Moderatorship and Tower positions

[Ty al'Djinn]

Can you be a moderator of multiple forums at once, or be a moderator and have a position on the tower such as Gatekeeper or Voice? I'm a bit fuzzy as to how that all works out in practice.

It seems the only time one person holds two offices oz to support a transition of some type.

 

[Ariadne Davion]

Usually how it works is you can hold as many positions under Staff as you are able to handle. Things get a little tricky after that. You can be an Administrator (Ei. Membership Admin such as Head of Ajah or Mayor) and hold staff positions (moderator of a forum) but you can not hold two Admin positions at the same time. These two tend to hold the most flexability. After that things get pretty simple. We move up to Director which means you are a Director. You can't be a Director and an Administrator, but it is okay for you to be staff in a different department but your job as a Director will take priority. An example of this is Someone is, say, the Director of Marketing but they are also a Library Editor, making them part of the Records and Research Staff. This is okay. I think the same applies, if you want to be part of the Newsletter and be a part of that staff its okay too, but generally Director positions are highly demanding and few to none hold more than just that position. The same applies to the Officer Positions as well, Some might be 'listed' as staff (like Library editor or another specialized staff position) but rarely do they hold more than their Officer role.

The Board of Directors, however, is a little tricky. They don't hold an 'official' position in the sense that there is a title under their name or any of the sites day-to-day runnings. How they allot their time is mostly up to them, but usually they don't hold other positions because of the time demand. (I could be wrong but meh).

One of the more 'special' positions is the Hall. It is a Staff position but usually it conflicts with a few Administrator roles, especially in Membership. (Or just in Membership, the more I think on it) You can't be Staff in the Hall and hold an Administrator position in Membership.

As for moderating multiple forums, usually people moderate one at a time since there are always plenty of volunteers. If you do moderate for more than one forum, it is either because of a position you hold, or the Director of Moderators required someone to fill in a hole.

 

[Ty al'Djinn]

Thank you for that wonderfully thorough, and yet concise explanation, Arie Sedai!

*hugs*

Should be added to the mm

 

[Karassa Souladrin]

Also, while not a hard and fast rule, but just in general, at times, we like to "spread the wealth" and so sometimes preference for a position will be given to someone who doesn't already have one elsewhere!

 

[Dralyn Montsier]

For the Board, if we want to apply for other positions, we can. We have to apply, just like anyone else, and be chosen, just like anyone else. The Board, however, is outside of the normal administrative structure of the Tower because it's not an administrative position within the structure of the Tower. It's a business position that doesn't really have much to do with the community, except where the community and the finances intersect and with things that touch on the Officers. It's why we don't have any merits for serving on the Board of Directors - it's something separate.

 

[Ubahsur Kindellaer]

One piece of advice that I tend to give is that if you aren't sure and are concerned about it, reach out to you current and hopeful new supervisor to ask their personal views on the situation.