IX. Membership Enlistment

A. Individual Merit

1. The formation of the organization is undertaken to bring together individuals across great geographic, ethnic, cultural, economic and age divides to unite them under the chevron of clean gaming and organized fun. To accomplish this dream the evaluation of membership shall be based upon merit, responsibility and a Universal Code of Member Conduct.

a. The merit of current and potential membership is evaluated based upon individual progress toward need rather than entitlement based upon involvement. That one has been involved in the organization is more important than how long one has been doing it.

b. Individual responsibility is evaluated by demonstrated maturity in accepting collective maintenance over individual membership. That a member is responsible for their own actions, attendance or lack thereof, and of their own interest in affecting constructive collective change opposed to personal achievement(s). The good of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one, and to seek the collective improvement of the organization over personal glory is mature.

B. The Universal Code Of Members Conduct

1. The Universal Code of Member Conduct, also referred to as the Bushido Code, serves as a guiding light in dark situations while echoing personal merit and responsibility to a larger mission. The member on the front line is both gamer and ambassador in all public situations and must recognize he or she is involved in the organization, that they are responsible for the collective good, and that they will be evaluated by their peers. Members conduct themselves thus:

• Respect - Respect, civility and honor. Respect must be afforded all gamers and common courtesy should be demonstrated at all times. Respect for strategy, tactics and performance is critical. Civility when engaged with fellow members through any medium must be demonstrated. And honor afforded to principles, accomplishments, service and alliances both internally and external must be promoted.
• Faith - Belief in command and control systems designed to sponsor further existence of the organization. Belief in practiced principles and patient volunteerism.
• Service - Personal responsibility, commitment to cause and subscription to Mission and Vision are of the highest importance.
• Integrity - Keeping promises and the fostering of unity.
• Humility - Subscription to the ideal that the organization is greater than individual agenda.
• Truth - That honesty is the best policy and deception a web that leads to destruction.
• Connectivity - That connectivity issues are common to all gamers and complaints only distract others.
• Communication - That immature gamers are ignored when profane, rude or otherwise adolescent. Radio silence shall be the standard operating procedure escalated only by personal assault or organizational assault resulting only then in limited "canned responses".
• Teamwork - By default members are to play as a team in all situations unless otherwise instructed. The Clan Of The Camper does not sponsor dual memberships unless that membership does not prevent, influence or negate personal responsibility within our organization or is likewise allied with an external team whose Mission and Vision do not compliment the Clan Of The Camper.
• Confidentiality - Anything associated with the organization is private. Any information used by the Clan Of The Camper which is confidential must include an individuals right to privacy excluding legal challenges by Federal or State(s) prosecution.
• Conduct - Volunteers while individuals are also part of a larger community who by wearing [CotC] after their names contract to conduct themselves professionally honoring the integrity of the organization. Interpersonal conflicts and arguments, flameage and disagreements should be settled in private (taken to e-mail). Blood should never be spilled on the Floor of the Senate.
• Duality - That service earns membership. That members are volunteer soldiers first and friends united toward the collective search of fun second. That in order to operate "orders" must be dispatched and carried out as instructed, provided those orders originate from parameters established in the Republican Constitution.
• Identity - Members will not forsake their identity. Members of the clan will be identified in all games and in all communications which [CotC] populate by the player name they enlisted into Clan of the Camper with, or a unique abbreviation thereof, followed by the [CotC] chevron. The [CotC] Chevron shall forever be an upper case "C", a lower case "ot" and an upper case "C". [Should the member be participating in a function or sharing membership with another clan/organization, the usage of the [CotC] chevron would become optional unless the other clan/organization has no chevron of their own. Note that while membership in a clan/organization whose purpose/ideals directly conflict with CotC would be a violation of the Campquake Constitution, dual membership will generally be allowed, though not necessarily encouraged.¹]
  

C. Official Steps to [CotC] Membership

1. Timeline:

a. Application process & senate access. 1 to 14 days.

b. Probation 30 days or longer 6 months.

c. Double-secret probation of 60 additional days.

d. Sponsored applicants (Applicants who current non-probationary CotC members declare fit for entry.) may bypass the 30 and 60 day probation if the sponsoring CotC member requests.

II. Rules:

a. Applicant wears [Camper] with play name during probation.

b. Applicants senate login displays [Camper] as specified by forum moderator during probation.

c. Applicant knows & follows the Camp Quake Code of Conduct.

d. Applicant must attend their initiation.

e. Sponsored applicants may be given permission to bypass rules a & b if the sponsoring CotC member requests.

f. Any applicant may join but they must maintain activity in the senate (at least 2 times per week) and play at least once a week, preferably with members.

g. Any applicant displaying behavior in violation of the UCCC or Constitution, may be ejected immediately from the application process if a panel of FULL CotC members cast vote against the acceptance of the applicant. Clan Leadership (Veteran, Eagle, Talon.. etc ) can have the final say if necessary via currently established methods. Majority wins.

h. Membership may vote on the applicant removing the [camper] tag any time after 30 days of probation. Majority wins.

III. Steps the applicant undertakes:

A. Applicant follows the links in campquake.org, regarding clan history & enlistment. Studies and agrees with Camp Quakes Code of Conduct.

B. Applicant signs up online by filling in our web-based enlistment form(s).

C. Applicant is contacted via email by WRAITH or associate. This email details their probation as a camper and what will be expected of them during this period of time. Note: WRAITH verifies whether or not the member is listed on the sponsored list prior to contact and proceeds accordingly.

D. Applicant agrees with the email and responds back to the WRAITH they would like to proceed.

E. Applicant is contacted by WRAITH and given instructions on how to sign up for senate access.

F. Applicant successfully signs up for senate access and begins their 1 6 month probation.

G. Applicant spends the next 30 days 6 months participating in the senate, attending all events that they are available for, their initiation will be a mandatory event.

H. Applicant is now at 30 days 6 months & has attended and passed their initiation. A clan vote is now called to grant [CotC] membership. This vote is occurs in the private clan forum regarding applicants. A majority vote is needed to gain entry.

J. Applicant is officially welcomed into CotC by the acting clan leader, and given permission to remove the camper tag from their play name as well as their senate log in name. They have member status.

K. Member now is on double-secret probation for 60 days before full member status.

IV. Double-Secret Probation Status:

A. Probationary member will not participate in clan votes regarding applicants.

B. Probationary member will not have access to the private clan forum regarding applicants.

C. Probationary member can be terminated for cause - cause must be clear and convincing (e.g. clear violation of the UCCC) and there must be unanimous agreement between WRAITH, TALON and EAGLE for termination. Absent full consensus, simple majority vote of Senate for removal of probate from our ranks.

V. CotC Guidelines:

A. WRAITH will act as the new applicants advocates, providing them with activities and information needed to get them through their probation.

B. WRAITH will act as the strong arm if needed, carrying out any discipline or early termination set forth by the clans will.

C. WRAITH will plan one mandatory initiation event each applicant must attend. This should be a fun event so use your imagination. For Counterstrike an initiation scenario could include making them camp x number of levels, then just go find a good hiding place for x number of levels. But it will be to the discretion of the event planners to decide what the initiation will be.

D. WRAITH will initiate any votes called regarding applicants entrance or termination, till such time they achieve full member status.

E. Clan membership will freely discuss any concerns or problems regarding applicants in the secure forum set up for such matters.

F. Clan membership will vote on any early probation terminations.

G. Clan membership will make every effort to attend any initiation events.

H. Clan leadership will provide a secure private forum, for which all full clan members may freely discuss concerns of applicants with WRAITH and assistants. This private forum will also be used for all applicant voting.

J. Clan leadership will assist in recruiting WRAITH and assistants from membership (preferably from Combatant Legion) as needed to handle the flow of applicants.

K. All voting for applicants will be simple majority based on vote, run for 72 hours.

VI. Member Sponsorship Rules:

A. Any full CotC member may sponsor a friend to expedite clan status.

B. CotC members will provide the WRAITH names of pending sponsorships.

C. The WRAITH will maintain a list of sponsored applicants waiting to apply.

D. Applicant will still follow the initial sign up procedures, but once the WRAITH verifies sponsorship, they contact the sponsoring member as how to proceed.

E. The sponsoring member is now in control of the probation, they will instruct the WRAITH what items they would like skipped. It can be any or all items except for the clan vote, which the sponsor will also schedule.

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