Article 1 - Enforcement of the Rules Article 2 - Promotion and Demotion Article 3 - Attacking and Scoring Article 4 - Reporting Article 5 - Quits and Vacancies Article 6 - Addition of Members and Amendments Article 1 - Enforcement of the Rules 1. Majors, if op-ed, Commanders, and Generals can enforce these Rules by warning kick. Commanders and Generals can place temp bans only. Further continuations will call in effect a demotion, ban, or the effects of Article 2, Section 3. 2. Any one General may deduct one point a member per day for an offense. Two generals can deduct five points, if there has been warning or previous deduction of points of that member. 3. Any member not a General or Commander can be forced to quit with at least 13 vote points. Article 2 - Promotion and Demotion 1. 9 votes are needed, with one day notice, to promote or demote any member one rank. Another promotion of the member cannot take place until a week has passed. 2. A Trainee must attack in three scored missions before promotion. 3. 9 votes can start an impeachment of a General with a proper hearing. 20 vote points will pass the resolution, and the member can stay as a Lieutenant, or leave permanently. 4. A Commander can be forced to quit or change to Lieutenant. 17 vote points are needed to pass. 5. Op power and seats per rank is as follows: General 3 only, sop power Commander 5 only, aop power Major may have op power Corporal (not in effect) Lieutenant never an op Trainee never an op recruit does not even get to be capitalized 6. When counting votes, vote points are as follows: General 5 vote points each or -2 points, if disagree Commander 3 vote points each or -1 points, if disagree Major 1 vote point each, no negative, if disagree recruit, Trainee, or Lieutenant votes are not counted Any member that can cast points may choose to cast zero points. The points of the member must be a choice above or stated in previous sentence. Article 3 - Attacking and Scoring 1. Attacks will be on offensive or advertised channels only. When attacking, Corps members must not swear at an op, ask for op power or voice, ask for a ban or kick, flood, use a popup, nor have a nick that is offensive or against the chan rules. Swearing is only permitted until a notice from an op says that it is against their rules or the channel rules stated in the topic or greeting message says that there is no swearing. 2. All attacks of the Annoyance Corps will consist of no less than four members, except for training missions. The command to start the attack can be given by a General or Commander when no General is present. 3. Points are awarded to each successful ban as follows: 1st banned - three pts; 2nd banned - two pts; 3rd banned - one pt If the first person banned has a time gap of over two minutes before the second person, it is the current Reporter's discretion if the member will gain five points, instead of the normal three. 4. Scorekeeping will be done by a General, who is appointed at the beginning of the session. The scores will be confirmed or corrected by the Reporter in the report. If the scores in the report are under question, an explanation of the new scores must be given. If 19 vote points are cast in favor or everyone in the attack under question votes affirmative, the scores of that attack will be edited, and reported edited. This will be the official score. 5. Any member of the Annoyance Corps who is voiced in the offending channel for more than two minutes is deducted one point. Any member who is op-ed for two minutes is deducted five points. However, if that member successfully kicks more than two nonmember ops, the points will not be deducted; rather, they will receive five points PLUS any given from being banned. Article 4 - Reporting 1. Only the Generals can appoint a Reporter that of a Major or above. The Reporter must be in every attack, and accurately report what had happened. The report must be finished within a 24-hour period from the last attack of that session and be submitted for public viewing. Format of the report must be the same as the preceding report. 2. The Reporter is a Reporter until an official attack is being planned, and the Reporter is not present, or the Reporter wishes to quit being a Reporter for the session. There has to be a Reporter in any official attack. Article 5 - Quits and Vacancies 1. If any member quits without due notice, they will not be allowed to join again. If a member needs a break from responsibility, members of the same rank will gain the member's responsibilities for up to a week. If a vacancy is formed in either the Commander or General seat, the most veteran will gain that seat. Article 6 - Addition of Members and Amendments 1. Additional members will be reviewed by the Generals ONLY. Commanders can search for members in a non-lame way. One General must review the Commander's opinion of the recruit and the recruit itself. The new member will receive a name that the member will be used in reports. Commanders can train the trainees. 2. After acceptance of these Rules, amendments will be decided on by a conference of all three Generals. Amendments must be made clear to other members before they are in affect. Suggestions of changes by Lieutenants or above will be heard only before or after a session of attacks. First edition 04/25/00 First edit 05/16/00