On Members and Voting
Overview
Certain operations and programs at Publiks have as part of their purposes the aim to enhance engagement and participation in communities, publics, and societies. So it is important to make clear the place, role and scope of membership, voting, and decision-making as they pertain to the company division and corporation, their assets and properties, and their management and operation.
Therefore, persons engaged in any activity involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks is expected to uphold the following:
Private and Single-Shareholder Status
— that Publiks be private in status, including with respect to company, corporate, divisional and organizational form and formation, administration, management, and operation as well as interests, share and stock distribution.
— that Publiks be single-member in status, including with respect to company, corporate, divisional and organizational form and formation, administration, management, and operation as well as interests, share and stock distribution.
— that Publiks be single-interest-, share- and stockholder in status, including with respect to company, corporate, divisional and organizational form and formation, administration, management, and operation as well as interests, share and stock distribution.
— that the sole interest-, share- and stockholder and member of Publiks be Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner.
On Members
— that Publiks have no Members or Directors except persons formally appointed and approved by express written instrument signed and sealed of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner, as described in pertinent governance documents.
— that The Publiks Group have a single Member, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner.
— that Publiks Inc have a single Director, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner.
On Voting
— that Publiks provide no voting powers to any person or entity other than those accorded by express written instrument signed and sealed of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner, and only to Members or Directors appointed as described above.
— that such above powers be only those delineated and restricted by pertinent company Articles and Certificates of Formation, Operating Agreements and ByLaws signed and sealed by Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Original Member.
On Decision-Making
— that Publiks provide no decision-making powers to any person or entity other than those accorded via express written instrument signed and sealed of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner, and only to Members or Directors appointed as described above.
— that such above powers be only those delineated and restricted by pertinent company Operating Agreements and ByLaws signed and sealed by Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner.
Vote and Decision Approval
— that Publiks ensure that all such votes and decisions require authorization and final approval by express written instrument signed and sealed of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner.
Accordance with Ethics
— that Publiks ensure following any and all of the above principles further remains in accordance with the Codes and Policies and especially the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics.
Accordance with Mission
— that Publiks ensure following any and all of the above principles further remains in accordance with the founding mission and purposes of Publiks and The Ikoku Group, without incompatibility, as described and delineated in the Codes and Policies and the Founder’s Agreement.
Associated Policies
Provision
As stated earlier, The Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct consist of several Codes and Policies that collectively govern all of your activity with, within, for, in reference to and otherwise pertaining to Publiks, including its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the Products and Services. By continuing, you indicate that you understand that the Codes and Policies include — but are not limited to — the Founding and Mission Statement, the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics, the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality, the Terms and Conditions of Use and Service, and the Acceptable Uses Policy along with all Associated Codes and Policies. Access to the aforementioned is provided below.
Founding and Mission
Statement on Founding and Mission of Publiks (HTML)
Founding Code of Ethics
Founding Code of Ethics (HTML)
Privacy and Confidentiality
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality (HTML)
Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions of Use and Service (HTML)
The Acceptable Uses Policy
Acceptable Use Policy (HTML)
All Policies
All Policies (HTML)
To Further Consider
Your Knowledge and Agreement
Publiks strongly recommend you develop and maintain your knowledge of all the Codes and Policies, and so ask that you read, understand, and regularly visit this section and other communications regarding the Policy on Members and Voting, as well as the Codes and Policies. Publiks take your continued visiting and use of the Products and Services, as active indication of your knowledge, understanding, and legally binding acceptance of and agreement to this Policy as well as the Codes and Policies.
Your Duty to Organizational Integrity
And you further legally accept and agree that no application, interpretation, judgment, or other compliance, proceeding, or reading from, of, with, or otherwise relating to the Founding Ethics, the Codes and Policies, or any equivalent code, policy, or other document or material shall, in any way, entail any abrogation, diminishment, interference, or violation pertaining to any of the terms, conditions, principles, requirements, rights — including the attendant properties and protections — of company and organizational integrity.
Your Questions and Feedback
Please contact policies@publiks.org with any feedback, issues, or questions — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Your Reporting of Violations
If you detect, notice, become aware of, or are informed of a possible breach or violation of this Policy or any of the Codes and Policies, please contact policies@publiks.org with any details you have — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
The Definitions
As with all official documents, materials, policies, and statements of Publiks, definitions for terms used here can be found in the main Codes and Policies section. Please do continue with the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality via further reading below.
Also at the Division
Publiks and its parent company, The Ikoku Group, are dedicated to developing, providing and safekeeping ideas and solutions — with the mission to foster care and creativity, culture and communities, ethics and innovation in lives and societies. And so in accordance with the above, Publiks and The Ikoku Group provide the following:
A Company of and about Ethics
A company and division whose ethics and policies are carefully crafted, then adhered to by a range of individuals and entities working in varied relation to Publiks and The Ikoku Group to establish, develop and operate a private company dedicated to fostering care and creativity, ethics and innovation.
Built with Integrity and Respect in Mind
A company and division who take as their basis the most robust conceptions of humanity, integrity and respect as well as independence and fundamental freedoms, liberties and rights — up to and beyond what the law protects and provides for — as they carry out and embody their founding and core mission and purposes.
Areas of Focus Chosen for Mission and Work
And a company and division whose areas of focus have been expressly chosen to ensure attention to issues of enduring concern to the Founder — and so committed to providing products, services, sites and spaces that remain safe, secure and respectful places to do work, to teach and learn, to form, inform and, where needed, transform local and global communities.