USUV Bills

The USUV has enacted a total of 10 bills, all of them stored in Level 2 of the USUV HQ in the eastern hallway. This page transcribes all the physical bills into digital form.

Links and clarifying details are added for convenience; spelling mistakes and other errors are kept and appended with a ^(sic).

While the contents of this page are nearly copy-pasted from in-game, the original versions always take president. This can be used as a backup in case any of the originals are lost.

Noteworthy Mentions

• It seems the first 3 bills were signed at the same meeting, and their contents were copy-pasted between each other. Thus, the ending page of the book has the exact same spelling error on the date.
• Bills 4-9 were skipped, and seem to be lost to time. Please refer to the current Archivist or Acting Chair if the bills are found.

USUV Bill #1 | Founding Members

This bill outlines who counts as founding members of the USUV.

Bill Content

USUV Bill #1 : Founding Members

"Founding Members" of the USUV are defined as member states who had offically joinned the organization before the first offical meeting on 25 July 2020, and therefore had a seat in the voting chamber at this date.

Therefore, the founding member states are:

• Alliance City
• Burzum
• Cara Union (at the time comprising Cara Island, Cara Nova, and Hana Reservoir)
• HoboNation
• Naval Detroit
• Old Mann
• Primitown
• The Reef
• Scintilla
• Waterthorn
• WestHaven

WRITTEN 20 SEPTEMBER 2O20 ^(sic)
AUTHOR(S): Beeper

USUV Bill #2 | Frequency and Times of Meetings

This bill outlines when meetings take place. This bill is still followed to this day, but the "two weeks" part was changed to 3 weeks later on.

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USUV Bill #2 : Frequency and Times of Meetings

USUV meetings shall be held every two weeks.

Meetings shall take place on Saturdays at 20:00 UTC.

Meeting times may be changed depending on a number of factors, such as clashes with a server event.

WRITTEN 20 SEPTEMBER 2O20 ^(sic)
AUTHOR(S): Beeper

USUV Bill #3 | Locations of Meetings

This bill outlines where meetings take place. This bill is not followed anymore, and has been mostly phased out.

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USUV Bill #3 : Locations of Meetings

USUV meetings shall alternate locations, using the following system:

Every second meeting shall be held at the USUV Headquarters in Alliance City.

Every other second meeting shall be held in another location.

Meetings held in other locations shall be decided by the committee via a ballot of interested towns.

If no towns are interested in hosting, or a chosen location is not ready to host, meetings will default to being held at the headquarters.

WRITTEN 20 SEPTEMBER 2O20 ^(sic)
AUTHOR(S): Beeper

USUV Bill #10 | Sanctions

This bill outlines how the USUV applies sanctions and what sanctions specifically entails.

Bill Content

USUV Bill #10 : Sanctions

Sanctions are punishments on USUV member states or observers for acts that are deemed damaging to meetings, democracy, or the organization.

Sanctions on individuals and member states are dealt with differently.

Actions which may warrant sanctions are:

• Attacks on any meeting attendee, for any reason
• Sabotage or unapproved changes to meeting chambers or agendas etc.
• Vote rigging.

Suggested sanctions for member states:

• First offence: formal warning and apology.
• Second offence: removal of voting rights for one meeting when a representative for the member state is online A rep may still attend the meeting but not vote.
• Third offence: representative from the member state are banned from attending the next two meetings and the town cannot host USUV for five meetings
• Fourth and subsequent offences: representatives from the member state are banned from attending the next three meetings, the town cannot host USUV for at least ten meetings, and its representatives cannot contest the next elected position (such as chair or treasurer).

Suggested sanctions for individuals are:

• First offence: a formal warning and an apology.
• Second offence: the individual cannot sit at the Independent Voter's desk for three meetings
• Third offence: the individual is banned from attending for two meetings and cannot sit at the Independent Voter's desk for three meetings after returning
• Fourth and subsequent offences: the individual is banned from attending for five meeting and cannot sit at the Independent Voter's desk for five meetings after returning.

Additional or alternative punishments may be decided on a case-by-case basis, at the request of the voting committee. Vote rigging is considered a serious offence and immediately warrants at least a level two sanction.

WRITTEN 3 OCTOBER 2020
AUTHOR(S): BEEPER, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER MEMBERS

USUV Bill #10b | Sanctions (Draft)

Bill 10b is a draft of Bill 10, with some of the finer deatils and punishments from the current version missing.

Bill Content

USUV Bill #10 : Sanctions

Sanctions are punishments on USUV member states or observers for acts that are deemed damaging to meetings or the organization.

Sanctions on individuals and member states are dealt with differently.

Actions which may warrant sanctions are:

• Attacks on any meeting attendee, for any reason.
• Sabotage/unapproved changes to meeting chambers or agendas etc.
• Vote rigging.

Suggested sanctions for member states are:

• First offence: removal of voting rights for one meeting when a representative is online for the member state is online. A rep may still attend the meeting but not vote.
  
• Second offence: representatives from the member state are banned from attending for two meetings.
• Third and subsequent offences: representatives from the member state are banned from attending for three meetings, it cannot appear on the next host ballot, and representatives from the member are no longer eligible for the next elected position on USUV (such as chair or treasurer).

Suggested sanctions for individuals are:

• First offence: the individual cannot sit at the Independent Voter's desk for the next meeting they are online.
• Second offence: the individul is banned from attending for two meetings.
• Third and subsequent offences: the individul is banned from attending for three meetings, and they are no longer eligible for the next elected position on USUV (such as chair or treasurer).

Sanctions may be adjusted to suit individual cases, if the USUV voting committe decides so.

WRITTEN: 22 SEPTEMBER 2020
AUTHOR(S): BEEPER
CHECKED BY: JOETHAHOBO

USUV Development Scale Criteria

Bill Content

USUV Document
Development Scale Criteria

Foreword:

This book is to add in the USUV development scale as a formal book instead of an infographic on discord to prevent further confusion on the topic of the critieria of the development scale as outlined by meeting XII and XXXVI. This book is a summary of the history of the infographics as posted in discord, referencing the infographics presented in meeting XII and XXXVI.

1) Small Structures
1 Point

• Roughly 10x10 to 15x15
• One or Two Floors
• Fully Furnished Inside (Not Dirt Huts)

2) Medium Structures
3 Points

• Roughly 15x15 to 30x30
• Two or Three Floors
• Fully Furnished Inside

3) Large Structures
5 Points

• More than 30x30, or very tall
• More than three Floors
• Fully Furnished Inside

4) Paths/Roads
2 Points

• Must cover most of the location
• Should have decor/lighting
• Only Counted once for points

5) Settlement Banners
1 Point

• The banner represents the whole of the settlement
• Only Counted once for points

6) Nether Access
2 Points

• Connected to major highway networks
• Clearly signposted
• Only Counted once for points

The Ambiguous Naming Bill

This bill was created as a direct result of the ambiguous naming between Community Settlements (USUV) and Community Settlements (Town), two different members of the USUV.

Bill Content

USUV BILL
AMBIGUOUS NAMING

This bill outlines the reccomendations for members that have a similar or identical name to a pre-existing entity.

This bill only specifically refers to USUV matters, towns may do as they wish outside of this as USUV respects town independence.

An "Ambiguous Name" is described as a name which is identical or almost identical to a pre-existing entity.

A pre-existing entity is defined as whichever town/group/location first used or claimed the name in question.

This bill outlines three solutions to Ambiguous Names, and the member state in question may choose whichever they prefer:

1) A pseudonym different from their offical title, used only for USUV affairs.
2) An acronym or an abbrevation.
3) A distinguishing identifier at the end of the name, for example "(Town)", "([username])", "(North/South/East/West)" etc.

These rules are flexible, but the goal is as long as each entity is clearly distinguished.

WRITTEN: 20 FEB 2022
VERSION: 1.0