Corporation logistics: Difference between revisions

Once you have established a corporation you can start [[Recruiting corporation members|recruiting members]]. But it would be sensible to first set out the structure of your corporation in terms of logistics. Having a good system of logistics means members have a base of operations and can make use of corporation hangars and assets. However, you also need to bear in mind security, and ensure that members only have access to the assets you want them to have access to.

Offices give the corporation a physical presence in New Eden. The Headquarters is just an entry in the corporation details (think of it as a PO box); an office is an actual space in a station or [[Citadels|citadel]]. If the corporation has rented an office at a station or citadel, the corporation will be listed in the {{co|cyan|Offices}} tab of the station and corporation hangars are made available in that station. Corporation hangars allow items to be shared between corporation members and allow members to do [[research]] or [[production]] from corporation assets. Ideally, the office will be in a station or citadel which has good services, such as medical facilities, a reprocessing plant, and a repair shop, as these services will be useful for corporation members. Industrial corporations may want to rent an office in a station with manufacturing and research slots.

Note that office rental fees in NPC stations are ''dynamic''; they vary per station and will go up or down depending on demand at the station. Office rental fees are calculated daily at downtime based on the number of free offices at downtime. Monthly fees rise by 5% when there are no available offices at the station; prices stay the same when there is one available office. When there are two or more available offices, prices drop - the size of the drop is based on the number of available offices<ref>http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1280861</ref>. Since you only get a bill every 30 days and prices can rise by 5% '''per day''', there can be a large difference between one month's rent and the next month's rent (in the worst case, the rent can quadruple!).  

The minimum rent is 10,000 ISK, but in popular stations the rent can be several million ISK per month. In the very popular stations, such as the main stations in [[trade hubs]], rents can be in the hundreds of million ISK per month! Most stations have more sensible rents though, from the minimum of 10,000 ISK to a few hundred thousand ISK. It is very much worth it to 'shop around' when looking for a good location for an office; even stations in the same system can have widely different rental fees. Unfortunately there is no way to remotely check the available of offices or the rental fee. When you are docked at a station, the number of free offices will be listed in the {{co|cyan|Offices}} tab of the Station Information panel, but the only way to see what the rent is, is to click the {{co|cyan|Rent office}} button. (Note: even if the station has no free offices, it is possible to see what the rent would be by clicking the button.)

The {{co|cyan|Bills}} tab contains a list of all the bills which are payable (you can pay these by selecting {{co|cyan|Pay Bill}} at the bottom of the screen), receivable (i.e. paid by other corporations to you corporation for things like office rental in your structures) and automatically paid. You can also edit the {{co|cyan|Automatic Pay Settings}} to set it so that certain bills are taken automatically, such as rental bills and alliance maintenance bills. You can also set which corporation wallet the bill should be taken from. Make sure you have enough ISK in that wallet to cover the bill, or the bill payment will fail.

* A member of the corporation biomassed their character whilst owning assets (in which case all assets revert to their corporation)

This is a list of assets owned the the corporation "in space", such as [[Citadels]], [[Engineering Complexes]], [[Player Owned Customs Office]]s and [[Player-owned starbases|POS]] equipment.

When a corporation is first created, it has 1000 shares, which are put into the corporation wallet. These shares can be given to people in the corporation by the CEO or directors of the corporation. Shares are linked to voting rights, so when you first create a corporation it is sensible to transfer all the shares you yourself, to avoid the possibility of mutiny later on.

{{bug|Although there is a 'Search' button next to the name of the person or corporation on this window it does not actually work, so make sure you type the name carefully}}

* {{co|lightgreen|Run for CEO:}} To propose this vote you must not be the CEO already, and you must have at least 5% of the shares in the corporation. The CEO's roles will temporarily removed for the duration of the vote. If the vote is successful, the CEO will lose their roles and the person proposing the vote will be named as CEO in their place.

{{Color box | border=red | {{co|red|Note:}} Once a vote is proposed, a notification will be sent to the whole corporation (not just shareholders). This can be an issue if, for example, a large amount of blueprints are being locked or unlocked.}}<br />

Once the timescale set for the vote expires, the results will appear in the {{co|cyan|Closed Votes}} tab. If the vote was on one of the items that requires sign off by the CEO, the CEO can then do this under the {{co|cyan|Sanctionable Actions}} tab.