Kevin Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 The UK Dirt admin team wishes to remind everyone involved in UK Dirt online racing that the league was created by the fans of short circuit oval racing for the fans of short circuit oval racing. It is meant to be a fun and friendly league, and a place where like minded fans can race and chat about the hobby they love. The enjoyment of everyone concerned is of utmost importance. Therefore, following many hours of discussions between the admin team, we would like to make the following announcement. It is split into 3 parts dealing with the following issues : Co-chairman role. So called 'free baggers' Introduction of a new rule re 'unsportsmanlike conduct' Co-chairman role We have decided to have a small, but hopefully effective, re-organisation of the team. The co-chairman roles announced back in February will not now continue. Instead we will have one person responsible for the general running & good of the UK Dirt league. The title of this role will be 'General Admin'. The responsibilities of that person essentially cover anything and everything that is not specifically league related. To be more precise the following will be covered by this role (this list is not exhaustive, just a general guide) : Issuing warnings and bans of up to 1 week for any rule breaking which is non-racing related. First offences will carry a warning, second offences will carry a 1 week ban from all UK Dirt activity (including the forum, league meetings & JOLT practice). The punishment for third and subsequent offences will be decided on a case by case basis by the whole admin team. Any ban which is to last longer than 1 week (whether a first offence or not) will be decided upon by the whole admin team. All racing incidents of rule breaking will still be dealt with via the normal league admins and league rules. Advertising/Inviting new members onto the team as and when required. Collecting the nominations and concluding the discussion within the admin team within a specific time frame and informing all parties involved as to the outcome of those discussions. Dealing with UK Dirt trials for newly registered members. Dealing with the new 'unsportsmanlike conduct' rule that will be introduced with immediate effect. More details on this appear further down this announcement. Resolving any disputes between UK Dirt members. This will include obtaining all the relevant facts and making an informed decision. Making regular backups of all files & databases for the UK Dirt site & the forum. The makeup of the admin team will now be as follows : F1 - Corny F2 - Michael & Bathyboy Bangers - Ranny & NickM SSC - Kevin McQueen BriSCA Legends - LeeK Hot Rods - Wrighty General Admin - Kev UK Dirt webmaster & treasurer - Jamie Honorary members - MC & Bozz You may have noticed that there is now only one F1 admin member as Kev is stepping into the General Admin role. There will be applications invited for a new admin member in due course. So called 'free baggers' Following a thread on the forum it became obvious to us that there are far too many people (in fact 1 is too many) using JOLT that had not actually paid (or are on their free trial) their fee for the use of the JOLT servers. Admin members cannot be in JOLT all the time to see that the fair, loyal and paid up members of UK Dirt are looked after as they would like. With this in mind a group of people will be invited by the admin team to have access to the JOLT 'kick' word (which will be changed regularly) and will be able to use it. So from now on, IF anyone enters JOLT that is not listed as paid or on trial can be 'kicked' from the server. Those people will also find themselves being banned if/when they eventually pay their JOLT fee, also people who are found to have passed on the password will also find themselves banned for an even longer period than those who they passed the password onto. People can also be kicked from JOLT for persistent bad driving offences, such as driving off the centre green etc. Introduction of a new rule re 'unsportsmanlike conduct' With immediate effect the UK Dirt admin team will be introducing a new rule which will cover unsportsmanlike conduct. Over the past few months, for whatever reason, the leagues have been used by some members to pursue their own agenda. This agenda does not fall into line with the agenda of the UK Dirt admin team and to that extent the admin team will be taking action. The object of this new rule is to punish members who ruin other peoples enjoyment, whether they are racing within the current rules of a specific league or not, or by posting statements either on the forum or in chat. It can also be used for any cross-league feuds. The punishments for breaking this rule will be severe. At the start of this announcement it was stated that the enjoyment of racing in an online league was of paramount importance and this rule is designed to make sure that this is, and always will be, the case. No single racing incident will be considered under this rule, they will be considered by each league admin on a case by case basis, however where there appears to be unsportsmanlike conduct by one member against another over a reasonable period of time then a charge of unsportsmanlike conduct against that member can be made. Because of the length of time taken to gather all the evidence and the time needed to review it then the member concerned can continue racing until a decision is made. It is accepted by the admin team that feuds are a part of real life stock car racing and should be apart of online racing, however there will become a point where one member will think it is too much and will then have a right to make a complaint. It is not the admin teams objective to give examples of what constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct, suffice to say that if your enjoyment of racing in the online UK Dirt leagues is suffering due to a particular member then you should collect all the available evidence and then make a complaint. Whilst the general admin member will be responsible for gathering all the evidence in such cases and liaising with the members concerned, the advice will be sought of all admin members and where driving offences are to be taken into consideration the various discipline committees in place will be consulted for their opinion. In other words the widest opinion available will be sought in order to arrive at the correct conclusion, simply because the punishments will be severe. The whole emphasis surrounding these changes is to make the leagues fun for as many people as possible. We know we can't please everyone all of the time, but we are prepared to give it our best shot. I hope you all understand these changes and that they have been made for the good of UK Dirt. UK Dirt Admin Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyH 148 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 (edited) The UK Dirt admin team wishes to remind everyone involved in UK Dirt online racing that the league was created by the fans of short circuit oval racing for the fans of short circuit oval racing. It is meant to be a fun and friendly league, and a place where like minded fans can race and chat about the hobby they love. The enjoyment of everyone concerned is of utmost importance. Therefore, following many hours of discussions between the admin team, we would like to make the following announcement. Introduction of a new rule re 'unsportsmanlike conduct' With immediate effect the UK Dirt admin team will be introducing a new rule which will cover unsportsmanlike conduct. Over the past few months, for whatever reason, the leagues have been used by some members to pursue their own agenda. This agenda does not fall into line with the agenda of the UK Dirt admin team and to that extent the admin team will be taking action. The object of this new rule is to punish members who ruin other peoples enjoyment, whether they are racing within the current rules of a specific league or not, or by posting statements either on the forum or in chat. It can also be used for any cross-league feuds. The punishments for breaking this rule will be severe. At the start of this announcement it was stated that the enjoyment of racing in an online league was of paramount importance and this rule is designed to make sure that this is, and always will be, the case. No single racing incident will be considered under this rule, they will be considered by each league admin on a case by case basis, however where there appears to be unsportsmanlike conduct by one member against another over a reasonable period of time then a charge of unsportsmanlike conduct against that member can be made. Because of the length of time taken to gather all the evidence and the time needed to review it then the member concerned can continue racing until a decision is made. It is accepted by the admin team that feuds are a part of real life stock car racing and should be apart of online racing, however there will become a point where one member will think it is too much and will then have a right to make a complaint. It is not the admin teams objective to give examples of what constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct, suffice to say that if your enjoyment of racing in the online UK Dirt leagues is suffering due to a particular member then you should collect all the available evidence and then make a complaint. Whilst the general admin member will be responsible for gathering all the evidence in such cases and liaising with the members concerned, the advice will be sought of all admin members and where driving offences are to be taken into consideration the various discipline committees in place will be consulted for their opinion. In other words the widest opinion available will be sought in order to arrive at the correct conclusion, simply because the punishments will be severe. The whole emphasis surrounding these changes is to make the leagues fun for as many people as possible. We know we can't please everyone all of the time, but we are prepared to give it our best shot. I hope you all understand these changes and that they have been made for the good of UK Dirt. UK Dirt Admin Team Edited November 30, 2007 by AndyH 148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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