Transitional Governance
and Security Structure

Preamble

Transitional Founder-Led Governance Model

Strategy-6 seeks to develop independent, politically active, self-responsible citizens.

Members of Strategy-6 are encouraged to think independently, generate ideas, participate in civic activity, organize projects, speak publicly, challenge ideas, take initiative, and assume responsibility for their own actions.

At the same time, Strategy-6 recognizes that a young civic movement confronting authoritarianism may be particularly vulnerable during its formative period.

An organization that has not yet developed stable institutions, a mature membership culture, durable internal procedures, and sufficient experience may be vulnerable to manipulation, hostile influence, deliberate disruption, capture of organizational structures, impersonation, internal sabotage, and other attempts to divert the organization from its Mission.

For this reason, Strategy-6 shall initially operate under a Transitional Founder-Led Governance Model.

This structure is not intended to be permanent.

Its purpose is to protect the identity, continuity, Mission, reputation, and institutional development of Strategy-6 while the Movement is being established.

Once Strategy-6 develops into a stable and mature civic organization, this transitional structure is intended to be replaced by a democratic governance system based upon regular elections, limited terms of office, institutional accountability, and peaceful rotation of leadership.

Article I

The Founder

The Founder serves as the initial Leader of Strategy-6 and custodian of its Mission during the Transitional Period.

The Founder does not own the political opinions, private civic activities, or personal decisions of individual members.

Members remain independent individuals responsible for their own beliefs and actions.

The Founder's exclusive authority is limited to the organizational powers specifically established by this Charter.

Article II

Exclusive Powers of the Founder

During the Transitional Period, the following powers belong exclusively to the Founder.

Section 1. Membership

The Founder possesses final authority to:

• admit a person as a Member of Strategy-6;
• refuse an application for membership;
• suspend membership;
• restore membership;
• terminate membership.

No individual possesses an automatic right to membership in Strategy-6 merely because that person supports its political goals, attends its events, participates in discussions, volunteers, or previously participated in Strategy-6 activities.

Membership represents a relationship of mutual trust between the individual and the Movement.

Section 2. Protection of the Name and Reputation of Strategy-6

The Founder may suspend or terminate membership when, in her judgment, a member seriously discredits Strategy-6, acts contrary to its Mission, deliberately undermines the organization, or creates a substantial risk to its integrity, reputation, security, or continued operation.

Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to:

• deliberate misrepresentation of Strategy-6;
• falsely claiming authority to speak for Strategy-6;
• deliberate sabotage of Strategy-6 activities;
• misuse of organizational resources;
• fraud or theft;
• credible threats or violence;
• deliberate harassment of other participants;
• deliberate disclosure of protected private information;
• covert coordination intended to manipulate or damage the organization;
• knowingly acting on behalf of an outside organization or government while concealing a material conflict of interest;
• repeated serious violation of Strategy-6 rules;
• actions fundamentally incompatible with the Mission and Principles of Strategy-6.

Disagreement with the Founder, criticism of Strategy-6 decisions, proposing a different political idea, or respectfully arguing for a different strategy shall not by itself constitute discrediting the Movement.

Section 3. Execution of Documents

The Founder possesses authority to sign, execute, certify, approve, and submit documents in the name of Strategy-6.

This authority may include official letters, declarations, affidavits, statements, agreements, applications, petitions, organizational correspondence, and other documents issued or supported by Strategy-6.

This may include, for example, letters, declarations, affidavits, or other supporting documents submitted in support of an application for political asylum before a United States Immigration Court or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The Founder may delegate document-signing authority to a Deputy for specific categories of documents, specific matters, or for a defined period of time.

Article III

Authority to Act in the Name of Strategy-6

Membership in Strategy-6 does not automatically authorize a person to represent the organization.

The Founder possesses exclusive authority to grant, limit, suspend, or revoke permission to act officially in the name of Strategy-6.

Such authorization may apply to:

• organizing an official Strategy-6 event;
• speaking to media on behalf of Strategy-6;
• issuing official statements;
• signing or submitting documents on behalf of Strategy-6;
• operating official Strategy-6 social-media accounts;
• entering partnerships in the name of Strategy-6;
• fundraising in the name of Strategy-6;
• representing Strategy-6 before another organization, government agency, court, or other institution;
• creating an official local chapter;
• using the Strategy-6 name or identity for an organized campaign;
• otherwise representing that an activity is officially conducted by Strategy-6.

Authorization may be granted generally or for a particular project, event, document, matter, period, or function.

The Founder may revoke such authorization at any time.

Article IV

Personal Initiative

The centralized organizational structure established by this Charter shall not turn Strategy-6 into a passive membership organization.

The opposite principle shall apply.

Every Member is encouraged to become an initiator.

Every Member may:

• generate ideas;
• propose campaigns;
• propose demonstrations;
• propose educational programs;
• propose public actions;
• propose publications;
• propose exhibitions;
• form project teams;
• recruit volunteers;
• participate in discussions;
• question organizational strategy;
• propose improvements;
• speak at open microphones;
• develop new civic initiatives;
• request authorization to conduct a project under the Strategy-6 name.

Members do not need permission to have an idea.

Authorization becomes necessary when a person wishes to present an activity as an official activity of Strategy-6.

A member whose proposal is not accepted as an official Strategy-6 project remains free to pursue lawful civic activity personally, provided that the member does not falsely represent such activity as authorized by Strategy-6.

Article V

Personal Speech and Official Speech

Strategy-6 distinguishes between:

Personal Speech

A Member speaks as an individual citizen.

Authorized Organizational Speech

A person speaks officially on behalf of Strategy-6 after receiving authorization to do so.

Participation in Strategy-6 does not mean that every statement by every Member represents the organization.

Unless specifically stated otherwise:

A Member speaks for themselves.

This principle allows Strategy-6 to encourage free discussion without making the organization institutionally responsible for every personal opinion expressed by a participant.

Article VI

Open Microphone

Strategy-6 believes that citizens learn political responsibility partly by speaking publicly and defending their own ideas.

For this reason, Strategy-6 events should, whenever reasonably practical, provide an Open Microphone.

Members and other participants may be invited to speak.

No speaker is required to repeat an official Strategy-6 position.

Speakers may express their own views, including views that differ from those of Strategy-6 leadership.

To allow the maximum number of people to participate, a time limit shall apply.

The moderator may change the speaking limit depending upon the number of participants and the amount of available time.

The same general rules should be applied equally to speakers.

A speaker may be interrupted or removed from the microphone for:

• exceeding the established time limit after warning;
• credible threats;
• incitement of immediate violence;
• deliberate harassment;
• deliberate disclosure of protected personal information;
• physically preventing other participants from speaking;
• repeated deliberate disruption of the event.

A speaker shall not be removed merely because their opinion is unpopular, critical, or different from the opinion of Strategy-6 leadership.

Statements made through the Open Microphone represent the individual speaker unless specifically identified as an official Strategy-6 statement.

Article VII

Public Membership

Strategy-6 is built upon the idea of visible civic responsibility.

Accordingly, membership is public.

A person accepting membership understands that their status as a Member of Strategy-6 may be displayed publicly by the organization, including through the official Strategy-6 website and official community groups.

The public membership directory may identify:

• the Member's name or approved public name;
• photograph, when provided;
• general geographic location;
• role within Strategy-6;
• projects or working groups in which the Member participates;
• voluntary biographical information.

Strategy-6 shall not ordinarily publish private information such as a Member's home address, private telephone number, private email address, identity documents, immigration records, financial information, or other sensitive information.

A person who does not wish to become a publicly identified Member may still attend public events or otherwise support Strategy-6 where appropriate, but shall not hold formal membership unless the Founder approves an exception.

Article VIII

Deputies

The Founder may appoint one or more Deputies.

The Founder determines:

• the number of Deputies;
• their titles;
• their responsibilities;
• the scope of their authority;
• the duration of their appointment.

A Deputy possesses only those organizational powers specifically delegated by the Founder.

Such delegated authority may include the power to sign, execute, certify, approve, or submit documents in the name of Strategy-6, including official correspondence, declarations, affidavits, statements, agreements, and supporting documents.

For example, where specifically authorized by the Founder, a Deputy may sign letters, declarations, affidavits, or other Strategy-6 documents supporting an application for political asylum before a United States Immigration Court or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Appointment as Deputy does not create an independent claim to leadership.

The Founder may modify, suspend, or terminate a Deputy's authority or remove a Deputy at any time.

The Founder may delegate administrative or operational responsibilities while retaining the exclusive powers reserved to the Founder under this Charter.

Article IX

Succession

The Founder possesses the exclusive authority to transfer leadership of Strategy-6 during the Transitional Period.

The Founder may designate any person whom she considers capable of protecting and continuing the Mission of Strategy-6 as her successor.

Such transfer does not require an election or approval by the membership during the Transitional Period.

The transfer should be recorded in a clear written declaration.

Upon the transfer taking effect, the designated successor shall assume the transitional leadership powers established by this Charter.

The successor shall not obtain the historical title of Founder but may exercise the powers of Transitional Leader.

The Founder may also establish a written succession instruction to take effect in the event that she becomes unable to continue performing her duties.

Article X

Limits of Centralized Authority

The Transitional Governance Model exists to protect Strategy-6 as an institution.

It does not give the Founder ownership of the private lives or political beliefs of Members.

Nothing in this Charter authorizes the Founder to:

• dictate a Member's private political beliefs;
• require personal loyalty to the Founder;
• control lawful civic activity conducted entirely in a Member's personal capacity;
• claim ownership of a Member's independent work;
• compel Members to participate in activities;
• prevent Members from leaving Strategy-6;
• treat organizational funds as personal property.

Members remain free citizens.
The Founder controls organizational membership and authority.
She does not control the individual.

Article XI

Security Principle

Strategy-6 recognizes that organizations opposing authoritarian political systems may face risks extending beyond ordinary internal disagreement.

Such risks may include covert influence, manipulation, impersonation, information operations, cyber compromise, exploitation of internal divisions, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and other attempts by outside actors to influence or disrupt civic organizations.

Accordingly, during the formative period of Strategy-6, organizational security and continuity shall take priority over creating an immediately open competition for organizational control.

The purpose of centralized transitional leadership is defensive: to prevent the mechanisms of internal democracy from being exploited before Strategy-6 has developed institutions strong enough to protect those mechanisms.

This principle shall not be interpreted as opposition to democratic governance.

It exists precisely to preserve the possibility of establishing sustainable democratic governance in the future.

Article XII

The Transitional Period

The Founder-Led Governance Model is temporary.

Strategy-6 ultimately intends to operate through democratic institutional governance that may include:

• elected leadership;
• regular elections;
• defined terms of office;
• transparent voting procedures;
• independent financial oversight;
• defined membership rights;
• procedures for removal of elected officials;
• separation of organizational powers;
• orderly and peaceful transfer of leadership.

The transition should occur after Strategy-6 has developed sufficient organizational stability, institutional experience, membership culture, security procedures, and continuity to operate such a system without creating an unreasonable risk of organizational capture or destruction.

The Founder shall determine when Strategy-6 has reached this stage.

The Founder may then issue a:

The Declaration shall initiate preparation of a new democratic governance structure and replacement or amendment of the transitional provisions of this Charter.

Article XIII

The Purpose of the Transition

Centralized leadership during the formative period shall never become the political ideal of Strategy-6.

It is an organizational security mechanism for a specific stage of development.

The long-term goal is the opposite: an organization strong enough that no individual must permanently control it in order to protect it.

Strategy-6 seeks ultimately to demonstrate in its own institutional life the principles it advocates publicly:

• accountable leadership;
• civic participation;
• peaceful transfer of authority;
• institutional limits on power;
• personal responsibility;
• freedom of discussion;
• democratic self-government.

Until those institutions are sufficiently mature, the Founder serves as the temporary guardian of the continuity and identity of Strategy-6.