We are pleased to announce that the @dolphincouncil is now live following our last post where our constitution was put to a successful vote live on the steem blockchain.

The constitution below is now adopted and we will move forward to formulating motions that the founding members would like to support. You can join in the discussion in our discord group.

Our members together control 774,226 steem power and include 45 Dolphin+ Accounts. What we do with that collective power will be decided by all members in an open, democratic and transparent manner. You can still join if you haven't done so already.

Adopted Constitution V 1.0

Aims; the Dolphin Council exists to promote people and projects that help enrich the user experience for all users on the steem blockchain

1.a Users; are stakeholders, content creators and ultimate consumers of the steem blockchain.

1.b Enrichment; means to take and support actions which add value to the steem blockchain.

Membership Requirements;. Types of members;

1a. Founding Members; are all those who meet the Full Membership requirements and who voted for the genesis constitution before that post paid out its reward. The steem blockchain user names of those accounts are included in this founding post with this first ratified constitution

1b. Full Members; membership requires the account's wallet contains 5000 (or greater) in Steem Power at all times. All those who meet the full membership requirements and confirm their desire to join at any time by creating a post using the #dolphincouncil tag, or by resteeming this post and commenting #cosign to be a Full Member. You will the be registered as a Full Member by the Council.

1c. Other types of non-voting memberships; Full members can pass a motion to allow in a sub-set of users or a single user. These types of members currently include:

1c.a Friends of the Council; are users who support the constitution of the Council and have stated this on the steem blockchain. Users can do this by resteeming this post from their account on the steem blockchain and commenting #cosign. Usernames of these accounts that commented #cosign on the genesis post before the post paid out its reward are included in this founding post with the first ratified constitution

Anyone who meets the membership requirements for any type of membership, cannot be denied the same membership benefits as all other members of that type.

Membership benefits; all Full Members and Founding Members can:

1a. call a vote by creating a post with #dolphincouncil-motion; and

1b. cast a single vote ;

Friends of the council; may have temporary benefits, such as votings rights for specific motion only as put forward by a Full Member. Any other permanent benefits can be added by way of a change to the constitution

Voting; Only two types of votes can be called and only members with voting rights as stated in this constitution can vote, each eligible member will have one vote:

1.a General motions; need greater than 50% majority (50% quorum) and can suggest an idea that members are encouraged to follow

1.b Special motions; are able to change this constitution and need a greater than 75% majority (75% quorum)

end.

This constitution is co-signed by the following Founding Members:
@lyndsaybowes, @delishtreats, @nanosesame, @livinguktaiwan, @soyrosa, @jznsamuel, @lordnigel, @nateaguila, @schlafhacking, @axeman, @nuthman, @htliao, @reinhard-schmid, @sumatranate, @niallon11, @solarwarrior, @ksteem, @runicar, @tattoodjay, @patrickulrich, @rondras, @galenkp, @novacadian, @kgbinternational, @roundbeargames, @abitcoinskeptic, @carlpei, @jeezzle, @enginewitty, @edicted, @underground, @daan, @waphilip, @krnel, @holger80, @blanchy, @newageinv, @thenightflier, @emrebeyler, @c0ff33a, @mindtrap, @rakkasan84, @imacryptorick, @amico, @kabir88

We would also like to thank and welcome the following members who join as Friends of the Council:
@mineopoly, @wilhb81, @keithboone, @prasasth, @doze, @psos, @braaiboy, @yasu24, @suzana72, @feelsogood, @iris2356, @shredz7, @enforcer48, @portugalcoin, @favcau, @nnnarvaez, @josephsavage, @voxmortis, @cryptoandcoffee, @bayeco06, @impactn, @bashadow, @anthonyadavisii

The future of the steem blockchain is bright, join us and let's work together to make change that benefits us all!

@dolphincouncil

[Authored by @kabir88]