After much discussion, Marsupial is being allowed into the Barracks. However, there is a condition. Your post quality needs significant work, particularly in the Barracks, and thus we ask you to improve on it. Honestly, if the Boot Camp proposal we're working on was already set up, I'd assign you to it. Until then, though, post with as best grammar as you can, and with as much intelligent discussion as you can.
Likewise, your review quality ranges from excellent to piss-poor; if you review, please be consistent and steer away from one-liners. I see that your latest batch is approaching quality again, which is good, keep that up. They don't have to be giant ones like I've seen in your history, but nothing like your review for Brawlers.Battlefield, please.
In any case, first thing you should do is sign up at our forums, so I can validate you and allow you full access for future member discussions and the like. Again, any Barracks members not already signed up should do so.
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As for the list of stolen flashes being checked off/cleared, that would fall upon the Portal Violations Officer. If the current Violations Officer, UnfathomableSin, remains inactive (hasn't posted here since early June, though he's still active in the BBS), this position will be open to assignment. It would require a great deal of effort, hunting down as much evidence as possible and detailing it, as well as communication with Wade and re-checking of links to see if anything was done about them. Preferably a pre-existing member of Wade's Portal Watch would be best, as they'd be more able to communicate with him and get a certain yes-or-no response. We don't want a list of flashes that simply slide by judgment and never get pulled, or an innocent flash continually being accused wrongly.
Also, there was a question about the roles of the other officers. Alrighty.
Well, the command roles are obvious. Eagle, me, and Phantom run this place. NEVR has control in the unlikely (but unfortunately possible) event that none of us three show up for a week or more, and if that absence persists, he can take control for longer durations at his discretion.
Barracks Recruitment Officer is obvious, dealing with recruitment procedures and making a judgment call if the group opinion is split. I've handled this role for a long time, and it's something I don't need any help with.
Now, the position of Relations Officer (currently held by Sentio) is a bit more ambiguous. According to the officer guide:
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Barracks Relations Officer
Reports to: Lieutenant Chief Barracks Officer
- In charge of all inter-Barracks relations
- Assists executive officers in their duties with peacetime operations
- Responsible for Barracks forum documentation, including FAQs
- In charge of all relations officers, including all Liaison positions
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Sentio is a mod of the forums (and has helped keep the single guest-postable forum clean of Viagra ads for time out of mind), but the question is, what do the other duties mean? Most of our current officers are capable of handling their duties themselves, and the Liaison situation isn't yet rectified.
There are two possibilities for this.
1. Re-name the position and give it different duties. I like the idea of the senior, long-time members having officer positions in the event of an emergency, so that their high judgment and standing is official; the question is, what to call it, and what should he do? Sentio, is there anything you think yourself able to do that you're not already, or anything you do that we don't know of? Similarly, do you think you're active enough to have expanded duties, or should it be simply more of a "respect my authoritai" position (which I'm okay with)?
2. Ditch the position and make a sort of "council of elders" group that encompasses the officers and certain long-time members (like Sentio) for making major decisions in the absence of leadership? I'd like that idea, as well...a sort of tribunal.
I'll wait until Sentio posts before deciding what to do.
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Next is Barracks Advancement Officer, currently held by Hemlok, who has not posted in the EGB (or anywhere) since mid-May. According to the FAQ:
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Barracks Advancement Officer
Reports to: Barracks Relations Officer
- Primary mentor and motivator to all Barracks members
- Encourages involvement in all forms of Portal activity, including B/Ping, reviewing, and flagging malicious entries/reviews
- Encourages fair voting on the Portal in all situations
- Sets the example on ideal Barracks involvement at all times
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This kind of stuff is another example of "senior member duties" and not really needed. I mean, we all try to motivate each other and keep the actual work going, we all encourage fair voting and try to keep the place clean...considering Hemlok's absence, I'm leaning for dismantling the position, unless someone has an idea for non-basic roles for such a position.
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The Records Officers are obvious in their duties, keeping and maintaining rosters and doing all that busywork which would drive most of us mad, lol. No need for re-structuring here unless one or both get tired of their job.
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The 'wartime' roles don't need adjustment at the time being. NEVR, the Operations Officer, is active and ready for any shit that hits fans, and the Violations Officer has already been discussed as being shifted into peacetime and handling stolen flashes; though Lieutenant Violations Officers may be established in wartime.
Wartime...lol, I'm sure many of you members don't understand what we mean by that. Some of you may think the Portal is really bad now, and yeah, it is...but nothing compared to 2005-2006, when the Barney Bunch ruled the Portal with an iron cock. Fileswaps EVERYWHERE, malicious and computer-crashing flashes, pop-up spawners...it was madness. We used to have people screenie the Portal every fifteen minutes to look for title changes so fileswaps could be searched for!
Hopefully that will never happen again, but if it does, we'll be ready. We're lucky to have a former Barney Bunch member in the Barracks, after all. :-P
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Liaisons (hard word to spell). Alright, first of all, we need to find out who is in the NGDD (I know many members here are or were). To prevent EGB cluttering, I've made a thread at our forums for NGDD members to announce themselves and list any duties they have there. Anyone who feels themselves active enough and knowledgeable should mention that along with their post, as well.
As for the NGPD...I'd like to encourage all EGB members to lurk the thread, see what's going on. If a question is asked that you can answer, do so and be detailed with your response. Just remember that they are their own sovereign club, not a mere offshoot of the EGB, and are in charge of their own affairs; we're trying to establish a closer bond with them, not annex them.
All NGPD alumni should list themselves at that same thread I linked to for the NGDD, so I can know who's available. While any EGB member could be a liaison to the NGPD, it'd be better if it was an alumni from it, as they're more familiar with their procedures and structure.
Yep. That's all for now.
