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UEPC
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Language	English
Status	Active
Run	2009 - Present
Date opened	December 24, 2009
Creator	Troels Just
Current owner	{{{owner}}}
Forum	UEPC
Mascot	Pikachu
Website	[1]

United European Pokémon Communities

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

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.

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 20th January 2010, UEPC held it's first Wi-Fi Tournament, which concluded seven days later on the 27th.

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.

Formation

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:

Council of Moderators

The Council of Moderators currently consist of twenty appointed members; 18 National Moderators and 2 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.

Current Members of the Council of Moderators (Non-International Moderators Listed Alphabetically by Country):
Kirluu (International)
Pirate Dave (International)
DoubleSoul (Denmark)
Mickelvlm (Denmark)
Yellow Rayquaza (Finland)
Gauthier (France)
Flyfunner (Germany)
Kalecgos (Germany)
Arty2 (Greece)
Zeus198 (Greece)
Gkx (Italy)
Ombra (Italy)
Hell-Hunter (Netherlands)
Mew (Netherlands)
Maestro Arena (Spain)
Tyrano (Spain)
Kratos_Aurion (Sweden)
Verituuli (Sweden)
Joeno (United Kingdom)
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.

Council of Representatives

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 Council of Representatives also help choose the next President of the Union.

Current members of the Council of Representatives: BlazeShadow
GeorgeSlayer
Lorem Ipsum
SophieZide
Tamsis

President of the Union

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 current President of the UEPC is Tsuroerusu.

Administrator of the Union

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 current Administrator of UEPC is Cool Ivysaur.

External Links

http://www.uepc.eu - Website http://constitution.uepc.eu/ - UEPC's Constitution.

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