Free Internet Role-play Experiences is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing quality internet games for free to the public (hereafter named `Projects').
FIRE will maintain a public web site to distribute all necessary information. This charter will be posted there. This web page is initially situated at http://www.pvv.org/fire/
Each FIRE project is funded by a separate account, which is used to purchase any resources needed to run that project. The purpose of each project is specified by a separate charter (the `project charter'). The project charter names the `project leaders', who run the project. A project's leaders control the use of the funds in that project's account, but any assets purchased with those funds remain the property of FIRE. The FIRE treasurer verifies that the purchases made by the project leader's are related to the project's purposes (as specified in the project charter), and may block these purchases if necessary.
FIRE does not have any rights on the projects run with the resources it provides.
On startup, FIRE will run one project, MUME (see references).
New projects are accepted in FIRE on approval of their charter by the president and all directors. New projects are announced on the FIRE web site.
A project is terminated by its project leaders. Unless the project charter states otherwise, FIRE members who contributed to that project hold a vote deciding how to use the assets of that project, and any funds remaining in the project's account. Assets shared between two or more projects are automatically ceded to the remaining projects.
Funds from a terminated project can only be assigned to one or more other projects already active at FIRE, or to one or more new projects. Any funds not assigned after three months will be donated to Red Cross. Any equipment will be donated to Free Software Foundation.
FIRE is dissolved whenever all of its projects are terminated, and no new projects are approved within three months.
To become a member of FIRE, pay a one-time membership fee to any of the projects' accounts. The minimum membership fee is USD 10/NOK 70/CHF 14 (whichever is smallest). Each project may have a maximum contribution for each member stated in its charter.
Only physical persons who may legally dispose of their assets in their place of residence may become members. Each member must provide an email address for voting purposes.
Members may contribute to more than one account. The membership lists are public, and kept on the FIRE web site. The amount of each donation is not public, but the president (see clause 5, Administration) will keep records of this.
On termination of a project, the members who contributed to its accounts are still members of FIRE.
Members are divided into active and inactive members. An inactive member is a member who has not voted in the last two votes held since he or she joined FIRE. All other members are considered active.
The FIRE administration is composed of a president, two treasurers (appointed by the president), a leader for each project, and 2 presidental appointees.
FIRE has the following administration:
The president and treasurer cannot be project leaders. The president and treasurer cannot be the same person. The FIRE bank account is held jointly between the treasurers. When the treasurers change, the old treasurer(s) have a month in which to transfer the account to the new president/treasurer.
All work in and for FIRE and its projects is voluntary. The administrators of FIRE, and/or people working on FIRE projects may not receive money for their work. The exception is expenses caused directly by work done for FIRE or FIRE projects. These expenses can be fully or partially covered, from a project's account when the president and the project leaders agrees on this.
The president and treasurer are appointed for a minimum duration of three months. They may resign before this period is over, but cannot be removed from office before then.
If the president, for any reason, does not fulfill his duties for three months, any member may initiate a new presidential election.
Members may impeach the president after at least three months in office. To do this, they must get a 2/3 vote of members, and a quorum of 33% of active members (see clause 10 - Voting). In the case of a failed impeachment, no further impeachment attempt is possible for the next three months.
A new president is selected by majority voting. This election must be held within three months of the previous president resigning, failing to fulfill his duties, or being impeached. Presidential elections are announced on the FIRE web site, they are preceded by a one month period in which members may nominate themselves as candidates by e-mail. To be eligible the candidacy must be seconded by at least 1 other member. Eligible candidates will have the opportunity of placing a link detailing their candidacy on the FIRE web site. An impeached president may not enter as a candidate in any subsequent elections. The candidate with the most votes wins.
The treasurer immediately reports on the web site all purchases made for each project.
The president and treasurer prepare an annual report (on June 1st) on projects, their accounts and expenses, on the FIRE web site.
Any member may propose up to two amendments to the FIRE charter every year. These amendments can be vetoed by the president or any director. The veto must be notified before the end of the voting period. To be accepted, they must be approved by a 2/3 majority, with a quorum of 33% of active members (See clause 10 - Voting).
Project charters can override clauses 3 (Project termination) and may specify a maximum donation amount (see clause 4 - Membership).
The FIRE directors supervise all voting. FIRE votes are announced on the FIRE web site. For presidential elections, the directors appoint a vote manager. For all other elections, the president appoints the vote manager.
From the time the vote is announced, members have one month to submit their vote by e-mail to the president, the vote manager and all directors. The vote manager confirms the vote by return e-mail, the voter must then send a confirmation, again to the president, the vote manager and all directors.
Once the one-month voting period has elapsed, the vote manager counts the votes and announces the results on the web sites. Directors and members have two weeks in which to contest the results.
The president, vote manager and directors shall not reveal the way in which any member voted.