House By-Laws

Leaders and Statements
Bylaws Article 1
Bylaws Article 2
Bylaws Article 3
Bylaws Article 4
Bylaws Article 5
Bylaws Article 6
Bylaws Article 7
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D

House Officers:

Lord Enegue LionHeart, Lord of the Manor (Chairman)
Lady Ylena Fygar, Note Taker (Secretary)
Lady Mirare, Seneschal (Treasurer)
Ilstar Mac'LionHeart, Co-Chairman
Lady DianaTrue, Co-Secretary
Lady Soulsaver TrueSpell, Co-Treasurer

Founding Members:
Lord Bugg, Founding Member
Lord Caretaker, Founding Member
Lady Cythira, Founding Member
Lord Darkraven, Founding Member
Lady Gremlynn, Founding Member
Lord Kenner, Founding Member
Lord Rakrist, Founding Member

Statement of Purpose

The Silvergate Inn is a working Inn.

It is nonpolitical and offers its members a variety of comfortable rooms, roomy storage facilities, pleasant dining, and the use of the House Workshop for those who can benefit from its powers.

Non-members may rent rooms for private use.

The Inn is intended to provide a focal point for camaraderie and relaxation.

Statement of Governing

Autocratic:

The Chairman has final authority over and overall responsibility for the House's activities.

The other offices are to be filled by appointees selected by the Chairman.

Terms of Office

The office of chairman is established for life. Unfilled positions are appointed by the Chairman. An unfilled Chairman position will be immediately assumed by the Secretary; failing that, the Treasurer will assume the Chairmanship.

The other offices (Secretary, Treasurer and co-officers) will be appointed by the Chairman. The length of term will be until the officer appointed leaves the house or does not wish to be an officer any longer, or is terminated by the Chairman.

Note:
For purposes of this document the terms "Chairman and Lord of the Manor" are to be considered the same and interchangeable.

By-laws

Article I

Name: The name of this officially recognized House of Elanthia is the Silvergate Inn, hereinafter referred to as the "House".

Article II

Membership Services:

The following benefits follow the guidelines as those set forth by the local government unless otherwise noted.
(ref. GemStone III House System: Services)

Benefit of being an organization.
Coat of Arms
There will be a registered Coat of Arms. (see appendix "D").
Storage Facility.
There will be a baseline 40-item locker assigned to each member.
There will be an Armory available to House members.
They may place items in it for other House members to use, or take items from it for their own use.
It is to be stocked by the house members.

Workshop

A Workshop will be available to House members for doing magical research.

The following are the only known spells which receive a bonus when using the Workshop.
If other spells are discovered they will be added to this list.

1. Wizard Spell 925 - Enchant Item
2. Minor Elemental Spell 420 - Magic Item Creation
The Workshop is therefore exclusively for use by members using those spells in the Workshop for the bonus that the workshop provides.
The use of the Workshop for enchanting is limited to doing 3x and up enchants.
(1x and 2x enchants can be done in the private lounge.)
Use of the Workshop for any other purpose carries at the minimum a stiff fine and at the maximum expulsion.
The level of any such decision is solely the decision of the Lord of the Manor.
Non-member wizards are not to be brought in to enchant in the Silvergate workshop under ANY circumstances.
Members who do so risk immediate expulsion.

Further information on the Workshop and its use can be found on this site under Workshop Rules. If you forsee using the Workshop for any reason, it is highly recommended that you read these guidelines.

Includes all non-membership services at no fee.

Does not include the Dining room charges.

Article III

Non-Membership Services:

Room Rental (see appendix "B").

Rooms will be available for rent at going rates.
A bridal suite will be available for a slightly higher rental.

Dining area

Fresh food will be available to all at going rates.

Article IV

Membership and Dues:

Membership in this House is contingent on compliance with requirements specified in these by-laws.
Membership is restricted by minimum membership standards as set forth by the local government.
(ref GemStone III House System: Membership requirements)
Membership is unrestricted by consideration of nationality, race, creed, life-style, size, color, sex or age.

Lifestyle does not include being a known troublemaker.

Troublemaking includes but is not limited to the following:
- Having your name posted on the wanted list at the constables office more than once.
- Openly insulting or threatening any of the Silvergate Inn officers.

Categories of membership in this House are General Member, Lifetime Member, and Founding Member.

General Member: A player who has met minimum House and government standards for membership.
A General Member is required to pay quarterly dues.
Lifetime Member: A General Member who has paid a one time sum and is no longer required to pay quarterly dues, as outlined in section 7: Dues.
Founding Member: An original member who joined together with other original members to form the House, before construction began. A Founding Member is not necessarily a Lifetime Member, and may have started as a General Member.

See Appendix "C" for eligibility for private rooms.

Initiation

Before induction a player must have read and agreed to the GemStone III House system.
Before induction a player must have read and agreed to the House by-laws set forth here.
Before induction of a player, the officers performing the induction will ensure that the player will read the House bylaws, and by reading the House bylaws that the player knows they are to read the GemStone III House system information.
Time and place of inductions is to be determined by the Chairman.
The Chairman reserves the right to limit the membership of the Silvergate Inn to what he deems a reasonable number of members.

Termination

The Chairman may terminate a member for failure to meet membership requirements, provided the member was offered an opportunity to have a hearing if requested at which the member was permitted to defend against the termination.

Hearing to consist of the Chairman, any officers that can attend and any Lifetime Members that can attend.
Before a hearing is conducted a notice will be posted on the GemStone III Silvergate Inn topic boards with a minimum of one week notice.
No hearing will be conducted in the event of non-payment of delinquent dues (as described in (DUES).

The Chairman may terminate membership of any member that is caught and confirmed of committing any arrestable offense while within the walls of the Silvergate Inn.

Also, let it be known that the current Chairman of the Silvergate Inn is a deputy and as such can call the constable if it is deemed necessary.

If terminated, a member may be allowed to rejoin by the Chairman after demonstrating eligibility for membership.

Dues

An initial membership offering as stipulated by the local government (currently 5000 silvers in COINS, not a note) this applies to all members. Coins are required because the clerk can't read. If you're worried about theft while waiting, don't bring the coins with you, the Chairman will stop at the bank when needed during the inductions.
(ref. GemStone III House System: Membership requirements)
Dues of 3000 silvers (coins or note) will be charged of all General Members, the last month of each quarter.
Quarters end on the last day of March, June, September, and December.
Lifetime Membership may be purchased for 100,000 silvers payable to the Chairman at any time after becoming a member (note preferred).
Quarterly dues are not required from Lifetime Members.
Dues may be paid to any House officer by each General member who has quarterly dues outstanding.
Dues may be paid to any House officer at any time during the month due.
General Members may receive a past due notice via E-Mail if they have not paid by the end of a quarter. However, responsibility for payment of dues belongs to the member.

Delinquency

General Members whose dues are not received by the last day of the quarter are delinquent and if, when approached by a house officer and asked to pay back dues, refuses, will be terminated and all privileges of the House will be withdrawn.
General members who cannot meet their dues or will not be around must make arrangements with the Chairman in advance to avoid such termination.
Any member that is past due more than two quarters and has not made arrangements with the Chairman, will be put on the Inactive Membership list and will not receive notices for House events.

Article V

Contributions:

Membership contributions to GENERAL FUNDS and ENDOWMENT will be considered donations to the House.
Purpose of GENERAL FUNDS and ENDOWMENT:
The General Funds can be drawn upon by the Treasurer for House expenses, House entertainment (parties), loans, etc.
The Endowment can never be drawn on, but continues to grow in size. Its purpose is to accrue interest which is deposited into the General Funds.
Members are not required to contribute to GENERAL FUNDS or ENDOWMENT.
Contributions do not entitle a member to special privileges.
Contributions will not be accepted in lieu of dues.
Contributions must be reported to the Chairman or the Treasurer so that possible discrepancies in the accounts (system) may be found and clarified.
Members may contribute items and equipment to the Armory.

Article VI

Rules and Regulations:

The Chairman will be the final judge on what constitutes non-compliance with these bylaws.

Article VII

House Colors:

The Silvergate Inn has chosen to represent itself at official functions under the colors of Silver and Green. The Silver was chosen to represent the commerce of the land, and the Green represents the land itself, from which we all subsist.

Appendix A.

Premise.

I, as a person and a player of GemStone III, wish to provide a roleplaying environment for those wishing to have a place to call home while in Elanthia.

As such, I take responsibility to maintain and rule this House structure. I have invested and intend to invest considerable time and money (both real and fantasy) in this venture.

After careful consideration, I have opted to roleplay this House as an Inn operated as a sole proprietorship by my character, Enegue LionHeart.

It is my hope that Simutronics will carefully consider this and allow me to play it as such or to reach a compromise.

Appendix B.

To rent a room, visit the concierge at the Front Desk.

The various prices for the rooms are listed on the scroll there.

Feel free to rent any room that is currently available.

One person may rent a room for an entire party.

Members of the Silvergate Inn may rent rooms free of charge.

Appendix C.

Eligibility For Private Rooms

The Silvergate Inn had a limited number of private rooms decorated for use by the Founding members.

If one of these private rooms becomes available, at the discretion of the Lord of the Manor, it may be offered to a Lifetime Member to occupy as his or her personal room.

(In case thats not clear - It means don't ask the Lord of the Manor, he'll ask you.)

If you are approached by the Lord of the Manor and you wish the take the room, the Lifetime member will provide the Lord of the Manor with their furnishing plans, and he will pass those plans on to the builders. The cost of furnishing the room will be the responsibility of the Lifetime member.

Once a Lifetime member has moved into a private room, it belongs to that Lifetime member for as long as he or she resides in town, remains a member in good standing, and at the descretion of the Lord of the Manor.

Private rooms become available under the following conditions:

1. If the person assigned to the room is no longer a member of the House.
2. If the person assigned to the room should leave town for an extended period of time, then the Lord of the Manor reserves the right to reassign the room to someone else.
3. If the Lord of the Manor should so decide.

Appendix D.

Coat of arms

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