What is an Event Holder?
In this document the term Event Holder, or "EH" is meant to refer to anyone who holds an event advertised in the View from Valehaven, on Realmsnet.net or advertised in a separate mailing to all the other EHs. The term "EH" can also mean a representative of the EH appointed by that person to act in their stead.

Rules for a Legal Event
To be a Realms legal event, the following conditions must apply:
It should be open to the public.
It needs to have been advertised with full event information at least two weeks before the date of the event. Advertisement must include at least one of the following means: Publication in The View from Valehaven or Creathorne Chronicles, or posted on the RealmsNet Event Calendar or through a mass mailing or electronic mailing, which must include the known addresses of all Realms EH’s who have held Realms events in the previous year.
Any significant rule changes, especially those affecting normally legal powers and abilities of characters, as well as the names of all the EHs and the price, location, and dates of the event must be announced in the advertisement or mailing.
The event must be at least 6 hours long.
At least 30 people including marshals and NPCs must attend, and the EH must be able to prove attendance through signatures.
Players must have the option of playing their normal characters, within such bounds and restrictions as previously advertised by the EH. Players who do so despite any such advertised rule changes which may adversely affect their characters are presumed to freely accept such changes or restrictions.
The rules must be based either on the current Omnibus to the Realms or on such other rule system approved at the most recent EH's Meeting.
If the event does not qualify as "legal" whether through improper advertising, failure to qualify, or breech of the conditions given above at the event - no magical items can be issued, characters do not receive spell credit, and players are not obligated to honor any permanent changes to their characters (such as scalping) which occur at that event.

PROPOSALS
There are two ways to submit an official proposal to the Event Holders' Council.

Event Holder Proposals
All Event Holder proposals must be submitted to a person as designated by the host of the Event Holders' Meeting one week prior to the Event Goers' Meeting. These must be submitted by a current, legal Event Holder. Proposals submitted by a legal Event Holder must include the out-of-character name of the person submitting the proposal and contact information for that person. (an email address is acceptable for this purpose). In addition, proposals submitted by legal Event Holders must also list the names of five (5) other current Event Holders who are officially supporting the proposal.

Event Goer Proposals
Any player may submit a proposal at the Event Goers' Meeting. If a simple majority of people attending the meeting support the proposal, it will be included as an official proposal at the Event Holders Meeting.
All official proposals (generated by either an Event Holder or via the Event Goers meeting) must contain the exact wording to be added to/ removed from/ or modified within the omnibus, and include the section to be modified.

The EHs' Meeting
Challenges to the legality of any EH's event must be made during the initial Administrative section of the EHs' Meeting. Voting and attending the annual EHs' Meeting and any other such meetings affecting Realms rules shall be based on the above criteria. Any EH holding a "legal" event between January 1st and December 31st (inclusive) of the previous year and has attended at least 6 events including his own, shall be eligible to vote. All EHs throwing a legal event are allowed to issue magical items as stated below. For multi-day events, one EH per 24 hours of the event will be eligible to vote and to issue items. No proxies will be accepted at the EHs' meeting. Voting at the EH's' Meeting will be by majority rule - a two-thirds majority of yeses over nods, with abstentions not being counted, equals a majority. Those who attend the Event Goers' Meeting shall be permitted to select one representative (not an EH) to attend the EHs' Meeting. This representative will have the same voting ability at the meeting as an EH. No guests shall be permitted to attend the EHs' Meeting. (The Moderator, Co-Moderator, and Secretary will be considered staff and not guests.) Expert witnesses may be allowed if necessary, with an appropriate vote. The 2009 Event Goers' and Event Holders' Meetings will both be organized by ______________ (______@____________.net) who can be reached at (888)888-8888.

Event List Administrator
The official Event List Administrator is responsible for maintaining an official list of events. The Event List Administrator should be contacted at least two weeks prior to the event that is being thrown so that the event is properly recorded. The Event List Administrator is responsible for keeping the following information: Event Name, EHs (and Co-EHs), Event Date, and Duration. The current Event List Administrator is _____________ (________@__________.net). The list is available online at http://www.paradiserealms.org.

Releasing a Magic Item at Your Event
An EH is permitted to create one non-event specific magic item (a Realms Magic Item) at each event for which he receives EH credit. Such magic items will retain their powers and abilities at all subsequent events at which they are pre-registered and approved. If an EH has not held an event during a calendar year, any magic items that he or she released will be considered effectively destroyed as of the EHs' Meeting immediately following that year. All magic items, including weapons, must have the responsible EH's name, the date it was released, and the word "Magic" written on them. Any magic item that is released must appear on the official List of Realms Magic Items within one month of release.

Transferring Ownership of a Magic Item
An EH who is no longer holding events can have their Realms Magic Items remain functional in the Realms by passing the responsibility for them on to another EH. They can be legally passed on by the original EH giving written and signed documentation to the EH who is accepting responsibility for the item(s). The existence of this transaction must be made formally known by presenting copies of documentation to the EHs' Council at the annual EHs' Meeting, or by informing every EH in writing (including the official Keeper of the List of Realms Magic Items). The current Keeper of the List of Realms Magic Items is _______________(____________@_________.com) who can be reached at ___________________________, (888) 888-8888. The list is available online at http://www.paradiserealms.org.

Omnibus Editorial Committee
Each year, the Event Holders' Council nominates and elects a three-person Omnibus committee to format, print, and make the following minor changes to the rulebook:
-Spelling errors
-Grammar errors, such as punctuation, pluralization, etc.
-Spells mentioned that no longer exist in the Omnibus
-Spells that have had their names changed
-Changes made to the document must be made by unanimous decision of the committee, who must notify the EH list of changes not specifically approved. The Editorial Committee for the 2008 Omnibus is ______________________________.

Additional Rules:
An EH's character may not benefit in any way from his event. His PC may not take possession for more than one day any stealable item released at his event, and he may not receive spell credit as a result of attending his own event.