October/November PSA

[Toral Delvar]

Somewhat delayed, especially as it has been written since early October
Anyway, one point that was raised was that people do not always know what is in the library, or how to access information about the community.
Pretty much any question someone has about the community should have the answer in the library, so we created a short guide to the content, with some of the most important or informative pages linked

We think this covers everything, but there may well be other issues not mentioned

The library contains not only detailed information on the Wheel of Time books, but also a great deal of information about both the history of TarValon.Net and the current organization. This includes not only the Membership Manual, but also information on who holds each position and who they report to.

The Membership Manual contains the information about TarValon.Net that all members should know. It is currently hosted in the library. As the library has many pages, often including pages that cover much of the same material as pages on the Membership Manual, the membership manual pages all have a specific format:

1) All start with MM:

2) All have the Membership Manual Navigation along the bottom

3) All are in the category [[Membership Manual]]. No other pages are in this category.

The Membership manual can be found at

http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=MM:_Membership_Manual

Within the membership manual, are several pages of that may be particularly useful:



http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=MM:_Code_of_Conduct

Contains the current code of conduct by which all members are expected to abide



http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=MM:_Chain_of_Command_for_Members

The chain of command for members for dealing with personal issues. Complaints about a person's performance in an official role should be addressed to the next person in the chain of command in that department. The holders of each position is not information that is contained within the membership manual, but is part of the library



Specific information about the departments can be found at

http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=MM:_The_Administration_at_TarValon.Net,_Inc.

It should be noted that several of the organizational charts are outdated, and they do not show who the current holder of any position is. That information however, is available in the main body of the library.



The organization of TarValon.Net into the departments is also covered in the library at

http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Tower_Organisation

From here, more information on each of the departments is easily accessible.



Some information of specific interest is the list of all official positions and who they report to. Any member who has an issue with the job performance of another member would be able to see who is next in their chain of command so would know who to address their complaints to

http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Tower_Roles

Each of these also links directly to the page for that role, that gives an indication of the duties and responsibilities of the role and the position it reports to.



We also have information on who holds every position, so that it is easy to find whoever is next in the chain of command

http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Current_Positions



Other information includes a list of all current Admin positions

http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Admin

and all current staff postions

http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Staff_Positions

In addition to information on current staff and structure, we have been through the old boards where available to identify all previous positions and holders of those positions, as well as previous online events and themes where known
An overview of these can be seen at
http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Tower_Timeline
but there is a page for each year
For example, http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=The_Tower_in_2012 sumarises everything in 2012 and links to further information for many pages, such as
http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=2012_Awards
http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=2012_Online_Events
http://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Administrative_and_Staff_Positions_in_2012

For each of these, they also link to the previous and next year, where applicable

 

[Emerald ní Róhan]

Awesome PSA! I sometimes have trouble with finding the exact info I want in the library, so the links you provded are very handy! Thank you for doing this! And for all the work you do on the library!

 

[Valadilene Aldieb]

WOW! This is fantastic! Thank you!

 

[Ibon Caseï]

Great guide!

For the list of current staff possition, I'm missing the Servant of All Developpement Team under Community Outreach. I'm a member there, and have been for a couple of years.

 

[Keisha al'Benn]

Thank you for all you do Toral!!

 

[Serenla Tamowith]

Community Outreach has been growing and changing! Faster, unfortunately, that my position has kept up with it. I've started a conversation with Tree to get that section up to date.

 

[Ibon Caseï]

Thank you, Serenla.

 

[Loira Al'Ramoidra]

Ta Toral spread the awesomeness of the Library! :horsey

 

[Calypsa al'Nicolai]

This is so helpful! Thank you Toral!

 

[Miridyth Al'Landerin]

Loved it, especially the timeline...brought back memories!!