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Greetings from .chan,

As we wrap up our infrastructure changes and finalize the installation
of Regano registration system for our inaugural top level domain, we
have decided to propose another top level domain for our organization to
administrate, operate, and govern. We hereby propose the creation of
.front, a top level domain where all may freely voice and promote their
political views. The intention of .front would be to provide a
non-partisan safe haven for political activists, journalists, and
organizers, where they may publish web content freely without fear of
censorship or reprisal by their domain registrar. This new top-level
domain will share administrative resources and infrastructure with the
already extant .chan project. Appended below is our charter; we
appreciate any suggestions you may have about how we can best govern
this project, and will attempt to answer any questions you may have
regarding this proposal. We look forward to your input and support for
this proposal.

Happy Halloween,
.chan

=======================.FRONT CHARTER STARTS HERE=======================

==Charter==
.front is a top level domain established for communities, movements,
organizations, and people involved in politics. The .front TLD is
created to offer a free, non-partisan, and open namespace for
registrants to host blogs, forums, news publications, and other
commentary on politics and society.

==Eligibility==
An eligible individual for registration is defined as any individual
that has not been banned from .front domain registration. An eligible
individual for voting is defined as any individual that has not been
banned from .front domain registration and has an email with at least
one domain registered to it.

==Registration==
Registration is available to all eligible individuals. An individual may
register a domain on the behalf of any non-human entity, and for the
purposes of this charter is entitled to the rights, as well as held to
the restrictions, of a singular person. Registrants are asked to only
register domain names they intend to use; attempts to “domain park” or
otherwise hoard domains will be scrutinized and may result in the
revocation of your domain registrations, registration eligibility, and
voting eligibility.

==Voting==
All eligible individuals with a registered domain will be entitled to
one vote on major organizational decisions. A proposal to vote on may be
put forward by any individual or group of individuals. From then on, the
.front community may discuss and propose amendment to the original
proposal. The administration reserves the right to determine whether or
not a proposal is of major concern, and may at their discretion dismiss
any trivial or impossible proposals, as well as any proposals that
conflict with the stated purpose of the .front domain. Provided the
administration has not already dismissed the proposal, the individual
originating the proposal may put the proposal to vote or drop the
proposal. Should the proposal be put to vote, all members will have 72
hours from the moment the proposal was put to vote to cast a “Yay” or
“Nay” vote on the proposal. After 72 hours, all absent votes will be
registered as abstentions and the winner will be determined by a simple
majority of all non-abstaining voters. Once the results have been
announced, the proposal will go into effect as policy and will be
enforced by the relevant individuals in the organization.

==Anonymity==
In recognition of the special nature of the community and demographic
this organization is chartering a domain for, this organization will
allow all individuals to register and vote without proof of identity or
a real name. The sole criteria for to be considered a voting member of
the organization will be an email address with one or more registered,
non-revoked domains, belonging to a singular person. Should blatant
abuse of said anonymity be discovered, their eligibility as a registrant
and voter will be revoked. The offenders will not have their eligibility
to vote or register a domain reinstated. Abuse includes
“sock-puppeting”, Sybil attacks, and other similar methods of social
subversion.

==Amendment==
Provided the proposal in question does not bring this document in
conflict with OpenNIC Policy, this document may be edited or amended by
a proposal should the proposal to do so pass.