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- I. Statement of Purpose
- LORE shall be devoted to the accomplishment of the
- following four goals:
- A. Creating an atmosphere of intellectual exchange
- between Wiccans and other Wiccans and interested
- intellectuals for discussion of Wiccan beliefs
- without threat of religious pressure.
- B. Upholding and abiding by the statement of the rights
- of all of Earth's creatures and educating other
- people and groups on why we feel such a statement of
- rights is required in this age of the world.
- C. Working within the legal system of the United States
- to get laws which prohibit the expression of
- religious freedom, such as the law prohibiting
- divination in West Virginia off of the books.
- D. Providing a network of support and contact aimed at
- supporting the needs of Solitary practicioners while
- not excluding coven or circle affiliatiates.
-
- II. Organizational Structure
- The core structure of LORE shall be a central council
- consisting of an odd number no less than three and no more
- than seven members who shall have the task of guiding LORE
- on a national level.
-
- This council shall have the authority to grant charters to
- local groups at their discretion and is reponsible for
- setting up a networking system between those local
- autonomous groups as needed and required.
-
- All members of a local group shall be considered members
- of LORE.
-
- The local groups shall have full say over their membership
- policies with the restriction that no person shall be
- denied membership based on religious. affiliation, gender,
- color, or other discriminatory basis.
-
- A member shall lose membership for not abiding by the
- statement of rights of Earth's creatures set out
- seperately in the statement of declaration.
-
- The central council members shall serve on the council for
- no less than one three year term. Members who have stepped
- down, or are stepping down, may be re-elected.
-
- Every three years, at least two new members must be
- appointed to the central council either by direct vote
- during an election, by invitation of the central council,
- or by popular vote [at any time] of at least three-fourths
- of the LORE membership.
-
- In the interests of preserving continuity, no two central
- council members may step down at the same time. There
- must be at least three months delay between. This may
- cause the term of a central council member to be extended
- by three months (or more).
-
- In the case of multiple people up for stepping down on the
- same date, the central council shall decide which of the
- two (or more) shall be the first to step down. The others
- will serve for three or more months until all have stepped
- down.
-
- Central council members will have a veto authority over
- any general vote taken. If a majority of the central
- council veto a general vote, it shall have no effect.
-
- The general membership can overturn a central council veto
- on a three-fourths majority of the current voting
- membership.
-
- III. Voting
- All members of LORE are entitled to one vote.
-
- All LORE members will be issued a voting number before
- each election. This number will be confidential, except to
- the Voting Committee (which will be elected popularly
- before the first vote of each year) and central council.
- After each vote, a listing of voting numbers/votes will be
- made public.
-
- The central council may veto the results of any general
- vote as provided for above.
-
- Any member may call for a referendum vote on any decision
- made by the central council.
-
- IV. Amendments to this document.
- This document may only be amended by a general vote on the
- proposed amendment. This is subject to the veto power of
- the central council and to the veto overturn policy set
- forth above.
-
- Amendments may be proposed by any member of LORE.
-