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WONDERCON 2003
Moscone Convention Center
Downtown San Francisco
April 25-27th
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SF Fan Force Mission Statement
Originally Drafted by, the CO-City Reps (Ming S. Pan (Jedi_Tenken) and
Chanel C. Vanecek (PadmeSkywalkr) of the San Francisco Fan Force (SFFF)
The 28th of July 2003 (modified 9th of February 2004 by Ming S. Pan)
We the Star Wars fans of San Francisco in order to form a more perfect
club, establish justice for the fans, insure the common bonds we have
in Star Wars, and promote the general fandom of Star Wars for all, have
drafted this mission statement for the fans and more importantly as fellow
men (and women). The purpose of the SF Fan Force (SFFF) is to have fun
and share our common bond in the Star Wars saga and the community it has
helped produced. We have drafted basic rules and guide lines, which are
necessary to avoid problems or potential problems later on. Other than
that we the members of SF Fan Force will all have a say in what the club
is about and will be diplomatic and democratic as much as possible concerning
any major decision for the club. The City Representative (CR) and the
SFFF Council may have an intricate role in SF Fan Force, but it is the
people of the club that makes this Fan Force a real Force to be reckoned
with. For fun, freedom, balance, and justice in our corner of the galaxy,
may the Force be with us.
Former CR of SF Fan Force,
Ming S. Pan
SFFF Basic Rules The rules dictated by the administration of TF.N
Fan Force boards exist to safeguard everyone of all ages and backgrounds
from things that are not appropriate for those who maybe impressionable.
In considering what exactly is appropriate for all please keep an open
mind and the general rule of thumb is “PG-13”. Whatever members do outside
of the SF Fan Force are at the discretion of themselves, the laws and
regulations of the state of California, and of the United States of America.
Note that the moderators and administration of the boards reserve the
right to change or delete posts/threads that are inappropriate. They are
here to makes sure everyone is having a good time and things are running
smoothly on the boards and meetings. Feel free to ask what appropriate
if you are not sure and the Administration and SF CR will to their best
to explain. Have fun, fly fast, shoot straight, and may the Force be with
you.
The Basics:
Article 1: All members of SF Fan Force will have the freedom
to speak their mind in an appropriate manner. Any disputes between members
concerning a club issue(s) will be settled within the club diplomatically
by mediation by the sanctioned members of the SFFF Council and/or CR if
the case has gotten out of hand. Smaller issues maybe brought to the SFFF
CR for mediation (unless the issue is about the CR, which is then mediated
by the SFFF Council by default). If the issue concerns a SFFF Council
member(s) then any vote taken will NOT include the Council members that
stand accused voting. If there is an even number of Council members then
the CR with fill in as a voter to avoid a deadlock.
Personal issues among people that have nothing to do with club issues
can be brought into the SFFF forum. However, if said issues incur hostilities
the SFFF CR will do what they can to settle the issue diplomatically for
all involved and may ask the SFFF Council to interject if the issue will
directly affect SFFF in a negative way. The SFFF CR and SFFF Council in
conjunction with TF.N moderators and administrators reserve the right
to eject hostile and/or inappropriate material and the people that posted
said materials from the forum. Remember that Fan Force Boards in general:
PG-13.
Article 2: A tradition of Unity. There should be a time to bring
people together to celebrate our fandom in a big way. Our first CR, cofounder
of SFFF, and hero, Chanel C. Vanecek, brought many clubs outside of SFFF
but under the banner of the SW universe together even after she passed
with her very spirit and heart. As a tradition every year from around
the same point of time yearly, chosen by a consensus of all Bay Area SW
clubs, will have all clubs forged by Star Wars united for the people and
community that has been brought together.
Article 3: Respect for other clubs. Clubs that have not acted
aggressively towards SFFF will be given the utmost respect and treated
as friendly (even Trekkies… but if they insult us it’s open season…).
Any initial hostile violation on this by any member of SFFF will be met
with a temporary banning till the matter is sorted and diplomatically
and the proper penance has be administered by the council or TF.N administration.
Any club that started hostilities with SFFF will be handled with extreme
prejudice after a thorough investigation.
Article 4: All TF.N/FanForce.net (FF.N) administrative Terms of
Service (TOS) will be enforced on their message boards. Please review
the TOS here before joining
SF Fan Force.
Amendments: Fan Force Name, Property, and Web Content amendments added
April 4th, 2007. Approved by majority vote of the members attending the
March 17, 2007 meeting and final review approved by majority of the council
members and City Rep.
SAN FRANCISCO FAN FORCE NAME: The name "San Francisco Fan
Force" is used in association with TFN's "Fan Force" Boards.
As such, the name "San Francisco Fan Force" is not owned by
any one member of this club, but is freely used by all of the members
of the San Francisco Chapter of TheForce.net Fan Force. No one member
or group of members in the San Francisco Fan Force can prevent the current
members, elected CR, and Council Members from operating under this name.
INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTY: Intellectual and physical
property contributed by San Francisco Fan Force members including but
not limited to logos, the tag line "We're The Fun Side of the Force",
the web site, domain name, banner, and other promotional materials baring
the name "San Francisco Fan Force" belong to the group "San
Francisco Fan Force." No one member claims ownership to these items
or can revoke the club's right to use them. These are free for the group
to use regardless of changes in elected officers of the current active
chapter of TFN's San Francisco Fan Force or changes in current membership.
However, if the current chapter of the San Francisco Fan Force completely
dissolves and and all members are officially inactive at TFN's San Francisco
Fan Force message board, there is no obligation to turn over any of these
materials to new founders of future incarnations of TFN's San Francisco
Fan Force.
WEB CONTENT: Photos published on sffanforce.com have been granted
permission for use from the photographers or owners of the images. The
photos on this web site should not be distributed, published, or used
for other purposes without permission from the photographer or owner.
Please contact the webmaster at nightheron @ pacbell.net if you'd like
to inquire about use of a photo.
VOTING (Composed by, Robert Lee (Harlock415) added on to by Ming
S. Pan (Jedi_Tenken))
Since the club is comprised of both online and physical presence it is
important that we come to a consensus about how voting procedures should
be done. When it becomes necessary for all members of the club to vote
on something, which may not be very often, the constituency should do
general voting. We will do this like the Senate does – sort of. It will
be in two stages:
Stage 1 voting will be in the form of an online vote, this is
where everybody has a say in the decision. This will most likely be posted
on the Jedi Council Boards as an online poll. Now if there is huge overwhelming
consensus, we may not need to go on to the second stage. But if the vote
is close:
Stage 2 will entail people to actually show up for a live vote.
Just like the US House and Senate, members must be present for their vote
to count. After that vote the Council formally ratifies the decision.
This is pretty much a formality.
Addendum to Stage 1 Voting: Online polls must be accompanied by
a post under the vote polls stating, “I _____ have voted”. It is not necessary
to tell which item you personally voted for but people may do so if they
choose to. Regardless the reason for this is that we want to make sure
the number people at the polls are the same number of people who left
a note saying they voted. Due to past security concerns this is a simple
precaution to make sure voter turn out is equal to our actual membership
#s. Regardless if there is an overwhelming margin (say greater than 70%)
then voting will count with the approval of the SFFF Council. If there
is a large amount of phantom voters (Say greater than 20% of voters are
unknowns) then the vote will not count automatically and then we move
on to Stage Two voting. If there are multiple subjects (i.e. 5 different
club logo designs) to vote for then the top two (and thus the best!) will
go head to head be put to a live club vote.
Addendum to Stage 2 voting: Live voting is the most sure fire
way of confirmation that the person voting is really a member of our club.
Live votes will be counted live the same day at the meeting by ballot
and counted personally by members of the SFFF Council and CR. If there
is another tie in voting on a measure or if the vote itself it too trivial
to even bring up to waste time voting during a meeting the SFFF Council
will then vote amongst themselves to pass or deny a measure which will
be the final say. If SFFF members can not make it to a club meeting then
they can relay what they would vote for to a sanctioned SFFF Council member
or the SFFF City Rep. Any SFFF Council member and/or CR caught in faking
voting results will be ejected from the council or as CR pending further
investigation and possible punishment via banning from SFFF for a period
of time.
WHO GETS TO VOTE? We’ve (CR and Council) have discussed this at
length and I think we have a good idea of proper guide lines for who gets
to vote: Only sanctioned members of SF Fan Force will get to vote. Being
sanctioned means you have to fill the following criteria:
1) You have an screen name (sign on name) with TF.N or is currently on
the official SFFF mailing list and have posted on SF Fan Force boards
at one time or another.
2) You live in the Bay Area and we have contact info in the form of
e-mail and/or a phone #.
3) We have met you live and in person and know who the heck you are.
4) You have attended at least 3 San Francisco Fan Force official meetings.
This is initially a “trial” period to see if people are going to tough
it out with the best darn club ever!
5) After you have come to at least 3 official meetings. Then to keep
your member “active member status”, each year you would have come to a
few of the following: official meeting(s), SFFF event(s) (movie night,
camping, sky diving, rancor hunting etc.), and/or charity event(s) that
SFFF recognizes (i.e. costuming to visit a children’s hospital etc.).
Merely a formality at this point but it’s nice to have in writing.
THE EXCEPTION TO THESE “SANCTIONING” GUIDELINES: The SFFF Council
in conjunction with the CR may grant someone “active member status” even
if they are hard press to meet the guild lines above due to work, disability,
or is just that amazingly good when it comes to something SW (has connections,
works for Lucasfilm, ILM, LA, etc.). “Active member status” can also be
revoked at the SFFF Counsel’s discretion.
Nominations for CR and Council
Nominations for any of these positions within the club will be by nominations
from a live meeting from sanctioned SFFF members. The nominee must also
want to do the job and think s/he can stick it out for the entire year
and at that end of the tenure they can decline going for “office” again
or run again (no term limits if the club has a good thing going and would
just like to keep their representatives). Nominations next time will be
held separate for CR and Council seat(s). If people are overwhelmingly
happy with the working Council members and CR the SFFF club can just roll
over their tenure for another year (if the person(s) still wants the job).
As the club grows, more seats will be added to the SFFF Council (minimum
of three seats) and the council will be represented by 10% of the club
(is that a good percentage? Like is we have 110 people we’ll have 11 council
members.) So for every 20 persons another council member can be added
(two at a time otherwise it won’t be an odd #). The CR cannot be apart
of the Council to avoid power trips, dictatorships and the rise of any
“Empires”.
Note: Any person’s who holds a position being CR or Council for
SFFF cannot be administration with another club of any sort and vice versa
since Fan Force Administrative rules forbid such actions. Everyone is
more than welcome to join whatever club they wish, but if one holds a
CR or Council “seat” then the can no be the VP of the “Legolas’s eyelashes
are so pretty Club”. This is a TFN policy and prevents outside interests
from getting into our club like those pesky Indian Gambling Casinos.
“Seconds” and “Alternates” For each Council Member and CR they
can personally choose a “Second”, to represent him or her in times where
they themselves could not be present. This Second will act as your representative
and speak your agendas for you and vote on the issues you would have in
person. Should the CR or Council member be unable to continue his/her
job in their capacity then their second will become their alternate and
they will become the new Council Member or CR permanently. Naturally Council
members cannot choose other Council Members as a Second nor can they chose
the CR for Council representation. The CR however, CAN choose a Council
Member as a second and an alternate if they cannot fulfill the job that
month or permanently. The reason is mainly because CR is just one position
that needs someone who can be adept in dealing with the club directly
and would have all the similar contacts with other clubs the CR would
have. Council members are in the position more often and thus would have
the most experience in helping to run the club directly if the CR is unable
to fulfill their duty. At this point however, if it is just a temporary
leave the Council member acting as temp. CR will do so until such time
as the CR can do their duty (the only exception to CR and Council member
rule. They will lay down their power once the crisis is adverted!). If
it’s a permanent leaving for a CR then the Council Member must drop his
Council status placing his own “Alternate” in the Council seat and thus
becoming the new CR to the end of their former CR’s remaining tenure.
The new council member will then select their own “Second” and the former
council “Alternate” would be the new CR.
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