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| Ladezkik:
I am talking from my own experience here, so feel free to argue against me or correct me if I'm wrong about something. Every clan in the history of BL has been founded as a clan with a leader (or a group of leaders) who has managed the affairs of the clan, starting builds and dealing with the members, determining to what direction the clan is heading. (I am aware that C was democratic to some extent for a period of time, but the fact is that it was founded as a clan with leaders.) I see one major issue with the current structure: clans mostly end up relying on the leaders to keep things happening. This means that if the leading members of a clan are too inactive (everyone stops playing some day), the clan easily dies from lack of activity. What I've been thinking about lately (to the extent that I actually wrote a constitution for a clan I almost founded with Momentum) is the idea of a completely democratic clan, where the power would be equally divided among the members. I realize many might see this as a totally Utopian idea, and that decision making would take far more time, but the major advantage of a clan like this would be that when properly run, it should survive even if the member base changed completely. It would be a clan which exists for its own sake, instead of existing for the sake of its leaders. Possible or not? Discuss. |
| Big Brother:
Woah, creepy. Me and Quark were talking about this for hours a few days ago. |
| Mysteroo:
How would something like this work? it sounds like it might be complicated |
| Tingalz:
that would just end in dispute. clan leader should have all the power he wants, that way it's possible to get things done quickly. |
| Ladezkik:
--- Quote from: Mysteroo on November 25, 2011, 02:54:29 PM ---How would something like this work? it sounds like it might be complicated --- End quote --- There would have to be a set of rules which rules how the clan works, not unlike a constitution. I actually wrote one which seemed to mostly cover how the clan should work. (rules related to starting votes, amount of votes needed and such) It would definately be more complicated, but by no means impossible. --- Quote from: Big Brother on November 25, 2011, 02:50:01 PM ---Woah, creepy. Me and Quark were talking about this for hours a few days ago. --- End quote --- Must be something in the air. :p |
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