Moderators

[Steve]

I am keeping an eye on this thread.

I will be chatting to the team in regards to the nominees.

We can then make the decision and then contact nominees to see if they want the role.

We will let you guys know soon.

[Steven]

Yup to:

:D

mick.wheelz- Knows his stuff too, if he can keep his language a little cleaner! :D

I will have you know I have been making a concerted effort not to swear any more :)

and it shows - a whole sentence without any profanity whatsoever. I'm impressed!

[Hiro]

I'll accept nomination but if it comes down to me and someone else then it should go to them, I can't guarantee having the time to be able to dedicate to the forums/club with my work commitments these days

Mod privileges would be fun though :P

[Steve]

Ok guys, here is an update

As Daryl has been a mod before and I was very happy with him being on the team it made sense for me to reinstate Daryl.

I have also spoken to Daryl about having a much larger role within the club as progressing in to a management step. This is crucial role for setting up a great core team of moderators. It is known that a great core team creates a better community, giving more structure to the running of the club.

I am now discussing with the team on the new moderators and we shall be inviting new team members soon.

[69.NIX]

Ok guys, here is an update

As Daryl has been a mod before and I was very happy with him being on the team it made sense for me to reinstate Daryl.

I have also spoken to Daryl about having a much larger role within the club as progressing in to a management step. This is crucial role for setting up a great core team of moderators. It is known that a great core team creates a better community, giving more structure to the running of the club.

I am now discussing with the team on the new moderators and we shall be inviting new team members soon.

Good to see the Dazza man back in action. Congrats

[GTL05T]

BG PETE FTW!!!! :toast: :toast: :toast:

[trentmeyer23]

As Daryl has been a mod before and I was very happy with him being on the team it made sense for me to reinstate Daryl.

Well deserved.

[Ronnyboy]

Well deserved :)

[DJKOR]

Okay guys. We need to get this team organised. We have had quite a bit of talk but it's now time to get serious.

I would like people to start listing who they would like to see as a moderator here. Remember that when you think of the word "moderator", don't just isolate that to the forums here. A nominated moderator should also (although it wouldn't be absolutely necessary) be able to represent the club outside of the forum. This means turning up to the occasional meet and socialising as both a friend as a forum member.

Because of this, I am looking for at least one member from each State, which includes you guys in Tassie because you hold meets as well. In addition to that, as a moderator, you would need to take on a lager responsibility at meets. There have been reports of driving behaviour from some that can be considered dangerous during a meet/cruise environment. If such a thing was to occur, action should be taken to their membership on the forum. After all, we are out there to support TOCAU and don't want to give ourselves a bad image.

As well, being somewhat active would be desirable as well because there are times when a member out there is just looking for a moderator to help them out, but no one is around.

Once we come to some form of a list that starts to make sense, it will be then forwarded on to the current moderators and if there are no disagreements, then I will create a new team for us all.

[RedSportivo]

Well kenshin has my vote.

[Steven]

Okay guys. We need to get this team organised. We have had quite a bit of talk but it's now time to get serious.

I would like people to start listing who they would like to see as a moderator here. Remember that when you think of the word "moderator", don't just isolate that to the forums here. A nominated moderator should also (although it wouldn't be absolutely necessary) be able to represent the club outside of the forum. This means turning up to the occasional meet and socialising as both a friend as a forum member.

Because of this, I am looking for at least one member from each State, which includes you guys in Tassie because you hold meets as well. In addition to that, as a moderator, you would need to take on a lager responsibility at meets. There have been reports of driving behaviour from some that can be considered dangerous during a meet/cruise environment. If such a thing was to occur, action should be taken to their membership on the forum. After all, we are out there to support TOCAU and don't want to give ourselves a bad image.

As well, being somewhat active would be desirable as well because there are times when a member out there is just looking for a moderator to help them out, but no one is around.

Once we come to some form of a list that starts to make sense, it will be then forwarded on to the current moderators and if there are no disagreements, then I will create a new team for us all.

Damn glad to have you back as a moderator :)

One moderator from every state sounds good but what about one "mini" moderator (ie what you were before) for each vehicle sub-forum as I know many people don't tend to venture outside of their own Toyota model areas which may create "holes" of limited moderation on the forum. Just my 2c

[Tash]

Congrats on the reappointment Daryl and what you have said akes perfect sense - is there a moderator currently for Victoria?? I'm happy to help out but I am by no means a car expert, and living in Bendigo I can't get to all of the meets, so IMO someone based in Melbourne would be better suited to the role.

[DJKOR]

Save the congrats guys. I'm fine with that :)

One moderator from every state sounds good but what about one "mini" moderator (ie what you were before) for each vehicle sub-forum as I know many people don't tend to venture outside of their own Toyota model areas which may create "holes" of limited moderation on the forum. Just my 2c

Well the way it goes, there are going to be no more than 10 moderators (exclusive of Steve). As for the existing moderators, I have no issue keeping the current ones (except for the Club-Bot who is still a moderator) provided that they have no issues with staying as one. They will be contacted though to see if they are comfortable where they are or believe they should let someone else take their role. So that leaves the position open to about 4-6 more moderators.

As for having limited roles, all moderators will have the ability to moderate all forums around the club. There are a couple of Admin like abilities that are available to a Super Moderator, but to keep the balance, if there are more than one mod from a particular state, then there will only be one Super Moderator.

[Guest]

perhaps the list earlier in the thread should be looked at, or a new thread/poll crated to organize the team.

As i said earlier, D and Pete get my votes

[DJKOR]

perhaps the list earlier in the thread should be looked at, or a new thread/poll crated to organize the team.

This is already being considered for the short-list.

One flaw I made in my post was that I said all States. I think it would probably be wise to no have a mod for the Northern Territory because there is minimal activity there. Whoever gets nominated from South Australia will be classified as a Central Australia moderator.

[dwee.]

I say people that are active, always rocking up to meets, always willing to give a hand, unbaised and mature. Melb probably needs a mod/s. Saying that, for Melb, first people to come to mind are kenshinx, johnnie, Tash, Vinh, lee and myself. Whether they think they're up for it is another question.

SA: Peter dutchie definitely

Qld: it's already Daryl :)

Nsw: Bg Pete / John

[Guest]

perhaps the list earlier in the thread should be looked at, or a new thread/poll crated to organize the team.

This is already being considered for the short-list.

One flaw I made in my post was that I said all States. I think it would probably be wise to no have a mod for the Northern Territory because there is minimal activity there. Whoever gets nominated from South Australia will be classified as a Central Australia moderator.

Sounds like a good plan...

[Tash]

I say people that are active, always rocking up to meets, always willing to give a hand, unbaised and mature. Melb probably needs a mod/s. Saying that, for Melb, first people to come to mind are kenshinx, johnnie, Tash, Vinh, lee and myself. Whether they think they're up for it is another question.

SA: Peter dutchie definitely

Qld: it's already Daryl :)

Nsw: Bg Pete / John

Totally agree with you there dwee - would be more than happy for any one of that group to represent Victoria :) I am happy to do it but am not sure if I am active enough (I have been getting on during work hours where I can, but it'd mostly be at night/on weekends for me) or knowledgeable enough. That said is having at least one female moderator a good idea?

[DJKOR]

When I ask about being active guys, I don't mean you have to be on the board 24/7. I just mean that if you were to receive a PM asking for assistance and you actually have a minute or two to spare, take that time to help out rather than leaving it till later. So long as you aren't hard to get a hold of, then I would say you are active.

[Tash]

Thanks for the clarification - more than happy to do it then :)

[1stKill]

Thanks for the clarification - more than happy to do it then :)

You got my vote mate...i think you would make a great moderator Tash. :D

also KenshinX would be a very good choice for the Victorian crew.

[Ronnyboy]

You got my vote mate...i think you would make a great moderator Tash. :D

also KenshinX would be a very good choice for the Victorian crew.

+ 1 :)

[DJKOR]

Well guys and girls. This thread isn't quite progressing as much a intended. To get things going for a bit, I will post the current distribution of 'votes'. Not exactly votes, but these were the names that were mentioned in this thread and the count of how many times they were mentioned so far:

BG Pete - 15

mick.wheelz - 14

Kenshin X - 7

SuperDave - 5

Juvenile - 3

Tash - 3

dutchie 101 - 3

johnnieboi - 2

Hiro - 2

Andrew357 - 1

Steven - 1

Out of the list above, I am going to try to get 5 mods. I think the first few votes speak for themselves. I have done some thinking and would like some additional comment as to how you guys would like the mod distribution. How active are each of the states? QLD, NSW, and VIC are appear to be the most active and with the occurrence of large meets happening within these States, would you think the idea of a 'mod from each State' was probably not the right line of thinking? Please make suggestions as well, because this is your club as well.

As well, after some discussion with mick.wheelz at our last meet, we have figured that it would be best to leave the current moderation levels where they are. So the current 'Super Moderators' will stay where they are and newly appointed moderators will be appointed as 'Moderators' with access to all forums. This is to prevent any impressions of favouritism by certain members and to also allow new moderators to settle into the role.

Edit: If this whole thing starts to drag on with not much input, I'm just going to pick the top 5 on the list there and ask them if they want to take up the moderating positions.

[69.NIX]

/poke

....dame facebook lingo ;)

/BUMP

Any good news to report?

[DJKOR]

I don't have access to the Admin CP now and Steve hasn't had the time yet to fix that up for me. If and when he does, I will get this all sorted and the ball rolling.