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The Power Gamer's Network ∙ PGNet Y
Where Power Gamers DO get special treatment...
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1███ ║ ║ ║ What's PGNet ? ║ ║ ║ ███████████████████████████████████████████████
PGNet ∙ The Power Gamer's Network, the name of the organization herein,
was founded by Radu Murgescu, Jr. on July 22nd, 1990 to serve as a liason
between various gaming boards, gamers and door game authors to achieve new
heights in gaming excellence. Its main goal is to improove the gaming
environment through suggestions to the software developers from the users,
in an effort to provide the best possible on-line entertainment. Promoting
the door games, cooperation and teamwork is also our intent. PGNet is solely
formed of bulletin board systems whose main aim is to cater to gamers,
commonly refered to as gaming boards. All PGNet members are unpaid
volunteers and no personal financial gains or profits are to be made from
the use of this network by any decission-making official. PGNet is not a
common carrier, or a public network. PGNet is not responsible for any
losses that you might encounter from the use of this network; participation
is not mandatory.
2███ ║ ║ ║ Language ║ ║ ║ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████
The official language of PGNet is English, and it is to be used in all
corespondence and documents at the international level. The use of other
languages is encouraged at all levels except for the one mentioned above,
in all aspects other than official.
3███ ║ ║ ║ This Document ║ ║ ║ ████████████████████████████████████████████████
This document should serve as a guide to all the PGNet members as
a code of conduct within the organization. It can only be altered or
modified by a 3/4 vote of the PGNet International Council without the
Net Coordinator's or the President's veto ( all the above positions
are further mentioned below - see structure ).
4███ ║ ║ ║ Structure ║ ║ ║ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████
Founder
│
President
┌──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┐
Co-founders ┌──────────────┴────────────────┐ International Moderator
│ International Net Coordinator │
└──────────────┬────────────────┘
┌───────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┐
INC Cabinet Regional Net Coordinators International Council
┌───────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┐
RNC Cabinet Host Coordinators Regional Moderators
┌───────────────────┤
HNC Cabinet Area Coordinators
┌───────────────────┼──────────────────────────┐
Honorary Members Members Associate Members
┌────────────────────┼────────────────────────┐
Points Power Gamers Users
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5███ ║ ║ ║ Positions ║ ║ ║ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████
1. Founder - PGNet Founder is and will be
Radu Murgescu, Jr.
the designer of the network. This position is purely informative. No
election is to be held for this position.
2. President - PGNet President is appointed by the founder. The
presidency is a ceremonial function, the president serving as the outmost
spokesperson of PGNet. He holds no decission-making powers other than the
power to veto all the other lower positions on any decission involving a
shift in the network goals or changes in its policies. If the founder can
not be reached in a resonable amount of time, to be decided by the
International Moderator, the Outgoing president should appoint its
successor. The office of the president is not subject to elections or
time-limits.
3. Co-founders - PGNet Co-founders are and will be the following, in
alphabetical order :
John Harrison, Rich Hosking, Kris Kramer, Keven Lee Mehaffy, James Sparks,
Mark Spitzfaden, Danny Pendergrass.
They helped with the integration of the new network through valuable
advise. These positions are purely informative. No elections are to be held
for these positions.
Note : All of the above positions are ceremonial. The highest decission-
making position within PGNet is that of the INC - see below.
4. International Net Coordinator ∙INC - PGNet INC is elected by a
majority of votes of all regional, host and area coordinators (one vote each)
and the international council ( one vote total ). The president has the power
to reject the selection, in which case new elections will be held in no
earlier than one month, but no later than 3 months with the winner
assuming the position. The INC is responsible for day-to-day operations
and has the highest decission-making authority within the Network ( except
for the mentioned exclussions ). It has the power to reject, modify or alter
all the decissions taken at any lower levels. This position is subject to
elections every two years, on Nov. 1st and a Vote of Confidence can be
requested by 3/5 of the regional coordinators. INC has the important mission
to promote PGNet and aim to take PGNet to a higher state than in previous
administrations. The INC is encouraged to appoint a Cabinet within a month
from the election. The INC heads the executive branch of PGNet.
Assistant International Net Coordinator ∙ AINC - PGNet AINC is
appointed by the INC. The AINC is the 2nd in command of the executive
branch of PGNet.
5. International Moderator ∙ IM - PGNet IM is appointed by the president,
and entrusted with the power to decide the fate of any upcoming conflict
or election, and interpret the policy. The office of the IM is not subject
to elections or time-limits. The IM head the judiciary branch of PGNet.
6. INC Cabinet ∙ INCC - is appointed by the INC, who has the power to
appoint and dismiss any member. The INCC's main mission is to assist the INC
as directed. INCC members have the power entrusted in them by the INC and
should act and be respected as the INC's ambassadors in their respective
fields.
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7. Regional Net Coordinator ∙ RNC - PGNet RNC is elected by a
majority of votes of all host and area coordinators ( one vote each ).
The International Net Coordinator has the power to reject the
selection, in which case new elections will be held in no earlier
than one month, but no later than 3 months with the winner assuming
the position. The RNC is responsible for day-to-day operations of the
region. It has the power to reject, modify or alter all the
decissions taken at any lower levels. This position is subject to
elections every year, on May. 1st and a Vote of Confidence can be requested
by 3/5 of the host coordinators. the RNC is encouraged to appoint a
Cabinet within a month from the election. The RNC reports to the INC.
8. International Council ∙ IC - PGNet IC contains of all founders
plus one member appointed by each regional coordinator and one appointed by
the coordinator. The founders are permanent members of the council while the
others are dismissed upon another appointment from their respective areas.
IC is the legislative branch of PGNet.
9. RNC Cabinet ∙ RNCC - is appointed by the RNC, who has the power to
appoint and dismiss any member. The RNCC's main mission is to assist the RNC
as directed. RNCC members have the power entrusted in them by the RNC and
should act and be respected as the RNC's ambassadors in their respective
fields.
10. Host Net Coordinator ∙HNC - PGNet HNC is elected by a majority of
votes from all members in the respective net and their area coordinators.
The HNC is responsible for day-to-day operations of the host. He has the
power to reject, modify or alter all the decissions taken at any lower
levels. This position is subject to elections every year, on Aug. 1st
and a Vote of Confidence can be requested by 3/5 of the area coordinators
The HNC is encouraged to appoint a Cabinet within a month from the
election. The HNC reports to the RNC.
11. Regional Moderator ∙ RM - PGNet RM is appointed by the IM,
and entrusted with the power to decide the fate of any upcoming conflict
or election, and interpret the policy. The office of the IM is not subject
to elections or time-limits. The RM reports to the IM.
12. HNC Cabinet ∙ HNCC - is appointed by the HNC, who has the power to
appoint and dismiss any member. The HNCC's main mission is to assist the HNC
as directed. HNCC members have the power entrusted in them by the HNC and
should act and be respected as the HNC's ambassadors in their respective
fields.
13. Area Coordinator ∙AC - PGNet AC is apointed by the Host
Net Coordinator with the aprooval of the Regional Net Coordinator.
The AC is responsible for day-to-day operations of the area.
The AC is appointed by the HNC, whom he/she reports to.
14. Honorary members ∙ HM - HMs do not have to be part of PGNet,
but through their effort they have promoted PGNet and gaming and have
benefited the gaming world. HMs are recognized by the INC or the
president. HMs do not have the right to vote in any official elections.
15. Members - Members are the Gaming BBS' that were admited in the
organization by the INC, and have as the main purpose to promote
the door games and other selected types of on-line entertainment
through team work with the other gaming boards. The Members are
the reason PGNet was formed and are they are of the outmost
importance to the Network.
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16. Associate members ∙ AM - AMs do not have to be part of PGNet,
but through their effort they have promoted PGNet and gaming and have
benefited the gaming world. AMs are recognized by the RNC or the
HNC. AMs do not have the right to vote in any official elections.
17. Points can not vote in any elections and are sponsored by a member
who takes full responsability for their action. All points are encouraged
to apply for a membership.
18. Power Gamers ∙ PG - Power Gamers are users who spend all their
available possible time playing games, on-line games and enjoy all the
other types of on-line entertainment. PGNet caters to these users and will
cease to exist upon their self-destruction.
19. Users are encourage to play games and use the echoes. After all,
without them, we wouldn't be here....
6███ ║ ║ ║ Nodelist ║ ║ ║ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████
The nodelist is compiled by the International Technical Support
Coordinator and is released each Saturday. The nodelist has the following
formats :
Filename : PGNET or PGNODE
Extention : .### - Text file, ### - version number
.Z## - Zip ## - version number
.P## - Pak ## - version number
.A## - Arj ## - version number
The latest nodelist is always available from the TC or INC.
7███ ║ ║ ║ Dues ║ ║ ║ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
There are NO dues at this time, however, dues might be implemented
at the request of the Internaional Council and with the International Net
Coordinator's aprooval.
8███ ║ ║ ║ Power Gamer Magazine ║ ║ ║ █████████████████████████████████████████
The Power Gamer Magazine is the voice of PGNet and it's available for
FREQ from the editor or from all the Hubs. It contains information about the
most recent games and door-games and other fascinating aspects of the gaming
world that your users and power gamers might find usefull.
9███ ║ ║ ║ Voting ║ ║ ║ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████
All the PGNet members are required to participate in all the elections,
but can do so using the absentee voting by sending the RM a netmail with their
selection.
10██ ║ ║ ║ Elections ║ ║ ║ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████
Elections will be monitored and decided by the coresponding Moderators.
11███ ║ ║ ║ New members ║ ║ ║ █████████████████████████████████████████████████
New members shall benefit from all the benefits or a regular member.
New Members Must Be at least 18 yrs of age and Must have had there
Bbs up and running for 6 mths, Or 16 yrs of age with there BBS up and
Running for no les than one year.
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12███ ║ ║ ║ Meetings ║ ║ ║ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████
Meetings can be called by an area coordinator when deemed necessary.
13███ ║ ║ ║ Communication ║ ║ ║ ███████████████████████████████████████████████
Netmail and echo mail are the favored means of communication in PGNet.
Voice calls between members are authorized as means of conducting official
PGNet business when deemed necessary, or when netmail and echo mail is not
available.
A1███ ║ ║ ║ Officials ║ ║ ║ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████
PGNet Founder : Radu Murgescu, Jr.
PGNet Co-Founders : John Harrison, Rich Hosking, Kris Kramer, Keven Lee
Mehaffy, James Sparks, Mark Spitzfaden, Danny
Pendergrass
PGNet International Net Coordinators :
11/21/92 - present Steve Andrews
07/22/90 - 11/21/92 Radu Murgescu, Jr.
PGNet International Moderator :
07/22/90 - present Radu Murgescu, Jr.
PGNet International Assistant Net Coordinators :
11/21/92 - present Rich Hosking
04/01/92 - 11/01/92 Danny Pendergrass
END██ ║ ║ ║ PGNet ║ ║ ║ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████
PGNet - Where Power Gamers DO get Special Treatment...
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