Everything you always wanted to know about

the AnimeIowa Forums**But were afraid to ask

Today’s Topics:

• Forum Goals• Moderator & Staff Goals• Moderator & Staff Rules• Common Moderator Tasks• Common Staff Tasks• Open Q&A• Behind the scenes as Administrator (if time allows)

Forum Goals• Assist convention attendees• Promote member interaction:

• Between Forum members• Between Forum members and staffers

• Support anime and associated interests

Moderator & Staff Goals• Answer questions regarding the annual AnimeIowa convention

• Keep threads friendly and on-topic• Alert specific Moderators and Staffers:

• If posts or threads require their assistance• Of threads that may be helpful to them

• Have fun!

Moderator & Staff Rules• Do NOT get drawn into arguments. Keep things factual and calm.

• Provide a POSITIVE example of how to use the Forums. Don’t break any Forum rules or terms of usage!

• And our MOST IMPORTANT RULE…

ONLY answer questions that you 100% know for the CURRENT convention year!

If you are NOT absolutely positive that you have the very latest info:

• Indicate that you will find out and return to post the answer as soon as you can

• Contact appropriate people and request that they answer the questions

• Provide contact info (staff E-mail or Forum name) for departments or team members

• If you MUST answer right away, add a “previous year proviso”

Common Moderator Tasks• Answer questions in your Forum area• Support your area:

• Make important threads “Sticky”, split/join threads, clarify thread subjects

• Lock threads that are dead or no longer applicable (but NEVER delete them)

• Move incorrectly located threads to the appropriate area

• Help other moderators by alerting them of issues in their areas

Moderator “Damage Control”• Move Spambot posts/threads to “Spambot Purgatory”

• Provide “friendly guidance”, and log incidents to the “Rogues Gallery”

• Make minor edits to posts if necessary• In a crisis, move hypercritical threads to “Threads Gone Wild” and contact the Admin (NEVER delete any thread)

Moderator Q&A• It’s time for YOUR questions!• Can we make better use of the hidden Forum Team area? More resources?

• Demonstrations of any Moderator powers?

Common Staff (Non-Mod) Tasks• Answer questions related to your department(s)

• Promote your area:• Make threads and posts to inform people about your department and events!

• If you’ve got an important announcement, request a Forum Headline (potentially with link to info thread) from the Admin

• Help moderators by alerting them of issues in their areas

Staff (non-Mod) Q&A• Questions about using the Forums?• You DO have access to the hidden staff section, don’t you?

• Demonstrations?

Anything Goes!• Questions about ANYTHING Forum related?

• If time permits… Admin Action!• Daily cleaning of the Spam Filter• Adding interesting new curses to the language filter

• Wielding the legendary Ban Hammer• Yes, Virginia, there IS a hidden Administrative resource area!

Thanks, and see you there! =^_^=

The AnimeIowa ForumsAn important source of detailed

convention info and social silliness.