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Site Maintenance Department (Forums) Additional Regulations 2009
Last Updated 02 Apr 2009 23:34:23 GMT 0
Col(A) Flynn, Bradley
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Effective Date: 20 May 2009 16:31:59 GMT 0
  1. General
    1. Web Cadet ranks cannot be disregarded in any conversation that involves the Corps or related business.
    2. On any outside forums or clubs, groups or any other area set up by a member for Corps purposes, ranks and positions must still stand, however, conversations are to remain informal when possible.
    3. Any outside forums, clubs, groups or the like must not in any way interfere with the use or operation of all of the official forums. This includes unnecessary duplication of forum topics and use.
  2. Access to Specific Forums
    1. All members should have access to the Cadets Mess and all Sectional Messes.
    2. All NCOs may be granted access to the NCOs Mess.
    3. All Officers and the Corps Senior NCO, with the exception of Officer Cadets may be granted access to the Wardroom.
    4. All Department Head's are to ensure their group's have access to their department forums.
    5. Access to the Command Forum is granted by the Commandant, with exception to a case involving the Commandant then Access may be granted by the Presiding Officer as detailed in Appendix D.
    6. Access to Special Additional forums is a privilege and not a right and may be revoked by the appropriate Moderator or Leader of that forum
  3. Conduct
    1. All users of the Forums and Chat rooms must adhere to the conduct expected of their rank, as well as conduct becoming of a member of the Corps.
    2. All conversation in the Cadets Mess is considered to be semi-formal unless otherwise posted by the moderators of that forum. All posts are to be kept inline with Justice Regulations in terms of what names are used.
    3. Certain divisions of the Forums or rooms in the Chat rooms will have addendums dictating behavior towards participation, and they are to be followed as though they are part of these Additional Regulations. Charters are sets of addendums that might be granted to certain forum groups. The SMD may alter or remove addendums or revoke charters at any time.
      1. Charters must be reviewed and ratified by a majority vote of the forum or chat room. If they come into effect within 2 months of the Commandant Elections each year. The majority of changes should be made at this time if possible.
      2. Charters must be displayed in a common location viewable to all members in which they will affect.
    4. Swearing is to be avoided at all times. No excuse will be accepted for foul language in any thread.
    5. Sarcastic or joking remarks should be clearly indicated.
    6. Posts addressed to just one person are to be avoided unless inline with the conversation and would be of benefit to other readers. Private messages should be used otherwise.
    7. All personnel must make the greatest effort to spell and type properly. Small spelling errors or grammatical errors are not a problem but speaking in a manner that cannot be reasonably understood by most people is an offence.
  4. Discipline
    4.1. Moderators and Administrators may issue warnings and/or infractions.
    4.2. If an individual accumulates 6 active infraction points, charges should be sent to the individuals commanding officer or department head. If the person is not in a unit or department, the charges should be sent to their direct superior. If the individual is the commandant, the charges should be sent to the adjutant. This person will be referred to as the Presiding Officer from this point on.
    4.3. The Presiding Officer should start proceedings as outlined in the Administration Department (Regulations and Justice) Additional Regulations.
    4.4. Administrators may issue a temporary forum ban at any point, if they consider the conduct of the individual to be uncontrollable by any other means. Once a temporary ban is issued, a formal justice case must be started to establish the circumstances of the offense and to ratify the forum ban.
    4.5. Warnings may be issued by moderators and administrators as they see fit. There is no maximum, and they may be issued for minor indiscretions.
    4.6. Infractions must be issued with an appropriate expiry date.
  5. Account Registration
    1. For participation in the Forums, it is required that users start an account. Information given to create the account will not be used for any other use but for identification purposes.
    2. Members should not allow other people to access their account under any circumstances.
    3. Members may only have one account. If a member is found to posses multiple accounts, all the accounts of the user may end up being removed and disciplinary actions may be taken.
  6. Organization of Forum Staff
    1. The SMO is responsible to the Logistics Officer for the all aspects of the forums (and its features), chat rooms, operation, use, moderation and administration.
    2. The Site Maintenance Officer and Assistant Site Maintenance Officer will automatically be in the Forum Administrators Group.
    3. The Site Maintenance Officer through the Forums Officer shall decide on the number and permissions of other user groups, and who is allowed to participate in each user group.
    4. The Forums Officer is appointed by the Site Maintenance Officer to command over the Moderators appointed by the Site Maintenance Officer and ensure proper discipline and use of the Forums. The Forum Officer will also be responsible for training new Moderators, ensuring each Moderator is qualified to Moderate the Forums, and to provide Forum training.
  7. Chat rooms and Internet Relay Chat
    1. Unless someone books the chat room for something different the topic is General Chat. This can only be changed if all members within the room agree to it at the time and for a specified period or by a member of SMD.
    2. The Chat Senior (also referred too as ChatSenior) is defined as the Most Senior Position Present with respect to the Corps Organizational Outline. With exception to where the senior members present in the chat's positions are equal, the Chat Senior will become the Highest Ranking Member of said equal positions.
    3. The Senior Member present will have administrative powers and will have the username 'ChatSenior'. If a more senior member comes into the room then the ChatSenior is to log off and log back in as their normal screen name and hand the title ChatSenior over to the new senior member.
    4. Failure to do this will mean Site Maintenance Department get informed and the ChatSenior password changed with the person concerned never getting hold of it again and possible Justice action.
    5. If the Senior Member states the words SILENCE SILENCE SILENCE then nobody is to talk for the next two minutes unless spoken to by the senior member or if the senior member says CARRY ON.
    6. Anybody contravening the rules will be kicked out of the room. Initially they will be allowed straight back in, however the second time will be a ban until further notice.
    7. The Chat rooms ARE limited to Registered Forum Users but are NOT private. Visiting civilian personnel should be treated with due respect.
    8. Anybody sitting idle with no response for more than 10 minutes MAY be kicked.
  8. WCC Arcade
    1. The WCC Arcade falls under the control of the Entertainment Sub-Department and or Representatives in terms of control of Tournaments and any other Challenges issued and accepted. However, the SMD will retain full control of all technical functions regarding the Arcade and anything contained within it, and further reserves the right to remove access to the arcade at its discretion.
    2. If the overall Trade/Qual/NCOC/OA submissions to the WCC decrease by more than 15%, the arcade will be shut off for a period of a week, so that work can continue without distraction.
    3. Any regulation regarding the Arcade must be discussed with the SMO before implementation for reasons of site continuity and practicality.
    4. For all intents and purposes the arcade is informal
    5. The use of comments for inappropriate comments is an offence.

  9. Forum Signatures
    1. All Members of the corps must have a valid forum signature.
      1. Signatures may NOT be longer than the 5 Lines
    2. Signatures must contain the following:
      1. Name
      2. Rank
      3. Major Positions (Category 3 & Higher)
        1. may use more the 1 line, but still required to stay below the maximum allowed.
    3. You may combine Line's One and Two to gain a additional Line for use.
    4. Your signature may contain the following (subject to staying below the posted Max Lines):
      1. A Maximum of 2 Images (Only if not displaying medals);
        1. Defined as anything not text.
        2. Each Image May NOT exceed:
          1. Width: 200px
          2. Height: 100px
      2. Personal quotes and phrases
    5. Blank lines count towards the Maximum Lines.
    6. Signatures containing a language other than English will require a translation into english directly after the word in Brackets ( )
    7. Displaying of Medals in your Signature only counts as 1 Line.
    8. Exceptions To # of Images Displayed
      1. The Poppy image may displayed starting on the 28th of October till the 15th of November.
      2. Maximum amount allowed is 2.
      3. Only the approved poppy image from SMD will be authorized.
    9. Election Campaigns
      1. Slogans/adds/campaigns for the Commandant Election may be displayed during the time frame of 1st November and ending on the 31st December
      2. All lines used still count towards the maximum allowed.

  10. Forum Infraction Appeal's
    1. Anyone who received a infraction/warning from the forum staff may appeal it, providing the follow the outline below:
    2. You must submit a email to the Forums Officer that contains the following:
      1. Your Name
      2. A copy of the Email or private message you received detailing the infraction/warning
      3. Reason's as to why you believe you should not of received this
    3. If the infraction was given by the Forums Officer, you submit the email to the Assistant Site Maintenance Officer
    4. If the infraction was given by the Assistant Site Maintenance Officer, you submit the email to the Site Maintenance Officer
    5. If the infraction was given by the Site Maintenance Officer, you submit the email to the Logistics Officer
    6. If the infraction was given by Any of the Forums Technical Advisors, you submit the email to the Site Maintenance Officer
    7. If After the first appeal you still wish to appeal it will be taken to either the following:
      1. If the first appeal was denied by any member of the Forums Staff (not including SMO) you will take it to the Site Maintenance Officer.
      2. If the first appeal was denied by the Site Maintenance Officer you will take it to the Logistics Officer.
    8. Failure to comply with this paragraph will result in your appeal being automatically denied.

  11. Forum Chain of Command
    1. The Forum Chain Of Command is always updated frequently and can be found on the forums Home Page (http://www.maintenance.webcadets.com/forums/)
    2. Failure to abide by decisions made by forums staff may result in disciplinary action being sought.

  12. Forum Staff Restrictions & Requirements
    1. Forum Administrators:
      1. Remove Posts Posted By Any Member of The Corps.
      2. Remove Posts Made By Any Forums Moderator and Super Moderator NCO & Officer.
      3. Can Modify A Users Forum Account Information.
      4. May Ban A User With Due Cause From Forums & MyWCC
      5. Must Post After Action Reports For The Following:
        1. Removing of Posts/Threads
        2. Modifications to Posts/Threads
        3. Moving of Posts/Threads
        4. Archival of Posts/Threads
      6. Adding/Modifying Forums By:
        1. Adding/Changing The Outlines
        2. Adding/Changing/Merging/Moving/Deleting Sub Forums
      7. Must Post After action report within a period of 1 hr from time of change.
      8. May Install Modifications to the Forums Within Consultation with the SMO unless otherwise informed.
    2. Super Moderators Officer:
      1. May Remove posts made by any regular member and or moderator (including super moderator’s) of the corps.
      2. May Remove posts made by Any Forums Administrator in consolation with the SMO.
      3. Can Modify a users forum Account Information.
        1. Will Not Modify Any Forums Administrators Account Without Consulting The SMO.
      4. Must Post After Action Reports For The Following:
        1. Removing of Posts/Threads
        2. Modifications to Posts/Threads
        3. Moving of Posts/Threads
        4. Archival of Posts/Threads
        5. Must Post After action report within a period of 1 hr from time of change.
    3. Super Moderators NCO:
      1. May remove posts made by any regular member and moderator (Not Including ForumsO and Forum Administrators)
      2. May remove posts made by any forums administrator in consultation with the SMO
      3. Must Post After Action Reports For The Following:
        1. Removing of Posts/Threads
        2. Modifications to Posts/Threads
        3. Moving of Posts/Threads
        4. Archival of Posts/Threads
        5. Must Post After action report within a period of 1 hr from time of change.
    4. Moderators:
      1. May Remove posts made by any regular member in the forum that they are responsible for.
      2. Must Post After Action Reports For The Following:
        1. Removing of Posts/Threads
        2. Modifications to Posts/Threads
        3. Moving of Posts/Threads
        4. Archival of Posts/Threads
        5. Must Post After action report within a period of 1 hr from time of change.
    5. Special Users:
      1. ForumsO:
        1. Will Make sure that all moderators are following proper protocol and are not experiencing any trouble.
        2. Will take moderator actions when requested to do so for any location on forums except for the following (unless invited to do so):
          1. NCO’s Mess
          2. Command Forums
          3. OA/Staff & Instructors
      2. ForumsNCO:
        1. Will Make sure that all moderators are following proper protocol and are not experiencing any trouble.
        2. Will take Moderator actions when requested to do so for any location except for the following (unless invited):
          1. Command Forums
          2. Wardroom
          3. OA/Staff & Instructors

  13. Additional Regulations
    1. If a topic is closed by a Forums Administrator it WILL stay closed (Absolutely NO posting From anyone) unless one of the following:
      1. The member who closed it, unlocks it.
      2. Another Forums Administratior in consultation with the SMO.
    2. If you are having issues with another member of the Forums Staff regarding forum issues they are to be directed to the SMO. If it is the SMO in which you are having issues with it will be directed to the Logistics Officer.
    3. If you are informed of something that needs to happen by a more senior member of the Forums Staff. You will do it (Provided it is lawful).
    4. If you have questions regarding what you are/are not allowed to do contact the SMD.

  14. Terms Of Address
    Informal
      Lower ranking cadet Higher ranking cadet NCO USNCO Lower ranking officer Higher ranking officer
    Cadet First name or surname First name or surname First name or rank First name, rank or RSM/Coxon/SWO First name, rank or position First name, rank or position
    NCO First name or surname First name or surname First name or rank First name, rank or RSM/Coxon/SWO First name, rank or position First name, rank or position
    Officer First name, surname or service + surname First name, surname or service + surname First name, rank + surname or Mr/Miss + surname First name, rank + surname, RSM/Coxon/SWO or Mr/Miss + surname First name, rank + surname, position or Mr/Miss + surname First name, rank + surname, position or Mr/Miss + surname
    Semi-formal
      Lower ranking cadet Higher ranking cadet NCO USNCO Lower ranking officer Higher ranking officer
    Cadet Surname Rank Rank Rank or RSM/Coxon/SWO and Sir/Ma'am Rank or position and Sir/Ma'am Rank or position and Sir/Ma'am
    NCO Surname Surname Rank Rank or RSM/Coxon/SWO and Sir/Ma'am Rank or position and Sir/Ma'am Rank or position and Sir/Ma'am
    Officer Surname or service + surname Surname or service + surname Surname or service + surname Rank + surname, RSM/Coxon/SWO or Mr/Miss + surname Rank + surname, position or Mr/Miss + surname Rank + surname, position or Mr/Miss + surname and Sir/Ma'am
    Formal
      Lower ranking cadet Higher ranking cadet NCO USNCO Lower ranking officer Higher ranking officer
    Cadet Rank + surname Rank Rank Rank or RSM/Coxon/SWO and Sir/Ma'am Rank + Sir/Ma'am Rank + Sir/Ma'am
    NCO Rank + surname Rank + surname Rank + surname Rank or RSM/Coxon/SWO and Sir/Ma'am Rank + Sir/Ma'am Rank + Sir/Ma'am
    Officer Rank + surname Rank + surname Rank + surname Rank + surname Rank + surname Rank + Sir/Ma'am
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