It's time to begin the Autumn Officer Assessment.
Here's a list of the current officer roles and the holders of those positions.
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Executive Officers
1. Chief Barracks Officer: SlashFirestorm
Status: SECURED
Role: The commander of the Barracks, who has the final word in operations, membership and recruitment, etc..
Notes: Despite my relative inactivity in the EGB thread, I'm not planning on leaving anytime soon.
2. Lt. Chief Barracks Officer: Phantom
Status: Presumed Secured
Role: The second in command of the group, and assumes control of the Barracks if the CBO is unexpectedly absent from the Barracks for a month or more. Otherwise, he or she makes command decisions when the matter is urgent (such as beginning recruitment procedures) and the CBO is not present.
3. Second Lt. Chief Barracks Officer: Coop83
Status: Presumed Secured
Role: Third in command, see above position for duties.
Notes: Not purely necessary, but Coop is one of the long-timer members of the EGB, and with his maturity and review-mod-ness, he would make a worthy CBO if a tree fell on me and Phantom got bombed or something.
4. Emergency Operations Officer: RohanTheBarbarian
Status: Presumed Secured
Role: Makes command decisions for the Barracks in the event that both the CBO and LCBO are unexpectedly absent for a week or more. In the event of a longer absence (a month or more), the Emergency Operations Officer may make themselves functional commander indefinitely, and can appoint themselves or another officer as a permanent CBO replacement.
5. Barracks Operations Advisor: EagleRock
Status: Gonna Be Chucked
Role: A purely symbolic position for our long-inactive original CBO.
Notes: I want to chuck this and give Eagle an actual position of power in the chain of command. See comments below.
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Peacetime Officers
1. Recruitment Officer: SlashFirestorm
Status: Currently folded into CBO duties
Role: In charge of examining a prospective recruit, giving them the EGB Code of Conduct, and making a discussion thread for the recruit if all requirements are met. Can summarily reject obvious ill-fits, and can summarily accept former EGB members (honorably discharged and formerly AWOL members) with command approval.
Notes: I've handled the duties of the recruitment officer since before I was CBO, and I can handle it easily enough. No need for a separate Recruitment Officer at this time.
2. Advancement Officer: Lotus
Status: Vacant, per the resignation of Lotus
Role: In charge of teaching the Barracks lifestyle to all new recruits who need it. Topics that many new recruits need education on include post quality (both in length and grammar; mercy will be shown to non-native-English speakers), B/P'ing (no mass-protecting or targeting of certain groups), and general sociability. The Advancement Officer can report any problems/concerns to the Chief Barracks Officer to be handled on an executive level.
Notes: Uncertain if this is necessary. Entertaining suggestions regarding editing of this position.
3. Records Officer: Ismael92
Status: Presumed Secured
Role: Keeps and maintains the roster for the Barracks, including membership and B/P statistics. More than one officer can be appointed if needed.
4. Lt. Records Officer: Coop83
Status: Likely Gonna Change
Role: Per above, either through alternating schedule or by taking over when the Records Officer is unable to do the roster.
Notes: Lizzardis, assuming he wants to keep doing this, can have the role.
5. Portal Violations Officer: phantomlassuk
Status: Likely Gonna Change In Some Way
Role: In charge of maintaining a record of all passed flash that are suspected to be stolen and reporting them to Wade. Deleted flashes will be removed from the list, while flashes that remain will be re-evaluated at a later date and either re-reported or dismissed.
Notes: With the much simpler Reporting Desk/Master List, this needs tinkering.
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Wartime Officers
None are needed at this time, but with the threatening activity of certain groups and individuals, they can't be wholly discarded. Positions would be responsible for gathering intel on threats, keeping in contact with admins in regards to reporting offenses, and, in extreme cases, infiltration.
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Barracks Liaisons
With the NGPD locked, and the NGDD still on indefinite hiatus, the liaisons are not needed at this time.
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So, to summarize, here are some of the things we need to take care of.
1. Integrate EagleRock back into the official chain of command. If either Phantom or Coop83 is no longer interested in their position, we could move things around and work him in like that, but if they're both still interested, we'll have to think of something else.
2. Advancement Officer. Since it's empty due to Lotus's resignation, we need to decide whether or not we need this position...and if we do, precisely what its duties entail...and, if that's decided upon, we need to decide on who gets the job.
3. If there are no objections, I'd like to have Lizzardis take over Coop's position as the Lieutenant Records Officer. He's handling this month's roster, and likely will do it again in the future if it goes smoothly.
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Portal Violations Officer
Now, we all half-assed the reporting procedures for the past half-year, so we need to streamline and simplify the process. The new procedure that I'm envisioning works as follows:
1. If someone sees a rulebreaking flash, they report it here in the Barracks to be flagged AND at the Violations Reporting Desk at our forums (you must be logged in to view, as it's in a secure section). The post in the EGB and the forums should details on both the flash itself and its author(s).
A. If the flash is flagged successfully, the Violations Officer can add the offender to the Master Violations List in the appropriate category (such as CP, fileswaps, stolen flash, etc).
B. If the flash is not flagged, the person who first reported it in the EGB is responsible for following up and reporting it to Wade. The Violations Officer will go to the Master Violations thread and add the offending user to the appropriate section, and the offending flash to section 7 (Rulebreaking Flash that Passes Judgment) to be examined at the next seasonal checkpoint (Mar 23, June 23, Sept 23, Dec 23), when it will either be purged due to insufficient evidence or re-sent to Wade if we're absolutely, 100% sure (and with the appropriate evidence) that it is indeed rulebreaking.
2. Suspected cases of rulebreaking that are not certain beyond a reasonable doubt should be brought up in the EGB. If it is determined to be innocent, the matter ends there. If it's determined to be rulebreaking, ONLY THEN should it be mentioned at the Violations Reporting Desk. Remember that we err on the side of caution; better to risk letting a guilty flash escape (and sink into the depths of the Portal) than to wrongly flag an innocent user/submission.
3. Cases of CP trafficking should NOT be reported in the EGB; report them ONLY at the Violations Reporting Desk, and if it remains for more than a day, the person who reported it is responsible for follow-up. We don't want to give the sick fucks the attention they crave.
Note that links to the Violations Reporting Desk and the Master Violations List can be found at the Barracks Bulletin Board, and reporting procedures are listed at the Reporting Desk in case you forget. Anyone can report something to the Violations Reporting Desk, but only EGB forums admins and the Violations Officer will be able to edit the Master Violations List, as it's for CONFIRMED offenders.
(Continued in next post, running out of characters.)
