Leader

The Leader is the highest post in the FPH Clan. Democratically elected every six months, the Leaders have bossed over the Clan since its inception, except for several brutal dictatorship periods here and there.
The Leaders' power over the community has varied over the years. They always have admin powers and a final say in appointing mods and other admins (except for those goddamned root admins). It's generally agreed that it's the Leader's job to maintain activity.
Leaders have been styled Purple Eminence since somewhere in the heroic period.
==Overview==
A Leader is an electible office; leaderial elections are held every six months, and have been since time immemorial. Leader elections used to be a fabulous spectacle of inventing political parties, resurrecting long gone members, and arguing finer details of FPH legal system.
The number of terms a Leader can serve is not limited, which is fortunate because we'd have probably run out by now. Any Templar can be elected Leader, except for the root admins. Haha, fuck you root admins.
==History==
Clans always had leaders so it was clear to our Founding Fathers that we needed one too. Martin was the most active in setting up the Clan so he got to be the first Leader. Back then the position was important because with people actually playing AoM there was all sorts of shit to be maintained.
Over the years the Leader's position changed to focus mostly on administrating the Forums. Leaders were traditionally the ones bitched at for ever lowering level of activity.
==Styles==
Originally, Leaders were just dumped in the Administrators group and no fuss was made. The purple screen name and the Purple Eminence style are possibly 2005-ish innovations made by Hal. Over the years, the Leaders' titles increasingly spiralled out of control. Currently, the full title of the Leader is:
By the grace of the Golden Hippo the Quite Revered Eminence of the Temple of the Flying Purple Hippos, His Purpleness of the Flying Purple Hippo Island, Defensor Fidei, Archduke of Bouvetoya, Lord Protector of Antarctica and All Krill Around It, Mother Superior to the Moderators, Matriarch Superior to the Templars, Keeper of the Goats, Honorary Penguin Sub-Overlord, Superior Cockroach Stepper On, Grand Old Meme Watcher-Of, Universitae Bouvetoyae Rector Bibeticus, High Collector of Cookies, Dugongs, Foreskins, etc. etc. etc.  http://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13626 http://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13627
==References==
Category:Clan Hierarchy
Category:FPH
Category:Member groups