Ok, work something out and tell me what happens. This is getting ridiculous.
If I can't vote, I can't be a part of organising it either for the same reasons.
I don't agree. There's no reason you can't be part of the discussion. I'm not an official member either, but I'm happy to accept that I don't get a vote this election as a result.
If you would prefer to decouple this Society from the old one and define an "official member" in some other way, I'm all ears, but I don't see an easy way to define that.
If a zentic council is formed, doesn't that essentially mean a few society is being formed?
Yes, which brings us back to the matter of how to define "official member" for the purposes of this election.
I don't like this way of defining voting privileges any more than you do, but I don't see a fairer alternative. If somebody can come up with one, I will be more than happy to listen.
Well whenever a new country forms they just define a voter as whoever is there.
So it stands to reason that we just make a cutoff date and say that anyone with at least 1 post here (and isn't a spam bot or alt) on or before this date can vote in the first election provided they pledge to be an FEer.
After that the council can figure out how to evaluate who is an FEer.