Rank Definition

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Director
A Director is a key person in GFL who has a huge impact on everything. They are active members of the community who have chosen to donate many hours of their time into managing GFL as a whole.
 
Responsibilities:

• Set up goals for GFL as a whole.
• Make community-wide decisions.
• Ensure that teams are performing well and efficiently.
• Handle major situations 
• Be active within the community.
• Manages Division Leader and Community Advisors
• Attend Administration meetings
• Attend Division Meetings if applicable

 
Requirements:

• Trusted by the (current) Directors and the community. | This is by far the biggest factor in choosing a Director. Technical skills can be learned, but trust has to be earned over a considerable time - this is trust from other Directors and also trust from the community. 
• Leadership skill. | The ability to lead and make decisions for the entirely of GFL which benefit everyone. 
• Communication | You should be able to communicate with virtually every part of GFL, whether that be old/new members should not matter. 
• Technical skills/adaptability | The know how to be able to fix issues or just the common sense to handle having access to the entire community backend.

 

Report to: Roy

 

Division Leader
Division Leaders are the heads of game divisions in GFL. They oversee all servers in their respective games and make sure that everything is doing well. They know their game well and keep tabs on what is going on in the community surrounding those games. With help from their managers, they move the division in the right direction.
 
Responsibilities:

• Ensuring server managers are doing a proper job.
• Review server activity (e.g. SourceBans, player satisfaction, population, etc.).
• Opens and closes servers in order to seize opportunities to gain population.
• Act as an advisor when decisions are made.
• Be active within the community.
• Help managers with technical issues.

 
Requirements:

• Skills in managing servers and teams
• Skills in backend server management
• Extensive contributions to the divisions
• Active GFL member

 
Report to: Directors 

Server Manager
Server Managers manage individual servers on a day-to-day basis. They ensure the gameplay is fresh and fun, the staff is active and pleasant, and that issues of any origin are fixed as soon as possible. They know their server and game-mode well from a conceptual level and can make informed decisions that will attract more population.
 
Responsibilities:

• Ensuring their server is doing well by monitoring activity and being online often.
• Manage their server’s admins.
• Be able to configure their servers optimally.
• Keeping server up to date and running.

 

Requirements:

• Active GFL member
• Extensive contributions to the server
• Additionally, should have some technical skills, though these can be taught.

 

Report to: Division Leaders
 
Community Advisor
Mainly advisors for Division Leaders and Directors, however, they can have a word in any team/division. They are hand-picked by the Directors.

 

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to decision making by Division Leaders and Directors.
• Manage the “Suggestions” section on the forums.
• Be a megaphone for the user-base by bringing their opinions up with staff.

 

Requirements:

• Member+
• Extensive contributions to GFL
• Good reputation among the community

 

Server Admin
Server Admins are heavily active players who have taken the duty of keeping the server clean and fun. They assist the Server Manager in making sure GFL delivers the best gaming experience possible.
 
^Depends on the server
Responsibilities:

• Enforce the rules of the server
• Handle ban appeals/player reports in the respective server
• Look at Sourcebans when required
• Attend Server Meetings^
• Assist the Server Manager in keeping the server nice and fun.
• Assist the Server Manager in decisions by voicing their opinions and the server population’s opinions.
• Be heavily active (defined by the Server Manager).

 
Requirements:

• Active GFL member
• Member+

 
Report to: Server Manager
 
Moderation
Oversees communication server platforms (Discord, Forums or TeamSpeak) and enforces the rules of each server.
 
Responsibilities:

• Enforce the rules of the platform
• Be active on the said platform
• Manage ban appeals and player reports for the respective platform
• Manage Discord suggestions by discussing with the fellow Moderators (Only Discord Moderators do this)
• Be transparent in non-personal discussions and decisions.

 
Requirements:

• Member+
• Active on the platform in question
• No infractions within the past 50 days
• Understand and follow the rules of the platforms

 
Report to: Moderation Team Leader
 
Public Relations Team

The team of groups that each works on community-based endeavors such as events, writing, and introducing members.

 

Responsibilities:

• Wherever applicable per group:
• Manage GFL events | Event Coordinators
• Release Newsletter in the targeted schedule | Writters
• Accepting Member Applications | Human Resources
• Be transparent in all decisions and discussions

 

Requirements:

•  Member
• One or more of the following:
  •  Have experience in managing events
  •   Have experience with writing

 

Report to: Public Relations Team Leader

 
Developer
The developers of GFL that primarily work on server related items.
 
Responsibilities:

• Produce technical and creative solutions to GFL related problems
• Work with managers to improve GFL wherever possible
• Work as part of a development team

 
Requirements:

• Member
• Experience using SourceMod, Lua, PHP, or other languages (HTML/CSS will not suffice)
• Working with GIT or other development platforms 
• Good programming and documentation practices

 
Report to: Developer Team Leader

 

Global Responsibilities and Requirements
These are common to all the role mentioned above.

 

• Be transparent in non-personal discussions and decisions.
• Be available to be contacted by members of the community.
• Be active within the community and on its servers

 

Changes to any definition can be made by the Directors and amendments can be made by contacting the Directors.