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===ARTICLE XI: FEDERATION COMMAND AUTHORITY=== | ===ARTICLE XI: FEDERATION COMMAND AUTHORITY=== | ||
# Under normal conditions, The Federation Command Authority (FCA) is the Executive Council, fully manned of record and minimally constituted for the exercise of valid voting power. | |||
# Under normal conditions, The Federation Command Authority (FCA) is the | # In the event of circumstances which prolong a condition whereby the EC is not able to muster three of its minimum membership (three Flag Officers, and one (voting) Captain at Large) to resolve by vote any important matter and if this condition exists for more than thirty calendar days, the reserve Federation Command Authority may exercise such extraordinary emergency powers as may be necessary to preserve the Federation and transact its business. | ||
# In the event of circumstances which prolong a condition whereby the EC is not able to muster three of its minimum membership ( | |||
# It is recognized, however, that inherent in the granting of such power lies the possibility of extraordinary abuse. It is therefore recognized that the power to so act granted to the reserve FCA is severely limited in its scope. It shall specifically not include the power to alter or amend the CONSTITUTION, discipline any officer, change any bylaw or rule or in any other way act in a manner inconsistent with the spirit and specific intent of this CONSTITUTION. The FCA may, however, for that thirty day period or for as long as the emergency condition persists, exercise the other powers normally reserved to the EC and/or CC (if it should be discovered that the CC too is without a sufficient numerical majority required at a minimum to exercise valid voting powers) until such time as the emergency condition concludes and a sufficient majority of the EC has reassembled to exercise valid voting powers. At that time, all powers may once again be exercised. | # It is recognized, however, that inherent in the granting of such power lies the possibility of extraordinary abuse. It is therefore recognized that the power to so act granted to the reserve FCA is severely limited in its scope. It shall specifically not include the power to alter or amend the CONSTITUTION, discipline any officer, change any bylaw or rule or in any other way act in a manner inconsistent with the spirit and specific intent of this CONSTITUTION. The FCA may, however, for that thirty day period or for as long as the emergency condition persists, exercise the other powers normally reserved to the EC and/or CC (if it should be discovered that the CC too is without a sufficient numerical majority required at a minimum to exercise valid voting powers) until such time as the emergency condition concludes and a sufficient majority of the EC has reassembled to exercise valid voting powers. At that time, all powers may once again be exercised. | ||
# It is recognized that the FCA shall be constituted in order of priority and in the following manner: | # It is recognized that the FCA shall be constituted in order of priority and in the following manner: | ||