Where we're up to with Part 3 of the Reforms Trilogy...

[Erwin]

Okay, we're well into our the final stages of Reforms Stage 3.

Basically, staff are being put into the relevant staff teams, and members are actively being recruited to become staff.

The Rules that we have up are better but are still an interim draft.

murron, our Policy Director (staff), and CaDan, our Ombudsman (non-staff), are actively rewriting our rules as we speak - it's been 3-4 days and they're still feverishly working on the rules.

I thank you all for your patience.

Giving feedback about staff is easier now - there is a new icon in the posts of staff that looks like this:

- click on this if you want to praise or appeal a staff decision.

What left?

1. Rules rewrite.

2. Finalise Appeals protocol.

3. See how things work, and adjust accordingly.

Happy to take feedback in this thread.

 

[I'ddie4him]

Hey Erwin,

Just a quick question.

I had seen a question posed about promoting other sites and religions.
Is this included in the rewrite ??
I don't see it anywhere right now.

 

[CaDan]

Hey Erwin,

Just a quick question.

I had seen a question posed about promoting other sites and religions.
Is this included in the rewrite ??
I don't see it anywhere right now.

It's not in the Interim Rules.

We're trying to work out how to deal with it. It's kind of tricky, actually. We don't want "missionaries" for other faiths cruising the site, but we still want to be able to talk with people of different faiths or no faith at all.

There's always going to be a gray area there, but we want to make it as small an area as possible.

p.s. murron, I need your latest revised draft.

 

[CaDan]

Oh, and I know the current appeal rules are hyper-complex.

Once we get a final set of CF Rules up and running, we are going to tear down the old appeals system and rebuild the whole thing from scratch.

 

[Shannonkish]

Erwin! Thank you for listening to your members and staff and for doing all that you can to make CF the best forum there is!

 

[MariaRegina]

Dear Erwin and Staff,

It is so hard to study for my final in college. This is so much better than watching a game.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to serve here at CF.

I'm feeling very much at peace. This is so wonderful.



Lovingly in the Risen Christ,
Elizabeth

 

[dignitized]

Oh, and I know the current appeal rules are hyper-complex.

Once we get a final set of CF Rules up and running, we are going to tear down the old appeals system and rebuild the whole thing from scratch.

I'm waiting with breathless anticipation

 

[CaDan]

Giving feedback about staff is easier now - there is a new icon in the posts of staff that looks like this:

- click on this if you want to praise or appeal a staff decision.

Hey! Where's your feedback button?

 

[dignitized]

Hey! Where's your feedback button?

you don't have one either you know . . . .

 

[CaDan]

you don't have one either you know . . . .

I don't have a little Staff "S", either.

"S'es? We don't need no steekin' S'es!"

 

[dignitized]

I don't have a little Staff "S", either.

"S'es? We don't need no steekin' S'es!"

no you should get an O. That way when people say that so-and-so is picking on me you can go OOOOOooooo.

 

[MariaRegina]

Dear Erwin,

I think the emblem used is great. This way, when we see a post by a mod which is really helpful, then we can give a positive response.

Too often we focus on the negative, but positive reinforcements do help improve the mood of the forum and are also felt in the staff room.

 

[fragmentsofdreams]

The new position of the feedback button is an improvement. When I tried to find it to answer a friend's question, it took me a long time to figure out where the old one was.

 

[StarSapphire]

Oh yeah, the feedback buttons are nice.

It will be nice to give back positive feedback easily.