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As we near the completion of our founding phase, we are ready to begin
voting on the founding membership in the organization. This vote
addresses
just what will entail "founding membership" in the guild called
Remnant
Saints Inter-Continental Congress.

Vote duration: 48 hours

========BEGIN PROPOSED BALLOT========
This is not an active ballot, but is being presented for editing,
suggestions, additions...

KEY: "guild member" = member of Remnant Saints Inter-Continental
Congress


I. THREE LEVELS OF ACTIVITY; MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

There shall be three general levels of activity within the guild
(read below):
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:

A. Honorary member:

(1) Brings dignity to the organization by virtue of the work done in
their
particular area of specialty, devoting essentially a full-time effort
to
their particular ministry and/or organization(s), having made a
distinguished name for themselves among patriots in doing so.
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


(2) Has full voting rights as a guild member, but rarely, if ever is
able to
take the time to participate in any guild votes. That is okay
because of
reason (1) above.
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


(3) Will need to assent to the following in order to be accepted as a
guild
member:

a. Mission Statement of Remnant Saints Inter-Continental Congress.
www.remnantsaints.com/InterContinentalCongress/MissionStatement/
(guild mission statement is currently under review; vote pending)
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:

The guild mission statement should include reference to:

i. Endorsement of the Mission Statement of Remnant
Saints International Patriot Alliance
http://www.patriotalliance.com/MissionStatement/
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


ii. Endorsement of the 16 Principles of Unification
http://www.remnantsaints.com/Principles_of_Unification/
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


iii. Uphold principles of free-will consecration
http://www.remnantsaints.com/Consecration/
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


b. General agreement with the guild's definition of the
meaning of "saint"
http://www.remnantsaints.com/definitions/saint.htm
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:

d. Be aware of our encouragement that all guild members
be involved in a local branch of patriot saints, and perhaps
allow us to list them as a local contact point in their area.
http://www.patriotsaints.com/Branches/
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


(4) Be subscribed to the following, to stay apprised of important
votes,
developments and results. They can set their subscription options

a. rs_admin@yahoogroups.com for private discussion of guild
matters.

b. rs_public@yahoogroups.com for public discussion of guild
matters.

c. rssa@yahoogroups.com for receiving special alerts of news
developments that have a large impact on freedom. This list is the
current version of what will grow into an emergency communications
network of patriot leaders.

d. (note) Rather than receive every message sent through this
list, the honorary member need only be apprised generally of key
votes and developments to stay abreast of what we are doing. To do
this, they should be subscribed with at least the following setting:
[ ]* web only (with 2/month automatic reminder to check in)
[ ] web only (receiving an automatic reminder to check in once
month)
[ ] "special notices only" subscription option (around one/day on
average)


(5) On rare occasion, the guild may decide that a certain key vote is
mandatory for all guild members, including honorary members, to
participate in or at least acknowledge they are aware of, such as a
significant change to the mission statement.
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


(6) Honorary members shall be required to pay the monthly guild
membership fee.
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


B. Active Member, is similar to the honorary member with the
following differences.

(1) They bring honor to the organization through their active
participation in its development.
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


(2) They can be subscribed to rs_admin and rs_public as "special
notices only" or even "web only" (checking in online regularly) so
long as they weigh in on KEY votes (labeled "important" or "very
important")
[ ] most of the time.
[ ] about half of the time.
[ ] some of the time, e.g. ~25%
Comment:


C. Facilitator: is similar to the Active Member with the following
differences.

(1) In addition to being involved in most every vote and discussion,
he or she TAKES PROACTIVE INITIATIVE in soliciting new members,
developing guild policy, creating ballots on relevant guild issues,
promoting the organization to like-minded individuals and
organizations, gladly helping with numerous guild tasks such as web
maintenance, vote processing, donation solicitation, fostering
patriot saints branch involvement and development, etc.
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


(2) Would do this whether or not he or she is compensated for his or
her time, even though it may consume most of their day and pull them
away from other activities that could produce compensation to meet
their financial obligations. Would even sacrifice to the point of
going into debt in order to be highly involved with and promote the
organization. As such, they are candidates to receive full or part-
time compensation as approved by the guild.
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Comment:


Were any of the ballot items ambiguously worded?
Please specify:


========END OF PROPOSED BALLOT========

ballot composed by SDA Dec. 11-13, 2001
presented to guild for 24 hour preview Dec. 13 ~10:10 am MST

final vote and results will be archived at
http://www.remnantsaints.com/private/guild1/voting/results/founding/ac
tivity_levels.htm

http://www.remnantsaints.com/private/guild1/voting/
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