Staff Policy Revision & Information by Arigenn January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
Hi Community,
The administrators and senior moderators have not ignored your forum requests and criticism, which was expressed on forum threads by community members. I can say right now, that there are currently various plans in place already addressing the many issues the community wants us, the staff team, to improve on. I can say right now there is TeamSpeak giveaways in place, further improvement on the many aspects of Avicus, future internal staff revamping, and further strengthening of the staff to community bond.
I can also say right now, that the administration team, the senior moderators team, the moderators team, and both developer teams are striving towards improving Avicus based off of criticism and feedback given to us, along with other ideas that we had in mind that we strongly believe would help Avicus greatly.
One of the main components concentrated on over the last while was a revised Staff Policy, to fit certain circumstances today. The Department of Policies and Rules have worked on this thoroughly, and believe that having these policies in place will strongly impact the staff team in a positive way. This revised Staff Policy will be followed as closely as possible by all staff members, and will enforced by the Administrators and Senior Moderators. Some notable revised points of this policy are;
- If a retired staff member wishes to return, and their previous rank was Senior Moderator or Administrator, they may return as moderator, and nothing higher. If a staff member wishes to return, and their previous rank was Moderator, they may return in a junior moderator trial rank, nothing higher.
- If an Administrator is deemed to not following policies and rules, and isn’t a suitable leader, their possible demotion will be discussed by the entire senior staff team (including funkystudios), and the mentor / moderator team may be included to gather more opinions on the particular issue. If deemed to not be deserving of their rank, they can only be demoted to senior moderator. Community feedback and opinions will be a component taken into account when regarding this administrators demotion.
- Junior moderator trials are going to be kept to 3 weeks, and they will be promoted / demoted in batches.
- A TeamSpeak policy will be made shortly, to provide policies for the composure of staff members on TeamSpeak, as this is something that has to be regarded strongly. The old policy is in place for this currently, but expect new ones soon.
Expect many new things upcoming, and the staff team apologizes for previous inconsistency of the staff team. We hope you bare with us, and understand that EVERY branch of the staff team is working hard everyday for Avicus.
Regards,
The Avicus Staff Team.
ALM January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
Nice! Thanks for the update.MidnightBeats January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
Nice.Posighdun January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
SweetSnowSX3 January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
Thanks HoopsFrostedCupcakez January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
Thanks Ethan.GrapeSmoothie January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
Sweet. Thanks
ClubberNugget January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
Sweet. Thanks
Op: Thanks for the update! Looking forward to the future!
Bloodoh January 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM UTC
niceZintenka January 8, 2016 at 4:01 AM UTC
Good lookin' Hoops :)JustBudah January 8, 2016 at 5:01 AM UTC
NiceSubscriptor January 8, 2016 at 5:01 AM UTC
Nice :o)Zedther January 8, 2016 at 5:01 AM UTC
Good to see some organization, sweet! :Dhasl January 8, 2016 at 7:01 AM UTC
Not sure if this is connected with what 99250 and myself sent you on Skype.gobernment January 8, 2016 at 10:01 AM UTC
This can change at the seniors discretion, but only under very special circumstances.This was in the previous policy, and it always was abused. If there are special circumstances, I'd like for you to define them as it can be very confusing having a loophole like that. Not a fan of it, honestly, if you're aiming for consistency. It should be fair to everyone, and not exclude anyone because of said circumstances. Either change, or elaborate.
their possible demotion will be discussed by the entire senior staff team (including funkystudios)
See, the server is for the community. I'd appreciate if the senior staff didn't overthrow the admin, because that doesn't speak many volumes at all, and I'd also prefer if you could also give the community a way to impeach an administrator instead, rather than just a few people. Either that, or at least involve the moderator/mentor team. This is coming from someone who was demoted themselves. More opinions are always better, and make sure when demoting an admin, that there's votes over the majority vote to where you can confide in your decision.
Junior moderator trials are going to be kept to 3 weeks, and they will be promoted / demoted in batches.
I thought we were already doing that, at least in some variant of the staff policy we had previously.
Also, is it a possibility if we could publicize the entire policy document so there's nothing hidden? Posting it on the forums to see what staff "expectations" there are, and to see the principles of a moderator if they are interested.
Iron January 8, 2016 at 10:01 AM UTC
Coolio! I hope to polish the TS section with Michael ASAP..MLGtino January 8, 2016 at 11:01 AM UTC
This can change at the seniors discretion, but only under very special circumstances.
This was in the previous policy, and it always was abused. If there are special circumstances, I'd like for you to define them as it can be very confusing having a loophole like that. Not a fan of it, honestly, if you're aiming for consistency. It should be fair to everyone, and not exclude anyone because of said circumstances. Either change, or elaborate.
their possible demotion will be discussed by the entire senior staff team (including funkystudios)
See, the server is for the community. I'd appreciate if the senior staff didn't overthrow the admin, because that doesn't speak many volumes at all, and I'd also prefer if you could also give the community a way to impeach an administrator instead, rather than just a few people. Either that, or at least involve the moderator/mentor team. This is coming from someone who was demoted themselves. More opinions are always better, and make sure when demoting an admin, that there's votes over the majority vote to where you can confide in your decision.
Junior moderator trials are going to be kept to 3 weeks, and they will be promoted / demoted in batches.
I thought we were already doing that, at least in some variant of the staff policy we had previously.
Also, is it a possibility if we could publicize the entire policy document so there's nothing hidden? Posting it on the forums to see what staff "expectations" there are, and to see the principles of a moderator if they are interested.
SmokeJamo January 8, 2016 at 11:01 AM UTC
How many update threads have said were working hard and then hoe many times have things been done.Lol
DaFrozenBlaze January 8, 2016 at 12:01 PM UTC
Nicefelipu_feliu January 8, 2016 at 2:01 PM UTC
Where's the "We should all pray to our leader felipu" partDaFrozenBlaze January 8, 2016 at 2:01 PM UTC
Where's the "We should all pray to our leader felipu" part
DonaldMyTrump January 8, 2016 at 2:01 PM UTC
No, please stop with this
Alaann January 8, 2016 at 5:01 PM UTC
Good Job!Myv January 8, 2016 at 6:01 PM UTC
I still think anyone who gets demoted should start off at Junior sorry.Capenage January 8, 2016 at 7:01 PM UTC
okiIron January 8, 2016 at 7:01 PM UTC
I still think anyone who gets demoted should start off at Junior sorry.
Arigenn January 8, 2016 at 8:01 PM UTC
Small policy changes were made based on community feedback, expect a final and full copy of the entire policy soon.