Community Centered Moderation Update - Fill out this Form to Maintain Your Global Mod Status!

HI Everyone,

This post applies to anyone who is on a volunteer project - for group support or forum! This post represents our last big push to get folks to focus in the Sub-communities before we launch a more formal global moderation role application and training.

It has been about 3 months since we launched the community centered moderation update! It has been a wonderful learning experience and we are excited to continue to experiment with these new moderation tools!

Since launching, all new group mods and forum supporters/ mentors have been placed to their individual subcommunities! We still have many group mods and forum mods who have opted for global moderation. This is okay, as these are the folks we have grandfathered in to the global mod roles. As promised, they can continue in this role if they would like. Applicants who applied / got plugged in after January 2018, have been asked to focus on their SC first - with the option to apply / opt in for global in the future.

Along these lines, its time to formalize the global moderation role. Especially for group support. For group support, its clear additional training is needed for the global mod role. @Kate will be announcing this application and training process in the near future.

Before we move forward, we want to do one last push to get folks plugged into Sub-Community specific moderation roles. We know that many of the group mods and forum mods we have grandfathered in are open minded and wanting to focus on their SC's, which is AWESOME. Global moderator is not for everyone, as it can be an incredibly challenging role to be in. We'd like to make it as easy as possible for people to get plugged into these moderation roles they want.

TLDR

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY A GLOBAL MODERATOR for the following roles - Group mod, forum mentor, forum member leader, forum supporter... Please FILL OUT THIS FORM to let us know you'd like to continue as a global mod in your project area.

Please submit by Wednesday, March 28.

This is not an application, it is a sign up form. Everyone who signs up to be global mod will maintain their status. Those who do not fill out the form will be asked to focus in their SC and we will adjust their privileges accordingly. (note - the only exceptions would be mods who are on teams for forum categories or unattached rooms).

We will shout this update from the roof tops to ensure everyone hears it and has ample opportunity to fill out this form!.

From there, we will adjust individual roles accordingly.