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.
Our goal is to create a highly trained global moderator role system for group support. Forum global mod applications is a process that will run by Ano & Mon (our forum ambassadors), who have have tentatively said, any active SC forum mod who wants to be global can reach out to either of them after 3 months of focusing in their sub-community to explore the role. We hope to layer in more training in the future.
@Laura Thank you!!! Let's do this. Go Team!!
@Laura Ok now I am confused. I was a global mod, then you said if I wished to stay on the Trauma Support Team I would have to give that up and isolate. Now you offer this again, but at the end of your phost state that Roles will be adjusted accordingly.
So what's the deal now then? If I take global mod I'm off Trauma or not, cause the prospect of this is not right. It's unproductive to me, my team, and our subcom. Whereas I am 100% committed to the Trauma Support Community I will not let that go, and I don't much care for moderating unfamilliar subcoms, but still there are so many times I am the only one about when folks are in need. I would help them if I could, but I will not quit my team or subcom to do this.
Please clarify how this is to work again. Thanks Laura, Happy Spring! 
@Raveninthelabrynth
If you are not currently a global moderator - this will not apply to you! Sorry for confusion! But stay tuned, you will be able to apply for global mod training in the future!!
@Laura Groovy, Thanks Laura
@Laura Thank you for the update!
Thanks @Laura, already filled in the form! 
@Laura
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@SmileDandilion
Yes, as all global mods will have to fill-out the form Global mods are mods that are not associated with a sub-community as a community-centered mod.
@Laura
Okay I am confused is this application for global mods before Janurary 2018? If I am correct? So this is not the application for new mods after Janurary 2018?
@Jakeeee
sorry for the confusion Jake! This is not an application. This is simply an opt-in form. If you became a group support mod or a forum mentor prior to january 2018, you should fill it ou. Or if you currently are a global mod - you should fill it out.
@Laura
I'm confused!! On your post, it says if you're a group mod, forum mentor, forum member leader or forum supporter to fill out the form? I clicked on the form but it just says group mod or forum mentor...? So do the other roles not have to fill out the form to stay global? There's nothing about forum member leader or forum supporter roles? Does my question relate to your note on your post? If so, I still don't understand your note, I'm sorry!! :p xx
@rebecca947
updated to be more clear, thank you for the feedback
@Laura Have to say am confused also and where does forum mentor leaders fit here, do they have to apply or not and also if they are leading a community moderated community?
@Rain45
this is not an application. Simply fill it out to let us know youd like to keep going as a global mod for forums :)