there are a couple of things you guys missed when voting in the mod hiring process. it should be more comprehensive and should include:

-alloted time for the different steps of the process, for example, one week for nominations, three days for nominees accepting... etc
-where its being held and that a supplimentary discussion topic will be created in the lounge
-how exactly will admins come up with the final decisions? its better that we make everything transparent.



a tip when writing / amending bylaws, remember to ask and include:

-why? why do we need this?
-what? all the whats, ie what abilities do have members have?
-when? when should it take place?
-who? who should be involved?
-where? where should it take place?
-how? how exactly will it take place?

In a day? I thought the new staff would be announced hopefully by December 3rd?

^ Yeah, plus we have dicussion thread backstage so we can go over nominee in detail until Dec. 3rd

would it be okay to open a thread for discussions on the nominatees or whatever you call them in the lounge?

edit. whoops never mind what i said up there.

I hope this isn't too off-topic, but how much of the staff decision is influenced by the discussion in the lounge? It's kind of hairy and hard to follow. How much of the staff decision comes from the CB members, and how much comes from the existing staff?

^ Community input is taken in consideration however a bluk decison is based off of staff indepth discussion of each nominee and who we think would be best on our staff and who we would work best with as a team.

Okay, thanks Kiera! I think I understand a bit more.

when did we propose a day to finalize the decision? that's ridiculous

^huh?

you said something about more than a day to choose the mdos... but then i realized it wasnt on the las tpage, so presumably it has been resolved

^ Oh yeah, its been taken care of.

kierraaaa..what did you mean by a

?

^ I believe she meant "bulk" decision, meaning that the factors that effect the staff that she listed in that post - who the staff thinks is best, staff compatibility - are taken into consideration when making a final decision on new moderators.

^ Thanks, Carrie =) Yes, thats what I meant.

i think we also need to discuss the way reappointment fits into the hiring process.

i mean, peopl ehave talked about one of the disadvantages of jeff being remodded is that he stepped down. yet eve has just been remodded straight back to her head staff position. and jackie was remodded numerous times.

does it relate to how long they were a mod? or how long it has been since they stepped down?

i think if you're remodded, you shouldnt immediately be put back in a head staff/admin/design staff position, because they were demodded/stepped down for a reason. i do think that old mods should be considered for mods now..but not above those who were never mods before.

Why does it matter if they stepped down themselves ? I can see what you mean if they were demodded for a reason... but ?
For Head Staff and Admins... you have to be a regular mod to be appointed to Head Staff and you have to be a Head Staff to be appointed to Admin. So why would that destroy the chances of new people applying for staff ?

And I've never heard of the disadvantages of Jeff being remodded is because he stepped down. Where've you heard that from ?

i think the conditions of thier resignation must be considered.

for instance, someone who resigns because they have something they must do and no longer has time to be a mod should most likely be immediatly remodded.

however, someone who resigns over controversy should be treated differently.

also, lenght of time they were unmodded must be considered also.

i think the whole point of not modding people into the higher positions is because we dont know know how well the person can moderate the forums . . . in previous mod cases the knowledge is already there. so, why not?

Eve and Jackie never said they stepped down indefinitely. It was somewhat of a "break" period. This has happened MANY times before. They never said, "I don't want to be a mod anymore, ever, goodbye!" and never came back. They came back.

However, personally, I think this sort of break-and-then-come-back thing should only happen once with each person. But that's just me.

Ahhh, resignation over controversy. Good point.

i meant that if someone stepped down because they didnt care then, and now they say they do, or something like that..that that needs to be taken into consideration.

well, i see moderators stepping down for breaks and, in some cases, over controversy, as showing responsibility and maturity.

so when can new people apply, and when will the new staff be annouced? If we can apply, can someone please give a link.

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