[Elena]

Yes, BEFORE THE MAST wants YOU!

Site name and link: Before the Mast
Site genre: jcink/ historical/ Age of Sail adventures
Opening date: 6.08.2010 (on invisionfree); moved to Jcink on 13.10.2013
Site info: 1720, West Indies. Allied Navies and privateers fighting pyracy. Which side are you on? Sharpen your blades and raise to swashbuckling adventure, spreading death before the mast!
Your name: Elena
Your primary staff account: Elena
Contact info: PM here or on the site.

Positions hiring for: moderator/ storyteller

Information:

We are currently in search of a new moderator/ storyteller to help sailing the ship among the labyrinth of islands. Do you think you have what it takes to sail away with the likes of us? There may be treasure in it for you... if we succeed to catch it. Otherwise, ”no prey, no pay”, how the pirates’ Articles of Agreement say.

Yes, we're putting up a staff search for a new moderator! Everyone is welcome to apply, if you have the time and skills needed - and yes, especially time....

Ideal applicant: The ideal applicant is someone friendly and dedicated, active, creative, who wants to help out in many aspects of the site and meets the following criteria:

* interested in history and in our Age of Sail story (previous knowledge in the field is NOT necessary, only the interest to learn).

* loving to write (as writing for NPCs and shared characters will be one of the main tasks) and to advertise

* keeping active and stimulating players’ activity (especially newbies’) is also important, having the site as one of the priorities in order to be an example for the members. This means, first of all, logging in, if possible, daily, and, when not possible, notifying the staff about their absence

* having a yahoo account for communication ease is an advantage.

Main tasks to perform (mostly in co-operation with the other staff members):

- getting involved in the community life and promoting activity through writing NPCs when needed and creating new plot opportunities, besides keeping their characters active;

- undertaking a fair and measured review of all applications and expressing their constructive opinions;

- advertising the site through all means

- welcoming newcomers and answering questions. Players’ or guests’ questions should be answered as soon as possible. If they need consultation, an acknowledgement to the player that the question was received and needs discussion will be sent.

- deciding on the upcoming events on the board, including the site-wide plot development

- enforcing the code of conduct (i.e. dealing with potential conflicts or breaking of rules)

Please fill out the form below and send it off to Elena, in a bottle. (Yes, in a PM). The open seas are waiting for you…



[b]NAME[/b]:

[b]AGE[/b]:

[b]COUNTRY[/b]: (interesting both from the point of view of timezones and if English is or isn’t your mother tongue. About 1/3 of the board members are from Europe and not native English speakers, so yes, you may be one too.)

[b]CONTACT[/b]: (A valid e-mail address, Yahoo)

[b]MOTIVATION[/b]: (Why have you chosen an Age of Sail site? Why do you want to be staff here? What could you contribute to the site? What do you think is the most important thing when running a writing community?)

[b]ACTIVITY[/b]: (How active will you be able to be? How much time daily/ weekly do you think you can and should contribute to “Before the Mast”? We don't want to add someone to the staff who is going to disappear in a month. We're looking for longevity.)

[b]EXPERIENCE[/b]: (as staff member. Please list any sites you have been a staff member on, and provide links if possible - even if it is an offline board.). If you have no previous staff experience, but you are enthusiastic, willing to learn and to keep up with the task, you will be considered too.

[b]ADVERTISING[/b]: Are you a member of LiveJournal? InsaneJournal? Myspace ? Do you have a blog where you can advertise the site? Other similar less known advertising means?



Thanks in advance!

[Elena]

Still needed! Pressgang around!

[Elena]

still needed!

[Elena]

still needed!