guys,
with the new EU BF2142 server going public today, Echo, Slayer and Superfly have approached me with a new concept to manage administrative issues in the community, an idea developped by Echo.
The goal of this new concept is to avoid the unrest created by constant discussion that plagued our community during most of 2006, even resulting in cherished members like Dancer, captain-a, etc. leaving.
I believe we all agree that those issues hurt our community in the past year, and that we should try to learn from our mistakes and take the necessary steps to prevent those things from happening again in 2007.
In this concept ( let's call it "Executive Decision" or "ED" for now ), admin responsibilities will not be shared among the admins, but will be distinctively associated with one specific admin. This admin will have the last word in any debate that occurs within his field of responsibility. Of Course, he'll consider the opinions brought forward by the community, but in the end, he'd be the one to take the final decision, should the opinions of the community members be inconclusive.
Simple goal: discuss less, play more.
I as head admin would only step in if there is a conflict that cannot be solved by the admin himself or if a more general decision with regard to the server has to be made. A kind of referee, if you will.
The structure, as it is now, will be as follows:
B.Schuss - head admin, "referee", final decision in certain cases, contact to chuy and the Server provider
Slayer - admin, responsible for mapcycle issues
Echo - admin, responsible for server setting issues
Superfly/The_Dude_5b ( plus additional help Superfly recruits himself ) - community communications, membership management, special events, "the spirit of the community"
Alpha - admin, responsible for developping a server "rulebook", in charge of admin complaints, kicks, bans, etc..
Certainly, we do have more admins to watch over the server itself, but those listed above are the guys that will play the leading role in managing our little community.
Again, do not worry. This is not about taking away community input. We cherish your opinion, and we want to hear it. But democracy has its limits. In the end, should the community be unable to reach a concensus , somebody has to make a decision, and we believe it is important that the responsibilities are fixed.
with the new EU BF2142 server going public today, Echo, Slayer and Superfly have approached me with a new concept to manage administrative issues in the community, an idea developped by Echo.
The goal of this new concept is to avoid the unrest created by constant discussion that plagued our community during most of 2006, even resulting in cherished members like Dancer, captain-a, etc. leaving.
I believe we all agree that those issues hurt our community in the past year, and that we should try to learn from our mistakes and take the necessary steps to prevent those things from happening again in 2007.
In this concept ( let's call it "Executive Decision" or "ED" for now ), admin responsibilities will not be shared among the admins, but will be distinctively associated with one specific admin. This admin will have the last word in any debate that occurs within his field of responsibility. Of Course, he'll consider the opinions brought forward by the community, but in the end, he'd be the one to take the final decision, should the opinions of the community members be inconclusive.
Simple goal: discuss less, play more.
I as head admin would only step in if there is a conflict that cannot be solved by the admin himself or if a more general decision with regard to the server has to be made. A kind of referee, if you will.
The structure, as it is now, will be as follows:
B.Schuss - head admin, "referee", final decision in certain cases, contact to chuy and the Server provider
Slayer - admin, responsible for mapcycle issues
Echo - admin, responsible for server setting issues
Superfly/The_Dude_5b ( plus additional help Superfly recruits himself ) - community communications, membership management, special events, "the spirit of the community"
Alpha - admin, responsible for developping a server "rulebook", in charge of admin complaints, kicks, bans, etc..
Certainly, we do have more admins to watch over the server itself, but those listed above are the guys that will play the leading role in managing our little community.
Again, do not worry. This is not about taking away community input. We cherish your opinion, and we want to hear it. But democracy has its limits. In the end, should the community be unable to reach a concensus , somebody has to make a decision, and we believe it is important that the responsibilities are fixed.
