WE THE PEOPLE COALITION 
   FOUNDING CHARTER & BYLAWS

              PREAMBLE
              Article I - Our Vision:
              Article II - Our Mission:
              Article III - Definitions:
              Article IV - The General Membership:
              Article V - The Assembly of Affiliates (AoA)
              Article VI - Board of Directors (BoD):
              Article VII - Council of Arbitrators:
              Article VIII - Advisory Board:
              Article IX - Communications Committee:
              Article X - Independents Chapters:
              Article XI - Impeachment and Removal Procedures: 
              Article XII - The Questionnaire:
              Article XIII - Terms of Coalition:
              Article XIV - Amendments:

                                          PREAMBLE

                           We, the People of the United States of America, do hereby call for
                           all Patriots of America to set aside minor and major differences of
                           opinion and work together for the common good of our Nation. There
                           is no doubt in our minds that the stewardship of these United States no
                           longer belongs to its people, but rather to corruption. The problems
                           that we currently face will only get worse if we do not stop them.
                           It is now that we are calling together, with all of our strength,
                           voice and might, all of those willing to stand with us and realize
                           what the Founders of America once dreamed.

                 Article I - Our Vision:

                    1.1  We envision a US Citizenry enjoying renewed greatness as a nation,
                            resulting from our return to first principles as contained in our
                            Declaration of Independence and in our written Constitution. A
                            United States nation that has Restored Lawful Government,
                            Reestablished Justice, Restored Domestic Tranquility, and that is
                            Providing for the Common Defense, Promoting the General Welfare, and
                            Securing Blessings of Liberty for Ourselves and our Posterity.

                 Article II - Our Mission:

                    2.1  The Mission of the We the People Coalition (hereafter referred to
                            as WTPC) is to bring together the fragmented Independents, groups 
                            and Parties who stand in opposition to the two-party system into a
                            Coalition working together for mutual benefit. We believe that there
                            is room for more than two influential Parties in politics in the USA,
                            and will work together to insure that all our voices are heard. We
                            also aim to foster cooperation among freedom-oriented, non-incumbent
                            ("third") parties, Independents and to motivate existing parties to 
                            cooperate on any and all issues that are identified as being of common
                            interest in each party platform.

                    2.2  Our Goals:
 
                       A. To replace incumbent Republicans and Democrats with 'third'
                            Party and Independent Candidates who generally accept or agree
                            with our Principles, as expressed on the WTPC web pages at          
                            http://www.WeThePeopleCoalition.org/Principles.html . The candidates 
                            responses to the questions in the WTPC Candidate Endorsement
                            Questionnaire, along with any general statements they wish to
                            include, will determine where they stand on these Principles.
                            Complete agreement with all the questions posed is not realistic,
                            of course, but a 'weighted' evaluation by the Board of Examiners will
                            rely heavily on the answers submitted.

                       B. To motivate existing parties to cooperate on any and all issues identified 
                            as being of common interest in each party platform.
                                       
                       C. To reform election laws and neutralize the current two-
                            party system in which a vote for either Republicans or Democrats is
                            tantamount to a vote for the lesser of two evils.

                       D  To promote Third Party Electoral Reform, such as clean elections,
                            fair campaign laws, and fair ballot and media access, so that
                            non-incumbent parties can more effectively compete in elections;
                            to coordinate efforts between them to promote non-competition and to
                            eliminate divisive issues from their respective platforms, so that
                            all freedom-oriented party platforms focus on the following core
                            scope: To return government to its Constitutional limits resulting in
                            restoring liberty and justice for all regardless of race, creed or color.
   
                    2.3  Our plan:
                             We propose to screen local, state, and national candidates who
                             apply for our endorsement on the basis of their answers to a
                             Questionnaire developed by the WTPC. Independent and alternative
                             party candidates and those whose political views are consistent with
                             those of WTPC will receive our endorsement. By combining individual
                             initiatives through the collective might of a coalition united in purpose, 
                             we can generate together a wave of enthusiasm and support for this 
                             endeavor that will soon sweep the country. We know that this plan will 
                             grow into something powerful, and hope to end the stagnation that has gone 
                             on under the "two-party system".

                 Article III - Definitions:

                    3.1  AoA:  Association of Affiliates.

                    3.2  BoD:  Board of Directors. 
                           
                    3.3  CoA:  Council of Arbitrators will be the "Supreme Court" and have
                                       the authority to settle disputes among member parties.

                    3.4  AB:  Advisory Board

                    3.5  Party: A "Party", as used in this document, is understood to mean
                           an organized group of individual American citizens of voting age,
                           joined together politically under a common Platform of issues (`planks'),
                           with stated aims/goals/purposes/Principles, all in writing; they may or
                           may not be recognized as a political Party by the State Secretary of
                           State where they are organized, but if they claim to be such (a political
                           Party), then for the purposes of this Coalition, they are.

                  Article IV - The General Membership

                    4.1 Who may become a member?:
                          Anyone who is not a Republican or a Democrat or who does
                          not belong to a party that advocates the violent overthrow of our
                          government may become a member of the WTPC.

                    4.2 Who is a WTPC general member?  ALL members of the WTPC, including the 
                           Assembly of Affiliates, Board of Directors, Board of Arbitrators or any other officers who consider 
                           themselves to be Independents or third party members.        

                    4.3 How an Individual joins the WTPC:
                       A.  Via the WTPC Website
                       B.  By joining the main WTPC Yahoo group or
                       C.  By joining a state WTPC Yahoo group or
                       D.  By joining an Independents Yahoo Groups or
                       E.  By joining the We The People Coalition EZBoard forums
                       F.  By seding a letter or post card to the WTPC mailing address.
                    
                    4.4  How a political state or national party joins the WTPC:
                           Any Party wishing to join the Coalition must understand, agree to,
                           and sign the terms of Coalition. (See Article XIII)

                       A. An email to the one or more of the following email addresses would
                            suffice:
                            Secretary@WeThePeopleCoalition.org
                            Webmaster@WeThePeopleCoalition.org 
                            WeThePeopleCoalition-owner@yahoogroups.com   
                       B. By joining the group and posting to the list:   
                            WeThePeopleCoalition@yahoogroups.com/group/WeThePeopleCoalition       
                       C. By sending a letter or post card to the WTPC mailing address.
                     
                     4.5 No new political party created after November 24th 2005 may
                            become a member party of this coalition (This is to prevent one    
                            person/one web page internet "parties" chairs from being added to the        
                            WTPC Board of Directors).
     
                 Article V - The Assembly of Affiliates (AoA):

                    5.1  Who is a member?:
                       A. All national party Chairs
                       B. All state party Chairs and one delegate per state party Chair.
                       C. All Independents Chapter Chairs and one delegate per
                            Independents Chapter Chair (delegates are also the Chairs' nominees
                            to the BoD).
                       D. One county party Chair and one delegate per state party
                            until their state party joins the WTPC (delegates are also the
                            Chairs' nominees to the BoD).

                    5.2   Duties:
                       A. Promote the WTPC vision and seek out Candidates.
                       B. Ratify any amendments to the WTPC charter and by-laws they are in agreement with.
                       C. Monitor the BoD activities and ensure that the BoD stays true to
                            the Mission and Vision of the WTPC.
                       D. Develop strategies for the WTPC to achieve it's goals
                       E. Hold Yearly Summits of the Coalition Affiliates and Partners.
                       F. Report ideas and requests formally to the BoD.
                       G. Implement Action Plans as delegated by the BoD.

                    5.3 Authority:
                       A. The AoA is the voice of the member parties and independants.
                       B.  Is over the Board of Directors (as we the people are above
                             the governement)
 
                    5.4 Limitations:
                       A. Only state party chairs may work on the development of or
                            contribute to the WTPC Endorsement Questionnaire.
                       B. AoA decisions must be made be a 80% majority.

                    5.5 Term limits:
                       A. As long as they are chairs of their parties or chapters.
                            Chairs may change their own delegates at any time without notice,
                            but must do so in writing to the BoD.
                       B. Independant Chapter Chairs will serve 2 year terms. They may be
                            eligible again after a term passes, but cannot serve consecutive
                            terms.

                 Article VI - Board of Directors (BoD):

                    6.1 Membership:
                       A. 80% consists of two members from each national party and
                            three Independents.
                       B. 20% consists of members nominated and elected by the general
                            membership whose state or party must not be a member of the WTPC.

                    6.2 Method of BoD selection:
                       A.  Method of selecting from the state parties:

                           1. All party chairs will make available to all other party chairs
                               within their national party a list of nominees to the BoD
                               as well as the nominees' qualifications, bio, resume (yet to be
                               determined info). (why they are the best for the job)
                               The nominees may be from their own state party or another state party
                               of the same national party or both but must be from state parties who
                               are WTPC members unless the national party is a WTPC member party then 
                               they may chose anyone within the party.
                               The nominees may include the chairperson him/her self, members of
                               his/her state party, members or chairs of other state parties and/or
                               the national party chair.

                           2. All state party Chairs vote for two members of all the nominees.
                               He/she may only vote for one from his/her own state party but may
                               vote for two from other states and even two from the same state if
                               he/she/ chooses to. A chairperson may vote for him/her self instead
                               of another nominee from his/her state but must vote for one nominee
                               from another state OR vote for the national party chair, IF the
                               national party chair wants to be on the BoD

                           3. National party Chairs may also present a list of nominees and
                               participate in the voting process if they are not also state party
                               Chairs. They may may nominate whoever they choose in their national
                               party or themselves and must vote for at least one nominee from a
                               state in which he does not reside.

                           4. The two nominees receiving the highest number of votes shall be on
                               the BoD representing their respective national parties.

                           5. State party chairs are free to consult with each other and try
                               to find some unanamous consensus on which two members to members should 
                               represent their national party on the WTPC BoD (keeping in mind that these 
                               two members should be the best activists they have and are best suited for 
                               directing the WTPC in it's mission and toward it's goals). 

                               If consensus is not reached by the state party chairs then vote, according
                               to the method described above. Those two state party  candidates recieving 
                               the two highest number of votes are elected to the BoD.
 
                               The national party Chairs also may present a list of nominees and vote if he/she 
                               is not also a state party chair.

                           6. The WTPC election process for BoD members NOT elected by the general                
                               membership  will begin the Monday following the US Presidential elections
                               (every four years) in November and be completed by the following monday.

                           7. The WTPC election process for BoD members who ARE elected by the general       
                               membership will begin as soon as it has been determined how many will be elected  
                               by the general membership, which will be equal to 20% of the number elected by 
                               the state party Chairs plus the two Independents.  
                               A poll will be taken on the last Monday in November of Presidential election years 
                               and  run for one week. Voters may vote for more than one nominee. 
                               The nominees recieving the highest number of votes equal to 20% 
                               of the BoD members elected by the state party Chairs shall be on the WTPC Board 
                               of Directors.  The days and duration of the polls may be determined by the first          
                               BoD and changed by Amendment.  Nominees may be presented immediately   
                               following the US Presidential election.  Any debating between nominees may also  
                               begin immediately after the election. Voters may vote for more than one nominee.

                       B. Method of selecting from among the state Independents chapters:
                            
                           1. All state Independents chapter Chairs nominate two members
                               from the state Independents chapters OR him/her self (the state
                               Independents chair) AND nominate one member from one other state
                               Independents chapters OR the national Independents chapter Chair (if
                               there is one) if he/she desires to be on the BoD and another
                               Independent delegate from the Assembly of Affiliates.

                           2. The two nominees receiving the two highest number of
                               votes shall be on the BoD representing the Independents.

                               (one other Independent, who is part of the 20% elected by the general
                               membership will be the tie breaker since there will always be an even
                               number of party members on the BoD)

                           3. A national Independent chapter chair may participate in the
                               nomination and election process same as a nationl party chair
                               National Chairs of Independent chapters (If any) may also present a
                               list of nominees and participate in the voting process if they are
                               not also state Independent chapter Chairs. They may nominate
                               whoever they choose among all independents or themselves and must
                               vote for at least one nominee from a state in which he does not reside.

                       C. Method of selecting the BoD from among the general membership:

                           1. An equal number to 20% of those elected to the Bod
                               consisting of state (or national) and Independents chapters Chairs
                               shall be elected by the general membership via the main WTPC Yahoo
                               group polls. Anyone considering themselves to be a WTPC member may
                               nominate or vote for anyone who is NOT a member of a Party that is a
                               member of the AoA.

                           2. Any members from the general membership who would desire to be on the BoD 
                               or are nominated to  be on the BoD, must meet the following qualifications:
                               a. They must gather 12 signatures from the WTPC general membership and present 
                                   them before a certain deadline.
                               b. Must not belong to a party that advocates the violent overthrow of our 
                                   government or that promotes racism. (Communists, neo-nazis, KKK)
                               c. Independent nominees must be registered as Independents
                               d. All other nominees must be registered to a party that is not a
                                   WTPC Member party.

                           3.After two weeks of debating and hearing recommendations from other 
                               members, a poll will be conducted and the candidates receiving the highest 
                               number of votes, up unto 20% of  those elected to the BoD of the Parties 
                               and Independents chapters.  (the BoD members from the parties and Independents 
                               obviously must be elected at least a few days prior to this poll)
                          
                          4. The WTPC election process will begin the Monday following the US Presidential 
                               elections (every four years)in November and be completed by the end of 
                               November.
                    
                    6.3 Duties:
                       A.  Coordinating ALL WTPC Activities, especially in regard to
                             finding candidates for WTPC endorsement.
                       B.  Recieve feedback and ideas from the AoA.
                       C.  Arranging "Round Table" meetings for state party leaders
                       D.  Working together with other organizations for election
                             related reforms.
                       E.  Create Action Plans to implement decisions, based on feedback and
                             ideas from the AoA.
                       F.  Delegate Action Plans to the AoA for implementation.
                       G.  Track and monitor Action Plan implementation.
                       H.  Select and oversee Newsletter Committee to distribute a
                             Newsletter to members, and the general public.

                    6.4 Authority:
                       A. The Bod is the supreme governing body of the WTPC
                       B.  Is under the authority of the Assembly of Affiliates who may
                             by a 80% majority vote (of those who do vote) remove any BoD member
                             if the BoD doesn't remove that member by what ever method they decide.
                       C.  BoD has the decision making ability, and will be monitored by the AoA.

                    6.5 Limitations:
                       A. Must direct the WTPC in accordance with the mission and goals
                            of the WTPC Charter.
                       B. Must Use the AoA as the means of accomplishing the Action Plans
                            that the BoD develops.

                    6.6 Term of Office:
                            Two years this first time and 4 years thereafter starting November
                            2007, after the presidential election and every following US
                            presidential election on such date as the 1st WTPC BoD shall
                            determine.

                    6.6.a. Term Limits:
                           1.  Party Chairs will term limits will be decided by the Parties themselves.
                           2.  Independants will serve 4 year terms, and may be eligible to serve again 
                                after two years have passed, if positions become available.

                    6.7 Meetings:
                          Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at
                          such places, and at such times as the Board may determine. 
                          Anything regarding meetings will be decided by the first BoD and entered into
                          the charter by amendment without need for ratification by the assembly but no             
                          alterations may be made to the Charter by the first BoD unless they are elected 
                          in 2007 and then  any amendments must be ratified by the Assembly of Affiliates 
                          as prescribed in Article XIV

                    6.8 Resignation:
                          Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of 
                          Directors.  Any such resignation is effective when the notice is delivered, unless 
                          the notice specifies a later effective date.

                    6.9 Vacancies:  In case of any vacancy in the Board of Directors
                       a.  If the the member was elected by the general membership then a
                            new election will be held to fill the vacancy in the manner described
                            in the method of selecting members via the polls in Article 6. 2.C
                       b.  If the member was of a party elected by the state party chairs,
                            then the state chairs of that party, who are also WTPC member
                            parties, well decide, either by consensus or by the method the state
                            parties use to vote for the BoD as described in Article 6. 2. A
                       c.  If the member was a national party Chair, the same method would be
                            used as in b, above.
                       d.  A "Special Notice" would be sent out to ALL members announcing the
                            news and the date of the poll and asking for nominees'
                       e.  A "Special Notice" would also be sent out to all members notifying
                            them of any changes in the BoD Membership.

                 Article VII - Council of Arbitrators:

                    7.1 Membership: The Council of Arbitrators will consist of ALL
                          national party Chairs who are WTPV members
                    7.2 The Council will be be the "Supreme Court" of he WTPC and have
                          the authority to hear and settle disputes.

                 Article VIII - Advisory Board:
               
                    8.1 Membership: composed of WTPC co-founders and who they unanamously 
                           agree to add at any time.
                    8.2  Duties:  Give advice when asked for or not.
                    8.3  Authority: None (exept as members of another office)
                    8.4  Term limits: None
                    8.5  An Advisor may be removed by unanimous consent of the other Advisors.

                 Article IX - Communications Committee:
 
                    9.1  To be created and and elected by the Board of Directors
                    9.2  Communications assets - ownership and management determined 
                           by the BoD.
                       a. Domain names WeThePeopleCoalition.org ; WTPC.org
                       b. Website http:www.WeThePeopleCoalition.org    
                       c. Yahoo groups:         
                          (1)  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeThePeopleCoalition
                          (2)  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeThePeopleCoalition_Business
                          (3)  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeThePeopleCoalition_chitchat
                          (4)  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeThePeopleCoalition_fullstate name (50 groups)
                          (5) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeThePeopleCoalition_DC
                       d. EZ forums http://p105.ezboard.com/bwethepeoplecoalition
                       e. Newsletter - A newsletter committee will be selected by the BOD.
                       f. Any Independent groups will be owned by whoever they themselves decide.

              Article X - Independents Chapters:

                  10.1 Status: The State Chapters of Independents will have the same
                                       rights as a State affiliate of a Member Party. They will be entitled 
                                       to the same representation within the WTPC.

                 Article XI - Impeachment and Removal Procedures: 

                  11.1  Impeachable Offences: 
                       A. Embezzlement 
                       B. Inactivity 
                       C. Actions contrary to the Mission/Vision of the WTPC
                       D. Others to be determined by the BoD and added by amendment
                  11.2. The CoA must serve as a court in any impeachment procedings.
                  11.3. The AoA should vote about removal of a BoD member after a hearing.
                  11.4  The BoD may also vote to remove a member of the AoA, after a
                           hearing.
                  11.5  Both BoD and AoA must vote after a hearing to remove CoA members
                  11.6  Hearing minutes must be distributed to members of the respective
                           branches.

              Article XII - The Questionnaire:

                  12.1  Method of constructing the questionnaire and method of endorsing 
                            candidates etc. per David Repko's plan as described on the We the People Coalition 
                            website at http://wethepeoplecoalition.org/Questionnaire.html and is incorporated 
                            into this charter be reference.
                            (The complete method of endorsing candidates via the Questionnaire process is still 
                            under revision at the time this charter is being presented for ratification by the 
                            WTPC General Membership

                 Article XIII - Terms of Coalition:

                    13.1  Party chairs will create and submit to the WTPC group
                    Moderators /Webmaster, ONE series of questions. The number of
                    questions and their content are entirely the prerogative of
                    their `creator'. The `creator' (or creators) MUST be the State Party
                    Chair, and two named Alternates. It is strongly suggested that the
                    questions be created from the Party's published
                    aims/goals/mission/purposes, and in such a way that they could,
                    theoretically, be used by Party officers to evaluate a hypothetical
                    Candidate seeking the Party's nomination/endorsement.
                    Once the list of State Party Questions is received, and checked for
                    grammar, spelling, clarity of understanding, and Netiquette-
                    acceptable, it will be posted in the Files section of WTPC Yahoo
                    groups. At the NEXT stage, ALL OTHER STATE Party Chairs will copy and
                    paste that latest list of Party questions to an e-mail; then, they
                    will simply delete whichever questions they wish, for whatever
                    reasons they wish --- or no reason at all. Only those Party
                    Chairs/Alternates authorized to create their own `questions'
                    can `edit' the questions lists of other Party Affiliates. Those lists
                    of questions so edited will be separated into two `virtual'
                    piles: "Approved" Questions "Tabled" Questions
                    Those Party Questions that are "Approved" immediately become a part
                    of the current WTPC Candidate Questionnaire, to be used to evaluate
                    Candidates applying for Endorsement by the Coalition (not the
                    individual State Parties), since it is reasonable to assume that if
                    none of them were rejected by any current Party Affiliate, they
                    are "Approved" for all future applicants.
                    "Tabled" questions will be reviewed from time to time. They may be
                    edited by their original `creators' for grammar, punctuation,
                    spelling, etc. They may be re-worded to improve clarity of
                    expression, or to improve their acceptance by ALL members of the
                    Board of Directors. If such improvements/editing do NOT render
                    them "Approved", they will be returned to the "Tabled" pile for
                    whatever interval or number of rejections the BoD decides is a fair
                    consideration. (They may stay "tabled" forever; they may be permanently 
                    rejected after a third or fourth review, whatever the BoD decides.)

                 Article XIV - Amendments:

                    1. Amendments to this charter must be favored by a 80% vote
                        of the Board of Directors, and ratified by a 65% majority consent of
                        the Assembly of Affiliates OF THOSE WHO DO VOTE.

                    2. Amendments may not alter or supplant the stated mission and
                        vision of this Charter nor the purpose, goals and description of the 
                        We The People Coalition.

                                                                        End    

This Charter shall be considered having been ratified by the General membership of the WTPC Yahoo group at 12:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on January 9, 2006 if there have not been objectons by 12 of our 900 plus group members within a 10 day period beginning at 7:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time December 30, 2005.  

Cosmetic corrections were made to the Charter on  January 4th 2006 during the ratification processs. If there are not 5 objections to the changes by the time it becomes ratified the changes will be part of the ratified Charter and by-laws.