Comrades,
I move to propose some protocol with regards to the The First International.
I move to pass the following list of proposals:
1) Each year a conference of The First International is to be held. Which is to be hosted by a member party in their respective state. At each conference (after this one), the host city for the conference 2 years ahead is to be chosen. (This would mean that at this inaugural conference we must select the next two host cities)
2) The First International will also be known as the Cominterm.
3) Nations of The First International will recognize the following as the official flag of the Cominterm. This flag is to be flown at the national legislatures of all member states (when the member party is in power), at the headquarters of the member party, and at the venues for each conference.
http://flag-designer.appspot.com/gwtflags/SvgFileService?d=0&c1=2&c2=5&c3=6&o=7&c4=2&s=14&c5=5The golden spoked circle in the centre represents the world, the cogs represent the workers, the spokes that lead to the middle represent the communist parties, which are only legitimate representatives of the working class; the small red square at the centre represents our central goal: establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat through communist ideals.
4) The First International will have an official anthem: The Internationale. This anthem is to be played at all official conferences, before the national anthem of the host state. The instrumental version will be official to accommodate different languages. The Internationale may be preformed in the official language of the host state at official conferences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko372vrAsfM5) The official motto of The First International will be "Worker's of the World, Unite!"
6) During official discussion at conferences, members are only to be referred to with the prefix "Comrade" before their name, and not the titles from their respective nations. (i.e. Chairman Fleury is only to be referred to as Comrade Fleury). This solidifies the communist ideal of equality.
7) All member parties must send a delegation of 6 party members to each conference for formal discussion. The combined members of all full member parties will constitute the High Presidium of The First International. Candidate nations may also send a delegation of 6 party members, without the ability to vote, the combined members of all candidate parties will constitute the Low Presidium. The Low Presidium may only address the council at certain times, outside of debate on policy and issues.
8) The host nation of each conference will appoint the Presiding Officer of the Presidium. The responsibility of the Presiding Officer is too mediate debate and count votes on proposed motions.
9) Proposed motions are to relate specifically to The First International, and may not impose binding legislation on its member states. Only treaties may do this, Motions may only remain open for a set period of time (real time 24 hours). Parties which do not vote in this time period will be counted as abstaining.
These are my proposals, they rely on the confidence of this conference. I am open to any suggestions. Just trying to give our group some structure.