a means of governing the organization in a
manner similar to the tenets it represents.  The system is
designed to favor the majority in any vote or decision, yet not
squash the voice of the minority.


II.   Ranking

Rock beats Scissors
Scissors beats Paper
Paper beats Rock
Fewer of 'one-finger' or 'two-finger' grouping size is Odd
All other instances are tie


III.  Procedure

1.  Divide up into contesting groups.  Count the number of groups.
2a.  If an even number of groups exist, one member from each group
must pair up with a contestor and rsp until one side wins.
2b.  If an odd number of groups exist, one member from each group
must join an odd-man-out (omo) which proceeds until an odd person
or group is determined.
3.  All odds and losers are eliminated from voting.
4.  Count the number of groups remaining with representation.
5.  Repeat steps 2-4 until only one group (the victor) remains.


IV.   Method

All rsp and omo contests are done where the hand is held in a fist
in front of the body.  In an up and down motion, a count is made
of "one, two, three"; with the counted numbers corresponding to
the downward fist motion.  As "three" is uttered, the contestor
will make any of the following signs, depending on if it is a rsp
or omo contest.

1. Rock:  a clenched fist
2. Scissors:  the index and middle finger projecting outward in a
sideways vee
3. Paper: an extended flat hand with the fingers together and palm
down
4. One-finger: an extended index finger
5. Two-fingers: the index and middle finger projecting outward in
a sideways vee


V.     Nomenclature

Ultimate odd-loser:  Person who has never won rsp or been Even in
omo.  This term is used for instances of order where odds and
losers are continually grouped together (and evens and
winners are grouped together) until a complete heirarchy of
winning/even/losing/odd is established.
Ultimate even-winner:  Person who has never lost rsp or been Odd
in omo.

VI.    Conclusion

RSP Democracy shall be used to settle all votes of the MLGC.  It
shall also be used to govern any disputes which may arise
concerning MLGC business, rules interpretations, and any other
controversy or question which the MLGC or any of its members is
faced with.  Additionally, many MLGC sports will use rsp democracy
as a part of determining random aspects of the sport.