Austinato wrote:

MasterOfTheTiger wrote:

I have no official rules yet. I am working on them, but I do not have much. I need tips on what to include.

Well, as the USS has, you should focus on multiple subjects:

• Membership status and how it is a revokable privilege. (i.e. breaking rules will ban you from the federation.)
  
• Shop permissions, things that the shops cannot do within the USS.
  
• Head department powers and restrictions, complete with checks and balances similar to the US government and potentially other ones.
  
• Contradicting shop restrictions, what they can do.
  
• Clear definition of each term you'd like to introduce, such as subsidiaries, members, moderators, etc. and how power could be transferred or how it is.
  

Let me know if that helps, but with creating positions and setting up the entire federation, that'll be pretty extensive.

EDIT: TacoCatProductions, we still need only one more justice.

Thanks for the help, I will work on it.

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)*

*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.

Contest Announcements
Acknowledging that the banner/seal contest deadline has passed, with I think one submission for one of them, I am currently deciding between two options:

A) Having someone complete the banner/seal upon request and therefore closing the contests.
B) Closing the contest with a submission and immediately using it.
C) Extending ALL contest due dates, and further promoting it.

Please provide your input even if you are not interested, and if we do agree upon options B and C, please participate!

For the person who submitted an entry, please provide me the link/image again (I've been losing a lot of links.)

Austinato wrote:

Contest Announcements
Acknowledging that the banner/seal contest deadline has passed, with I think one submission for one of them, I am currently deciding between two options:

A) Having someone complete the banner/seal upon request and therefore closing the contests.
B) Closing the contest with a submission and immediately using it.
C) Extending ALL contest due dates, and further promoting it.

Please provide your input even if you are not interested, and if we do agree upon options B and C, please participate!

For the person who submitted an entry, please provide me the link/image again (I've been losing a lot of links.)

I submitted an entry! (seal)
Seal

BrownieBatter987 wrote:

Austinato wrote:

Contest Announcements
Acknowledging that the banner/seal contest deadline has passed, with I think one submission for one of them, I am currently deciding between two options:

A) Having someone complete the banner/seal upon request and therefore closing the contests.
B) Closing the contest with a submission and immediately using it.
C) Extending ALL contest due dates, and further promoting it.

Please provide your input even if you are not interested, and if we do agree upon options B and C, please participate!

For the person who submitted an entry, please provide me the link/image again (I've been losing a lot of links.)

I submitted an entry! (seal)
Seal

Alright, thanks!

MasterOfTheTiger wrote:

CutieCow17 wrote:

Sorry i know there is probably a better place to post this, but just wondering, what benefits are there in partnering? Also, how do you do it? I've seen other shops who have partnered up, and all they seem to do is ask to partner up, then add each other to their FP.

Just ask the shop owner to partner up.

Yes, but why? What are the advantages in partnering?

Is the Blocky Shop permitted to join Triple S?

Can I submit my entry for the seal contest now?

Hello! I'm really sorry I was inactive, so could you possibly re - add GlitterStores?

Austinato wrote:

MasterOfTheTiger wrote:

I have no official rules yet. I am working on them, but I do not have much. I need tips on what to include.

Well, as the USS has, you should focus on multiple subjects:

• Membership status and how it is a revokable privilege. (i.e. breaking rules will ban you from the federation.)
  
• Shop permissions, things that the shops cannot do within the USS.
  
• Head department powers and restrictions, complete with checks and balances similar to the US government and potentially other ones.
  
• Contradicting shop restrictions, what they can do.
  
• Clear definition of each term you'd like to introduce, such as subsidiaries, members, moderators, etc. and how power could be transferred or how it is.
  

Let me know if that helps, but with creating positions and setting up the entire federation, that'll be pretty extensive.

EDIT: TacoCatProductions, we still need only one more justice.

Austinato wrote:

MasterOfTheTiger wrote:

I have no official rules yet. I am working on them, but I do not have much. I need tips on what to include.

Well, as the USS has, you should focus on multiple subjects:

• Membership status and how it is a revokable privilege. (i.e. breaking rules will ban you from the federation.)
  
• Shop permissions, things that the shops cannot do within the USS.
  
• Head department powers and restrictions, complete with checks and balances similar to the US government and potentially other ones.
  
• Contradicting shop restrictions, what they can do.
  
• Clear definition of each term you'd like to introduce, such as subsidiaries, members, moderators, etc. and how power could be transferred or how it is.
  

Let me know if that helps, but with creating positions and setting up the entire federation, that'll be pretty extensive.

EDIT: TacoCatProductions, we still need only one more justice.

I am in the process of inviting someone.

Austinato wrote:

Contest Announcements
Acknowledging that the banner/seal contest deadline has passed, with I think one submission for one of them, I am currently deciding between two options:

A) Having someone complete the banner/seal upon request and therefore closing the contests.
B) Closing the contest with a submission and immediately using it.
C) Extending ALL contest due dates, and further promoting it.

Please provide your input even if you are not interested, and if we do agree upon options B and C, please participate!

For the person who submitted an entry, please provide me the link/image again (I've been losing a lot of links.)

I can make a banner. What would you like it to say?

CutieCow17 wrote:

Yes, but why? What are the advantages in partnering?

Austinato (on page 27) wrote:

Well I'm not too sure about their terms of partnership, but in the last two partnerships successfully completed by the USS, with the assistance of the Shop & Collaboration Federation and the Small Shops of Scratch, we slightly promote each other by, as you said, naming each other in the FP/OP, and then shall the other federation/group fail, the other one could assist.

CutieCow17 wrote:

Is the Blocky Shop permitted to join Triple S?

Yes.

scratchcat2538 wrote:

Can I submit my entry for the seal contest now?

Yes, of course! Thank you!

redglitter wrote:

Hello! I'm really sorry I was inactive, so could you possibly re - add GlitterStores?

Will do. Please check more often in the future, but it's fine.

TacoCatProuductions wrote:

Austinato wrote:

EDIT: TacoCatProductions, we still need only one more justice.

I am in the process of inviting someone.

Sounds good to me, just note that the existing justice that you have appointed cannot serve until you appoint a second one.

TacoCatProductions wrote:

Austinato wrote:

Contest Announcements
Acknowledging that the banner/seal contest deadline has passed, with I think one submission for one of them, I am currently deciding between two options:

A) Having someone complete the banner/seal upon request and therefore closing the contests.
B) Closing the contest with a submission and immediately using it.
C) Extending ALL contest due dates, and further promoting it.

Please provide your input even if you are not interested, and if we do agree upon options B and C, please participate!

For the person who submitted an entry, please provide me the link/image again (I've been losing a lot of links.)

I can make a banner. What would you like it to say?

I believe a few pages ago I posted the requirements/demands for the banner. I'll try to repost it for you, though.

Austinato wrote:

I believe a few pages ago I posted the requirements/demands for the banner. I'll try to repost it for you, though.

Okay, thanks. The person I am inviting is Amatuerscratch , which is my friend who I trust.

EDIT: snipped

I have to report temporary inactivity for myself from right now until Thursday the 16th.

Scratch On!

TacoCatProuductions wrote:

Austinato wrote:

I believe a few pages ago I posted the requirements/demands for the banner. I'll try to repost it for you, though.

Okay, thanks. The person I am inviting is Amatuerscratch , which is my friend who I trust.

EDIT: snipped

Oh, okay. Let me know the outcome.

QuantumSingularity wrote:

I have to report temporary inactivity for myself from right now until Thursday the 16th.

Scratch On!

Alright, thanks for letting us know. If it is applicable, good luck!

Might be inactive, large nor'easter is about to hammer us. Unclear whether we will lose power yet.

Just to inform you, Scratch Union was closed some time ago.

jromagnoli wrote:

Might be inactive, large nor'easter is about to hammer us. Unclear whether we will lose power yet.

I take it you live on the west coast of US?

TacoCatProuductions wrote:

jromagnoli wrote:

Might be inactive, large nor'easter is about to hammer us. Unclear whether we will lose power yet.

I take it you live on the west coast of US?

East coast.

jromagnoli wrote:

TacoCatProuductions wrote:

jromagnoli wrote:

Might be inactive, large nor'easter is about to hammer us. Unclear whether we will lose power yet.

I take it you live on the west coast of US?

East coast.

Sorry, that is what I meant.

Hello, everyone, planet earth, etc., I'm becoming a judge! (Did I do that okay? TacoCatProductions said I just had to say that and I'd become a judge. )