Michel just gave me this. Amazing:
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To: Dean of Scientific Council
CDS
RE: Guild Meeting - 22 July, 2007, 10 am slt
Madam Dean,
WHEREAS the Preamble to the CDS Constitution states that: "All branches of the government are bound to serve the public before themselves and to uphold the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Founding Philosophy, Constitution, local laws, the SL ToS, and Community Standards without exception";
WHEREAS no futher sessions of the RA are scheduled to take place until after 22 July 2007;
WHEREAS Section III, Article 1 of the CDS Constitution states that the Scientific Council's "governmental role is to interpret and enforce the constitution. Its service roll (ed. note: sic) is to resolve citizen disputes and moderate user forums and events";
WHEREAS Rose Springvale, an esteemed CDS citizen, was publicly accused in print, in the CDS forums, by Jon Seattle, Guild Secretary and current CSDF candidate for a Representative Assembly seat, principally but not soley of taking actions having as effect to undermine democracy and "hold the CDS to ransom";
WHEREAS Rose Springvale will be absent from the CDS due to important and unavoidable family commitments for the next two weeks;
WHEREAS the Guild Secretary, with full knowledge of the above and after having submitted of his own volition his resignation as Guild Secretary, takes it upon himself to suggest to Dnate Mars, the presumed Chair of the next Guild Meeting, to be held on Sunday, July 22, at 10:00 hrs slt in CDS, that the agenda of such meeting include
"...the following agenda items:
1. Ultimate ownership and/or trust argument for Guild work for sim design and installation on public land.
2. The right of Guild members to free speech on matters of Guild policy. Do we want to have these?';
WHEREAS permitting the Guild, a quasi-public organisation holding its Founding Charter from the Representative Assembly, to hold such a meeting at this time and on such matters would, in effect, deprive Rose Springcale of even her most basic right to face her accuser, reply to his charges, and justify her conduct and point of view; and
WHEREAS holding such a meeting would constitute an unconscionable violation of her basic constitutonal rights as stated in (for example) the above-quoted Preamble of the CDS Constitution, as well as wanton disregard of due process, the rule of law and any professional code of deontology currently in force in any reputable and respected professional organisation by Jon Seattle, an individual in flagrant conflict of interest between his current position as leading officer of a non-political quasi-governmental organisation and his candidacy for an RA seat as member of a major CDS political party;
THEREFORE I humbly request that the Scientific Council acting as a whole (or the Dean of the Scientific Council acting alone if required by the circumstances) carry out its constitutional duties and responsibilites as detailed above and
ISSUE AN INJUNCTION directing the CDS Guild to postpone any debate, discussion, decision or vote of the Guild on matters posted on the public CDS forums over the past week and touching, in part or in whole, directly or indirectly, upon the accusations brought against Rose Springvale, principally but not exclusively, by said Jon Seattle until the return of Rose Springvale to the CDS and until such time as she will be reasonably available to attend a Guild meeting, and to exercise her basic constitutional and human rights to to face her accuser, reply to his charges, and justify her conduct and point of view.
SUBMITTED humbly, this 21st day of July, 2007, by Michel Manen, CDS citizen.
