Last Updated on 09.24.03

ALL Mechwarriors of the Skye Rangers must adhere to and abide by the following in order to enjoy Active Membership:

I

As members of the World Wide Web (WWW) community and Internet at large, no gross personal misconduct or other violations of online etiquette will be tolerated (i.e. no profanity/vulgarity on public message boards, sending or receiving illegal copies of commercial software, hacking, harassment, abusive conduct, prejudice with regards to race, religion, sex, sexual preference/affectional status, age, or gender.  Please review the Code of Conduct which is incorporated herein by reference.

Mechwarriors who have been determined to have violated these Bylaws will be given ONE warning from the Skye Front Commander (SFC). A second offense/violation or an initial gross violation could result in dismissal from the Skye Rangers. It should be noted that most internet Service Providers (ISPs) reserve the right to take whatever action they deem necessary with the offender's accounts (if applicable). This may include notating ISP accounts, suspension or account cancellations.

If a Mechwarrior violates these Bylaws, he/she runs the risk of having their Internet Service Provider (ISP) contacted if the problem(s) can not be resolved via email and/or online chat.

II

No persons may edit, redistribute for public posting, or in any other way modify the Skye Rangers WWW Domain Site or materials posted therein without the express written consent of the Skye Front Commander or the document's applicable author. These materials are considered protected under the US Copyright Act. Any transgressions beyond "fair use", as detailed in the United States Copyright Code, may be aggressively pursued by the applicable author(s). It should be noted that this copyright protection claim extends only to original Skye Rangers submissions and does NOT extend to any previously copyrighted commercial materials in the public domain.  Any Skye Rangers materials used online in a fair use capacity MUST at a minimum credit the applicable author(s). Please review the Terms of Use which are incorporated herein by reference.

III

No member of the Skye Rangers or other person or entity shall profit by, charge monetary fees for, or solicit commercial services through the Skye Rangers  WWW Domain, Membership emails, message boards, member Mechwarrior WWW sites, Newsletters or through their Position within said organization. This tarnishes the high ethical and professional standards for which the club stands.  This prohibition does not extend to VOLUNTARY donations to the Ownership of the Skye Rangers to help defray costs of maintenance of the Skye Ranger WWW Domain.

IV

Only the Skye Front Commander is authorized to contact other online organizations regarding Skye Rangers business in an 'official capacity'. Consequently, ALL such inquiries MUST be channeled through the Skye Front Commander. Of course, any Member may send independent emails, but they shall not be considered sanctioned or approved by the Skye Rangers Ownership unless the Skye Front Commander give his approval first. This policy also extends to those Mechwarriors who wish to contact other media as well (i.e. magazines, television shows, other Internet Organizations, independent WWW Sites, etc.) on behalf of the Club.

V

Mechwarriors shall follow the chain of command when making general inquiries. Mechwarriors shall attempt to contact their immediate superior officers first (i.e. Lance Commanders or Regiment Commanders) and then proceed up the chain of command, as appropriate. This is not requested with the intention of restricting communication, but mainly to minimizing extraneous email load between the Membership. The Skye Front Commander ALWAYS welcomes independent communication with a Member's specific or confidential problems or comments.

VI

ONLY those events, plotlines, missions, stories, rosters, etc., posted in approved Skye Rangers Newsletters or on the Skye Rangers Domain WWW Home Page will be considered officially "approved" by and for the Skye Rangers. Postings in Command Supplements, Message Boards, third party (Member) WWW Home Page(s), online conferences, online chat, email, or Instant Messages (IMs) will be considered "proposed" or "pending" until officially posted.

VII

No development idea, Battle Plotline, pivotal character, event or Roster structure revision affecting an entire Lance, Regiment or the whole club shall be released unless the Skye Front Commander has first approved them. The Skye Front Commander retains the right of final decision in these matters. ANY unapproved or premature postings to the organization run the risk of being withdrawn without prior notice. In addition, ALL Mechwarrior submitting plotlines or articles for consideration MUST include their ID Line designation for later referral by the reviewing Command Officer.

VIII

The Skye Front Commander is solely responsible for appointing promotions to the Command Company.  The Executive Officer may appoint Regiment Commander Positions and promote to the Rank of Hauptmann-General (HPT-GN). Regiment Commanders have the authority to appoint Battalion Commanders (BCOMs), Company Commanders (CCOMs), Lance Commanders (LCOMs) and the other Mechwarrior Positions, as appropriate and assuming the candidate has met the minimum criteria as detailed on the Promotions page. However, the Skye Front Commander reserves the right to modify and/or revise the Roster, as appropriate, to maintain consistency and balance within the Skye Rangers.

IX

The Skye Rangers will not discriminate in its acceptance, promotion or evaluation of Mechwarriors based on race, religion, sex, sexual preference/affectional status, age, or gender. Rank Appointments, Promotions and Medal Awards will be made solely on the basis of performance and activity within the Skye Rangers, as determined by the Skye Front Commander as per Article V detailed above.

X

New Applicants accepted into the Skye Rangers will be placed as Recruits/Cadets on "detached duty" with the 22nd Skye Rangers, pending confirmation of the Recruit's First Kill.  Skye Front Commander is solely responsible for the approval and placement of new Mechwarriors.  The Training Officer is available to assist new Recruits.

XI

Membership in any other organization or association generally will NOT affect a Mechwarrior's position or rank within the Skye Rangers.

XII

All submissions to the Skye Rangers become the property of the Skye Rangers organization.  However, individual Member WWW sites remain the property of individual Members (provided their content is not a copy or plagiarism of existing Skye Rangers materials).  Although the Skye Front Commander makes every effort to properly and legally cite the source and/or author of a submission to the Skye Rangers, the free, unencumbered and unrestricted use of these submissions may be required in order to promote the Club, post these items freely on the Internet or in negotiations with other parties concerning the Skye Rangers.

XIII

To be considered an "Active" Mechwarrior of the Skye Rangers, email must be answered approximately once per week.  If communications are ignored for a period of one month or more, that Mechwarrior may be named Absent With Out Leave ("AWOL") and removed from the Roster, at the discretion of the Skye Front Commander.  Members of Command Rank (i.e. those at the Position of Lance Commander and above) are REQUIRED to be more active, in accordance with their Position Descriptions.

XIV

No Member of the Skye Rangers or outside agents may use the Rosters of the club as a "mailing list" for emailing our Membership for commercial or non-commercial reasons.  These lists contain the private email addresses of our Members and the Skye Rangers intends to honor their right to privacy as posted in the Privacy Policy. Consequently, cases of harassment or mass emails may be aggressively pursued with an offender's Internet Service Provider (ISP) and may also result in the "blocking" of a particular host domain/email address from access to Club activities.

XV

By reference in these Bylaws, the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Code of Conduct are incorporated herein.  The regulations establish general rules of online behavior that Skye Rangers Mechwarrior MUST also adhere to when representing the club online (i.e. IRC Channels, online chat rooms, emails when acting in a Club capacity, etc.) and present methods and procedures for addressing violations of these Bylaws.

XVI

ALL "front end" WWW Sites to be incorporated into the Skye Rangers system of websites shall PROMINENTLY display links to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy on their front end/welcome/splash pages. Webmasters electing not to so update their Skye Rangers related sites will be summarily removed from the Skye Rangers Domain and all related pages and will not be considered "official Skye Rangers related WWW sites."

XVII

The Skye Front Commander is the sole owner and manager of the Skye Rangers Domain including all sub-pages and materials posted therein.

XVIII

The Skye Front Commander reserves the right to modify or revise these Bylaws, as appropriate and without prior notice.  Any Members found to have violated the above will be given ONE email warning by the Skye Front Commander. A second offense/violation or an initial gross Bylaws violation could result in dismissal from the Skye Rangers.