How do people become mod?

[BuckeyeBalls]

Just wonder what requirements are for be coming a mod?

No im not trying to but since dr del got moved up to admin there is one less mod right? Unless it was filled. Because i think some1 should be looked into for being a mod

Kaorte has been nothing but helpful to me and many other people around here. Always good informative and quick responses.

Im not gonna add a poll or anything because i don't see the community electing a mod just figured i would let u guys know she is very helpful and would like to see her mod one day

[CoolioTiffany]

Kaorte for Prez!

[dsirkle]

We have to be careful about how many Francophiles are on the staff at any given time.

[CoolioTiffany]

Kaorte has helped me out with so much and she always gives good info to anyone so I would love her to be a mod, but there are also some other people on here that would make awesome mods as well

[waltah!]

The pay stinks!

[BuckeyeBalls]

We have to be careful about how many Francophiles are on the staff at any given time.

lol i had to google that

Kaorte has helped me out with so much and she always gives good info to anyone so I would love her to be a mod, but there are also some other people on here that would make awesome mods as well

Not talking about urself now are we LOL

[blackcrystal22]

It's probable they've already begun thinking about this.

There are people who I wish were still active here that would make awesome mods.
But they're mostly inactive now or disappeared.

Not saying that there aren't any good potential mods here, because that would definitely be wrong.

[Kaorte]

The pay stinks!

Darn it!! Now what will pay for my snake food??????

[rabernet]

In answer to your question on how someone becomes a staff member.

When we decide that we need to bring on more staff, we start to look at current members here. We look for participation, location at times (there was a time we were needing more mods from the west coast to cover after the east coast mods hit the sack), we look at the quality of their posts (how helpful are they, how do they react when there are hot topics, like the recent events this week with a now banned member), we look at length of time they've been a member here - while it doesn't disqualify any one, we do tend to look at BP.net veterans first, but there have been members that didn't have veteran status yet that become a mod.

Then we come up with as many as 10 names and the staff discusses each candidate and what we each think that they can bring to the table, what their strengths are and also discuss any concerns that we may have, if any.

We then decide how many staff we plan to bring on - usually 2, but sometimes 3 at the same time and a poll is created that all the staff members vote on.

Once the top 2 or 3 candidates are identified, they then receive a PM from an Administrator offering them the position and explaining more about the position and what it involves. Not everyone accepts, it's a completely VOLUNTEER commitment, and it's definitely a special personality that can put on the green cape, and make difficult decisions at times (giving infractions to friends when they've earned one is one example - and being able to separate out personal from "business" can be a challenge for some people - heck, we all struggle with that when we really like someone, but we know we have to ding them).

Hope that answers your questions, and we thank you for your nomination.

[Beardedragon]

You have to be AWESOME!