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==United European Pokémon Communities==
The '''United European Pokémon Communities''' (UEPC for short) is a federation of several independent Pokémon communities from across Europe, it was founded as an attempt to unify the European fans, who under normal circumstances would be separated by language barriers.
The United European Pokémon Communities (UEPC for short) is a democratic coalition of thirteen independent Pokémon Fansites from across Europe in an attempt to help unify the European fans, who normally would be separated by language barriers. The formation of said coalition is influenced by that of the United States Senate.
 
Each language spoken by the member websites have their own forums (e.g. French) which are governed by the National Moderators. However, the main language of the International Boards is English.


==History==
==History==
The UEPC was opened on Christmas Eve 2009 by the current President of UEPC, Troels Just (aka Tsuroerusu). President Tsuroerusu wasted no time in contacting various fansites, offering them affiliation and the opportunity to represent their respective countries in the running of the Union.
The UEPC was founded on the 24th of December 2009 by its current President, Troels Just (aka Tsuroerusu) and former Administrator, Shawon Tarver (aka Kamui). In the wake of the founding, Tsuroerusu began contacting various fansites, in order to offer them to be part of the effort.


On 28th December 2009, the Administrator of the Union, Kamui, officially resigned. Leaving President Tsuroerusu, as the Care-Taker Administrator and the Chair of the Council of Moderators.
On the 28th of December 2009, Kamui chose to resign for personal reasons, leaving Tsuroerusu in charge of the effort.


On 20th January 2010, UEPC held it's first Wi-Fi Tournament, which concluded seven days later on the 27th.  
On the 20th of January 2010, the UEPC announced its first Wi-Fi tournament, which was concluded five weeks later on the 27th of February 2010.


On May 4th, polls opened for UEPC's first Council of Representatives election, with the members BlazeShadow, GeorgeSlayer, Wonder, Lorem Ipsum and Tamsis winning. All except Wonder were promoted to join the Council of Representatives.
On the 21st of April 2010, the first election to the Council of Representatives was announced. Polls were opened on the 4th of May 2010, resulting in the members BlazeShadow, GeorgeSlayer, Lorem Ipsum, Tamsis and Wonder being elected.


==Formation==
==Leadership==
Unlike standard forums, who run on an Administrator, Moderator, Member basis, the UEPC takes structural influence from the United States Senate, and mainly consists of numerous councils:
The executive arm of the UEPC consists of the President of the Union and the Administrator of the  Union, together they make up the top leadership, with the President being responsible mainly for external matters and the Administrator dealing mainly with internal matters.


===Council of Moderators===
===President of the Union===
The Council of Moderators currently consist of twenty appointed members; 18 National Moderators and 2 International Moderators.
The President of the Union exercises all technical and budgetary functions of the Union, and also conducts the Union's external representation. The President of the Union also appoints the Administrator, and the national and international moderators.
The purpose of the Council of Moderators is to receive ideas and opinions from the members of the nation they represent (In the case of the Nationals) or the community as a whole (International) and either propose ideas, or vote discuss proposals accordingly.
Once a proposal is discussed at length, it will be put up for a final vote, with the result decided by a majority.  


Each Moderator can debate and vote on proposals, and can appoint an Assistant Moderators to help them in their individual duties. Assistant Moderators however, cannot debate or vote, and must pass their opinions onto their Moderator.
The current President of the UEPC is Tsuroerusu.


Current Members of the Council of Moderators (Non-International Moderators Listed Alphabetically by Country): <br/>
===Administrator of the Union===
Kirluu (International) <br/>
The Administrator of the Union exercises executive functions and is in charge of the day-to-day management of the UEPC. The Administrator of the Union directs the international moderators and presides over the Council of Moderators. The Administrator also hears appeals of decisions taken by a national or international moderator in regard to a penalty issued or other decisions relating to the enforcement of the Union's rules.
Pirate Dave (International) <br/>
DoubleSoul (Denmark)<br/>
Mickelvlm (Denmark)<br/>
Yellow Rayquaza (Finland)<br/>
Gauthier (France)<br/>
Flyfunner (Germany)<br/>
Kalecgos (Germany)<br/>
Arty2 (Greece)<br/>
Zeus198 (Greece)<br/>
Gkx (Italy)<br/>
Ombra (Italy)<br/>
Hell-Hunter (Netherlands)<br/>
Mew (Netherlands)<br/>
Maestro Arena (Spain)<br/>
Tyrano (Spain)<br/>
Kratos_Aurion (Sweden)<br/>
Verituuli (Sweden)<br/>
Joeno (United Kingdom)<br/>
Ryu Shoji (United Kingdom)


Once a proposal has passed the Council of Moderators, it will be passed on to the next step - The Council of Representatives.
The current Administrator of UEPC is Cool Ivysaur.


===Council of Representatives===
==Community Council==
The Council of Representatives is a collection of members, who, along with the Council of Moderators, are there to assist in the creation of rules and policies. They also have the ability to advise and make recommendations to the Administrator of the Union and the Moderators regarding their execution (enforcement) of the rules and to consider and dismiss a Moderator in cases of serious misconducts. A member of the Council of Representatives must be voted in, and will hold their position for a term of 3 months, meaning the next election will take place in August 2010.  
The Community Council exercises all rulemaking and policymaking functions of the UEPC, the Administrator of the Union is obligated to execute its will.


The Council of Representatives also help choose the next President of the Union.
The Community Council is separated into the following entities:


Current members of the Council of Representatives:
===Council of Moderators===
BlazeShadow <br/>
The Council of Moderators, jointly with the Council of Representatives, exercises rulemaking and policymaking functions, it consists of the national and international moderators, the former representing their respective national communities. Each moderator may introduce a proposal to be debated by the rest of the Council of Moderators, each moderator has one vote. Most decisions made by the Council of Moderators must then be approved by the Council of Representatives. In addition to the rulemaking and policymaking functions shared with the Council of Representatives, the Council of Moderators can try to dismiss the Administrator if he or she is found to have committed serious misconducts.
GeorgeSlayer <br/>
Lorem Ipsum <br/>
SophieZide <br/>
Tamsis <br/>


===President of the Union===
===Council of Representatives===
The President of the Union will be elected by the Council of Representatives, having had to have held that position prior to consideration. The President will handle all Technical, Budgetary and External functions of the Union, the ability to appoint Administrators, Vice-Administrators and members of the Council of Moderators. The President also has the ability to dissolve the Council of Representatives.
The Council of Representatives, jointly with the Council of Moderators, exercises rulemaking and policymaking functions, it consists of representatives of the regular members, elected for a three month term. In addition to the rulemaking and policymaking functions shared with the Council of Moderators, the Council of Representatives also approve appointments made by the Administrator of the Union, and can try and dismiss a moderator if he or she is found to have committed serious misconducts.
 
The current President of the UEPC is Tsuroerusu.


===Administrator of the Union===
==National partners==
The Administrator of the Union will be appointed by President, and is in charge of directing the International Moderators and acts as the President of the Council of Moderators, although s/he may not vote except in the case of a tie, and may delegate the Presidency.
The UEPC's national partners are national (ie. nation specific) communities from the various European countries, who are participating as part of the UEPC. The President of the Union ensures a healthy dialogue with the national partners on a site-to-site basis, in addition they are represented in the Council of Moderators by one or two national moderators.


The current Administrator of UEPC is Cool Ivysaur.
Current national partners are:


==List of Partner Websites:==
PokeTeam <br/>
PokeTeam <br/>
PokémonForumet <br/>
PokémonForumet <br/>
Bisafans <br/>
Bisafans <br/>
Bell Tower <br/>
Bell Tower <br/>
Legendary Pokémon <br/>
[[Legendary Pokémon (site)|Legendary Pokémon]] <br/>
Pokéxperto <br/>
Pokéxperto <br/>
PokéSpain <br/>
PokéSpain <br/>
Pokémon Central <br/>
[[Pokémon Central]] <br/>
PKMN.NET <br/>
[[PKMN.NET]] <br/>
[[PokémonWorld]] <br/>
[[PokémonWorld]] <br/>
Pokémonforum <br/>
Pokémonforum <br/>
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==External Links==
==External Links==
http://www.uepc.eu - Website
;Official
http://constitution.uepc.eu/ - UEPC's Constitution.
*[http://www.uepc.eu/ United European Pokémon Communities]
*[http://constitution.uepc.eu/ The Constitution of the United European Pokémon Communities]
 
 
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UEPC
UEPC Logo.png
UEPC's logo, featuring Jirachi.
Language English/Multilanguage
Status Active
Run 2009 - Present
Date opened December 24, 2009
Creator Troels Just
Current owner {{{owner}}}
Forum UEPC
Mascot Jirachi
Website [1]

The United European Pokémon Communities (UEPC for short) is a federation of several independent Pokémon communities from across Europe, it was founded as an attempt to unify the European fans, who under normal circumstances would be separated by language barriers.

History

The UEPC was founded on the 24th of December 2009 by its current President, Troels Just (aka Tsuroerusu) and former Administrator, Shawon Tarver (aka Kamui). In the wake of the founding, Tsuroerusu began contacting various fansites, in order to offer them to be part of the effort.

On the 28th of December 2009, Kamui chose to resign for personal reasons, leaving Tsuroerusu in charge of the effort.

On the 20th of January 2010, the UEPC announced its first Wi-Fi tournament, which was concluded five weeks later on the 27th of February 2010.

On the 21st of April 2010, the first election to the Council of Representatives was announced. Polls were opened on the 4th of May 2010, resulting in the members BlazeShadow, GeorgeSlayer, Lorem Ipsum, Tamsis and Wonder being elected.

Leadership

The executive arm of the UEPC consists of the President of the Union and the Administrator of the Union, together they make up the top leadership, with the President being responsible mainly for external matters and the Administrator dealing mainly with internal matters.

President of the Union

The President of the Union exercises all technical and budgetary functions of the Union, and also conducts the Union's external representation. The President of the Union also appoints the Administrator, and the national and international moderators.

The current President of the UEPC is Tsuroerusu.

Administrator of the Union

The Administrator of the Union exercises executive functions and is in charge of the day-to-day management of the UEPC. The Administrator of the Union directs the international moderators and presides over the Council of Moderators. The Administrator also hears appeals of decisions taken by a national or international moderator in regard to a penalty issued or other decisions relating to the enforcement of the Union's rules.

The current Administrator of UEPC is Cool Ivysaur.

Community Council

The Community Council exercises all rulemaking and policymaking functions of the UEPC, the Administrator of the Union is obligated to execute its will.

The Community Council is separated into the following entities:

Council of Moderators

The Council of Moderators, jointly with the Council of Representatives, exercises rulemaking and policymaking functions, it consists of the national and international moderators, the former representing their respective national communities. Each moderator may introduce a proposal to be debated by the rest of the Council of Moderators, each moderator has one vote. Most decisions made by the Council of Moderators must then be approved by the Council of Representatives. In addition to the rulemaking and policymaking functions shared with the Council of Representatives, the Council of Moderators can try to dismiss the Administrator if he or she is found to have committed serious misconducts.

Council of Representatives

The Council of Representatives, jointly with the Council of Moderators, exercises rulemaking and policymaking functions, it consists of representatives of the regular members, elected for a three month term. In addition to the rulemaking and policymaking functions shared with the Council of Moderators, the Council of Representatives also approve appointments made by the Administrator of the Union, and can try and dismiss a moderator if he or she is found to have committed serious misconducts.

National partners

The UEPC's national partners are national (ie. nation specific) communities from the various European countries, who are participating as part of the UEPC. The President of the Union ensures a healthy dialogue with the national partners on a site-to-site basis, in addition they are represented in the Council of Moderators by one or two national moderators.

Current national partners are:

PokeTeam
PokémonForumet
Bisafans
Bell Tower
Legendary Pokémon
Pokéxperto
PokéSpain
Pokémon Central
PKMN.NET
PokémonWorld
Pokémonforum
Pokémon France
Doom Desire

External Links

Official


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