The responsibilities of a network leader were way too much to expect from one man. The way that DLotS coped was highly commendable, but regardless of who we put in his place, the result would either be exactly the same, or much worse. The workload is way too much. As a result, the Network Leader position is no more. Instead, we have split the work amongst many departments. This will ensure a higher level of activity and efficiency from all areas, and no chance of neglection. The departments, leaders and their responsibilities are as follows;
Mastermind is still our Lord, King, Overseer and Master. Bow down to him or consequences will ensue.
The Server Department will be led by jnengland
This department is responsible for:
- Setting up servers for the network.
- Maintaining the servers and solving any problems affecting the hosted sites, prioritizing the Revora network.
- Keeping the rest of the network informed about the server events.
The Development Department will be led by Dark Lord of the Sith and 2playgames
This department is responsible for:
- Creation and maintenance of new technology for the network, such as Rust (A generic user-driven CMS), ReVault (file hosting portal), a new MasterNews and the Network Bar.
- Development of any technology requested by other groups.
- Creation and maintenance of websites for divisions (or just helping division people with that).
- Maintaining the forum skin, developing graphics and icons, etc.
The Network Maintenance Department is led by Vortigern
This department is responsible for:
- Maintaining and updating the contents from Revora.net, Network Bar and any other Revora administrative website.
- Supporting divisions with content.
- Taking over any division or strategic site until The Recruitment Department finds someone to run it.
- Taking over The Recruitment Department if the leader of that group resigns.
- Taking over any other Revora administrative group until The Recruitment Department finds someone to run it.
The Hosting Department is led by Omegabolt
This group is responsible for:
- Revora hosting support.
- Revora hosting site(s).
- Revora hosting policies.
- Update hostees in the network bar.
The Recruitment Department is led by Banshee
This group is responsible for:
- Hiring people to fill groups with leaders or replacing leaders.
- Helping other divisions to hire staff when requested.
- Overseeing all divisions and hiring staff for understaffed areas (in conjunction with the leader).
- Hiring interested people to create new divisions
- Recruiting external sites, mods and projects to join the network.
And finally The Community and Public Relationship Department is led by Hybrid and
This group is responsible for:
- Organization of the forum.
- Moderation, punishment and banning.
- Ensurance and promotion of activities within the forums, promoting events, contests anywhere in the forums.
- Promoting of Revora on other communities.
- Promotion of the internal communication of Revora events through news and mass mail (if necessary)
- Speaking in the name of Revora outside the network.
Just remember, most of that weight was solely on DLotS shoulders at one point. Now that the weight has been fairly distributed, you can expect things to go a lot smoother. The departments will be recruiting staff to help out with the workload, either by advertising positions or by approaching individual members, so keep your eyes open for those opportunities. We thank you all for reading this news feed. Any further questions you have will be answered quickly by a department leader, so don't be shy.