Scummies Steering Committee needs you!

[Mr. Flay]

The Scummies Steering Committee is the mad crew that organizes, and often helps judge and write, our annual 'Best of Site' awards show in March. Due to some attrition they are seeking new members... this is a low-level year-round commitment to keeping things running smoothly, with a bigger burst of required activity from January to March, obviously. Interested folks should PM the Scummies account.

Spoiler: Older requests

The

Normal Game Review Group

is looking for a few hearty souls to help look over Normal Games before they are released into the wild.

Also, the

Discussion Mods

are considering adding more people to their ranks to help things get processed faster.

Anyone interested in either of those tasks to help out the site should PM

mith

,

Kison

, and myself. chamber has stepped back from Administrative duties to focus on coding and other things of interest to him, but Kison has returned from his 'retirement', so things balance out.

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Papa Zito has expressed a desire to retire from the

Mini Normal List Mod

business in the near future. If anyone is interested in helping out in that capacity, please PM myself or Kison.

:edit: Tierce has been brought in as the new Mini Normal List Mod. Due to a coincidental desire for retirement by hasdgfas and two excellent candidates, Equinox has been brought on as the new

Mini Theme List Mod

.

izak has requested replacement as Mish Mash Janitor. If you are interested, please PM me. Since the Skittles are not all in MM very often, a BRIEF summary of your experience/qualifications would be helpful.

Xalxe has been chosen to take over the Janitorial role. Congrats!

Vel-Rahn Koon has been re-engaged as the Newbie Game List Moderator.

[Mr. Flay]

Considerations for All Positions:

• If you have a flaking incident in your past, you need to have been back and active for a while, and that you aren't going to randomly disappear again.
• No problem behaviour on the forums; we are willing to consider users with past problems that they have distanced themselves from, but you'll have to start small.
• Looking for users who are reasonably intelligent, well-spoken, and respectful of others. If we've noticed that you are terrible at reading and following directions, we're not going to trust you to keep things organized in a position that requires organization. If you are rude or obnoxious in communicating as a user, we are unlikely to expect better behavior if you are given a position of responsibility.
  
• Negatives: Immaturity; Grudges; Inability to act objectively; Inability to work with others in a team environment.

Forum Moderator:

Responsibilities:

• Monitor discussions in the non-Game forums (including Mafia Discussion) to ensure the Forum Rules are being followed.
  
• View reported posts and take action as appropriate, including sending warnings and non-game bans.
  
• Remove or edit inappropriate posts.
  
• Coordinate with administrative team regarding larger or repeat problems, and recommend further action.
  
• Participate in site policy discussions as needed by the administrative team.

Qualifications:

• Positives: Calm and reasoned posting; Respected by the users.

Normal Game Review Group

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other members to review games based on an existing set of guidelines, and provide appropriate feedback to upcoming moderators.
  
• Participate in normal policy discussions as needed by group leader and administrators.
  
• Group leader will manager membership of group and work closely with the relevant List Mods to coordinate reviews.

Qualifications:

• Positives: Experience moderating and playing in Mafia games; Activity in Mafia Discussion.
  
• Negatives: History of ignoring rules/guidelines, particularly regarding "Normal" games - reviews are based on set policy.

[Mr. Flay]

Congratulations to mastin2, AngryPidgeon, and JacobSavage for being selected for the Normal Review Group! Good hunting.

Forum Moderation positions are still under consideration. Those in the final selection group have received a PM with additional questions.

[Mr. Flay]

Please congratulate* Glork and Kublai Khan as the two new Forum Moderators. Thank you to everyone who applied.

Spoiler: *

or commiserate, depending on your point of view.

Please see the first post for another opening, this time on the Mafia side.

[Mr. Flay]

Tierce has been brought in as the new Mini Normal List Mod. Due to a coincidental desire for retirement by hasdgfas and two excellent candidates, Equinox has been brought on as the new Mini Theme List Mod.

[Mr. Flay]

izak has requested replacement as Mish Mash Janitor. If you are interested, please PM me. Since the Skittles are not all in MM very often, a BRIEF summary of your experience/qualifications would be helpful.

Xalxe has been chosen to take over the Janitorial role. Congrats!

[Tierce]

Congratulations to N and callforjudgement, who have joined the Normal Review Group.

[Mr. Flay]

Vel-Rahn Koon has been re-engaged as the Newbie Game List Moderator. Congrats!