Think it is a good decision that you say nothing Corpse as when you speak it usually comes out wrong...like the above...you don't read my threads but you want to ban them and can't explain why.

grill btw are you gay?

You will be rewarded in an unexpected way.

I declare my intention to run for the office of WoKJ Admin.

Finally a worthy opponent, if you ask me. But I hope he has smartened up as he made one of the dumbest ADM rulings I have ever seen once on BOM!

The World of KJ: “Success through Diversity”

My "Success through Diversity" mantra begins with the main premise that our moderating staff must be composed of capable individuals who all bring a different perspective to the table and who are given appropriate responsibilities. Moreover, I feel this philosophy as a whole, elaborated below, fits very well with the WOKJ Commandments set forth by Eagle.

A. The Moderating Team

A moderating team will be established where moderators are given one or two forums to moderate specifically. This is advantageous for a few reasons:

(1) It localizes daily moderator responsibilities so that moderators can be more efficient and not feel they are stretched across the entire board. A moderator can put all of their effort into monitoring, generating discussion and promoting an all around positive atmosphere in their specifically assigned forum(s).
(2) These specifically assigned forums are perceived as a good fit for that particular moderator with appropriate responsibilities.
(3) Finally, it prevents a dominance of one moderator or a group of moderators over the forum, and gives the board a diverse moderating perspective.

All moderators will keep an open communication with each other, and all will have a say in any important decision making for the forums as a whole.

The following members currently form the confirmed moderating team that will come into effect if I am to be selected as the new board administrator here at KJ.

• Xiayun (Head Moderator; All Forums)
• Dr. Lecter (Cinemania, Box Office Bash)
• Price (Cinemania, Box Office Bash)
• Madgez (Everyone’s a Critic, TV Forum)
• Levy (Sports Forum)
• Groucho (The Politiko Palace)
• Korrgan (Box Office Games and Quiz Show)
• Snrub (Gaming Forum)

* Vacancies for the other important forums will be filled at a later date. The administrator and head moderator will monitor ‘The Site’ forum specifically to respond to queries.

Literature Forum Note: Currently vacated; looking for someone who can make this forum come alive again. In particular, persons who would like to dedicate themselves to writing a KJ fan fiction, like the incredible stories members here used to write at BOM with forum members as characters. This was historically a lot of fun and engaged many forum members.

Governmental Diversity

B. Objectivity

Objectivity as a moderator or administrator isn't a concrete idea. It is recognized that moderators, as engaged forum members, bring a certain subjective view to the table. It is inevitable.

But when one can ensure that all sides to an issue are looked at and shared at the level of administration and moderation, through a group of individuals who bring their own unique perspective, then I firmly believe that a more holistic and objective approach can be instilled.

The idea is that we recognize we are human, and we will carry a certain subjective view. But if we can ensure that all views are adequately represented, and that all moderators keep each other “in check” on forum issues and problems, we can ensure a level of objectivity.

Subjectivity – Individual Bias = Objectivity

The goal here is to try to fix any feelings by forum members that their moderating/administrative team are dominated by a certain clique of individuals who are "above" them.

Openness and Diversity of Opinion

C. Transparency

Any actions taken by the administrator regarding any forum members or forum practices will be stated clearly in the open so that all forum members are aware. If anyone has questions for the administrator or is concerned about any of the administrator’s actions, they may feel free to address the administrator publically (in ‘The Site’ forum) or privately (via PM). Open communication is important, and therefore the administrator will be readily available and always respond to all queries. Queries posted in ‘The Site’ forum will remain open for public discussion, allowing other forum members to input their own opinion.

Forum members can private message moderators directly if they have a query specifically for them. If it is something the poster would prefer not to address directly with the moderator, they may contact the head moderator or administrator.

D. Evaluation

The evaluation of the moderators will be done on a monthly or bi-monthly basis by the administrator, and will incorporate ratings and comments by forum members.

Each month, at the end of the month, a thread will be opened outlining how to rate and comment on moderators, and any forum members who wish may send those comments/ratings into the administrator privately (via private messaging). These ratings/comments will be constructed by the administrator into a general format which provides feedback for the moderators. Moderators can then use this to help improve their work as moderators, and at the same time not feel singled out or attacked by forum members. It is also a way for forum members to present constructive criticism anonymously to their moderators.

The Ultimate Goal: Forum Diversity

The ultimate goal is to foster a diverse and open community where people can discuss what is on their mind; to shape a community where people can disagree without having attached feelings of hostility. The selected moderating staff will help to ensure that the perspectives of all forum members are looked at, and ultimately, that forum members feel they are being fairly treated if any problems should arise. Basically, the moderators are here to make sure everyone can have fun.

The Fun Stuff

The following are a series of proposed ideas to improve and spruce up the forum.

(A) Creative Forum Names
Creative naming of certain individual forums that lack creative names; in particular, the ‘TV’ forum, ‘Music’ forum, ‘DVD’ forum, ‘Literature’ forum, the ‘Sports’ forum and ‘The Site’. The potential renaming of these forums will be open to public discussion where forum members can throw out their creative ideas. The best ideas, based on discussion, will be put up to a vote, and if there is a clear consensus for a new title, it will be implemented. It is possible there may be no consensus for an alternate title, in which case, the forum name will simply remain the same at this time.

(B) Official Poster of the Month
A possible idea, in which the moderating staff and administrator will discuss on who has contributed most positively to the forum in the last month. The criteria is very open, but the moderators/administrator could look at how posters have contributed to important discussions, helped the forum thrive in particular ways, or perhaps merely an observation that a certain poster has been particularly respectful and kind to posters in the last month. This idea would hopefully motivate posters to contribute positively to the forum.

Question for you based on your statement?!

* You state the following but you have selected MODS who have very documented past views of harassing members stating their own personal bias over what is ruled on by present ADM/MOD using the existing KJ rules as guidance.

Subjectivity – Individual Bias = Objectivity

The goal here is to try to fix any feelings by forum members that their moderating/administrative team are dominated by a certain clique of individuals who are "above" them.

MikeQ. has been added to the list.

GO MIKE!!!

Thats a very well laid out plan, Mike. It probably is the most concrete ideology than what the other candidates have presented

what the hell is this crap?

MikeWho. goes behind everyone's back and assembles a moderating team and calls that transparency?

ok.

Was I the only one to read this?

The future platform threads and such are going up later.

It's a smart thing to do though. He'll get the votes of the members he posted early on. The chances of someone he listed not voting for him are slim now.

Really, what a joke you are as you sure made enough comments about me! so ????!

and you should have known that from Eagle's very 1st post....

3) This thread will close at some point on June 7th. It could be at 12:01am on the 7th, it could be at 7am on the 7th. Whenever this thread is locked, if your name is not in, you are not running.

That's because someone asked the ones who were interested to address the issue the board has with you.

Hi snack,

I'm not sure what is problematic about this. I'm trying to be proactive by assembling my team now and showing everyone who will be part of my moderating team. I would say that this is actually being quite transparent. I didn't want to declare my candidacy until I was sure that I could organize my own philosophy and team and be prepared.

Peace,
Mike

so ADM. Not to be. Funny that you have a problem with him doing what you yourself did. Guess Mike did too good a job for you.

Forget him, Mike. Snack is obviously a traitor to the gay race.

You don't have to answer this...until next week....but I want to see if you will answer it now to get it out of the way.

Question for you based on your statement?!

* You state the following but you have selected MODS who have very documented past views of harassing members stating their own personal bias over what is ruled on by present ADM/MOD using the existing KJ rules as guidance. How are you going to handle this conflict?

Subjectivity – Individual Bias = Objectivity

The goal here is to try to fix any feelings by forum members that their moderating/administrative team are dominated by a certain clique of individuals who are "above" them.

MikeQ gets my vote for the detailed planning. I have not seen that from any other candidate and most candidates have treated this as a joke. If others can do something like MikeQ, It should make it more interesting.

Some of us have decided to wait for the actual thread for posting our plans.

fyi, Eagle has only set up this step and hasn't even laid out what the next process is. So I am not bothered that no one else has given more detailed info.

Welcome to Step One in the process to choose WoKJ's next forum Admin. The rules of this thread are as followed:

1) To formally declare your intention to run for office please post ONLY the following: "I declare my intention to run for the office of WoKJ Admin."
2) Additional discussion is allowed, but only a post that contains the text above and nothing else will be considered a declaration of intention.
3) This thread will close at some point on June 7th. It could be at 12:01am on the 7th, it could be at 7am on the 7th. Whenever this thread is locked, if your name is not in, you are not running.
4) You can not declare intention for another poster, only the account making the declaration will be entered into the process.
5) By posting in this thread you accept all the rules declared in this thread, as well as any additional rules created during the process.
6) The right is reserved to change the rules at any time by the owners. This is the first time this has been done, it will be a learning process for all of us.

Good luck. I truly hope someone with the integrity and motivation required of the job will step up to the challenge. The future of the forum may depend on it.

Hi Grill,

I firmly believe that the people I have pulled together so far are very capable of moderating the forums that I have assigned them. I think it has been particularly advantageous to assign specific moderators that are well equipped to moderate certain forums. Many of them have moderated before and done a terrific job. I don't think there should be any conflict.

The whole idea I was aiming to get at with the objectivity was to emphasis how myself, and my group of moderators, will strive to ensure that all perspectives are acknowledged to instill a certain level of objectivity in governing the forum. If forum members feel that my moderating team is poorly chosen, then that reflects poorly on me, and they can choose to vote for another candidate. No hard feelings, I'm just putting myself out there.

Peace,
Mike

Just to clarify a couple things:

The moderators that I have selected, outside of xiayun, have all been assigned specific forums. So, while there are a lot of moderators, there are only in most cases one moderator per forum. However, I do see what you are saying, and a more laissez-faire approach to moderating is certainly a different way to go.

Secondly, by saying that I will have very formal monthly or bi-monthly evaluations of the moderators, I did not mean to imply that otherwise they could never be contacted by forum members with issues or concerns. The monthly process is just a nice, standard way to allow for anonymous feedback. Otherwise, forum members are encouraged to always contact moderators directly if they have a immediate problem. That was acknowledged in the outline I originally posted.

And finally, the "Poster of the Month" idea is perhaps a bit silly. It is only a possible idea if forum members were to be enthusiastic about it. Same with the forum re-naming. If no new creative titles are popular enough, then the current ones will remain.

Thanks Magnus for your feedback.

Peace,
Mike