Post by Admin Team on May 26, 2019 18:05:09 GMT
Members will be aware that there were some staffing changes to the Admin team a month or two ago. Since then, we have spent this time discussing various aspects of the overall structure of the forum, including how this ties in to our vision of it for the future. Needless to say we hope to make a gradual range of changes over a period of time that will have a positive effect on the Forum.
One of the initial things that we looked at was to evaluate the staffing of the Forum as a whole. After a consultation period with the various current staff groups, the most obvious change we have made is to abolish the Consultant role and in its place establish two new separate groups:
Going forward, the staffing will be (in alphabetical order):
Admins: Dstock7080 , londonstuff , rincew1nd and whistlekiller2000 (unchanged)
Moderators: antharro , @aetearlscourt , Dom K , metman , MoreToJack , superteacher and Tom . Sadly, gantshill has stepped down from the Moderator role due to external pressures. We thank him for his work as a Moderator and hope to continue seeing him posting as a regular member of the forum where time allows.
Advisors: Chris W , Colin , prjb and @reganorak
Staff Emeritus: Rich32 , seaeagle , solidbond and tubeprune
The Quiz Team remain unchanged.
Job descriptions for the roles are below and will be updated on the Forum Rules page imminently. We would like to place on record our sincere thanks for all the work that the various members of staff have done, and continue to do - without these people the forum simply would not function.
With this done we hope that members will see a number of other positive changes in the forum over the next few weeks and months. While we have a longish to-do list to work through we also welcome any specific ideas from regular members - please contact an Admin by PM in the first instance.
Moderator Job Description
• Edit any post
• Approve quarantined posts
• Move any post or thread
• Delete any post or thread
• Lock or unlock any thread
• Issue advice to members either within a public post or by PM (Private Message)
• Issue temporary suspensions
• 'Sticky' any thread
• 'Bump' any thread
• Make announcements
• Modify any member's profile within the limits of the rules
• Deal with new account approvals
• Lock threads at a point after they reach six months without any new posts
• Start or encourage discussion on the open forum
• Log-in on a regular basis aiming for three to four times per week excepting holiday breaks (if required).
• Share the workload amongst all Moderators as fairly as possible, scan and contribute to the open forum and check the Moderators’ board for pertinent information
• Report to Admin anything that requires higher authority
Administrator Job Description
As well as encompassing all Moderator powers and roles as needed, Administrators are required to, where necessary:
• Access any profiles for the additional purpose of adding or removing access to specific member groups
• Access all information on members profiles
• Issue formal warnings to members
• Issue suspensions or permanent bans to any member
• Block IP & email addresses
• Remove some account privileges
• Set forum policies, rules, and decision making on any future changes to the forum layout in conjunction with the others on the current Administration team
• Log-in on a minimum basis of five times or more per week excepting holiday breaks (if required), contribute to the open forum and scan everything on the Admin and Moderator boards
Advisor Job Description
• Log-in on a regular basis of once or twice per week excepting holiday breaks (if required), contribute to the open forum and scan both Admin and Moderator boards for pertinent issues.
• Give constructive and insightful advice on pertinent matters that can then be considered by the Admin Team.
• Report to Admin anything that requires higher authority
Staff Emeritus Job Description
• Log-in and contribute to the open forum regularly excepting holiday breaks (if required).
• Log-in and read the Moderator board regularly
• Contribute words of advice on major issues to both Administrators and Moderators by PM or email
Quiz Team Role Description
Whilst not Forum Staff members, the quiz team operate within the quiz board only and in addition to posting the question and answers to the 'Daily Quiz' are required to, where necessary:
• Make changes to images or links
• Correct errors specific to the quiz questions
• Edit the title of threads in order to show them as "solved"
One of the initial things that we looked at was to evaluate the staffing of the Forum as a whole. After a consultation period with the various current staff groups, the most obvious change we have made is to abolish the Consultant role and in its place establish two new separate groups:
- Advisors, whom we hope will be active, be able to contribute to the Forum fairly regularly as well as giving Admins pertinent advice.
- Former forum staff who are no longer so active, but people who have made a significant contribution to the Forum will go into a new Staff Emeritus group: we see this very much as a special badge of honour for helping the Forum in their various different ways.
Going forward, the staffing will be (in alphabetical order):
Admins: Dstock7080 , londonstuff , rincew1nd and whistlekiller2000 (unchanged)
Moderators: antharro , @aetearlscourt , Dom K , metman , MoreToJack , superteacher and Tom . Sadly, gantshill has stepped down from the Moderator role due to external pressures. We thank him for his work as a Moderator and hope to continue seeing him posting as a regular member of the forum where time allows.
Advisors: Chris W , Colin , prjb and @reganorak
Staff Emeritus: Rich32 , seaeagle , solidbond and tubeprune
The Quiz Team remain unchanged.
Job descriptions for the roles are below and will be updated on the Forum Rules page imminently. We would like to place on record our sincere thanks for all the work that the various members of staff have done, and continue to do - without these people the forum simply would not function.
With this done we hope that members will see a number of other positive changes in the forum over the next few weeks and months. While we have a longish to-do list to work through we also welcome any specific ideas from regular members - please contact an Admin by PM in the first instance.
Moderator Job Description
• Edit any post
• Approve quarantined posts
• Move any post or thread
• Delete any post or thread
• Lock or unlock any thread
• Issue advice to members either within a public post or by PM (Private Message)
• Issue temporary suspensions
• 'Sticky' any thread
• 'Bump' any thread
• Make announcements
• Modify any member's profile within the limits of the rules
• Deal with new account approvals
• Lock threads at a point after they reach six months without any new posts
• Start or encourage discussion on the open forum
• Log-in on a regular basis aiming for three to four times per week excepting holiday breaks (if required).
• Share the workload amongst all Moderators as fairly as possible, scan and contribute to the open forum and check the Moderators’ board for pertinent information
• Report to Admin anything that requires higher authority
Administrator Job Description
As well as encompassing all Moderator powers and roles as needed, Administrators are required to, where necessary:
• Access any profiles for the additional purpose of adding or removing access to specific member groups
• Access all information on members profiles
• Issue formal warnings to members
• Issue suspensions or permanent bans to any member
• Block IP & email addresses
• Remove some account privileges
• Set forum policies, rules, and decision making on any future changes to the forum layout in conjunction with the others on the current Administration team
• Log-in on a minimum basis of five times or more per week excepting holiday breaks (if required), contribute to the open forum and scan everything on the Admin and Moderator boards
Advisor Job Description
• Log-in on a regular basis of once or twice per week excepting holiday breaks (if required), contribute to the open forum and scan both Admin and Moderator boards for pertinent issues.
• Give constructive and insightful advice on pertinent matters that can then be considered by the Admin Team.
• Report to Admin anything that requires higher authority
Staff Emeritus Job Description
• Log-in and contribute to the open forum regularly excepting holiday breaks (if required).
• Log-in and read the Moderator board regularly
• Contribute words of advice on major issues to both Administrators and Moderators by PM or email
Quiz Team Role Description
Whilst not Forum Staff members, the quiz team operate within the quiz board only and in addition to posting the question and answers to the 'Daily Quiz' are required to, where necessary:
• Make changes to images or links
• Correct errors specific to the quiz questions
• Edit the title of threads in order to show them as "solved"
