The History of the USS

I: Start
Early Days
On October 13, 2016, The Shop Federation (TSF) closed. TSF was a large inspiration for the USS, structure, and concept-wise. The collapse and closure of TSF resulted in the creation of numerous smaller unions, some small and some large. The USS remained as a medium-sized union until around 2017, when the USS began gaining speedy momentum.

Austinato launched the idea of the USS, meeting with experienced shop member monkeytooper, and forming the USS (on this same topic) on October 27, 2016. The first member was Austinato's SmartShop, a smaller shop that closed within months and serves as the indirect predecessor to Austinato's Art Market. Two other founding shops, TacoCatProuductions' Magical Market and Perfection Graphics exist, with Perfection Graphics being removed in 2017 alongside SmartShop. These two shop's closures left TacoCatProuductions' shop as the remaining “founding shop.” As expected, TacoCatProuductions' Magical Market was removed during the activity check of early 2018.

Failed Merger
Within weeks of the USS's founding, leader Austinato pushed for a merger with the Scratch Union (to retain the USS name), which was owned by Monkey_Legend, another TSF member. An hour of debating followed the announcement of an aimed merger, where talks resulted in the first partnership of USS history.

While the USS did not acquire or merge with the SU, the concept of shop-collaboration cooperation was later incorporated into the USS through the establishment of subsidiaries, which to this day, have not surpassed the count of five total. The USS also formed a new motto for partnerships which is only one sentence long; “if a shop begins to fail, the other will support the failing one.”

Slower Expansion
The USS continued to experience slow expansion up until March 2017, where the USS quickly gained members and subsidiaries, helping the USS reach its 50 shops and five subsidiary count.

II: Expansion
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III: Reform
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IV: Growth Maximum
The USS reached an eventful point in the month of June 2017. On June 2, the USS Base (an attempted statistics system) released its first findings. On June 15, the former watcher position was filled. On June 19, the limit of 50 shops and five subsidiaries was introduced, in which the 50 shop limit was met three days later.

A restructuring on July 17, 2017, resulted in the establishment of the President position, in which -Anvard- won on August 1, 2017. He took an oath and officially took his position the following day.

Austinato became inactive from around September 2017 to February 2018. He returned, starting the reconstruction and redesign of the USS on February 27, 2018.

V: Reform of 2018
When USS Main Owner Austinato returned from five-month inactivity, he enacted a large activity check and planned out the simplification of the USS, to allow it to work more easily and productively. The activity check ended on March 6, removing around 70% of shops and clearing many inactive users out of their positions. Two users, BGMead and -Anvard-, were exempted from the activity check, and since they hold important positions, have until March 14, 2018, to mark themselves as active.

Simplification began on March 7 and 8 when positions were re-aligned and re-focused. Subsidiaries were renamed to organizations. Applications were re-opened. On March 9, Austinato disbanded ISOOC, an inter-shop order completing program. He also later re-enacted USS BASE and scheduled an event in summer.

The USS Guidelines were created alongside the establishment of a special election from March 19 to March 26, 2018 (later postponed to the first week of April.) The vote resulted in a tie, and a tiebreaker was scheduled for April 25 to May 2, 2018. The acting President and VP won and secured a term until June/July 2018.

On July 11, Austinato founded a small group named the "Special Interests Group of the USS for Reform", where a select group of people discussed programs that the USS can introduce to revive membership. On July 26, ideas set forward by the group were posted. Two days later, the studio was transformed into a workspace for those who are interested in the new programs.

Transfering Ownership
On October 5, Austinato announced that they would be resigning from the co-founder/co-owner position. Austinato hosted a major vote, which would be deciding what would become of the USS in the future. Three people, MasterOfTheTiger, FollowCherryBlossom, -XxX-MEOW-XxX- decided to run for new ownership. On October 15, the vote ended. Everybody who chose to vote voted that a new co-leader gets elected. On October 27, the vote ended and -XxX-MEOW-XxX- won.

VI: The New USS
-XxX-MEOW-XxX-, new owner, and his co-owner monkeytrooper officially took over on November 1, 2018. Sadly, both -XxX-MEOW-XxX- and monkeytrooper fell into inactivity, with the latter not posting anything in nearly a year. -XxX-MEOW-XxX-, starting to “walk away” from scratch and move to social media sites such as YouTube, decided to hand ownership over again.

New Ownership
This time, Panda_Gamer1212, AFNNetworkK12, NYCDOT, and MClovers decided to run. On July 31, 2019, it was certain. NYCDOT was the new owner.

Fast Forward: The Plan to Modernize the United Shops of Scratch
On August 2, 2019, NYCDOT announced that the reorganizing of shops, organizations, employees, topic organization, and a complete redrawing of the constitution would be called “Fast Forward: The Plan to Modernize the United Shops of Scratch.” In this plan, shops and organizations would be given more power, the new topic would be formatted differently from the old topic for better use, and the constitution would be re-written.

This is a list of former members of the USS who have either left or fell inactive. Thankfully, none of them have been removed for rule-breaking or being banned by the USS administration team.

WAVE 1, March 7, 2017:
Smartshop (Nov. 2016-Dec. 2016; closed)
Camo-Tech Store (Nov. 2016-Mar. 2017; inactivity)*
GlitterStores (Nov. 2016-Mar. 2017; inactivity {reopen request pending})* **
Sisters Store (Nov. 2016-Mar. 2017; inactivity)*
The TNGC Shop (Nov. 2016-Dec. 2016; closed)*
Magical Workplace (Nov. 2016-Mar. 2017; inactive)*
The Card Shop (Nov. 2016-Mar. 2017; inactive)*

Inspirational Mall (Dec. 2016-Mar. 2017; inactive/closed)*

Swirl's Signatures (Mar. 2017-April 7, 2017; closed)* - Rejoined June 22, 2017
DeleteThisAcount's Font Shop (???-April 2017; closed)*

The Diamond Shop (???-May 2017; closed)*
The Blocky Shop (Dec. 2016-May 2017; closed)*

Perfection Graphics (Nov. 2016-May 31, 2017; inactivity)*

Activity Check of Early 2018
Inactivity reasons:
TacoCatProuduction's Magical Market (Oct. 2016-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Legend & 2538's Shop (Late 2016-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Crescendo Music Shop (Late 2016-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The Sunshine Ranch (2016/2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
DevilKing's Shop (Early 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Scratch Request Shop (Early 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
CitruShop (Early 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Lego Stores (Spring 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Pixel Mountain & Programmer's Island (Spring 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Blocksin's Pixel Shop (Spring 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The Emporium of Everything (Spring 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Blessing06's Banner & Logo Market (Spring 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The Come & Leave Fast Shop! (Spring 2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Yetropolis (Spring 2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Cherry's Coffee Request Shop (Spring/Summer 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Frame (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
ZL's Smol Shoppe (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Clarity Design Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Epiphany Franchise (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The Code University (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
REDACTEDProgramming (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The (Kinda) Normal Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)
Jazzy's Scratch Shop (listed with Art University banner) (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The Global Request Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The Cherry Art Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The Cat's Meow (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Dawglove's Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*

Closed:
The Merry Market (2016/2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Black Hole Logos (2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
BANANACODINGMASTER's Pixel Art Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Swirl's Signatures (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Five Star Scratch Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*

Owners unreachable:
The Emoticon Team (Spring 2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Diamond Touches™ (Early Summer 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*
The Blocky Shop (Summer 2017?-Mar. 7, 2018)*

Unreachable:
The Alt Emoticon & Text Art Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*

Other:
Grade's Shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018; assumed withdrawal)*

Withdrawal:
bigpuppy's shop (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
SolarWind Stores (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Kuai Shop (Summer 2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*

Subsidiaries that have not responded:
The Monthly Awards (2016/2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*
Violet Inc. (2017-Mar. 7, 2018)*

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Gentle Rain Coding Studio (2017-Mar. 15, 2018; no response to extension)*
BGMead's Shop (2017-Mar. 15, 2018; no response to extension)*


Shops Later Removed
The Stand-Out Shop (closed)

*Join date required for accuracy.
**There is an attempt to re-open the shop and maintain it's member status in the USS, but that is not yet complete.

WAVE 2, February 16, 2019

Marowak's Script/Art Store
Austinato's Art Market
Lightsaber Stores, Inc.
The Meow Shop
In & Out
The Dream Shop
The Come n' Leave Fast Shop
78ch3's Everything Shop
The Space Shop
Bridge Cloud Variable Shop
QuikCatz Shop
The Seaside Shop
FalconStore
The Oceanic Art Shop
Q Intro & Outro Shop
FredBear's Pizzeria
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The INV Store
The Ultimate Logo Shop
The Scripters Shop
ShopCart

WAVE 3, June 4, 2019
Bigger than the Sun
Opal Stores
BlackWolfee's Store
Adsuri’s Shop
Henny's Coop Art Shop
Evolution Store
Univerz Icons

DEPARTURES DURING FAST FORWARD, August 1-2, 2019
T.I.P.S. (Team Intelligent Projects Shop)
The Requests Operator

No organizations have left or been kicked out at this time.

We would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to the USS, not as shops or subsidiaries:

First USS
Secretary QuantumSingularity (Dec. 2017-April 28, 2017); Departure message and response (quit Scratch.)
Chief Justice TacoCatProuductions (Nov. 2016-May 30, 2017); cut for being inactive, succeeded by stryer21.
Watcher #7 ski- (June 2017-June 25, 2017); quit. Considering Associate Justice position.
Watcher #2? MasterOfTheTiger (spring/summer 2017-July 12, 2017); quit due to inactivity.
Chief Justice stryer21 (May 30, 2017-July 17, 2017); cut for being inactive/quitting Scratch; succeeded by MakeTheBrainHappy
Associate Justice 1 Amateurscratch (early 2017-July 17, 2017); cut for being inactive.
Chief Justice MakeTheBrainHappy (July 17, 2017-March 8, 2018); resigned (replaced by hellounicorns2)

Second USS
MClovers (Moderator) resigned
BlackWolfee (Watcher/Archivist) was removed due to inactivity
FollowCherryBlossom (Watcher) was removed due to inactivity

Reserved

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