Guest Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Returning Staff Policy Over the years, we have had a number of both inactive and past staff re-join the team to assist the community once more. With few exceptions we have always tended to add former staff back onto the moderating team at the very least. However it isn’t fair on the community to add people back onto staff who aren’t active. We want to ensure that there is a clear process for returning staff and that it isn’t just a case of pals being added to sit in a position without the knowledge of how to help effectively. If you’re looking to return to staff, please use the following steps: Contact any / all head admins to state your intent with assisting on staff once more. I would recommend a group forum pm because it is easier to track and has timestamps. Show that you’re involved in the community by being active for 28 days (for example: spend some time bringing up your usage on the servers from your current point). The head admins will communicate your desire to return to staff in the private mod chat forum, allowing up to one week for any potential feedback. After 28 days of engaging with the community, provided your activity is in-line with the kind of average levels that our other staff have on the servers, we’ll move forward with updating your permissions and providing re-training. Re-training will vary per person depending on the length of time since last helping out on staff. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Staff Inactivity Policy With this Staff Inactivity Policy, we aim to address the activity issues experienced across staff for years by having a clear process documented for updating permissions of people deemed inactive. Members of staff are active if they are fulfilling their responsibilities and investing an appropriate amount of time in doing so (on the same order of magnitude as their compatriots). While some may go above and beyond, taking the time to assist in areas not expected of them, we primarily expect each person on staff to tend to the tasks underlined in their current role. We will implement quarterly staff cleanups (every three months), in which moderators who have not met the standard of activity across the preceding quarter will be moved to the inactive category on our website, and those who have been categorized as inactive across the preceding quarter will be moved to the past moderators category. People whose status is changed will be notified via forum message at minimum. Staff members who experience planned or unplanned inactivity should inform us of it as early as possible to avoid being unduly caught in a staff cleanup. Since admins often have more time-sensitive responsibilities and are integral to the operation of their spheres of interest, we will keep in close contact with each admin team to make sure that inactivity does not become an issue. Much of admin activity is invisible to the public (e.g. new revision planning, or plugin development) and as such, the best window on their holistic activity is through the admin teams themselves. We expect members of each admin team to come to us if they have concerns about activity, and we will also reach out to them if we perceive any issues with a member of their team, conferring with them before making a decision. Those staff who are active in the community but are not engaging with their responsibilities to a level similar to their counterparts will be contacted privately to discuss options such as their stepping down to take a break or determining ways in which we can support them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Staff Responsibilities Head Admins: Guide the overarching direction of NerdNu Approve expenditures and all other financial matters Facilitate communication between staff members, such as coordinating server resets and events, or moderating disagreements between staff Approve or veto rule changes, both broad and server-specific Lead the creation and refinement of policy Conduct staff management and address “human resources” concerns Facilitate moderator nominations and provide final approval on new moderators and admins Conduct periodic staff cleanups, and remove staff members as necessary Provide assistance with admin tasks on any server to reduce the workload of the server admins, as needed and when comfortable Interact with the community at large to have an ear to the pulse of the times, through media such as our hosted games and servers, forums, subreddit, mumble, and irc Tech Admins Maintain the operation of the servers Are responsible for server integrity - as such, techs have the final word on matters of server security and stability Keep the servers running Ensure plugins are up to date Implement new features via plugin creation, etc. as desired Advise other staff on technical matters such as server hardware, plugin selection, etc Interview and approve candidates for additional tech admins Address technical issues brought to their attention through avenues such as modreq, forums, or irc reporting Server Admins Guide the fundamental direction and logistics of their respective servers, taking precedence in internal server-specific matters Propose and lead discussion on rule changes for their respective servers Make server-specific decisions ideally as a server admin consensus, otherwise as a supermajority (⅔) vote Address admin-requests on their servers Plan and develop new revisions/maps as desired and necessary Select and approve candidates for respective server admins Interact with the community at large on their respective servers, and additional media such as our other hosted games and servers, forums, subreddit, mumble and irc Moderators Moderate chat content on our servers, forums, subreddit, mumble, and irc Attend to modreqs as needed Assist players in general Help out with the production of special events or projects as needed by admin teams Nominate and vote on candidates for additional moderators as needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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