Clan Rules, Concerning our Members and Guests

!!! Recent changes in the Clan Structure may not reflect the Clan Rules yet. A new version is being written and should be posted here soon. !!!

These Clan Rules have been split up based on Ranks. This way you can easily see who has what responsibility and, if any, special privileges. This topic also features a section with rules concerning Clan Organizations and reference links to rules concerning other Clan Moderated Environments.

Visitors
You are considered a Visitor if you are temporarily registered on the Forums or using any other Clan Moderated environment.

• ­ Guests, both in the IRC and on the Forum, are to be respectful towards anyone they encounter in a Clan Moderated environment.
• ­ Swearing, flaming, spamming, sending or posting malicious, pornographic or any unwanted data or links is not allowed, and will be removed. Actions against Visitors can vary from temporary suspension to a permanent (IP) ban.

Clan Friends & Allied Representatives
Clan Friends & Allied Representatives are bound to the Member rules, with the following additions.­

• Clan Friends & Allied Representatives are free to join any event if the Event Host and Leadership approves.
• ­ The most active and outstanding Clan Friends may be awarded with a promotion to Honored Friend. When promoted, Honored Friends are still bound to the Clan Friends & Allied Representatives rules.
• ­ Allied Representatives will not receive any promotions. ­
• Clan Friends & Allied Representatives may not join Clan Organizations.

Members
These rules apply for Members of the ranks Wolf Cub to Persistent Wolf and to Clan Friends & Allied Representatives.­

• Members and anyone these rules apply to are to be respectful towards anyone they encounter in a Clan Moderated environment, including Visitors, Clan Friends & Allied Representatives.
• Members are to respect higher ranked members.
• Swearing, flaming, spamming, sending or posting malicious, pornographic or any other unwanted date or links will not be tolerated and may result in a temporary suspension or a permanent ban.
• ­ Members are to respect and abide to the RuneScape Rules as set by Jagex Ltd at all times. Failing to do so may result in a temporary suspension or a permanent ban from the Clan.
• ­ All of the IRC Rules and other rules concerning Clan Moderated environments are to be followed.
• ­ Members are to regularly join Events and to actively take part in (hosting) these.
• Promotion to higher ranks awaits Members who are active on Events, the Forums, the IRC Channel and other Clan Moderated Environments and show initiative. The Leadership has the right to promote members as they see fit. There is at least one round of promotions each month.
• ­ Members are allowed to apply for Clan Organizations once they have reached the rank of Active Wolf or higher. The Captain of the team is to approve or decline the Application based on his or her knowledge and experience.
• ­ In the relevant forums, Members are allowed to give their opinions and suggestions on any subject as long as it does not conflict with any other Rules and it is done in a respectful matter. The Leadership or other involved groups are to respect the opinion, and, if relevant, take it into consideration.
• ­ Members shall abide by the clans stance on ARPK'ng and not take any part in killing skillers.
• ­ ­ Multi claning is not allowed, a clan is defined as a group who maintains a runehead, has forums and holds regular events. Most PC, SW, Merching or fan sites are perfectly fine to belong to, unless you get promoted to any staff position.
• ­ If a member choses to quit the clan, they will be given the rank of clan friend if they request such rank and there is no negativity surrounding their departure. Their name shall be added to a list in the Leaders forums as well. If they decide to return they must wait one month before applying to the clan and will also be placed on probation for 30 days, after which they will be starting at New Wolf rank again and will have to work their way back up the ranks.

Persistent Wolf
Persistent Wolves can be recognized by the yellow plus sign next to their name on the Forums. Persistent Wolf is the highest rank attainable by the means of promotion and is considered an advisor for the Leadership. Member Rules also apply to Persistent Wolves, with the additions as mentioned below.

• ­ Persistent Wolves have access to forum where they may suggest changes or new features and give their opinion on any matter as they see fit for the Leadership to consider.
• ­ Persistent Wolves may recommend the Leadership to take a certain action on a matter; however the Leadership is not required to follow this advice after consideration.
• ­ Persistent Wolves may be granted privileges such as moderating powers on the Forums or any other Clan Moderated environment as the Leadership sees fit.
• ­ In the case of leaving the Clan but remaining active on the Forums, Persistent Wolves will be given the Honored Friend rank if they have been in their position for at least one month.

The Leadership
The Leadership consists of the Pack Leaders and Pack Guardians.

• ­ Pack Leaders and Pack Guardians will be elected in a public election, open for all Members to vote. A minimum rank needed to be selectable may be set according to the believes of the Leadership. Pack Leaders or Pack Guardians may not choose a follow-up upon resignation.
• ­ In the case of leaving the Clan but remaining active on the Forums, Pack Guardians and Leaders will be given the Honored Friend rank if they have been in their position for at least one month.
• The Leadership has the right to change any Rules concerning Clan Moderated environments if a majority of the Leadership is in favor of the change.
• ­ A majority of the Leadership may decide to remove someone from the Clan, irrelevant of their rank.
• The Leadership may promote those who in their eyes are active at Events, the Forums, the IRC Channel and other Clan Moderated Environments and show initiative where it is requested. The Leadership is free to promote whomever they feel deserve the promotion. Upon being promoted Members may not skip Ranks unless a majority of the Leadership voted in favor of skipping one rank. Promotions which skip more then one rank, excluding Pack Leader and Pack Guardian Elections, may not be awarded to Members.
• ­ The Leadership may at any time announce and publish Pack Leader and Pack Guardian Elections. Between the Election and the Announcement must be at least one week in which Members, with or without a minimum rank, may express their wish to be in the Election. After the publishing Members must be given at least one week to express who they think is most capable of the function being chosen.
• ­ Single members of the Leadership are to respect others regardless of rank. The Leadership is to consider any suggestions made and to respect other opinions.
• ­ The authority of the Leadership lies with the majority and not with single Pack Leaders or Pack Guardians. There may not be a single leader who decides on important matters.
• ­ Any member of the Leadership is allowed to make announcements in the relevant forums, as well as suggestion improvements amongst Members, Persistent Wolves or the Leadership.
• ­ The Leadership may grant those capable special privileges such as moderating powers in Clan Moderated environments as they see fit.

Clan Organizations
Any Member, Active Wolf rank or higher, is allowed to apply for a Clan Organization. The Team Captain is to approve or decline an application based on his or her knowledge and experience.

• ­ Team Captains are announced by the Leadership and are under direct authority of the Leadership as a whole.
• ­ Team Captains may request the Leadership to set special privileges for an Organization Member. The Leadership may approve or decline this request. The Leadership may request a Team Captain to choose an Organization Member which will be given special privileges such as moderating powers in a Clan Moderated environment.
• ­ Clan Organization Members are under the authority of the Team Captain and the Leadership. On a collision between a Team Captain and the Leadership the Member must follow orders issued by the Leadership.
• ­ Clan Organization Members do not have authority over other members unless privileges awarded the Member come with this power.
• ­ Both the Team Captain and the Leadership may revoke privileges given to Clan Organization Members.

Official IRC Channel
The Vita Infinitus Official IRC Channel is #VI on SwiftIRC.
This is a Clan Moderated environment and has a specific set of rules which can be found here. These rules must be followed by anyone using the Channel, Members, Friends, Allies or Leaders.

Clan Vow
You must copy and paste the clan vow into your member application in order for you to be accepted as a full member of this clan.

This post has been edited by Mark on Aug 30 2009, 03:54 PM