American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

ALL MEMBERS MAY VOTE FOR THE RULE CHANGES.
The cabinet has unanimously accepted these rule changes.
2.6.3 is additive to the existing rules. 2.6.5 and 2.6.5.1 together replace the current Rule 2.6.5.

2.6.3. Resignation. Any officer may resign from the club at any time for any reason by notifying the first two officers in their chain of command. Officers do not have to state their reasons for resignation. Acceptance of the resignation is automatic. The club will maintain all records and OBD (Corrected typo) points of resigned officers. Officers who resign while under the threat of expulsion under Rule 2.6.4 will be considered expelled rather than resigned for purposes of reinstatement.

2.6.5 Reinstatement. Officers who have been declared MIA, or voluntarily resigned their commission may request reinstatement. Officers desiring reinstatement will apply via email to the CoA of the military group in which the officer was serving when he departed. The CoA will approve such requests. The CoA will normally reinstate the returning member at the rank last held and with the OBD points he/she had amassed at the time of their departure. The CoA may require the returning member, or the returning member may request, to rejoin at the rank of Second/Field Lieutenant with 15 OBD points. Officers seeking reinstatement may request to join a different military group.

2.6.5.1 Members who were expelled from the club may ask to be reinstated by the cabinet after one year. They must receive a unanimous cabinet vote to be reinstated. A member who is reinstated would return at the rank of Second/Field Lieutenant and given 15 points. Any previously expelled member reinstated by the Cabinet is ineligible to hold any elected position within the club and may not hold a command above Corps level. The cabinet will consider exceptions for Academy or War College Commandant and Chief of Staff Positions on a case-by-case basis. After one calendar year, the reinstated member may petition the cabinet to have all command and elective restrictions removed. A unanimous vote of the cabinet is required to remove all restrictions. This ruling is retroactive to 01 MAY 1997.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

What is the reasoning behind Rule 2.6.5.1 being "retroactive to 01 MAY 1997"? [I ask because I have a general distaste for any laws/rules being retroactive.]

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Paul Swanson
Lieutenant-General
First Division
First Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

And what is the original 2.6.3?
It seems it isn't on the club rules page anymore.

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Lieutenant General Christian Hecht
Commander I Corps, Army of the Potomac

"Where to stop? I don't know. At Hell, I expect."

Good questions from Colonel Swanson and General Hecht.

Question for the Cabinet: Is discussion allowed on this proposition, or are we simply to vote 'Yes' or 'No'?

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General 'Dee Dubya' Mallory

To Gen Hecht's question:

There is currently no 2.6.3 and there never was. Thus President Sands' statement that "2.6.3 is additive to the existing rules."

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J.L. Boling
PRESIDENT
ACWGC

Dang! Whoever wrote those rules must have been asleep at the wheel! lol

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General 'Dee Dubya' Mallory

In 2.6.5 : 'The CoA may require the returning member, or the returning member may request, to rejoin at the rank of Second/Field Lieutenant with 15 OBD points."

We've had easy going CoAs and hard charging, fire breathing CoAs. Some would allow anyone to rejoin at their previous rank while others would impose their own guidelines. Remedy this by making it standard for the club - the CoA will reinstate the returning member at their previous rank and OBD points unless the returning member requests otherwise.

Also, in 2.6.3, it is OBD and not ODB points.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

That reinstatement proposal should be presented o the cabinet for later discussion.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

Yes!

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

To have the new rules to cover expelled members since the club was started.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

I'm going to support this rules change, although I think that it could have been better presented by the Cabinet to the club first in a separate, non-public sub-forum, as an open discussion. Once passed, individual portions of it can be submitted for tweaking at a later date.

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General Jos. C. Meyer, ACWGC
Union Army Chief of Staff
Commander, Army of the Shenandoah
Commander, Army of the Tennessee
(2011-2014 UA CoA/GinC)

Gentlemen, Sirs! <salute>

I have voted and I voted NO!

We are a welcoming ACW Gaming Club that is now 23+ years old. People leave for different reasons and folk's life responsibilities change as they mature. We all make mistakes from time to time and do or say things that we may regret at some point! Rules are necessary for the general guidance but a strict no going back rule makes no sense to me! I would rather have an avenue for all that have left the Club at one time or another to return and enjoy our wonderful hobby! He without sin cast the first stone!

Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant,
Vicksburg Military Institute

"The cabinet has unanimously accepted these rule changes."

Does that mean that the Cabinet has simply OK'd this proposal for a vote, or that the Cabinet members have unanimously voted "yes" for it?

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General Jos. C. Meyer, ACWGC
Union Army Chief of Staff
Commander, Army of the Shenandoah
Commander, Army of the Tennessee
(2011-2014 UA CoA/GinC)

Gen. Kunz, I've read the proposed rules a number of times and don't believe that I've seen anything that refers to a "strict no going back" clause. Indeed, even for a formerly expelled member there is an eventual path open to the club's presidency! Might take that person a year or two, but its there!

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General Jos. C. Meyer, ACWGC
Union Army Chief of Staff
Commander, Army of the Shenandoah
Commander, Army of the Tennessee
(2011-2014 UA CoA/GinC)

The Cabinet has ok'd the proposal for an open discussion & vote by the Club.

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General Scott Ludwig
4/II/ANV