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Offline Mister Fork

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« on: July 28, 2004, 01:58:02 PM »
All CT Staff Responsibilities
1. Posting theatre setups every Monday prior to their shift in the CT staff forum.
2. Posting theatre setups every Wednesday in the CT forum.
3. Configuration on Friday and monitoring the CT arena during that week.
4. Posting setup bugs and post-setup results at the end of the week.
5. Enforcing player conduct rules in the CT arena when ever online.
6. Conduct is in a professional manner when dealing with the CT members.

CT Chair Responsibilities
1. Scheduling of staff shifts for arena rotations.
2. Responding to all CT players questions in the forums.
3. Managing elections and by-elections of the CT.
4. Resolving player conflicts online and in the forums if necessary.
5. Enforcing player suspensions with HTC if necessary.
6. Education and training of new CT staff members.
7. Management of CT staff and advisors.
8. Management of CT memberid@HITECHCREATIONS.COM email addresses and ctstaff@hithecreations.com staff email accounts.
9. Moderation and access to CT Staff forum and admin status to CT arena.
10. Appointment of temporary replacements for vacant staff by scheduling by-elections.
11. CT Chair can appoint temporary staff assignments if elections are within two months and no auxiliary are available for full-time status.

CT Staff Guidelines
1. All administrator CT staff positions are elected for one year terms.
2. Annual elections are held the second week in September.  
3. Existing staff may reapply as candidates.
4. Positions are
 -  CT Administrator Chair.
 -  Three full time administrators.
 -  Three auxiliary advisor staff.
5. Full time staff is required to participate in the CT arena a minimum of four hours a month or 48 hours a year and post four setups a year.
6. Auxiliary are required to participate two hours a month or 24 hours a year in the CT Arena.
7. There is a one month hand-over period for new staff from old.
8. Retiring full time staff has privilege for advisory positions. If any advisory position is vacant one month prior to election, vacant seat(s) are elected.
9. Full time staff that re-run for positions and are defeated are not eligible for advisory roles.
10. All staff is eligible for a @hitechcreations.com email account.
11. Any CT staff member may be asked to retire if in violation of their responsibilities or guidelines.  
12. If member refuses to leave, Chair or full-time member will conduct a secret email vote amongst remaining staff to keep or retire the individual. A unanimous retire result is required for removal.
13. Auxiliary staff have priority over vacant positions are to be filled by backup staff. If more than one position is vacant, CT Chair can appoint an external candidate with a unanimous staff vote for temporary assignment until by-elections or September elections are held.
14. By-elections are required for all vacant positions if Election Day is more than two months away.

Auxiliary Staff
1. Aux staff are advisors to full time staff.
2. Act as standby/assistants for posting setups on Friday.
3. Assist in the development and promotion of the Combat Theatre.
4. Fill in as requested for full time staff members shifts
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Elections
1. Election Day for the Combat Theatre is the second Friday of every September.
2. Nominations occur the week prior to Election Day.
3. Election Candidates require three CT players to nominate them for the position.
3. Nominations close on the last Friday prior to Election Day.
4. Candidates have four days to lure votes in their campaign (Monday - Thursday) prior to Election Day.
5. Voting occurs on the final day in a VOTE forum topic in the Combat Theatre discussion group.  To vote, voter identifies the candidate, the position they are voting for.
6. At EOB Friday on Election Day, votes are tallied and results announced.
7. Existing staff have a one month hand-over period from new/old staff.
« Last Edit: July 28, 2004, 03:27:48 PM by Mister Fork »
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2004, 02:13:31 PM »
I'd like to point out that if this is adopted, the CT staff will move forward with elections this September.

For those who would like to consider running, remember, your past actions may be called upon during your campaign.  Heaven forbid you have a half-brother twice removed and re-adopted by your cousins nephew's twin sister. :)

I think this is pretty exciting.  Am I running again? Unless I get asked to, I'm putting my hat away for the time being and taking a back seat to hammer the new CT admins. :D
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2004, 02:38:52 PM »
hum i would want to elect grits.
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2004, 03:30:12 PM »
Looks good Mr Fork. for making your ideas and progress public. At least now we know that "something" is going on.

I hope that the CT players will be able to have the opertunity to vote on maps and plane sets as well as other things in the future. I have always believed in "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace". For example, you gave the players an opertunity to voice their opinions in This Post and only got 16 replys. I did what I could to separate the players input. This is what I came up with.

16 replys

A. 1 vote
B. 5 votes
C. 1 vote

My point, when a staff member gives the players a chance to vote and you dont........SHUT THE F@#$ UP. All you guys do is b1tch and complain and beg to be givin the chance to have a say and when givin that chance..........only 16 replys and about SEVEN VOTES. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Mr Fork !!
« Last Edit: July 28, 2004, 03:32:30 PM by CurtissP-6EHawk »

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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2004, 04:32:02 PM »
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Originally posted by B17Skull12
hum i would want to elect grits.


While I would like to contribute to the CT, and I think I do not have either an Allied or Axis bias, I am extremely lazy and having all that responsibility seems like a lot of work. If I wanted resposibility I'd been a sex surrogate.
« Last Edit: July 28, 2004, 05:17:15 PM by Grits »

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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2004, 05:03:26 PM »
Move that terms be shortened to every three months but members can opt to be re-elected.

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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2004, 05:28:17 PM »
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Originally posted by Grits
While I would like to contribute to the CT, and I think I do not have either an Allied or Axis bias, I am extremely lazy and having all that responsibility seems like a lot of work. If I wanted resposibility I'd been a sex surrogate.
you cant be as lazy as me hehe.
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Re: CT Staff Guidelines and Regulations (proposed)
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2004, 06:00:34 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by Mister Fork
All CT Staff Responsibilities
1. Posting theatre setups every Monday prior to their shift in the CT staff forum.
2. Posting theatre setups every Wednesday in the CT forum.
3. Configuration on Friday and monitoring the CT arena during that week.
4. Posting setup bugs and post-setup results at the end of the week.
5. Enforcing player conduct rules in the CT arena when ever online.
6. Conduct is in a professional manner when dealing with the CT members.

CT Chair Responsibilities
1. Scheduling of staff shifts for arena rotations.
2. Responding to all CT players questions in the forums.
3. Managing elections and by-elections of the CT.
4. Resolving player conflicts online and in the forums if necessary.
5. Enforcing player suspensions with HTC if necessary.
6. Education and training of new CT staff members.
7. Management of CT staff and advisors.
8. Management of CT memberid@HITECHCREATIONS.COM email addresses and ctstaff@hithecreations.com staff email accounts.
9. Moderation and access to CT Staff forum and admin status to CT arena.
10. Appointment of temporary replacements for vacant staff by scheduling by-elections.
11. CT Chair can appoint temporary staff assignments if elections are within two months and no auxiliary are available for full-time status.

CT Staff Guidelines
1. All administrator CT staff positions are elected for one year terms.
2. Annual elections are held the second week in September.  
3. Existing staff may reapply as candidates.
4. Positions are
 -  CT Administrator Chair.
 -  Three full time administrators.
 -  Three auxiliary advisor staff.
5. Full time staff is required to participate in the CT arena a minimum of four hours a month or 48 hours a year and post four setups a year.
6. Auxiliary are required to participate two hours a month or 24 hours a year in the CT Arena.
7. There is a one month hand-over period for new staff from old.
8. Retiring full time staff has privilege for advisory positions. If any advisory position is vacant one month prior to election, vacant seat(s) are elected.
9. Full time staff that re-run for positions and are defeated are not eligible for advisory roles.
10. All staff is eligible for a @hitechcreations.com email account.
11. Any CT staff member may be asked to retire if in violation of their responsibilities or guidelines.  
12. If member refuses to leave, Chair or full-time member will conduct a secret email vote amongst remaining staff to keep or retire the individual. A unanimous retire result is required for removal.
13. Auxiliary staff have priority over vacant positions are to be filled by backup staff. If more than one position is vacant, CT Chair can appoint an external candidate with a unanimous staff vote for temporary assignment until by-elections or September elections are held.
14. By-elections are required for all vacant positions if Election Day is more than two months away.

Auxiliary Staff
1. Aux staff are advisors to full time staff.
2. Act as standby/assistants for posting setups on Friday.
3. Assist in the development and promotion of the Combat Theatre.
4. Fill in as requested for full time staff members shifts
.
Elections
1. Election Day for the Combat Theatre is the second Friday of every September.
2. Nominations occur the week prior to Election Day.
3. Election Candidates require three CT players to nominate them for the position.
3. Nominations close on the last Friday prior to Election Day.
4. Candidates have four days to lure votes in their campaign (Monday - Thursday) prior to Election Day.
5. Voting occurs on the final day in a VOTE forum topic in the Combat Theatre discussion group.  To vote, voter identifies the candidate, the position they are voting for.
6. At EOB Friday on Election Day, votes are tallied and results announced.
7. Existing staff have a one month hand-over period from new/old staff.


This sounds very good!

3 ideas:
- Perhaps elect more than 3 auxiliary staff.
- Perhaps positions should be for 4 or 6 months.
- Allow absentee voting.  Members can email existing staff with their votes beforehand.  Some people may not have access to a computer the day of the elections.

eskimo
« Last Edit: July 29, 2004, 06:10:17 AM by eskimo2 »

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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2004, 08:20:11 AM »
Wow!!! great to see that Fork!!!

suggestions

4 hours a month is hardly enough time to deal with issues that are always arising in the Arena.  I would say 3 hours per week.  You then have a player as a staff member not the CT equivalent of a condo commando playing marshall.  I believe it is critical that the staff maintain a finger on the pulse of the arena.  I believe one hour per week will not do.

The auxiliries needn't have a minimum time requirement.  the staff will in time learn who are real players and who could be let go.  also it will be easier for us in the field to judge for the next election which ones actually play the game of their own volition.

Increase the number of auxiliries to 9.  this will virtually assure several on at any given time and less pressure on the group as a whole.

Quarterly elections may be a bit much but bi-annually is certainly doable and perhaps preferrable.  One year is a long time in this fluid environment.  so what eskimo said.

Absentee voting, what eskimo said.

Oh yea and as of right now I vote Bug:aok

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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2004, 09:10:18 AM »
I like the idea of more auxiliary members. Maybe 6-9 is a good number.  I also like the idea of having the full time staff be accountable to over 100 hours a year.   Personally, over the summertime I've got scarce time for flying. :)

When all the comments are done, I'll put it into a zoomerang and let everyone vote on the proposal.  I hope voter apathy doesn't ruin this effort... :rolleyes:
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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2004, 09:24:35 AM »
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I like the idea of more auxiliary members. Maybe 6-9 is a good number.  I also like the idea of having the full time staff be accountable to over 100 hours a year.   Personally, over the summertime I've got scarce time for flying. :)

When all the comments are done, I'll put it into a zoomerang and let everyone vote on the proposal.  I hope voter apathy doesn't ruin this effort... :rolleyes:


What do you think is worse, Ignorance or apathy?

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« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2004, 11:59:23 AM »
Apathy. There is a cure for ignorance. ;)

Good stuff Fork. Very impressed with what you all have come up with.

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« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2004, 01:40:41 PM »
The reason I choose one year stints - by the time the first six months have come by, you've done a few setups, but you're also just done learning.   There's a large learning curve to be a CT admin, and it takes experience on setups alike etc before you start posting setups where it requires no tweaks.

It would be a shame for staff to get into a position where just as they are coming on board in skills and strengths, we let them move on.  One year might be a bit long for a position, but at the same time it allows full development for CT staff.  That's just my opinion on having been in this role a few years.

Again, if you think it's too long, you can always resign and allow a by-election to occur. :)
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« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2004, 02:17:06 PM »
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The reason I choose one year stints - by the time the first six months have come by, you've done a few setups, but you're also just done learning.   There's a large learning curve to be a CT admin, and it takes experience on setups alike etc before you start posting setups where it requires no tweaks.

It would be a shame for staff to get into a position where just as they are coming on board in skills and strengths, we let them move on.  One year might be a bit long for a position, but at the same time it allows full development for CT staff.  That's just my opinion on having been in this role a few years.

Again, if you think it's too long, you can always resign and allow a by-election to occur. :)


An angle that I hadn't considered.  Seems reasonable enough.