The Golden Sun Cooperation Merchant Codex I.

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The Golden Sun Cooperation

Merchant Codex I.

 

 

Merchant Articles

 

I.      The Council of Head Merchants (CHM) exists as the supreme body. All power derives from their judgement in the cooperation. Only they can sponsor new members and allow them to join the GSC.

 

II.     To secure the reputation of the GSC, all merchandise must meet a certain quality that sits only just shy of perfection. In an effort to secure this reputation, all artisans must purchase the raw materials for their craft from CHM approved suppliers. A compiled list of these suppliers will be made for public access within the GSC headquarters and regularly updated when changes are made.

 

III.     Every three years, merchants must submit all their ledgers to their appointed representative on the CHM. Repeated failure to submit these forms may result in punishment at the discretion of the CHM. The ledger formats will be provided to all merchants. All other formats will not be accepted.

 

IV.     The GSC exists to protect the merchants under its umbrella. For this reason irreconcilable disputes between GSC merchants should be handled through the CHM. The CHM is to act as a neutral third party and lay the issue to rest for good. If found guilty of retaliating against a fellow merchant after CHM judgement has been made, punishment of the guilty party will follow.

 

Head Merchant Articles

 

I.     The role of the Head Merchant is to work with their peers to guide the GSC merchants to greater opportunities. Head Merchants are appointed to oversee the selection of merchants they sponsored. These merchants are who they are to represent on the council. 

 

II.     Whenever the CHM must come to vote certain regulations must be followed for a vote to be considered valid. All Head Merchants must be notified two months in advance of when the council will vote by the party bringing the proposition as well as provide a complete copy of the proposition to all other Head Merchants. All Head Merchants are required to attend or send a letter of their decision in advance. Should any amount of council members choose to abstain to vote and a tie is the result, the abstaining council members' votes are to be counted as a vote against the proposition.

 

III.     Articles overtime need to be changed or removed, and sometimes new ones must be drafted to allow a GSC a place during the change of time. These changes to the codex are the usual way CHM authority manifests. To prevent overreaching of the CHM however; the council may only pass article changes after a grievance has been made by the lower merchants, and if the proposition wins the majority vote.

 

IV.     The CHM has the authority to vote on changes to the list of approved suppliers, any new recruits to the GSC or new Head Merchants without the need to wait for a grievance to be made by a lower merchant.

 

V.     The Head Merchants of the CHM are not above the rulings of the CHM itself. All regulations they pass are to be followed by themselves as well or face the same punishment. 

 

Signed into effect on the 21st of Snow’s Maiden in the year 38 of the Second Age.

[Diaolos 204]

Azzam Bin Hakim Al-Hattan sat within thr majlis. The moonlight was his light source after ordering his servant Faisal to turn off any other light source. He leaned back on his cushin before side eyeing one of his servants Shakiir, approching him with several papers in his right hand, and in his left hand was piece of papers with the GSC seal implanted on them. He smiled before being served the papers and his late night tea. He opened the papers that carried the GSC seal first, a smile formed on his face as he read through the codex, he mumbled few words "Well. . . . I really should find the time to set up my own business. . . .dont want to dissappoint Abi " then moved to finish his tea as his servant read the latest news around the Emirate