The Orders of the Social Aesthetic Party

We, the Social Aesthetics of the United States of America, in order to create a more beautiful union, promote the welfare of Artists and secure the glory of Art to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish these Orders of the Social Aesthetic Party.

Order One: Membership to the Social Aesthetic Party shall be freely granted, but admission into meetings can be denied by a simple majority of the officers, if it is for the purpose of preserving the ideals of the Manifesto. Such a denial of admission can be vetoed by a simple majority of those already granted admission to the meeting. A member can also be expelled, for reasons listed in Order Nine.

Those attending a particular meeting are referred to as the meeting’s Legislature. Their duty is to vote for certain propositions and to bring up topics of discussion at the end of a meeting.

Order Two: The Social Aesthetic Party shall have five officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Parliamentarian, whose rights and duties shall be enumerated below. For an open position, the President may assign any member but, at a meeting, a simple majority of the Legislature can force an election for any position.

In such an election, candidates for such an election must first be nominated, and then must accept the nomination. A candidate wins a particular election by receiving any plurality of the votes.

Order Three: The President of the Social Aesthetic Party serves as a spokesperson and a leader for meetings. He makes the final decision about the time and place of meetings, and is also responsible for creating an agenda of topics for a meeting. He also has the right to assign people positions when they are open, but he may not replace position holders elected by the Legislature.

Order Four: The Vice President of the Social Aesthetic Party serves as an assistant to the President. He can offer suggestions about the time and place of meetings, help with the agenda, or offer suggestions as to who to assign to certain positions. Should the President resign, he automatically takes on the Presidential responsibilities, until the Legislature elects a new President.

Order Five: The Secretary of the Social Aesthetic Party is responsible for keeping record of all meetings, and organizing said records. They are also required to organize most events, along with the Treasurer. The Treasurer of the Social Aesthetic Party is responsible for handling all the financial affairs of the Social Aesthetic Party, including fundraising, banking, and purchasing.

Order Six: The Parliamentarian of the Social Aesthetic Party is to maintain order in meetings by applying Robert’s Oaths and Orders, as well as common sense and fair judgment. They determine who may speak at a given moment, and also organize all elections. Due to the immense responsibility of this position, the person elected to this position must be as fair and balanced as possible.

Order Seven: Factions, defined as small groups of like-minded people within a larger political party, are not only allowed but encouraged. However, the Social Aesthetic Party may disband a faction if said faction campaigns negatively against another member of the Social Aesthetic Party, or participates in any other corrupt activities.

Order Eight: The candidate to run in a local or state election is chosen via an election of one thousand members, selected either randomly or by most amount of participation. For a national election, a caucus in each state will vote for one candidate. Each state then gives a certain amount of points to their candidate, equal to their amount of electoral votes. The candidate with the highest amount of points will be the candidate for that particular election.

Order Nine: A member may be expelled from the party for not upholding the spirit of the Manifesto, smearing the name of the Social Aesthetic Party, or for perpetuating a disbanded faction, as determined by the entirety of the officers. For no other reasons may a member be expelled.

Order Ten: In a given chapter, officers are elected for that chapter the same way they are elected for the entire party. Ambassadors may be assigned by chapter presidents to deliver information from one chapter to another, but they are not necessary and have no votes as an officer.