Staff & Mod Elections New Years 2015!!

[LordDecapo]

As some of you may have noticed, Staff activity is slowing again. And we recently had a very positive response to the idea of a Moderator rank on the server, so we have decided to implement it.

Moderators will not have quite as much permissions as the staff. Mods will be able to moderate the forums and the soon-to-be wiki. They can also approve applications and hold trials, but with a twist, 2 moderators must both approve the trial build for the trialee to pass. The high trust things only staff are allowed to use are remote console to our servers and social spy.

So I am happy to Officially announce that we are holding nominations for the following open positions:
1 Staff
2 Mods
The voting will be held similarly to how it was done the last election (when Aft, Nuup and I became staff).

This thread isn't ment for voting, instead we would like you to nominate a single person that you believe could make a good Staff/Mod. You Can Not nominate yourself, or someone that is banned on site and/or EITHER school or Build.

You can post nominations until 7 am EST (12 am GMT) on January 5th. After nominations we will post a separate post for voting, in which you will rank all those who were nominated 1-x where 1 is your most favorite and x being your least.
The positions will then be picked based on the top 3 people with the Lowest overall total.
1st place gets Staff
2nd and 3rd will get the Mod positions.

HAPPY NOMINATING! AND WE HOPE YOU ALL HAD A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND/OR HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

E: Added mods' perms. -Nuup

[LordDecapo]

Also;
inb5 nuup, I nominate DylanRusell

[tyler569]

we will post a separate post for voting, in which you will rank all those who were nominated

(emphasis mine)

*ahem* private message

[Nuuppanaani]

I shalt nominate Nickster258.

He has a ton of experience in the art of redstone and our community. He is also very mature when he wants to be and tech savvy. I'm sure he'd make a great staff member!

[PabloDons]

quick question, what is going to be the difference between staff and mod?

[Nickster258]

I shalt nominate Nickster258.

He has a ton of experience in the art of redstone and our community. He is also very mature when he wants to be *cough* yesterday *cough* and tech savvy. I'm sure he'd make a great staff member!

Aww shucks. I can get quite... crazy(?) at some times.

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quick question, what is going to be the difference between staff and mod?

From RDF/ORE mod/foreman, the mods will be able to kick and basically censor what is going on. No SSH for them.

[Charles]

I will nominate Scrounch.

[scrounchtike]

I will nominate CDPIV

He would do a great staff

[VoltzLive]

I nominate Dylan Russell for staff.

[Xray_Doc]

Hmmm, a forum moderator? Has my calling finally come?

[PabloDons]

I proudly and kindheartedly nominate Xray
he is a doctor of Xrays

[TuchiTheSalt]

I nominate freeman/voltz

[greatgamer34]

Id like to nominate shadekiller666 idk if he is still active, but hes a great(no pun intended) guy!

[LordDecapo]

we will post a separate post for voting, in which you will rank all those who were nominated

(emphasis mine)

*ahem* private message

disregard the PM tyler, lol i was slow on this one.. let me edit it,

[SeaMonster49]

I nominate crazyninja2 for staff, I think he would be a great staff.

[Iceglade]

I will nominate Pablo... he is very active and although his signature at the moment wouldn't... suggest it... he is quite trusted, occasionally mature ( ), and participates in most of the serious discussion threads about server issues that come up.


long live ORE!

[PabloDons]

I will nominate Pablo... he is very active and although his signature at the moment wouldn't... suggest it... he is quite trusted, occasionally mature ( ), and participates in most of the serious discussion threads about server issues that come up.


long live ORE!

I'd like to thank you, ice, for nominating me, but I have a question.
let's say I somehow manage to achieve first place, can I turn down the staff position for a moderator position? I do not think I am fit for a staff position because I receive responsibilities that I am unable to keep. A moderator position is however more limited to the social censorship and trial aspect of moderating, which I have experience with.

[Nuuppanaani]

I will nominate Pablo... he is very active and although his signature at the moment wouldn't... suggest it... he is quite trusted, occasionally mature ( ), and participates in most of the serious discussion threads about server issues that come up.


long live ORE!

I'd like to thank you, ice, for nominating me, but I have a question.
let's say I somehow manage to achieve first place, can I turn down the staff position for a moderator position? I do not think I am fit for a staff position because I receive responsibilities that I am unable to keep. A moderator position is however more limited to the social censorship and trial aspect of moderating, which I have experience with.

Excellent question, we'll discuss.

[Iceglade]

I will nominate Pablo... he is very active and although his signature at the moment wouldn't... suggest it... he is quite trusted, occasionally mature ( ), and participates in most of the serious discussion threads about server issues that come up.


long live ORE!

I'd like to thank you, ice, for nominating me, but I have a question.
let's say I somehow manage to achieve first place, can I turn down the staff position for a moderator position? I do not think I am fit for a staff position because I receive responsibilities that I am unable to keep. A moderator position is however more limited to the social censorship and trial aspect of moderating, which I have experience with.

That was my first question when I saw this thread as well. I have a feeling a lot of the people who have been nominated (and a lot of people in general) are much better at the social and censorship part of moderation but perhaps have little in the way of SSH experience. IMHO unless all three elected don't have experience the first place electee should be able to pass on his/her rank to second/third place if they would be better handling the more admin-y responsibilities. After all, I imagine the vast majority of votes in the election will be based on the social aspect; administrative ability will be pretty evenly distributed among those elected.

Alternatively, during the acceptance of nominations stage of the election you could have people either accept for both moderator and staff or just accept for moderator, idk.

[LordDecapo]

I will nominate Pablo... he is very active and although his signature at the moment wouldn't... suggest it... he is quite trusted, occasionally mature ( ), and participates in most of the serious discussion threads about server issues that come up.


long live ORE!

I'd like to thank you, ice, for nominating me, but I have a question.
let's say I somehow manage to achieve first place, can I turn down the staff position for a moderator position? I do not think I am fit for a staff position because I receive responsibilities that I am unable to keep. A moderator position is however more limited to the social censorship and trial aspect of moderating, which I have experience with.

That was my first question when I saw this thread as well. I have a feeling a lot of the people who have been nominated (and a lot of people in general) are much better at the social and censorship part of moderation but perhaps have little in the way of SSH experience. IMHO unless all three elected don't have experience the first place electee should be able to pass on his/her rank to second/third place if they would be better handling the more admin-y responsibilities. After all, I imagine the vast majority of votes in the election will be based on the social aspect; administrative ability will be pretty evenly distributed among those elected.

Alternatively, during the acceptance of nominations stage of the election you could have people either accept for both moderator and staff or just accept for moderator, idk.

well put!

[XxPotrzebiexX]

I nominate

Brittany!

Jk xD

I nominate ntwede

[Crazyninja2000]

I nominate

Brittany!

Jk xD

I nominate ntwede

ntwede was already staff, but was demoted by aft

[XxPotrzebiexX]

Demoted? Why?

[VoltzLive]

He wasn't demoted, He stepped down.

[Magazorb]

As some of you may have noticed, Staff activity is slowing again. And we recently had a very positive response to the idea of a Moderator rank on the server, so we have decided to implement it.

Moderators will not have quite as much permissions as the staff. Mods will be able to moderate the forums and the soon-to-be wiki. They can also approve applications and hold trials, but with a twist, 2 moderators must both approve the trial build for the trialee to pass. The high trust things only staff are allowed to use are remote console to our servers and social spy.

So I am happy to Officially announce that we are holding nominations for the following open positions:
1 Staff
2 Mods
The voting will be held similarly to how it was done the last election (when Aft, Nuup and I became staff).

This thread isn't ment for voting, instead we would like you to nominate a single person that you believe could make a good Staff/Mod. You Can Not nominate yourself, or someone that is banned on site and/or EITHER school or Build.

We will leave this post up for a week or 2, (will update with the closing date shortly). After nominations we will post a separate post for voting, in which you will rank all those who were nominated 1-x where 1 is your most favorite and x being your least.
The positions will then be picked based on the top 3 people with the Lowest overall total.
1st place gets Staff
2nd and 3rd will get the Mod positions.

HAPPY NOMINATING! AND WE HOPE YOU ALL HAD A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND/OR HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

E: Added mods' perms. -Nuup

Woo... slow down now... how did you get the vets to agree with this? XD

[greatgamer34]

We will still carry on like how lord stated, but the first place, second place, and third place all have a chance to pick a position.

So if someone comes in first, they get to pick what position they want, the second place person gets the next pick, and third place gets the last open spot no matter what it is (unless they turn it down).

[PabloDons]

We will still carry on like how lord stated, but the first place, second place, and third place all have a chance to pick a position.

So if someone comes in first, they get to pick what position they want, the second place person gets the next pick, and third place gets the last open spot no matter what it is (unless they turn it down).

I like this! +1

[Xray_Doc]

We will still carry on like how lord stated, but the first place, second place, and third place all have a chance to pick a position.

So if someone comes in first, they get to pick what position they want, the second place person gets the next pick, and third place gets the last open spot no matter what it is (unless they turn it down).

Thanks for clarifying, good luck to everyone!

[Magazorb]

Could we not have to options for the higher ranked position to pass down the choice, for example first place choices his, but 2nd place doesn't really care and thus would rather pass down the choice to 3rd place?

[Apuly]

Or we just just split it up in 2 votes. 1 for staff, and 1 for mod.

[Xray_Doc]

Or we just just split it up in 2 votes. 1 for staff, and 1 for mod.

^^^^^

[scrounchtike]

I don't think splitting the votes is a good idea. Maybe some people want to go for admin, but if they don't get the place, they'll be fine with mod. Now its impossible for them to do so.
I say we just do as usual, and at the end we ask the first one if he wants admin, if no, the 2nd gets it. And then we also elect 2 mods from the list.

[Iceglade]

I don't think splitting the votes is a good idea. Maybe some people want to go for admin, but if they don't get the place, they'll be fine with mod. Now its impossible for them to do so.
I say we just do as usual, and at the end we ask the first one if he wants admin, if no, the 2nd gets it. And then we also elect 2 mods from the list.

^^^^^^^^

[Xray_Doc]

Why not elect admins first then have mod elections after? Including those who didn't get the staff position, of course.

[Tommyand]

I nominate RekcirBrickR for staff!

[Legofreak]

I accept! It's been a few years since I was a forum moderator. I should be able to handle it.

As for SSH, I'm not too familiar but I'm willing to learn about it if it helps.

[Apuly]

Why not elect admins first then have mod elections after? Including those who didn't get the staff position, of course.

^^^^^^^^^

[LordDecapo]

stuffs

Woo... slow down now... how did you get the vets to agree with this? XD

none of you are ever active with stuffs recently , tyler thought it was a good idea, and i mentioned it to u a bit ago xD lol.
its in Rbox btw

[Aero]

I nominate Paulydboy for his Paulydboy-ness

[PabloDons]

I nominate Paulydboy for his Paulydboy-ness

Posts: 1
I can smell you, pauly >:D

[Dcentrics]

ddthj cuz whainaught

[Greymouth]

ddthj cuz whainaught

YASSSS! Plz! He has been a consistent player for about 2 years! <3

[Apuly]

I nominate slugdude

[slugdude]

I nominate slugdude

I'm flattered! I know ctrl-C for copying stuff from the server console!

jkjkjkjk

serioulsy tho, thanks. Even though I know I won't get it.


P.S. does anyone know who is in charge of the github of OU2? I made a pull request but noone seems to be in a position to "mess with things".

[slugdude]

Also, I would like to nominate tuchi. He seems responsible and reasonably active.

[Apuly]

I nominate Paulydboy for his Paulydboy-ness

Posts: 1
I can smell you, pauly >:D

You should probebly remove the ectoplasm from your nose.
I'm honest enough to not make an extra account, just to nominate myself.
Instead I get aero to do it for me.

[XxPotrzebiexX]

I nominate myself.

If I can't do that, I nominate tuchi

[Nickster258]

I nominate myself.

If I can't do that, I nominate tuchi

Read main post.

[TuchiTheSalt]

I nominate myself.

If I can't do that, I nominate tuchi

xD <3

[Magic :^)]

shouldn't we have a list of the nominees on the OP like last time? It's getting quite confusing sifting through the comments to see who's who. Also double nominations could be reduced.

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[Xray_Doc]

They post the list when they make the thread for when people accept their nomination

[tokumei]

does anyone know who is in charge of the github of OU2? I made a pull request but noone seems to be in a position to "mess with things".

All of the admins who are also active developers usually have joint ownership of the organization. About 90% of them hide their ownership though.
You're right - the OUV2 plugin has kind of been stagnant in development

[Crazyninja2000]

I nominate Jallenator for staff

[Xray_Doc]

Holy shit that's a lot of spam

[Magic :^)]

Holy shit that's a lot of spam

[himehowareu]

I Nominate Chibill. Because unlike me he has remmained active even when the server is still on 1.7.10

[Nuuppanaani]

Or we just just split it up in 2 votes. 1 for staff, and 1 for mod.

I understand what you're trying to solve with this: the problem if someone wants to become a moderator but doesn't think he/she has what's required to become a staff.

I'd say we solve this by allowing the 1st place person step down to mod? (And for that matter any staff member who'd rather be a mod.)

Opinions?

[Iceglade]

Or we just just split it up in 2 votes. 1 for staff, and 1 for mod.

I understand what you're trying to solve with this: the problem if someone wants to become a moderator but doesn't think he/she has what's required to become a staff.

I'd say we solve this by allowing the 1st place person step down to mod? (And for that matter any staff member who'd rather be a mod.)

Opinions?

Personally what I would do is I would first give the first place nominee to step down, in which place staff is handed to second place. Repeat, and if third place doesn't want it then just give it to whoever's least reluctant. I wouldn't have existing staff step down to mod though as they will probably already have SSH experience.

[PabloDons]

Or we just just split it up in 2 votes. 1 for staff, and 1 for mod.

I understand what you're trying to solve with this: the problem if someone wants to become a moderator but doesn't think he/she has what's required to become a staff.

I'd say we solve this by allowing the 1st place person step down to mod? (And for that matter any staff member who'd rather be a mod.)

Opinions?

wasn't this already decided?

We will still carry on like how lord stated, but the first place, second place, and third place all have a chance to pick a position.

So if someone comes in first, they get to pick what position they want, the second place person gets the next pick, and third place gets the last open spot no matter what it is (unless they turn it down).

[Nuuppanaani]

I kinda disagree with 2nd and 3rd place ppl being able to get the staff rank.

[Nickster258]

I kinda disagree with 2nd and 3rd place ppl being able to get the staff rank.

I believe the person ranked 1st in the election is to choose. Then let the others choose. If that person gets 1st but does not feel like being a staff member, they can leave the decision to the next guy, if that guy is approved by staff ofc.

[LordDecapo]

i think the 1st place can only decline, if staff agrees that the person that would take there place would be good. i could see certain ppl getting 3rd and beign OK at mod, but would be terrible (cause of their love of goofing or other stuff) at staff... and we cant have ppl goofing off in SSH.

Also if a staff steps down to Mod, IMO we should deactivate there SSH key

[PabloDons]

I kinda disagree with 2nd and 3rd place ppl being able to get the staff rank.

The idea of mod is that staff would be able to promote experienced people to the staff rank. I think of the election as follows; 3 of the most suited players on the server have the chance to join the staff team, ranking those three from most to least trusted feels kinda absurd. There's quite a lot of players on the server and there's a slim chance one is exceptionally more trusted than the others. it's not only about trust either. let's be honest, nearly every member of the community and that has been so for a while can be trusted. Not all of them are very suited for a staff rank however. It still doesn't mean mod should have ssh and things like that. quite honestly, it's just a start for inexperienced players which should mean slow start and less responsibility. The 1st place getting the 1st pick, etc. is only there because there can only be one staff. It's going to be hard to pick one ignoring the votes, so might as well rank them 1st to 3rd and let them choose.

[LordDecapo]

GUYS! this is your 24 hour warning! i will be ending this early due to the mass amounts of people asking me to, admins saying ok, and that we have a bunch of people nominated already. so i will close this at apx. 9pm EST tomorrow the 2nd

[Nuuppanaani]

Deleted the spam.

Please keep in mind this is an official thread: keep the shenanigans in the sub forum it belongs to.

[Konstacon]

meow meow
devon is meow omnomnominated (=^･ｪ･^=) meow
because he doesnt hate me anymore <3 (=^･ｪ･^=)

[Sir_Leedle]

I OMNONONONOMONATE THE ONE AND ONLY SNUGGLYCREEPER9!

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meow meow
devon is meow omnomnominated (=^･ｪ･^=) meow
because he doesnt hate me anymore <3 (=^･ｪ･^=)

<3 hurshturg hug and furget

[slugdude]

I nominate myself.

If I can't do that, I nominate tuchi

xD <3

U didn't give me a <3 even though I nominated you before potrz did, therefore meaning his nomination of you was utterly pointless.