Alliance of the Independent Nations

Dear members of the AIN Community,

It has been noted that there had been many recurring events on AIN Discord that is too long to list, but it mainly involves debates between Brum and other members of the AIN Community. More often than not, most of such debate turned heated, and a few of them had turned personal.

It has now come to a point where AIN Discord had become an unpleasant space. Many of the members have expressed discontent on the current state of AIN Discord. Many had become annoyed at how Brum engaged in debates. For those who choose to engage with Brum, they had to prepare themselves knowing that it could turn into an unpleasant experience.

A couple of Executive Council members have approached Brum privately via DMs in attempt to notify him on his common conducts that are causing annoyances to others. It is noted that Brum is apolegetic on his conduct and promised to do better. It is also noted Brum express his desire to continue to be an active participant in our AIN Community.

The Executive Council have taken all these into consideration. We do not want AIN Discord to be an unpleasant space, but we also note Brum still wants to be an active participant in our AIN Community. As such, the Executive Council have decided on the following:

Brum will retain his AIN membership. As such, he will retain his full access to both the AIN Forums and the AIN Wiki (in other words, Brum can chat freely on both mediums). However, in the interest of the wider AIN Community, Brum will be prohibited from engaging in AIN Discord. He is still allowed to access AIN Discord to read announcements and stay updated on AIN activities, but will not be allowed to engage (in other words, read only but not allowed to comment). This will take immediate effect and will last indefinitely.

While this is not classified as per Article 4, Section 2 of the Alliance Charter, Brum is allowed to appeal the decision per Article 4, Section 3 of the Alliance Charter if he so wish.

I do wish to appeal the decision and want to have a conversation with the whole execo on discord or through chat as is provided for by the charter. I am not appealing on the basis I didn't make mistakes but that I think I have identified some of the issues looking back and have some solutions to the issues of annoyance presented. I acknowlegde I may not have gone about clarifying what I meant to people or asking for their views in the best way which resulted in annoyance by others who percieved attempts to get their views as pushy or attempts to clarify meaning as suggesting they hadn't listened etc. I think I have identified the key issues and think I can work out ways to solve them while being involved in AIN Discord. I would like to chat with the execo in a single chat that could then be published as I feel this is the best way to resolve things. I also am willing to apologise as previously stated. I think alot of whats happened has been to misunderstanding and crossed wires as to what was meant in chat and admit sometimes I haven't always said things the best way especially to planet of hats who I would also eventually like to resolve things with. I look forward to the response

BrumBrum2222(United Kingdom)

As Brum has indicated he intent to appeal, as per Article 4, Section 3 (A4S3) of the Alliance Charter, the process of an appeal hearings is generally as follows:

1. The appeal hearing will be a closed hearing via the Appeal Court subforum with the following participants: a Judge, a Jury of 5 people, and the Defendant.
2. The Defendant is to present his argument on why the Executive Council's Decision should be appealed, and to state if the Defendant is appealing the entire Decision or just the Decision's Sentencing.
3. The Jury will then vote on it. A majority (3 of 5) is needed to overturn the entire Decision or the Decision's Sentencing, whichever is applicable.
   • If the Jury votes to overturn the Decision's Sentencing, then the Sentencing must be reduced but the entire Decision holds.
   • If the Jury votes to overturn the entire Decision, then the Defendant shall be acquitted to all charges and cannot be retrial under the same charges.
   • If the Jury votes to not overturn either, then the entire Decision and its Sentencing shall remain as such.
4. Upon conclusion of the Appeal Hearing, the Judge shall publish a summary of the Hearing to the public.

An Appeal Hearing is currently being organised, and a Judge and the Jury are in the process of being selected.

As stated in A4S3, the Judge shall be an administrator, except the President of AIN.

As for the 5 Jurors, A4S3 states that the Jurors shall be the Committee of Trustees. However, most of the Committee of Trustees are also Executive Council (ExeCo) members and were present at the discussion of the Decision, which could make this an unfair hearing. Therefore, the ExeCo agreed that the 5 Jurors should ideally consist of non-ExeCo persons, and best if such persons had minimal exposure to issue at hand (i.e. the heated debates). Only if we are unable to find such people for jury duty, then the ExeCo members shall be invited to fill any empty jury spots. The ExeCo is currently sending out invites to non-ExeCo members if they could partake in jury duty.

It is also noted that A4S3 did not state if the ExeCo shall be allowed to defend its Decision. The ExeCo is also currently discussing if the ExeCo should be allowed to defend its Decision or not.

Once the above are settled, the dates of the Appeal Hearing will be announced in due time.