<aside> <img src="/icons/checkmark_green.svg" alt="/icons/checkmark_green.svg" width="40px" /> Mission To build a virtuous, close-knit, and competent team.

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Our Values

Admin Codex

We serve our community.

• We start with the mission statement.
• We seek the truth and support the people that make this a fun and expressive game.
• We are authentic; we bring our sincere, genuine self first.

We bias toward action.

• We share ownership over outcomes and embrace responsibility.
• We move fast, experiment, and measure.
• We dare to shake the foundation, and celebrate our failures as we do our wins.

We are kind.

• We trust first, and assume good intent in our peers and staff.
• We support each other, and celebrate the joys and ambitions of our community and staff.
• We demonstrate leadership in safety and inclusivity in the Minecraft community.

First Principles

Our role must set a foundation of success for our peers, our teams, and our community. We must consider that the consequences of our decisions may bring joy to each player and, equally, it may hurt them.

For this reason, each of us agrees to be bound by admin protocol. We operate as a council and exercise administrative authority unanimously.

<aside> <img src="/icons/conversation_green.svg" alt="/icons/conversation_green.svg" width="40px" /> Communication is our number one priority. The main purpose of this protocol is to ensure all administrators are debriefed and prepared to advocate for new objectives.

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The admin protocol provides a framework that informs why we make the decisions we do and how we can meet our mission.

Concepts

• Administrative Approval relates to a unanimous team agreement. Once it is obtained, it is final until challenged by a future approval.

  • Maximum Approval refers to approval reached during an admin meeting with full attendance.

• Expedited Approval is a time-sensitive directive of extreme urgency. It is effective immediately and must reach approval within 7 days or else it must be withdrawn.

  • The admin filing this approval must thoroughly document rationale in #admin-approval.

• Active member refers to any administrator not currently on hiatus.

• An admin meeting involves a deliberate occasion where all active members are present in-person, on remote video, or in a voice-call.

• Predicated Approval forms a chain of approval for amendments and stipulations. Once the predicated approval is unanimously authorized, both it and the target approval become effective.

• Experiments refer to a time-limited clause on approvals after which they require a vote to renew their legitimacy.

  • Experiments must outline an exit strategy.
  • Once the duration elapses, steps must be taken to reverse it.
  • The duration can be extended as necessary.

• Partial approval is an incomplete authorization where at least 50% of members have approved.

#A Voting

1. In order to exercise administrative authority, members must seek administrative approval.

   1. Approvals ****are binding immediately once the final vote is cast in favour.
   2. The admin requesting the approval is responsible for documenting it in the directive catalogue.

2. There are no “negative” or “neutral” votes.

3. Conflicting approvals defer to the highest level of approval and most recent approval, in that order.

4. There is no limit to what may be admin approved, though some actions require the authority of administrative approval.

   When is admin approval mandatory?

<aside> <img src="/icons/light-bulb_green.svg" alt="/icons/light-bulb_green.svg" width="40px" /> You might consider obtaining admin approval even for developments that don’t require it. This will a) provide a platform to deliver context, b) open a discussion and invite meaningful critique, and c) verify that the team supports your mission.

1. When you vote in favour you pledge to the following:
   1. To your best knowledge; you recognize the change could improve the community.
   2. You will facilitate this change and/or you will provide support and fellowship to the performing admin.
   3. You agree to bear responsibility for outcomes.
   4. You understand the material well-enough to represent coherent rationale to third-parties on behalf of the administration.
   5. You do not vote in favour if any are untrue. </aside>

#B Safety

1. Upon notice of an incident regarding community safety, you must disclose any report to the administration.