Rank tidy up Bill - A discussion of updating the Syntagma in regards to Senior Staff

[Rolanbek]

Syntagma Moderator Description Changes Bill



Rationale
Since the recent changes in senior staff I propose tidy up of the now out of date syntagma. Most of the information on Hex roles has been added verbatim from Imb39 announcement. Main changes are the removal of references to the triumvirate et al as they are no longer relevent. Initial draft below:

Network Administrators & ModeratorsSite ranks and roles

Network Administrators & Moderators
As owner of the domain all Ogre’s Net staff:
can veto any action on TWC.
hold full administrative powers.
have responsibility for the appointment and firing of all moderators and admins (although management and appointment of moderators and admins is usually delegated to the Site Administrator)
are not bound by the Syntagma, can suspend it at any time but will normally make every effort to follow it.

The Triumvirate

TWC is run by a Triumvirate of three equal members:

Basileus (TWC Admin) - handles all technical aspects of keeping TWC running as efficiently as possible. The TWC Admin is a purely technical role and is not involved in the politics or government of the site, except as a member of the Triumvirate.

Exarch (Ambassador) - focusses externally on TWC, their main question is "How can TWC continue to grow and expand?" The Ambassador is therefore responsible for:
all the publications of the site (Helios, Eagle Standard, Podcast etc), including new publications, ways of improving them and also making TWC the place where people want to publish (ie. Poaching content writers from other sites if possible)
site advertising/marketing - coming up with any marketing ideas and campaigns we may run to boost our profile.
site activities such as competitions, votes for ‘Best of’, etc.
deciding on how we should react to external events (eg. MTW2, tie-ins with TV programmes/films etc)

Censor - focusses internally on TWC, looking at ways of improving the way the site works on a day to day basis, how each forum operates, how the members want the site to work, how discipline should be maintained, modderating standards etc, etc.

Operation of the Triumvirate
All members of the Triumvirate are equal and all have an equal say in the running of the site
The TWC Admin sets the requirements and direction for the technical development of the site with reference to and consultation with the other triumvirs.
In cases of disagreement a vote will be taken with the majority winning
Any member of the Triumvirate may veto any action on TWC, except for that of another Triumvir
Triumvir actions can only be reversed by a majority vote of the Triumvirate
All members of the Triumvirate have full admin rights, use of admin rights falls under the control of the Network Admin
All official external communications and links with other websites, games companies, etc. and any official external communications must be sanctioned by the Triumvirate as a whole first.
In the case where a Triumvir leaves, their successor is chosen by the remaining Triumvirs in consultation with Hex
Any of the Triumvirs can override the Syntagma, in extreme and/or unique situations - as the situation dictates

Moderators
The Moderators handle all moderation of the site and are directly responsible to the Administrators. There are two main Moderator ranks:

Strategos - Global Moderator, Senior Staff & Magistrate and Site Adminstrator
The Strategoi are charged with the running of the site. There are a variable number of Strategoi based on the staffing, administration and techincal needs of the site. Below is a list of duties discharged by the Strategoi. Note that it is possible for members of this rank to fulfill a number of these duties at one time and that this list is not exhaustive.

Definition of Duties

Technical Support Specialist
Utilizes knowledge of vBulletin, PHP, mySQL, Linux and a host of other technical skills to support and assist the site in matters pertaining to Security, Upgrades, Site Modifications, et al. To fulfill this task, the TSS will be given full access to the site. Ergo, Senior Staff and Ogresnet must have absolute confidence in the chosen members.

Moderator Manager
Responsible for the general organization and structure of the Junior Moderator team. The MM is the primary link between Senior and Junior staff as well as the mediator for conflicts within Junior Staff. The MM is also responsible for deciding Mentors and Mentees.

Tribune
One of three members of the Tribunal that presides over challenges by regular members of specific instances of moderation. All decisions by a Tribunal are final.

Chairman
The Chairman is the team manager of Senior Staff. His role is to facilitate communication and ensure issues are handled in an efficient and transparent manner. To do this, the Chairman determines the length of time an issue is under consideration (1-3 days typically, based on immediacy) and breaks ties. The chairman has no additional admin rights.

CA Liasion
The CA liasion is the person responsible for all contact with CA. All new news about the Total War series from CA will come through them. They are also responsible for maintaining links with CA in accordance with TWc's Gold Affiliate status.

Modding Community Liaison
The Modding Community Liaison is responisble for making sure that the mod community at TWC is looked after. Mods can go to them asking for new forums/sub-forums. They are also there to listen and perhaps implement ideas from the CoW/modders if they are good.

TW Community Liaison
This person is responisble for helping to co-ordinate moderators in the TW community section, and organising the forums and sub-forums of it.

Staff Advisor
Position reserved for an individual with eclectic knowledge of the site who is active enough to facillitate day-to-day operations of Total War Center.

Councils Administrator
Day to day running of CoW, CoP, CdeC.

Content Manager
He/she is responsible for presentation, editing and posting the news and also negotiations with the news' sources where needed.

Common Community Liaison
Oversees the function of the CC, assists the Councils Administrator and Curator.

Curator
Responsible for all Curial functions inclding legislation and elections and coordinates with the CdeC.

The New Strategoi are chosen by the existing Strategoi. There are no restrictions in the syntagma at this time as to whom may be appointed, or the circumstances by which they may be released form their roles. At this time matters regarding the Strategoi are purely a matter for the existing strategoi to manage.

The Strategoi are given global moderation powers and wield those powers over the whole of the TWC forums. These powers give a Strategos great freedom of action to moderate all of the TWC forums. Strategoi have the power to veto the actions of all lower staff members and can veto any action on TWC as per The Staff Veto Act.

Tribounos - Magistrate
The Strategoi (Hex) have full powers to hire or fire Tribounos at will but, while retaining their powers, have delegated the elections of them to the Curia. Tribounos are voted into their position by the Curia (see Curia Elections section below). Citizens with one month experience in either Citizen rank are eleigible to stand for Tribounos. The total number of Tribounos, their assignments and powers are set by the Censor. If a Citizen is elected by the Curia then he will undergo a vote on Patrician status after gaining one month's experience. If they are already performing another function, as indicated in Appendix A, then this vote is initiated immmediately.

Local Moderators
These are members drawn from both the general membership and Civitates, Artifex and Patrician classes. They generally run personalized sub forums such as Mod Project forums or News sections and have the abilities to edit posts and Pin/Unpin, Close/Open and Move threads. Some specific local moderators are:
Syntagma Pro-Curator
chosen by the Curator to manage day-to-day duties in the Curia with moderation powers in the Curia and all its sub-forums. The Pro Curator is chosen from the Patricians as and when the Curator determines there is a need.

Members appointed to handle some basic site responsibilities such as News writers, picture of the day, TWC daily news and so on. These people fall directly under the responsibility of staff and can be appointed and dropped according to the needs of the site.

Content Staff - Members can be appointed to provide the community with content such as reviews, guides, walkthroughs and any other information which is of benefit to the community.

R

edited to reflect #1

[Fabolous]

Since the recent changes in senior staff I propose tidy up of the now out of date syntagma. Most of the information on Hex roles has been added verbatim from Imb39 announcement.

I'm hesistant to include all senior staff roles in the Syntagma, roles change, things change, they don't really... serve purpose in the Syntagma. (Except, you know, Curator )

Main changes are the removal of references to the triumvirate et al as they are no longer relevent. Initial draft below:

It looks good off scan, except that you took out in the Strategos heading "Global Moderator, Senior Staff & Magistrate" and replaced it simply with "adminstrator"

The current syntagma refers to both senior staff and magistrate (I think, though mag has kind of come out of style) it is easiest to leave it in. So it should read something like "Administrator, Senior Staff & Magistrate"

[Spiff]

I believe the senior staff have said they will update the Syntagma as soon as possible, so id rather they did it, as they're in a better position to say how their ranks should be represented in this document. I'm not too keen on how this has been formatted either, i think it can be tidied up somewhat

[Simetrical]

There are currently only two ranks of staff, since we've lost the ULs and now the Triumvirate: staff and senior staff. Ergo, the line should read Strategos - Senior Staff. It should be taken as obvious that senior staff are also staff. I would go for a minimalist approach and just replace all of the current section from "Triumvirate" down through "Strategos", plus the Staff Veto section, with

Strategos - Senior Staff

TWC is run by the Strategoi, who form the Hexagon Council. A majority vote of the Hexagon Council is the supreme authority on the site save for decision of the network admins. New Strategoi are appointed from among any members (although traditionally from the staff and ex-staff) by vote of the Council, and Strategoi may be removed by such vote. The Council may delegate any amount of its authority to the members of its choosing as it sees fit. If it delegates any specific right granted it under the Syntagma, it will publicly post a notice in some appropriate location detailing the powers delegated.

Basically, everything is up in the air. The Council does what it wants. Some other tweaks need to be made, obviously:

All Citizens are expected to adhere to the rules of the constitution and the Terms of Service with the exception of the Triumvirs and Network Administrators; none of whom are Hexagon Council, which is not bound by this Document. The constitution can be suspended or edited by a Triumvir or Network Administrators the Council or by a Network Administrator in times of crisis or danger to the community and website as a whole at any time. However, in such situations if the Council does so it is the duty of the Censor its duty to inform the Citizens as to why the action was taken and until when the constitution is to be inactive either how long it is to be suspended or exactly what changes were made, as applicable. . . .

Any Triumvir The Hexagon Council has full powers to hire or fire Tribounos at will but, while retaining their powers, have currently delegated the elections of themir appointment to the Curia. . . .

Any Citizen who gains the rank of Magistrate will gain the rank of Senatorii. They will may retain it upon retirement if time served as moderator exceeds twelve weeks and upon unanimous agreement of the Triumvirate, at the discretion of the Hexagon Council. . . .

The Curator is responsible for the day to day running of the Curia. The Curator is drawn from the Senior Staff and is appointed by the Censor Hexagon Council. The Curator may appoint a Pro-Curator to aid in this duty.

When a Curial election is required, and the Triumvirate Hexagon Council deems it necessary appropriate, the Curator or Senior Staff will open a Qualification thread for the vacant position and post a relevantn announcement in the Symposiumrelevant forums. . . .

Six members in total, drawn from the Civitates, Artifex and Patrician ranks shall be appointed by the Triumvirate Hexagon Council to discuss and advise on ideas concerning the Total War section of the forums. . . .

After the candidates thread is closed the Triumvirate Hexagon Council will appoint as many new Councillors as are required at that time. Councillors may serve consecutive terms though in the interests of fairness the Triumvirate Council will attempt to introduce new qualified councillors when possible appropriate.

Of course, this would mean that the bill does somewhat increase the powers of Hex, I guess. This isn't a mandate, just my usual imperialism.

[Rolanbek]

Draft 2, only including name changes and truncated description of senior staff.

no need to reiterate Hex Veto in every section i feel.

Preamble

The Syntagma defines the role of Citizens within the Total War Center Community. All Citizens are expected to adhere to the rules of the Syntagma and the Terms of Service with the exception of the Hexagon council and Network Administrators; none of whom are bound by this Document. The constitution can be suspended, or amended by the Hexagon Council or Network Administrators at any time. However, in such situations it is the duty of the Hexagon Council to inform the Citizens as to why and until when the constitution is to be inactive.

Administration and Moderation ranks and definitions

Network Administrators & Moderators
As owner of the domain all Ogre’s Net staff:

• Can veto any action on TWC.
• Hold full administrative powers.
• Have responsibility for the appointment and firing of all moderators and Administrators (although management and appointment of moderators and Administrators is usually delegated to the Site Administrator)
• Are not bound by the Syntagma, can suspend it at any time but will normally make every effort to follow it.

The Hexagon council

TWC is run by a council defined as the Hexagon council or Hex. Hex comprises an indefinite number of members.

• Have responsibility for the appointment and firing of all moderators, Although appointment of moderators (Tribounos) is normally delegated to Curial Vote (see below)
• Are not bound by the Syntagma, can suspend it at any time but will normally make every effort to follow it.
• The means by which the division of labour, responsibilities, and succession to and from Hex is managed, is beyond the scope of this document
• All reference to Hex in this document apply to the members of Hex Jointly and severally.

Moderators
The Moderators handle all moderation of the site and are directly responsible to the Administrators. There are two main Moderator ranks:

Strategos - Global Moderator, Senior Staff & Magistrate (admin)
The Strategoi are members of Hex. They are Senior moderators with Global moderating privelidges.



Tribounos – Magistrate (moderator)
The Hexagon council has full powers to hire or fire Tribounos at will but, while retaining their powers, have delegated the elections of them to the Curia. Tribounos are voted into their position by the Curia (see Curia Elections section below). Citizens with one month experience in either Citizen rank are eligible to stand for Tribounos. The total number of Tribounos, their assignments and powers are set by Hex. If a Citizen is elected by the Curia then he will undergo a vote on Patrician status after gaining one month's experience. If they are already performing another function, as indicated in Appendix A, then this vote is initiated immediately.

Local Moderators
These are members drawn from both the general membership and Civitates, Artifex and Patrician classes. They generally run personalized sub forums such as Mod Project forums or News sections and have the abilities to edit posts and Pin/Unpin, Close/Open and Move threads. Some specific local moderators are:

• Syntagma Pro-Curator - chosen by the Curator to manage day-to-day duties in the Curia with moderation powers in the Curia and all its sub-forums. The Pro Curator is chosen from the Patricians as and when the Curator determines there is a need.
• Members appointed to handle some basic site responsibilities such as News writers, picture of the day, TWC daily news and so on. These people fall directly under the responsibility of staff and can be appointed and dropped according to the needs of the site.
• Content Staff - Members can be appointed to provide the community with content such as reviews, guides, walkthroughs and any other information which is of benefit to the community.

no changes to the following section except for the paragraphs stated below

Member Ranks and Rights

• Senatorii
  Any Citizen who gains the rank of Magistrate will gain the rank of Senatorii. They will retain it upon retirement if time served as moderator exceeds twelve weeks and upon unanimous agreement of the Hex. The Senatorii rank confers no advantage, save status. The secondary rank – Civitate, Artifex or Patrician is the one that determines where the member has access or the legibility for elections, unless stated differently.
  
• Syntagma Curator
  The Curator is responsible for the day to day running of the Curia. The Curator is appointed by the Hexagon council. The Curator may appoint a Pro-Curator to aid in this duty.
  A "basic" member of a class is a member of that class but no higher classes, for instance, a Patrician would not be a "basic Citizen", but he would be a Citizen. Citizens have the right to have their highest class membership(s) revoked, provided they have publicly made a request to that effect in the Curia.

Staff Veto

Hex can veto any action in TWC at any stage except those of ON.

no changes to the following section except for the paragraphs stated below

The Curia

Curial Elections
When a Curial election is required, and the Hexagon council deems it necessary, the Curator or Senior Staff will open a Qualification thread for the vacant position and post a relevant announcement in the Symposium. Applicants to the vacant position must post their reasons for wishing to participate and relevant qualifications within this qualifications thread, which shall remain open for no longer than one week.

I am trying to alter as little as possible while reflecting the current state of affairs.

R

[Sétanta]

Preamble

The Syntagma defines the role of Citizens within the Total War Center Community. All Citizens are expected to adhere to the rules of the Syntagma and the Terms of Service with the exception of the Hexagon council and Network Administrators; none of whom are bound by this Document. The constitution can be suspended, or amended by the Hexagon Council or Network Administrators at any time. However, in such situations it is the duty of the Hexagon Council to inform the Citizens as to why and until when the constitution is to be inactive.

Administration and Moderation ranks and definitions

Network Administrators & Moderators
As owner of the domain all Ogre’s Net staff:

• Can veto any action on TWC.
• Hold full administrative powers.
• Have responsibility for the appointment and firing of all moderators and Administrators (although management and appointment of moderators and Administrators is usually delegated to the Site Administrator)
• Are not bound by the Syntagma, can suspend it at any time but will normally make every effort to follow it.

The Hexagon council

TWC is run by a council defined as the Hexagon council or Hex. Hex comprises an indefinite number of members.

• Have responsibility for the appointment and firing of all moderators, Although appointment of moderators (Tribounos) is normally delegated to Curial Vote (see below)
• Are not bound by the Syntagma, can suspend it at any time but will normally make every effort to follow it.
• The means by which the division of labour, responsibilities, and succession to and from Hex is managed, is beyond the scope of this document
• All reference to Hex in this document apply to the members of Hex Jointly and severally.
• Members of Hex are global moderators

Moderators
The Moderators handle all moderation of the site and are directly responsible to the Administrators. There are two main Moderator ranks:


Tribounos – Magistrate (moderator)
The Hexagon council has full powers to hire or fire Tribounos at will but, while retaining their powers, have delegated the elections of them to the Curia. Tribounos are voted into their position by the Curia (see Curia Elections section below). Citizens with one month experience in either Citizen rank are eligible to stand for Tribounos. The total number of Tribounos, their assignments and powers are set by Hex. If a Citizen is elected by the Curia then he will undergo a vote on Patrician status after gaining one month's experience. If they are already performing another function, as indicated in Appendix A, then this vote is initiated immediately.

Local Moderators
These are members drawn from both the general membership and Civitates, Artifex and Patrician classes. They generally run personalized sub forums such as Mod Project forums or News sections and have the abilities to edit posts and Pin/Unpin, Close/Open and Move threads. Some specific local moderators are:

• Syntagma Pro-Curator - chosen by the Curator to manage day-to-day duties in the Curia with moderation powers in the Curia and all its sub-forums. The Pro Curator is chosen from the Patricians as and when the Curator determines there is a need.
• Members appointed to handle some basic site responsibilities such as News writers, picture of the day, TWC daily news and so on. These people fall directly under the responsibility of staff and can be appointed and dropped according to the needs of the site.
• Content Staff - Members can be appointed to provide the community with content such as reviews, guides, walkthroughs and any other information which is of benefit to the community.

no changes to the following section except for the paragraphs stated below

Member Ranks and Rights

• Senatorii
  Any Citizen who gains the rank of Magistrate will gain the rank of Senatorii. They will retain it upon retirement if time served as moderator exceeds twelve weeks and upon unanimous agreement of the Hex. The Senatorii rank confers no advantage, save status. The secondary rank – Civitate, Artifex or Patrician is the one that determines where the member has access or the legibility for elections, unless stated differently.
  
• Syntagma Curator
  The Curator is responsible for the day to day running of the Curia. The Curator is appointed by the Hexagon council. The Curator may appoint a Pro-Curator to aid in this duty.
  A "basic" member of a class is a member of that class but no higher classes, for instance, a Patrician would not be a "basic Citizen", but he would be a Citizen. Citizens have the right to have their highest class membership(s) revoked, provided they have publicly made a request to that effect in the Curia.

Staff Veto

Hex can veto any action in TWC at any stage except those of ON.

no changes to the following section except for the paragraphs stated below

The Curia

Curial Elections
When a Curial election is required, and the Hexagon council deems it necessary, the Curator or Senior Staff will open a Qualification thread for the vacant position and post a relevant announcement in the Symposium. Applicants to the vacant position must post their reasons for wishing to participate and relevant qualifications within this qualifications thread, which shall remain open for no longer than one week.

Main changes in this is to remove Strategos from the bill and add the line "global moderators" to Hexagon council. This is mainly because the rank of Strategos is obsolete, and completely replaced by Hexagon, who also happen to be global moderators anyways. I also updated the colors. I support this bill.

[Tom Paine]

Seperate Thread merged in - Fab

Since the situation outlined in the Syntagma (appendix I below) is out of date compared to the current senior staff system (appendix 2 below) this amendment seeks to remove this contradiction; the section outlined in appendix 1 will be struck to be replaced with the below:

Senior Staff
Senior staff will comprise of a group of global moderators henceforth referred to as the Strategoi with specific areas of responsibility. These areas of responsibility are to be decided and divided up by the Strategoi themselves to allow the workload to be best distributed. At any one time there may be no more than 12 Strategoi. Strategoi are selected by the Strategoi from all site members, though they are expected to consider current Tribounoi strongly and primarily.

Operation of the Strategoi

• All members of the Triumvirate are equal and all have an equal say in the running of the site
• The Strategoi with expertise in the technical running of the site set the requirements and direction for the technical development of the site with reference to and consultation with the other Strategoi.
• In cases of disagreement a vote will be taken with the majority winning
• A majority of Strategoi may veto any action on the site
• Strategoi actions can only be reversed by a majority vote of the Strategoi
• All official external communications and links with other websites, games companies, etc. and any official external communications must be sanctioned by the Strategoi as a whole first.
• In the case where a Strategoi leaves, their successor is chosen by the remaining Strategoi, as noted above
• A majority vote by the Triumvirs can override the Syntagma, in extreme and/or unique situations - as the situation dictates

Appendix 1

The Triumvirate

TWC is run by a Triumvirate of three equal members:

Basileus (TWC Admin) - handles all technical aspects of keeping TWC running as efficiently as possible. The TWC Admin is a purely technical role and is not involved in the politics or government of the site, except as a member of the Triumvirate.

Exarch (Ambassador) - focusses externally on TWC, their main question is "How can TWC continue to grow and expand?" The Ambassador is therefore responsible for:

• all the publications of the site (Helios, Eagle Standard, Podcast etc), including new publications, ways of improving them and also making TWC the place where people want to publish (ie. Poaching content writers from other sites if possible)
• site advertising/marketing - coming up with any marketing ideas and campaigns we may run to boost our profile.
• site activities such as competitions, votes for ‘Best of’, etc.
• deciding on how we should react to external events (eg. MTW2, tie-ins with TV programmes/films etc)

Censor - focusses internally on TWC, looking at ways of improving the way the site works on a day to day basis, how each forum operates, how the members want the site to work, how discipline should be maintained, modderating standards etc, etc.

Operation of the Triumvirate

• All members of the Triumvirate are equal and all have an equal say in the running of the site
• The TWC Admin sets the requirements and direction for the technical development of the site with reference to and consultation with the other triumvirs.
• In cases of disagreement a vote will be taken with the majority winning
• Any member of the Triumvirate may veto any action on TWC, except for that of another Triumvir
• Triumvir actions can only be reversed by a majority vote of the Triumvirate
• All members of the Triumvirate have full admin rights, use of admin rights falls under the control of the Network Admin
• All official external communications and links with other websites, games companies, etc. and any official external communications must be sanctioned by the Triumvirate as a whole first.
• In the case where a Triumvir leaves, their successor is chosen by the remaining Triumvirs in consultation with Hex
• Any of the Triumvirs can override the Syntagma, in extreme and/or unique situations - as the situation dictates

Moderators
The Moderators handle all moderation of the site and are directly responsible to the Administrators. There are two main Moderator ranks:

Strategos - Global Moderator, Senior Staff & Magistrate
The Strategoi are chosen by the Triumvirate with the consultation of the current Strategoi to act as global moderators. They are regarded as Senior Staff and are expected to have an input in all staff policies. They fall directly under the power of the Triumvirate, and can be dismissed on grounds such as inactivity or misconduct.

The Strategoi are given global moderation powers and wield those powers over the whole of the TWC forums. These powers give a Strategos great freedom of action to moderate all of the TWC forums. Strategoi have the power to veto the actions of all lower staff members and can veto any action on TWC as per The Staff Veto Act.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...?t=60281#Staff
Appendix 2

The Triumvirate and Hex have been working closely to resolve issues that created the problems of last weekend. During discussion between Hex, the Triumvirate and Staff several options were identified and the follwoing decisions made -

1. The Triumvirate is to be disbanded.
2. Hex is to be expanded to 11 people
3. All members within Hex will share the same core admin powers with a select few having more.
4. Roles within Hex have been identified and distrbuted along the following lines:
   Archer
   Staff Advisor
   Modding Community
   TW Community
   
   Tacticalwithdrawal
   Staff Advisor
   Common Community
   Tribune
   
   Asterix
   Council Administrator
   TW Community Liaison
   Common Community
   
   Lusted
   CA Liason
   Modding Community
   
   Mimirswell
   Technical Support Specialist
   Staff Advisor
   
   Garbarsardar
   Tribune
   Moderator Manager
   
   WBK
   Common Community
   
   Simetrical
   Technical Support Specialist
   
   Imb39
   Chairman
   Tribune
   
   Justinian
   Content Manager
   
   Fabolous
   Curator

Definition of Roles

Technical Support Specialist
Utilizes knowledge of vBulletin, PHP, mySQL, Linux and a host of other technical skills to support and assist the site in matters pertaining to Security, Upgrades, Site Modifications, et al. To fulfill this task, the TSS will be given full access to the site. Ergo, Senior Staff and Ogresnet must have absolute confidence in the chosen members.

Moderator Manager
Responsible for the general organization and structure of the Junior Moderator team. The MM is the primary link between Senior and Junior staff as well as the mediator for conflicts within Junior Staff. The MM is also responsible for deciding Mentors and Mentees.

Tribune
One of three members of the Tribunal that presides over challenges by regular members of specific instances of moderation. All decisions by a Tribunal are final.

Chairman
The Chairman is the team manager of Senior Staff. His role is to facilitate communication and ensure issues are handled in an efficient and transparent manner. To do this, the Chairman determines the length of time an issue is under consideration (1-3 days typically, based on immediacy) and breaks ties. The chairman has no additional admin rights.

CA Liasion
The CA liasion is the person responsible for all contact with CA. All new news about the Total War series from CA will come through them. They are also responsible for maintaining links with CA in accordance with TWc's Gold Affiliate status.

Modding Community Liaison
The Modding Community Liaison is responisble for making sure that the mod community at TWC is looked after. Mods can go to them asking for new forums/sub-forums. They are also there to listen and perhaps implement ideas from the CoW/modders if they are good.

TW Community Liaison
This person is responisble for helping to co-ordinate moderators in the TW community section, and organising the forums and sub-forums of it.

Staff Advisor
Position reserved for an individual with eclectic knowledge of the site who is active enough to facillitate day-to-day operations of Total War Center.

Councils Administrator
Day to day running of CoW, CoP, CdeC.

Content Manager
He/she is responsible for presentation, editing and posting the news and also negotiations with the news' sources where needed.

Common Community Liaison
Oversees the function of the CC, assists the Councils Administrator and Curator.

Curator
Responsible for all Curial functions inclding legislation and elections and coordinates with the CdeC.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=65641

[Rolanbek]

tGS

see http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66336

if you havent already.

R

[Fabolous]

tGS

see http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66336

if you havent already.

R

I was about to write the same thing. Nearly word for word...

[Tom Paine]

Oh, bugger it... this is however slightly different, going into more detail about them, though I guess the two could be merged. Ho hum.

Someone, could we have a merge?

EDIT: Thanks Fab. Treat this as a counter-proposal to Rolanbek's...

[Fabolous]

Oh, bugger it... this is however slightly different, going into more detail about them, though I guess the two could be merged. Ho hum.

Someone, could we have a merge?

It can be done

[the Black Prince]

just curious, does Hex exercise a veto unanimously, majoritively, QMV, or singly. particularly with regard to singly, if so, what is needed to overturn it?

if for example, Fabolous vetoes something in the curia, and then Asterix comes along, and disagrees, what is required to sustain or overturn. or will the situation be unnecessary because a veto requires some form of majority as noted above?

[Garbarsardar]

just curious, does Hex exercise a veto unanimously, majoritively, QMV, or singly. particularly with regard to singly, if so, what is needed to overturn it?

if for example, Fabolous vetoes something in the curia, and then Asterix comes along, and disagrees, what is required to sustain or overturn. or will the situation be unnecessary because a veto requires some form of majority as noted above?

Hex majority.

[Simetrical]

just curious, does Hex exercise a veto unanimously, majoritively, QMV, or singly. particularly with regard to singly, if so, what is needed to overturn it?

In general, individual Hex members can exercise the full authority of the Hexagon at their discretion, but of course that means only using it when we're pretty sure we'll be backed up by the rest of Hex, or when we think something needs to be put on hold to allow Hex discussion. Put another way: as far as non-Hex members are concerned, any Hex member has full dictatorial authority over the site. Any use of that authority that Hex collectively disagrees with is up to Hex alone to deal with.

If one Hex member says one thing and another explicitly countermands the order, which really shouldn't happen too often, you can assume that the latter's statement stands, I suppose. The latter will presumably have checked with a couple more Hex members. At any rate, the matter will undoubtedly be referred to the full Hexagon and you'll get a collective decision in a few days. (Internally, we decide things by discussion followed, if necessary, by a simple majority vote.)

[imb39]

In an emergency, any Hex member can exercise veto but he needs to get the agreement with those online at the moment (if there are others) after the veto has been exercised it would be up for a discussion. Generally, for a veto, a Hex member needs at least two others to agree. Majority of Hex overrides everything, though.

[Rolanbek]

Imb39, that is probably a little to free form to fit in the syntagma well. How about we just refer to Hex veto as a matter of fact and gloss the way in which it is derived for the Bill?

R

[imb39]

I was merely answering tBP's questions and fleshing out Garb's reply.

[Simetrical]

I'll start a discussion in Hex about what kind of things we would like to see in the Syntagma.

[Ragabash]

I support latest version but would like to see some small changes inside the Administration and Moderation ranks and definitions section.

Changes are in blue.

Administration and Moderation ranks and definitions

Network Administrators & Moderators
As owner of the domain all Ogre’s Net staff:

• Can veto any action on TWC.
• Hold full administrative powers.
• Have responsibility for the appointment and firing of all moderators and Administrators (although management and appointment of moderators and Administrators is usually delegated to the Site Administrator)
• Are not bound by the Syntagma, can suspend it at any time but will normally make every effort to follow it.

TWC Administrators & Moderators
Moderators and Administrators with moderator powers handle all the moderation inside the site. Junior staff(Tribunous) are directly responsible to Senior Staff(The Hexagon council) that is responsible to the Network Administrators & Moderators.

There are three basic ranks that hold moderator powers:

The Hexagon council
TWC is run by a council defined as the Hexagon council or Hex. Hex comprises an indefinite number of members.

• Have responsibility for the appointment and firing of all moderators, Although appointment of moderators (Tribounos) is normally delegated to Curial Vote (see below)
• Are not bound by the Syntagma, can suspend it at any time but will normally make every effort to follow it.
• The means by which the division of labour, responsibilities, and succession to and from Hex is managed, is beyond the scope of this document
• All reference to Hex in this document apply to the members of Hex Jointly and severally.
• Members of Hex are global moderators

Tribounos – Magistrate (moderator)
The Hexagon council has full powers to hire or fire Tribounos at will but, while retaining their powers, have delegated the elections of them to the Curia. Tribounos are voted into their position by the Curia (see Curia Elections section below). Citizens with one month experience in either Citizen rank are eligible to stand for Tribounos. The total number of Tribounos, their assignments and powers are set by Hex. If a Citizen is elected by the Curia then he will undergo a vote on Patrician status after gaining one month's experience. If they are already performing another function, as indicated in Appendix A, then this vote is initiated immediately.

Local Moderators
These are members drawn from both the general membership and Civitates, Artifex and Patrician classes. They generally run personalized sub forums such as Mod Project forums or News sections and have the abilities to edit posts and Pin/Unpin, Close/Open and Move threads. Some specific local moderators are:

• Syntagma Pro-Curator - chosen by the Curator to manage day-to-day duties in the Curia with moderation powers in the Curia and all its sub-forums. The Pro Curator is chosen from the Patricians as and when the Curator determines there is a need.
• Members appointed to handle some basic site responsibilities such as News writers, picture of the day, TWC daily news and so on. These people fall directly under the responsibility of staff and can be appointed and dropped according to the needs of the site.
• Content Staff - Members can be appointed to provide the community with content such as reviews, guides, walkthroughs and any other information which is of benefit to the community.

[Rolanbek]

I support Mudd & Ragabashes changes above. They make the proposal more coherent and relevent.

I would be good to see what Hex's imput/wishes are, thank you Sim.

R