Tennessee Whiskey

Hi everyone!

Moderators are members that have been entrusted to be the leaders on the forums here. Good moderators can have an enormous influence on the message boards they moderate, and their contributions largely determine if a forum is going to be a success here. Moderators are chosen because of their enthusiasm, leadership qualities, and their respect for their fellow posters. Applicants should have a solid history of posting on a variety of threads, demonstrating a true interest in the whole board, and that they are already well known in the community.

Here are some of the things we expect our moderators to do here:

• Close continuation threads after they've reached 300 posts and a new thread has been started.
• Start discussions and participate in the discussions on their boards as much as possible.
• Post on their boards at least every other day and participate in a wide variety of topics.
• Be approachable and professional, and try to answer posters’ questions as quickly as possible.
• Welcome newcomers, help resolve disputes between posters, and make sure that posters adhere to Fan Forum rules.
• It’s fine for moderators to be members of a ‘shipper’ group, but they need to deal with any issues that may arise on their boards in a fair and impartial manner.
• Visit the Moderators Forum on a regular basis to stay informed and get to know other people in the moderator community.

The Moderator Application Process

Please send one e-mail for each board you are applying for (so if you are applying for two boards, send two separate emails). You may moderate a maximum of four boards at one time. Applications must be received by 12:00 PM GMT on the deadline date.

You can only apply for a board that actually has a Moderator Opening announcement posted.
You must have been a registered member of Fan Forum for at least six months.

Please send e-mails to ffmodapps@gmail.com

Please send each email with a subject line of Board Applied For - Your Displayed User Name (so if poster John_Smith applied to mod the music board, his email would have the subject "Music Board - John_Smith"), and include the following information:

1. Your displayed User Name.

2. Your Age.

3. Your Gender (this way, if you get appointed, we can post our welcome thread for you properly, as many posting names are ambiguous, and it's hard to tell if someone is male or female).

4. If you are a current moderator here, please indicate the message board or boards that you moderate. If you were a former moderator here, please indicate the message board or boards that you used to moderate.

5. A link to your profile here at Fan Forum. This will enable us to check your posting frequency on the board that you want to moderate.

Please note: A correct link to your profile will look like this: http://www.fanforum.com/members/chris-18298/

If you click on your name as the last poster on a thread, it will say 'last poster' in the link and will go to the last poster at that particular thread.

6. A few words describing why you want to be a moderator of the board you are applying for. You're welcome to describe more if you feel inclined to do so.

A confirmation PM letting you know that we have received your application will be send to you within 24 hours. If you don't receive the PM, please send a Private Message to effie.

Perks of Becoming a moderator

Even though the Moderator position does have many responsibilities, moderators receive some special privileges that regular posters don’t have, because we recognize and appreciate that moderators are devoting time from their lives to moderate their boards. Moderators are allowed to change their user names once a year. They also receive increased Private Message space and they have the ability to send Private Messages to more people at one time.

Most of all though, moderators get to lead the boards that they love and contribute to the success of their boards and to the success of Fan Forum itself.

If you want to help lead Fan Forum into the future and help make the board you love a success, we encourage you to submit an application and become a part of the Moderator Team here. Thanks!

We hope all this gives you a better idea of how the moderator application process works.

Moderator appointments are usually announced on the Sunday following the deadline.

Thanks, and we'll be looking forward to hearing from you.

Note: This thread should be restarted by a Moderator Manager. Thanks.
Please leave a link to the new thread, update the link in the templates for Mod Opening Announcements, and the link in the OP of the thread at Mod board.

Tennessee Whiskey

We currently have moderator openings on the following boards:

• Adam Brody - Application Deadline: December 13th
• Disney - Application Deadline: December 13th
• Gossip Girl - Application Deadline: December 13th
• One Direction - Application Deadline: December 13th
• Revenge - Application Deadline: December 13th
• X-Files - Application Deadline: Extended December 13

• Chad Michael Murray - Application Deadline: December 20th
• Downton Abbey - Application Deadline: Extended December 20th
• Hart of Dixie - Application Deadline: December 20th
• NCIS - Application Deadline: December 20th
• The Mentalist - Application Deadline: December 20th
• The Mortal Instruments - Application Deadline: December 20th
• Vampire Academy - Application Deadline: December 20th

Please note that the deadline to get applications in is 12:00 PM GMT on the deadline dates shown above.

NOTE: Information on how to apply and the application process is available in the opening post of this thread.

your creation

Good luck everyone!

TFTNT!

unbreakable clarity

Good luck to everyone!

That's My Girl

TFTNT

Good luck to everyone

Impossible Girl

Good luck to everyone

Blairღ

Good luck everyone!

quin0611

Good luck to everyone!

Make Them Laugh

Hope the Mod Managers can take a needed Holiday break after the 20th and select new Mods
at the beginning of the year

~MelBelle~

Goodluck to all applying!

Tennessee Whiskey

That's the plan. but don't tell anybody!

madness

I imagine that's a small part of the reason they keep changing dates.

Tennessee Whiskey

It is. It had looked like we could take the 13th off, but with Christmas holidays around the corner we wanted to try to get as many openings posted before then as we could, so nobody would have a really long wait. Now any opening posted will be for January.

madness

Smart. I hope you can enjoy your holidays in peace then.

Tennessee Whiskey

Thanks Mel.