Hub.mn

Staff Members
It is the duty of staff members and all members of the community to act in a way that is conducive to the good of the community, and this is the overriding principle. In the case of serious or long-term disability, staff members should relinquish their rights and responsibilities. Staff members are free to engage in posting and discussion as per any other member of the forum.

There are two types of staff member, moderators and administrators.

Moderators
Role
Moderators exist to moderate debate – that is, the content of posts and the conduct of members. They keep the boards clean and well-ordered, and keep the peace (where necessary) between warring parties. They decide which content is appropriate and which is not.

Chosen
New moderators are chosen by the council of moderators. Any member of the forum can veto the choice.

Duties

• To remove illegal content
  To enforce the community guidelines
  To impose sanctions on unruly members in accordance with guidelines

Administrators
Role
Administrators exist to maintain the technical elements of the forum, to keep regular backups of the database in case of error, and to conduct maintenance where necessary. Administrators should never get involved with moderating activities, unless to assist with a technical issue or unless a member is in gross violation of the community guidelines and no moderator is available.

Chosen
New administrators are chosen by public consensus.

Duties

• To backup the database at least every two weeks and subsequently leave the confirmation message in the Database backup log
  To check the forum status and repair any errors
  To update the forum software when necessary

Based on http://micronations.eu/forum/index.php? ... 16#msg9516

It all seems reasonable, but the ways they are chosen seem error prone, especially the ways to choose the first, which are not outlined at all...
The way to choose moderators seems a little extreme to have any member able to veto the decision completely... perhaps having 2 or 3 members veto to cancel the selection might make it less prone to having an example person, let's call him kofac, suddenly deciding that no one is right if it's not kofac.

The new administrators part, does that mean 100% agreement, because if so, that's the same as having any member can veto, and we get our problem with the hypothetical kofac.

Any member of the forum can veto the choice.

• Inactivity for a period of one (1) or more months
  Exhibited and obvious bias in a ruling
  Gross misconduct and/or abuse of privileges

It is the duty of staff members and all members of the community to act in a way that is conducive to the good of the community, and this is the overriding principle. Staff members are free to engage in posting and discussion as per any other member of the forum.

If a staff member knows they will be inactive for a long period of time, they are expected to resign their position. If a staff member is inactive for a period longer than thirty days, exhibits obvious bias in a ruling, or is guilty of gross misconduct and/or abuse of privileges, the community may, by consensus, decide that they shall be removed from their position.

SaiKar wrote:"Justified LoA" is such a bogus, easily abusable concept though. Where are you on the planet where you don't have access to a computer at least once a week or so? What sort of lifestyle are you living that you can't take ten minutes out every couple of days to scan through some voting topics? "Busy with university?" Use your study breaks to hop on the forums. If you can't handle it, it means you just aren't interested and are using your downtime for something else. I never did have any patience for that sort of thing when it involved the rest of us sitting around and waiting, hoping one person gave us a few passing moments of thought and consideration.

30 days and you're out. Should have no exceptions.