Moderator Promotion and Demotion Options

[*mzkandi*]

This is the thread where we will discuss moderator promotion and demotion. The promotion aspects includes being promoted from a regular staff positon to head staff and head staff promotion to admin.

As far as demotion of a moderator, what is everyones take on it? Sure inactivey, abusing moderatoring powers, etc. are aspects of it but are there any other issues that need to be covered?

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As far as promotions to admin status is involved, Micron (Jusun) has said that he prefers to promote one admin that is more on the technical side and one that is a little more on the soical side. I think this is good because it covers all the aspects of cB.

So discuss.

[racoons > you]

i agree with Jusun's idea about the two-admin-two-sides-of-CB-role

inactivity is the most important reason why a mod should be demoted. we have heard about the activity checks run backstage to keep tabs on mods doing their duties, being active backstage etc, but little about how often these take place, what criteria they cover exactly... perhaps we should make a regular time frame when they are taken... say, every two months?

[*disco infiltrator*]

The reason they're taken randomly is to test when people are really on and not just when people check in every 2 months because they know there's one coming.

[racoons > you]

mmm. true.

well then, perhaps we should say something like 'at least 5 of such checks are to be carried out in such-and-such a time period (a year? i dunno how often they are taken now)'

that way, we know staff are being held to account, but they dont know exactly when they are coming, and dont try and mod especially for the occaison

[heyyfrankie]

i haven't been on in a while but whenever i was actually able to get online 2 months ago, i noticed that there are a few moderators that i dont' feel deserve to be mods anymore. not only because of inactivity on the boards but also because they rarely post backstage if AT ALL. Some of them are those who like...used to be on ALL OF THE TIME but now they just pop in from time to time and perhaps close a topic here and there. there are many others who could be doing and would do a better job then they are doing right now.

[*disco infiltrator*]

I'm sure that happens now. There doesn't need to be laws for how much that happens, IMO - admins do it when they feel they need to. (Heads can too *poke*)

[racoons > you]

it doesnt have to CHANGE what is happening now. it just needs to formalize it. that is the point of the bylaws. to cover all aspects of CB life

[*disco infiltrator*]

Yes, and I said I don't feel any law needs to be made about this.

Did I say anything about change?

edit;;
I actually don't think there needs to be CB laws made about what goes on Backstage at all, any aspect of it.

[racoons > you]

shocking.

does that include modding the new mods, then?

[heyyfrankie]

I'm sure that happens now. There doesn't need to be laws for how much that happens, IMO - admins do it when they feel they need to. (Heads can too *poke*)

wait...heads and admins can do what?

[racoons > you]

run checks to see the number of moderator functions carried out by each staff member

[heyyfrankie]

^ i can do that? uh.....are you sure.
i don't think so.

[racoons > you]

actually, i dont think you can. i messed about with the feature on GenF, and i'm pretty sure it requries Admin CP access

[*incoherent*]

i think its only admins and advisors that can access it, but i dont think head staff can.

[heyyfrankie]

^ & ^x2 yeah. just checked and i can't do that. *shrug*

uh...i guess i can be honest. i think that we need three admins (cB is a big place!). whenever we had kim, kathleen and jusun, things went fine so it's not like having 3 of them is a bad thing. i think that either eve or mona needs to be made an admin and sammi (disco infiltrator) needs to be made head staff. i really think that she deserves it. she's been like...EVERY KIND OF MODERATOR.

[*incoherent*]

lol frankie weve been discussing that.
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105976

and that would be cool to have sammi on head staff. i think she does deserve it.

[racoons > you]

i agree that eve or mona should be promoted perhaps both.

[*disco infiltrator*]

^ Aw, honey. (to Frankie)

Modding people up doesn't go on just Backstage though, does it James? That's something dealing with the entire community, affecting the whole community. And that's dealing also with members who are Official Members beforehand. That doesn't go on solely Backstage. When exactly we have roll-calls doesn't directly affect you, does it? No, it affects the mods who are back there and the ones who aren't.

Oh, and I meant Heads can also initiate roll-calls Backstage to make sure we're active. A little topic going "you must post here by a week from today" or something. That's how we check. If someone doesn't post in there by the date told..that's a problem.

[heyyfrankie]

who are you calling honey?

[*disco infiltrator*]

YOU! Honeybumpkins!

Ok, I'm done now.

[heyyfrankie]

[*disco infiltrator*]

Ah, guys, let's not turn this into a spam-fest for me.....though it is greatly appreciated.

Back on topic!

[racoons > you]

but who the mods are and whether or not they are active does affect members. if you arent doing your jobs, then it is us who get the effects. and mods and admins are not more or less needing of guidelines to govern the way they function.

and i didnt say we needed to know exactly when roll calls take place, or the result of every roll call. just that we ough to be assured that the mods are being monitored on a regulr basis. writing that down does that

[*disco infiltrator*]

Well yea, I just think Backstage things should be handled Backstage. We do have our own set of rules back there. We could just ask for a law to be made there if everyone back there thinks we need it.

[racoons > you]

but the point of the bylaws was to bring ALL off CB together, to govern ALL aspects of CB life. that includes backstage.

jusun himself has said that improved transparency will strengthen the community