Neblime Inkydance (+23) Proposes the Guilds and Societies Act
I believe our settlement has grown to the point where individuals need to distuingish themselves not just as citizens, but as members of interntal groups, if they so desire, so here is what I propose:
A group may be proposed to the council, council members vote yes or no, if a majority agree the group may be formed.
Groups may internally determine how many members they desire, what are conditions for entry, and how members can be removed etc within themselves.
The founder of the group has absolute authority in determining what the group will do, it is up to them to decide if they wish to respect some sort of democratic system or not.
Groups may petition the council for property, labour and materials, council members voting yes or no.
Once the group owns property any person within that property is subject to their own laws (and still council laws) and their own punishments.
OOC
The main part of this I think is the OOC framework, if voted yes I'll commit this to the main rules until such time as the law is repealed;
only people with 3 or more influence may petition to start a group.
Groups themselves have influence and may be acclaimed and defamed as if they were a person, you may also give influence to a group as if it were a person.
Groups gain 1 influence for every 5 members
Groups can also gain influence when they gain labour/property, an artifact gives 2 influence, and property gives influence depending on size/prestige (we can discuss this when someone actually gets some)
When petitioning the council for labour/resources group influence is used, and if the group has more influence than a councillor they cannot vote no.
every time a group member is convicted of a crime that group loses 2 influence.
small edit - The council may vote to abolish a group, councillors cannot initiate or vote yes if they have less influence than the group in question
so. get voting