Staff Positions

Mentors Coordinator

The Mentors Coordinator will be in charge of overseeing the Mentors Program. The MC has full powers over the operation and organization of the program, though will discuss any changes with the Personnel Director and get approval prior to seeing any changes through. The MC operates the program under the direction of the Personnel Department, and as such the MC is employed by the Personnel Department.

Yearbook Coordinator

The Yearbook Coordinator will be in charge of overseeing the STF Yearbook. The YBC has full powers over the maintenence and display of the Yearbook, though will discuss any changes with the Personnel Director and get approval prior to seeing any changes through. These changes include but are not limited to stylistic changes, operation changes, or other such changes that significantly affect the yearbook. The YBC operates the Yearbook under the direction of the Personnel Department, and as such the YBC is employed by the Personnel Department.

Contract Staff

The Personnel Department may hire additional staff at the discretion of the Personnel Director for short term or small projects. These staff will be considered Contracted Staff, and their 'contracts' (responsibilities, powers, expectations, deadlines, etc) will be determined at the time of hire by the Personnel Director and the person hired. Upon completion of any project for the Personnel Department, the Personnel Department claims ownership rights to the finished product. However, all people involved in making the product will retain author status, meaning that while we don't want people running away with our material, we won't try and steal it from them either. A contractor can choose to give up his or her right to author status and forefit the entire finished product to the Personnel Department. The Personnel Department reserves the right to change, alter, or otherwise modify any contract or deal with any contract staff at any time, though the people involved will be made aware.

New Member Placements

The Personnel Department is the sole department in charge of processing new member accounts. All rules directly concerning our department can be found here: Personnel Department Edict.

Our goal is to provide the best role playing environment for all new members, while assisting each ship and fleet with it's personnel needs. Therefore, the following policies apply:

General Policies

• All LOA (including eLOA and iLOA) and AWOLed crew members still on the roster are counted in the ship and ship department totals.
• A ship's posting speed is determined by what is listed in their Ship Profile (blank is considered 'Average').
• Posting speed (average rate of posting of the crew) is DIFFERENT from posting requirements (minimum posting required to not be considered AWOL).
• New members are not placed on alt-RPG ships

Academy Placements

• A full department is a DH and three cadets.
• No cadet will be placed in a department that does not have an active DH (i.e. not AWOL or on LOA for 3 days or more).
• No cadet will be placed in a ship that does not have an active CO or XO.
• Infrequent posters (once per week or less) will not be placed in the Academy.

A new member will be placed in the department of their 1st choice. If there is no availability, they will placed in the department of their 2nd, and then 3rd choice. If there is still no availability, they will be placed on a non-Academy ships, using the non-Academy rules.

If there is more than one available ship, the following rules will be applied to break any ties (in order of priority):

1. Preference is given to the ship with the fewest cadets in the department.
2. Preference is given to the ship with the fewest cadets in total.
3. Preference is given to the ship with the fewest new member placements in that calendar month.
4. Preference is given to the ship that has had the longest period since recieving a new member.

Non-Academy Placements

• A full department is a DH and two junior officers.
• No ensign will be placed in a department that does not have an active DH (i.e. not on AWOL or eLOA).
• No ensign will be placed in a ship that does not have an active CO or XO.
• No ensign will be placed in a ship that is not considered healthy (i.e. most of the senior crew are not AWOL/LOA, etc.).
• Infrequent posters (once per week or less) will only be placed on ships with relaxed posting requirements.
• Slow posters will only be placed on ships with Average or Slow posting speeds; Frequent posters will only be placed on ships with Average or Frequent posting speeds; Average or Regular posters will be placed on any available ship regardless of its posting speed

A new member will be placed in the department of their 1st choice. If there is no availability, they will be placed in the department of their 2nd, and then 3rd choice. If there is still no availablity, then the Club President will be notified.

If there is more than one available ship, the following rules will be applied to break any ties (in order of priority):

1. Preference is given to the ship with the fewest junior officers in the department.
2. Preference is given to the Fleet with the fewest new member placements in that calendar month.
3. Preference is given to the ship with the fewest crew in total (not including GM/GMM/GMT positions).
4. Preference is given to the ship with the fewest new member placements in that calendar month.
5. Preference is given to the ship that has had the longest period since recieving a new member.

Disputes

All disputes will be directed to the Personnel Director. If the Personnel Director's ship is in question, the Assistant Personnel Director will address the complaint. The ruling of the Department will be final, and not up for appeal unless the dispute involves a direct violation of the Personnel Department Edict. In this case, the dispute will be heard by the STF President.

Cake Eatage

Cake Rights

All staff will have access to the Personnel Department cake budget. All requests for cake allotments will be heard by the Official Cake Hoarder before being filled. Actual allotment of cake is at the sole discretion of the OCH, though a minimum of one cake per week must be alloted to the Personnel Director and Assistant Personnel Director for director type hardships. The OCH is responsible for overseeing all aspects of cake hoarding, including but not limited to storage, retrieval, bakage, and eatage. The Personnel Department reserves the right to modify any cake deals at any time.