Inter-Organization League / IOL

In many Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOs), there are guild systems. Star Citizen, with it’s organizations, is little different. And these guilds or organizations can be fantastic, serving as a social hub, or a meeting place for like-minded individuals, or even as a means to support players and allow them to grow. And the larger the guild, the better it can serve players, particularly in that last capacity. However, for every benefit a large organization has, there are drawbacks. Large organizations become difficult to manage, prone to power struggles (or, at the very least, guild drama), and increasingly impersonal. But they become very powerful and very attractive. Over time, to combat some of these tendencies, they become more and more bureaucratic, but that only serves to worsen others.

Therefore, the purpose of this organization, the IOL, is to allow smaller guilds to work cooperatively. This allows them to better serve and look after their own members and their interests, to remain small and close knit. However, it also allows them to participate in a larger theatre, by voting on decisions impacting the confederated guilds.

By joining the IOL, you can send members to the three houses.
1) The Senate, with two members per constituent organization.
2) The House, with membership determined by constituent organization membership
3) The Contributant, with membership determined by the constituent organizations aid to the IOL as a whole.

While the Senate and House are fairly common political machines, the Contributant may require further explanation. By contributing to the IOL treasury, or participating in IOL operations, or in some other way aiding the group as a whole, the number of representatives a constituent organization may choose to send to the Contributant may be increased.

Finally, this raises one of the most important points. Participation in IOL activities is purely optional. If an activity does not suit an organization, they do not have to participate. Organizations are free to leave at any time. However, by participating, they can also serve to increase their standing within the IOL. We hope that you will join not just to help yourselves, but also the whole.

1) Any organization consisting of 4 or more members may petition to join the IOL.
2) Any organization accepted into the IOL must internally select 2 members to join the IOL Senate. While popular vote is recommended, this is up to the individual organizations.
3) Any organization accepted into the IOL must internally select 1 member to join the IOL House for every 4 members of their organization.
4) Any organization accepted into the IOL must internally select 1 member to join the IOL Contributant upon acceptance to the IOL. Additional Contributant membership will be assessed on a biweekly basis. That is (currently) every second Sunday.
5) Contributions to the IOL will be assessed on several factors, namely: A) Fiduciary contributions will be assessed in terms of debt owed to the IOL, Percentage paid to Treasury, Percentage from Contributors Treasury, Percentage paid compared against highest contributor in that biweekly period. B) Assistance in IOL activities, assessed in terms of percentage of contributing organization involved in the IOL activity. C) Miscellaneous assisstance, awarded on a sliding scale of 0-100 as an averaged score provided by the IOL’s Senate, House and Contributant.
6) Attempts to hamstring other IOL organizations through means of unfair assessment may result in punitive measures, including, but not limited to reduced membership in the Contributant for a specified period, expulsion from the IOL (for more serious offences), reduced access to IOL funds, etc.
7) Membership in the IOL is at will and is not compulsory. Any organization can leave at any time, though advanced notice is appreciated. Excepting circumstances where this puts the IOL and the departing organization at odds, the IOL will not pursue punitive measures against the departing organization if the departure is otherwise amicable. As membership is also at will, however, an organization may be expelled by the IOL if votes to do so are passed by all three branches of government.