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− | Below are the standing orders for the Research & Development department, in addition to the standing orders for the Galactic Anthropology Committee, which was absorbed into R&D. These standing orders are currently pending a rewrite in order to fully merge the departments; until such time, the standing order relevant to the area of the R&D department in question shall be used - however the R&D standing orders shall have primacy for any conflicts.
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− | The GAC chair is no longer a PFA position.
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− | ==Research & Development Standing Orders==
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− | #The Research & Development Department (R&D) will have the primary responsibility for researching and developing new technologies for use by the Fleet. | |
− | #The R&D Team shall be a loosely organized unit whose membership (Excluding the Director) shall be determined at the discretion of the Director of R&D, subject to the laws of Pegasus Fleet. In the case of the Director and Deputy Director, the procedures of the Selection Policy must be followed. This membership will consist of:
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− | ##Director of Research & Development
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− | ##Deputy Director of R&D
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− | ##Tech Team Members
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− | #The Development Process is simple and follows this framework:
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− | ##The new technology (Including Temporary tech on a one mission bases) is sent to [mailto:randd@pegasusfleet.net The Director of R&D] for review, editing and framing into a proposal for review.
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− | ##Reasonable proposals will not be refused except on the following grounds:
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− | ###Goes against canon Laws or treaties
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− | ###Is too powerful for consideration
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− | ###Reproduces existing technology without significant advantage or reason
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− | ##Where the idea is a temporary one, the Director of R&D will respond to the request to the CO within 7 days of when the request was made with a Yes, No or modified answer. Unless the idea is something that would benefit the entire Fleet, temporary requests will stop at this step.
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− | ##The Director of R&D will post the new technology for public review on the [http://forums.pegasusfleet.net/viewforum.php?f=26 Research & Development Forum].
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− | ##The discussion shall remain open for the greater of 1 week or 3 days after discussion has stopped, but no longer than 2 week's time.
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− | ##If the discussion does not reach the 2 week time limit, then the new technology will be considered to have passed by "Unanimous Consent"
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− | ##If the discussion would extend past the 2 week time limit, then the new technology will be presented to the PFA for vote as if it were a "Standing Order"
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− | ##If a technology is rejected by the PFA, then it will either be completely dropped or revised and reintroduced into the process, at the discretion of the Director of R&D.
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− | ##Technology that has passed will be entered into the appropriate Fleet IFS Database or Wiki, as well as the discussion topic moved into the [http://forums.pegasusfleet.net/viewforum.php?f=32 Approved Technology Forum].
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− | Issued: June 12th 2010
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− | ==Galactic Anthropology Committee Standing Orders==
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− | ===Structure===
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− | #The Galactic Anthropology Chairman.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall be a member of the Pegasus Fleet Admiralty
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall vote on all matters brought before the PFA.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall coordinate with other GAC members to prevent ‘overwriting’.
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− | ##In the event that certain articles need to be written, the GAC Chair shall assign the article to an appropriate GAC member who is capable of doing the article justice.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall organize a once-a-month meeting among the members of the GAC.
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− | ###The GAC monthly meeting shall be on the first Sunday of every month at precisely 6 GMT.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall keep all infoboxes in the wiki updated.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall keep all forms for various GAC articles updated in the Outer Office forum.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall submit a monthly report to the PFA and commanding officers of the fleet no later than the 5th of every month.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall encourage the commanding officers to share their unique species, planets, systems, and events.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall bring all items proposed for fleet canon to the PFA for a vote.
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− | ##The GAC Chair shall recruit members of the GAC as necessary.
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− | #Galactic Anthropology Committee Assistant Chairman
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− | ##The GAC Assistant Chair shall be an active member of the GAC
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− | ##In the event of the GAC Chair being on LOA, the Assistant GAC Chair shall take over the GAC responsibilities of the GAC Chair within the department.
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− | ##In the event of the GAC Chair being on LOA, the Assistant GAC Chair shall take over the organization of the monthly meeting of the GAC in the chat channel #gac on the DarkMyst server.
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− | #Other members of the Galactic Anthropology Committee
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− | ##Members of the GAC shall be present at monthly meetings unless the GAC Chair is supplied with a reason.
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− | ##All members of the GAC shall vote on proposed GAC articles within the time frame of seven (7) days.
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− | ##Members of the GAC shall assist the GAC Chair in creating the fleet canon and GAC articles necessary for fleet story arcs.
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− | ##Members of the GAC shall assist the GAC Chair in creating the GAC articles for sims to use.
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− | ##Members of the GAC shall add their entries to the fleet wiki complete with links.
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− | ##Members of the GAC shall attempt to put as much detail as possible into GAC articles and fleet canon.
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− | ##All members of the GAC shall encourage members of the fleet to take part in the discussions on the forums.
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− | ===Fleet Canon and GAC Articles===
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− | #The GAC articles shall be defined as articles that do not affect the fleet-at-large but also may be used by the fleet.
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− | #Sims shall be encouraged to use GAC articles.
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− | #Sims shall not be forced to use GAC articles.
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− | #It shall be the responsibility of all GAC members to create GAC articles.
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− | #Process for GAC article approval.
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− | ##The GAC member who wrote the article shall place it in the forums.
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− | ##The discussion shall remain open for the greater of 1week or 3 days after the discussion has stopped, but no longer than 2 weeks’ time.
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− | ##If the discussion does not reach the 2 week time limit, then the new article will be considered to have passed by "Unanimous Consent".
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− | ##If the discussion would extend past the 2 week time limit, then the new article will be brought before the GAC for a vote.
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− | #Process for Fleet Canon Approval
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− | ##The article in question is placed in the forum by the GAC member who wrote it.
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− | ##Seven (7) days after the last comment has been addressed, the GAC Chair shall email the Pegasus Fleet Admiralty for a vote on the article in question.
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− | ##If the article has passed, the article shall be put into the wiki by the person who created it.
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− | #Fleet Canon and GAC articles may be any of the following:
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− | ##Historical or Current person
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− | ##Species or culture
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− | ##Planet
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− | ##System
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− | ##Military
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− | ##Government
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− | ##Event
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− | ##Conflict
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− | #If a article is rejected by the PFA, then it will either be completely dropped or revised and reintroduced into the process, at the discretion of the Director of the GAC.
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− | #Articles that have passed will be entered into the Fleet Wiki, as well as the discussion topic moved into the Approved Articles.
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− | Issue date not known
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