1. Membership Agreements
1.1. Shop Membership Agreement
1.1.1. All shops must abide by these rules.
1.1.2. Your shop will use the representative system.
1.1.2. a. A one-person shop gets 1 representative seat
1.1.2. b. Shops with 2 or more people start with 2 seats, and gain one for every additional 4 members.
1.1.2. c. Federations start with 1 seat, and gain one for every 4 shops they have.
1.1.2. d. 1 person may occupy more than one seat.
1.1.3. Your shop may be removed if it breaks either the USS rules or the Community Guidelines.
1.1.4. You accept all of our rules, 100%. If you disagree with anything, contact us instead of applying, and we'll explain and sort it out. If you heavily oppose, then don't apply.
1.1.5. You accept that your shop will be submitted to the Shop Directory unless otherwise noted in the application. We do weekly sweeps on Sundays.
1.1.6. You acknowledge that these rules may be altered at any time, and we trust you to frequently check them.
1.2. Worker Agreement
1.2.1. You will abide by all of these rules.
1.2.2. You will abide by all Community Guidelines.
1.2.3. If you do not agree with all of these rules completely, either do not apply or contact GrahamSH or a representative of the USS.
1.2.4. You will complete your job.
1.3. Your membership as an individual or a group may be revoked for breaking rules.
2. Powers
2.1. As a representative of any shop, you may propose a law. Here is the complete process:
2.1.1. Firstly, propose it to your shop and get 50% (or more) support.
2.1.2. Secondly, go to this topic and propose it, noting that it has gained that required support.
2.1.3. Thirdly, gain support from three other representatives, which cannot be part of the same shop.
2.1.4. Finally, a USS-wide vote will occur among representatives and head department members, in which the vote decides its approval.
2.1.5. Shall a tie occur, GrahamSH will automatically be called in to decide the tie-breaker.
2.2. As a Head Department member, you have the powers to do the following:
2.2.1. You may pass laws if you are an owner or co-owner without representative approval, however, it may be reversed if found unconstitutional (refer to section 3.)
2.2.2. You may approve applications of any type.
2.2.3. You may call in meetings and hearings.
2.3. As a USS citizen, including a Head Department member, a representative, a shop owner, or a moderator, you may complain about illegal practices including the unconstitutionality of a passed law. You may either;
2.3.1. File a lawsuit about an illegal practice, by messaging on GrahamSH’s profile. If it is inappropriate to the CG, then report appropriately instead.
2.3.2. File a lawsuit about an unconstitutional law, by noting it on this topic.
2.3.3. These processes are explained in section 3.
3. Lawsuits & Unconstitutionality Claims
3.1. Lawsuits
3.1.1. Firstly, a citizen of the USS may complain about an illegal practice by messaging GrahamSH’s profile. If it is inappropriate to the CG, report appropriately instead.
3.1.2. GrahamSH will review the scenario, and determine if it is enough to require a lawsuit. If not, then the lawsuit stops here.
3.1.3. If so, then GrahamSH will call in a lawsuit, and have a court case. The head department will consider the scenario with PARTIAL involvement of the public. There is no jury, but any person can influence a head department member’s decision.
3.1.4. The vote among members will determine the result.
3.2. Unconstitutionality Lawsuits/Claims
3.2.1. Firstly, a citizen of the USS may complain about an unconstitutional law by messaging GrahamSH’s profile. To determine if a law is appropriate/constitutional to the USS, read section 4.
3.2.2. GrahamSH will review the scenario, and determine if it is enough to require a lawsuit. If not, then the lawsuit stops here.
3.2.3. If so, then GrahamSH will call in a lawsuit, and have a court case. The head department members will consider the scenario, like in 3.1, only among themselves, with slight public influence. The default and only decisions possible that the members will vote upon are the following: legal - keep; illegal - remove; delay - delay the court case to a later time.
3.2.4. The outcome will decide if the law is kept.
4. Constitutionality of a Law
4.1. There are three basic principles to a constitutional law under the USS:
4.2. The law shall not restrict the power of anyone unreasonably.
4.3. The law shall not be too complicated, and rather simple unless the complication is needed.
4.4. The law shall be necessary for the USS in the current situation.
5. Hierarchy Regulation
5.1. Head department members should only complete decisions in court without any bias. If you complain about bias, please contact us immediately.
5.2. The owner/co-owner shall not overrule without the consent of the Head Department.
6. Basic Rules
6.1. Have fun.
6.2. Respect each other.
6.3. Do not be rude to anyone inside or outside of the federation.
6.4. You acknowledge that these rules may be expanded or modified in the future. (8.1.)
7. CubeUpload
7.1 It is encouraged not to use CubeUpload, to provide a better experience to your customers.
7.2 All banners hosted with CubeUpload will be converted to Scratch hosting.
8. Events not described here
8.1 Any events not described here which may occur and require proper addressing, will be added here.
8.2 If you have read all these laws, in your application, say “I agree to all USS terms, conditions, and laws”

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My shop would like to enroll in ISOC. We will send an order to ISOC if we cannot do it, and complete an order from ISOC if we are able to.

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What are representatives?
Representatives are people who represent your shop or subsidiary that are appointed by the owner or whoever is in charge, that participate in votes that determine laws that apply to your shop/federation.

Representatives can be anyone, however, they must be part of your shop, and not a retired member.

Shops with 2 members or more start out with 2 representatives and get 1 additional one for every 2 additional members. 1 person shops get 1 representative seat. Those representatives cannot be representatives of other shops. Federation partners get 1 representative, plus an additional 1 for every 4 shops.

I'm bored. What can I do?
If you are not a member of the USS, you can…

…apply to become a moderator.
…have your shop join the USS.
…have your federation join the USS.

If you are a current member and…

…a shop owner, ensure everything is up-to-date for your shop in the member list.
…a shop representative, wait until a vote is enacted or suggest a change to the USS.
…a shop member, there isn't much to do.
…a federation owner, ensure everything is up-to-date for your subsidiary in the subsidiary list.
…a federation representative, wait until a vote is enacted or suggest a change to the USS.
…a moderator, complete a task if there is one ongoing. Otherwise, help keep your shops active and ensure everything is updated.

As another shop federation, can we partner?
We are wide open to partnerships as shop federations, and we function with our basic promise in our partnership:

We will not attempt to argue/ruin any of your shop federation's reputation, in return for the same. In addition, shall your shop federation collapse/fail, we will help - and we expect the same also.

This partnership may be terminated at any point by any party. Finally, if you wish to merge into the USS, we will welcome that.

While we do accept mergers, we have not had one happen before. There may be difficulties with transitioning into our odd format, but in general shops under the acquisition federation will be auto-enrolled in the USS.

Can I opt out of the USS/not receive messages/etc.?
Of course you may. We do not force our members to stay tied with us, but we encourage them to stay.

If you wish to quit the USS, there is no form or penalty for doing so. Please, however, let us know immediately so your representatives, banners, and other information concerning your shop will be removed/adjusted.

If you do not wish to have notifications from moderators or messengers from the USS, please simply let us know. Like quitting, there is no form, but we do ask for you to kindly ask us.

My application has not been answered. What can I do?
Applications are most likely acknowledged, but responses may take up to three days. If you do not receive a response within three days, then re-post it.

What is the inter-shop old order completion (ISOOC) program?
It was a program that allows anyone under the USS to complete untaken orders from other shops. These untaken orders must be at least 3 days old.

I have a system that accepts orders but forwards them to shops under our system. Would this be a shop or organization?
These are treated as organizations.

As of May 22, 2017, shops are officially defined by the USS as a system that “completes its orders by itself.”

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Offered by: Beautiful Banners
Description: Do you have a new shop? Do you need banners? With this perk, your new shop can get a multitude of different banners, and a studio thumbnail!
Requirements: The only requirement is that you must be a shop that is under 1 month old.
How to redeem: Go to Beautiful Banners, click on forms, and click on USS Perks and follow the instructions on that page.

Offered by: Disorganized
Description: A priority queue for orders at Disorganized
Requirements: You must be a USS member.
How to redeem: All you need to do is (in your order) state that you are part of the USS.

Offered by: The Parking Meter Shop
Description: Since we do BBCode alongside parking meters, we can add BBCode to a shop's main posts (main page, staff page, rules page etc). We do not do rainbow text for individual characters. For individual words, it must be shorter than 50 words. Gradient text is limited to 300 characters or 75 words, whichever happens first.
Requirements: You must be registered with the USS
How to redeem: Fill out this form
Owner username:
Shop name:
Shop link:
Describe what you want the BBCode to do:
Do you understand the BBCode rules set in place in the description?:
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Offered By: The Wishing Shop
Description: We give fonts to people who need them
Requirements: You have to be a shop under 2 months old. You must be a USS member.
How to redeem: Go To our shop: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/439905/?page=1 and fill out an order form, in the section of the order that says “other:” put “USS Font Perk” Put what words you want in your wish and well offer different fonts for your shop Here is an example of fonts we provide: Exαɱρʅҽ Ɛ׹ʍքӀҽ єאค๓קɭє Ⓔⓧⓐⓜⓟⓛⓔ

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Hi!
I'm (INSERT YOUR USERNAME HERE) and I'm going to be your USS moderator. If you have any questions about the USS, want to forward an order through ISOC, or propose a law, you can ask me how to help.

I look forward to working with your shop.

• New staff(Just need to put the amount)
  
• Ownership transfer
  
• Any shops breaking the USS laws
  
• A shop proposing a new law
  
• Or any other things that might be important
  

Head Department:

Owner: GrahamSH
Co-Owner: 78ch3
Head Moderator: PndaGmr978
Head of Relations: FloatingMuffins

Staff:

Moderators: Bluie-x