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- Game Network 95' Policy
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- I. Purpose
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- A. The Game Network, hereby referred to as GameNet, is a loosely
- connected group of systems to exchange electronic mail, files
- and ideas having to do with Games of all types.
-
- II. Positions
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- GameNet consists of several key positions. These are the Zone
- Coordinator (ZC), Region Coordinators (RC), State Hosts or Net
- Coordinators (NC), Hubs and moderators.
-
- 1. Regional Co-ordinators (RC) is appointed by the Zone Co-Ordinator.
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- 2. State Hosts are Appointed by Regional Co-Ordinators.
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- 3. Hubs are appointed/assigned by State Host
- 4. Nodes are assigned by State Host
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- III. Duties
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- A. Zone Coordinator
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- 1. The ZC shall be in charge of arbitrating disputes that have not
- been solved at lower levels. The ZC is the final appeal for all
- disputes and the decision of the ZC is FINAL.
- 2. The ZC shall appoint/remove any and all RCs.
- 3. The ZC shall be the first and only line of defense for problems
- regarding RCs.
- 4. The ZC shall conduct a separate investigation of his or her
- own into the events surrounding any disputes.
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- B. Regional Coordinator
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- Specific responsibilities of RC's are:
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- 1. The RC shall be appointed and removed by the ZC. Any proposals
- for the removal of the RC shall be presented in a courteous and
- polite manner to the ZC. Such requests shall contain a listing of
- grievances and reasons for the proposal.
- 2. The RC shall be in charge of arbitrating disputes that have not
- been solved at lower levels. Any appeals regarding the decisions
- of the RC shall be presented to the ZC in a prompt and courteous
- manner and shall document the history leading to the appeal.
- 3. The RC shall appoint/remove any and all State Host (NCs).
- 4. The RC shall be the first and only line of defense for problems
- regarding NCs or Hub.
- 5. The RC shall conduct a separate investigation of his or her
- own into the events surrounding any disputes.
- 6. The RC is responsible for creating new nets in his/her region when
- necessary and to assign node numbers for new applicants that do
- not have an NC to apply to.
- 7. The RC is responsible for submitting any changes in the nodelist
- for his/her region to the ZC or delegated Nodelist Keeper. Such
- submissions shall be received no later than 10 pm every Friday
- of the time zone the ZC is located in. No submission is required
- if no changes have occured.
- 9. The RC shall see that all mail is being delivered in a timely
- and unhindered manner.
- 10. Poll the your ZC at least once a day to pick up Mail & Updates
- 11. Help in setting policy & guidlines
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- C. State Host or Net Coordinator
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- Specific responsibilities of State Hosts (NC) are:
-
- 1. The NC shall be appointed and removed by the RC. Any proposals
- for the removal of the NC shall be presented in a courteous and
- polite manner to the RC. Such requests shall contain a listing of
- grievances and reasons for the proposal.
- 2. The NC shall be in charge of arbitrating disputes within his/her
- net. Any appeals regarding the decisions of the RC shall be
- presented to the RC in a prompt and courteous manner and shall
- document the history leading to the appeal.
- 3. The NC shall appoint/remove a Hub.
- 4. The NC shall be the first and only line of defense for problems
- between nodes within his/her net.
- 6. The NC shall conduct a separate investigation of his or her
- own into the events surrounding any disputes.
- 7. The NC is responsible for assigning node numbers for new
- applicants that are located within his/her net.
- 8. The NC is responsible for submitting any changes in the nodelist
- for his/her region to the RC. Such submissions shall be received
- no later than a deadline set by the RC. No submission is required
- if no changes have occured.
- 9. The NC shall see that all mail is being delivered in a timely
- and unhindered manner.
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- (a) Poll the your RC at least once a day to pick up
- Mail & Updates
-
- (b) If a hub's system goes down, the State Host is
- responsible for making arrangements for a temporary or
- permanent replacement.
-
- (e) The State Host is responsible for handling complaints
- regarding hubs or nodes. The State Host may remove
- any hub who is not fulfilling his or her responsibilities
- as outlined in this document.
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- D. Hub
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- Specific responsibilities of Hubs are:
-
- 1. The Hub shall be appointed and removed by the State Host or NC.
- Any proposals for the removal of the NC shall be presented in
- a courteous and polite manner to the NC. Such requests shall
- contain a listing of grievances and reasons for the proposal.
- 2. The Hub shall arbitrate disputes surrounding echomail, within
- his/her net.
- 3. The Hub shall see that all mail is being delivered in a timely
- and unhindered manner.
-
- (a) Poll the Your State Host at least once a day to pick up
- Mail
- (b) Hold the Mail for for nodes to pickup as arranged.
- (c) Maintain a complete list of all systems for which he or
- she is hubbing echoes.
- (d) Terminate the feed of any downlink to any or all
- conferences at the request of the RC or conference
- moderator. Normally, such terminations will be requested
- for violation of conference rules.
- (e) Make available for file request, or via file echo, the
- most current Gamelist.??? and GameNet.Zip files, listing
- the conferences available on the backbone.
- (d) Provide AreaFix/AreaMgr capability to enable downlinks to
- request connection to SDN & Echo conferences through
- netmail. The HUB will have the capability to automatically
- forward requests for conferences listed in GameNet.NA
- or GSDN.NA if they are not currently available on the
- HUB's system.
- (e) Hubs are expected to answer netmail inquiries
- promptly.
- (f) Any HUB may set reasonable limits on when nodes can poll.
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- E. Moderators
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- Specific responsibilities of Moderators are:
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- 1. Moderators are appointed/removed by the ZC.
- 2. Moderators shall monitor all messages going through their
- assigned echo for content and topic.
- 3. If a user is deemd to be writing off-topic, using abusive
- or inappropriate language, or does not follow the rules
- of the echo, the moderator shall issue warnings to both
- the user and the sysop of the originating board. In the event
- the behavior is not corrected, the moderator is authorized to
- coordinate with the sysop of the originating board to have
- the individual removed from the echo. All other sysops shall
- adhere to the moderators decisions.
- 4. Moderators shall also resolve any conflicts that arise within
- his/her designated echo.
- 5. Appeals to the moderators decision shall be made to the ZC.
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- F. Nodes
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- Specific responsibilities of Nodes are:
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- 1. All nodes are expected to comply with the rules for each
- conference they receive, and to comply with all policies
- which govern the use and flow of echomail, and to comply
- with the current GameNet policy.
-
- Systems which receive a conference from an echomail
- hub have certain responsibilities:
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- 2. Unless other arrangements are made, nodes are expected
- to poll their HUB each day. Nodes are expected to
- comply with the reasonable requests of the Hub regarding
- polling.
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- 3. No node will feed a conference to any other system,
- or gate any SDN conferences to other networks
-
-
- Nodes are *not* required to participate in GSDN
- fileechos.
-
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- How a Hub is Assigned
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- The State Host (NC) assigns a node to a HUB once the node has been
- accepted into GameNet, at the discretion of the State Host (NC).
- The State Host (NC) makes an effort to assign the closest HUB;
- however, due to the load of the closest HUB, the NC may be required
- to assign any available HUB. If you have a preference for a
- particular HUB, please ask the NC with your node request.
-
- Please note that new nodes will not be assigned to AHUBs unless they
- are full-service. The AHUBs will be phased out over a period of time,
- allowing existing nodes to migrate to Full-Service Hubs and pick up
- both echomail and administrative materials with one phone call.
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- Changing Hubs
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- The State Host (NC) may move a node from one HUB to another HUB.
- The State Host (NC) will notify both HUB systems, as well as the
- Node involved, prior to the release of the nodelist containing the
- change.
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- A Node may request a HUB change by sending netmail to another HUB. If
- this request is accepted by the new HUB, procedures outlined above
- must be followed. The State Host (NC) will usually grant requests
- of this nature.
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- If your board goes down
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- The HUB is responsible for determining when/why a Node is down, and
- notifying the NC via netmail and submitting a nodelist segment with
- the node marked as Down.
-
- A Node is considered down when:
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- (a) The Node reports to the HUB the Node is down.
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- (b) The Node fails to poll the hub for an excess period of time.
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- (c) The Node fails to accept a Poll from the HUB.
-
- The HUB is NOT responsible for notifying a Node it is being marked
- DOWN or removed from the nodelist. It is the Nodes responsibilty to
- notify the hub, even by logging on to another BBS and sending netmail
- to the HUB. Nodes removed through failure to contact may find it
- difficult to re-obtain a node number.
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- IV. Conflict Resolution
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- A. If a conflict cannot be solved in private, a coordinator may be
- requested to intervene by one or both parties, according to the
- following stipulations.
- 1. Two nodes in a net should direct their complaints to their NC.
- 2. Two nodes in different nets in the same region should direct
- their complaints to their RC.
- 3. Two nodes in different regions in the same zone should direct
- their complaints to their ZC.
- 4. Decisions by a coordinator may be appealed to the level above.
- 5. Decisions by the ZC are unappealable
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- HOW TO OBTAIN A NODE NUMBER
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- You must first obtain a current nodelist so that you can send mail. You do
- not need a node number to send mail, but you must have one in order for
- others to send mail to you.
-
- The first step in obtaining a current nodelist is to locate a GameNet
- bulletin board.
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- Once you have a nodelist, you must determine which network or region covers
- your area. Regions are numbered by 100, 200, 300, 400 for now. They will
- always be divisable by 100. Networks are more restricted in area than
- regions, but are preferred since they improve the flow of mail and provide
- more services to their members. If you cannot find a network which covers
- your area, then pick the region which does.
-
- Once you have located the network or region in your area, send a message
- containing a request for a node number to node zero of that network or
- region. The request must be sent by netmail, as this indicates that your
- system has mailing capability.
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- You must set up your software so that the from-address in your message does
- not cause problems for the Coordinator who receives it. If you pick the
- address of an existing system, this will cause obvious problems. Use net/999
- (e.g. if you are applying to net 123, set your system up as 123/9999).
- Many nets have specific instructions available to potential sysops and
- these procedures may indicate a preference for the from-address.
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- Attached to your message should be a GameNet application, filled out as
- much as applicable. Due to potential word-wrapping problems, this
- application should not be posted in the message itself, but attached as a
- separate file.
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- Your Coordinator may contact you for additional information. All
- information submitted will be kept confidential and will not be supplied to
- anyone except the person who assumes the Coordinator position at the
- resignation of the current Coordinator.
-
- You must indicate that you have read, and agree to abide by, this document
- and all the current policies of GameNet.
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- Please allow at least two Days for a node number request to be processed.
- If you send your request to a Regional Coordinator, it may forwarded to the
- appropriate Network Coordinator.
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- NO NO'S
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- 1. PROHIBITION ON ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
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- Any Node which knowingly distributes or allows to be entered into Echomail
- conferences any messages containing or promoting illegal activities or
- information shall be deemed to have violated general MusicNet policy. As
- used in this paragraph, "illegal activities" includes activities which are a
- violation of civil law as well as activities which would result in criminal
- prosecution.
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- 2. DEFAMATORY POSTING
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- The posting of any DEFAMATORY MESSAGE will not be tolerated and shall lead
- to disciplinary action under the terms of GameNet policy. The posting of
- substantiated facts shall not be considered a violation under this section.
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- Amendments
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- InterBBS Game Co-ordinator
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- In Charge of all InterBBS Games, Their Acceptance,Node Applications, Rules
- and the approval of their individual Co-ordinators..
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- Nodelist Co-ordinator
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- In Charge of Nodelist Updates & Segments as well as the distribution thereof
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