Organization Rules

Organizations are member-created groups existing to increase social-interaction within the MGSForums community. Whilst the gist of it surrounds getting to know your fellow members better, organizations tend to thrive off including games and activities.

Please bear in mind that org-rivalry is not encouraged since it can quite easily spiral out of control. Perhaps a bit of friendly competition and banter, but do not go out of your way to create tension amidst the org scene as you will face punishment.

Basic Organization Principles

• You can only join one organization at a time.
• Any member requires 100 posts to join an organisation.
• Chatting in any way, shape or form in recruitment topics is forbidden. Repeated offenses will get you warned.
• Members cannot make new accounts and join a different org. If you are caught doing this, you will be warned and possibly banned.
• Organizations may not recruit outside their recruitment/chat topic.
  Note: This does not mean you cannot PM or ask a member to join your organization privately. It means that in other parts of the forum, or especially in one of another organizations topics, you may not ask or persuade a member to join your organization.
• If you are a member of an Organization, you must follow their specific rules if they have any.
• You cannot transfer to another organization unless you have been in your current one for at least two months.

Official Status

- When an organization comprises itself of five to ten members and has had their recruitment topic accepted and posted by the admins, they will receive the following:

• Their own group with access to their private forum and sub-forums (As mentioned below)
• A private forum only visible to the said organization, with led-by capabilities given to the leader. Additional leaders are allowed – just PM an admin with your request.
• Two sub-forums, which the leader can use for whatever they wish. It is advised, but not required, that one is used for recruitment.
• Group button, which is displayed below your avatar.
  
  Please note: You will have two months to reach the fifteen member mark. If you do not manage this, you will be stripped of the above.

Creating an Organization

- To create an organization, the organization leader must first gather at least five other members (Preferably more to make your job easier to reach fifteen). After this, you will be required to PM Refluxe a recruitment topic. The Admins will then assess it, and you will receive a reply with a decision on whether it complies with all rules and standards within 48 hours. If it does not meet our standards, or is not made in accordance to the rules, you will receive a PM with recommended corrections. If it does meet the criteria, we’ll post it up and PM you further information regarding what to do if/when you reach official status.
- In order to create an organization, you must have at least 1000 posts. Additionally, it is heavily advised that you have previous org experience.

Member Minimum

- For starting out organizations you will have a standard two months to reach 15 members. (Running in conjunction with the rules: one month monitored, another month on probation)
- If an official organization falls below 12 current members or is clearly stuck at 12-14 members for an extended period of time, the organization will face punishment consequences, which are detailed below.

Monthly Reports

- Every month on the 1st, each org leader (Official orgs only) is required to PM a small report to Refluxe including the amount of members they have and any additional comments or notable happenings of concern. This is for administrative purposes of tracking what is taking and what has taken place, if future reference is necessary.
If the organisation leader, for some reason, is not able to PM a report then it is mandatory that another member does so. All org reports should be in by the 6th of the month, otherwise you face danger of punishment.

Admins in Private Forums

- The Admins will be allowed in all private forums. We’re not going to compromise your privacy, we’re merely ensuring that the organization forums abide to the AUP from a neutral standpoint.

Punishments

- Punishments follow a definite procedure for all infractions. This means that whenever we notice a violation, the organization will be monitored for a month. A month of probation will follow if the problem is not resolved, and after that month, the organization will be rendered unofficial, and the private forums and member group will be removed accordingly.

Such organization infractions include:

• Falling below 12 org members.
  
• Staying at 12-14 org members for an extended period of time.
  
• Ongoing conflict within or between organization(s).
  
• Missing an org report.
  
• Any other inappropriate conduct within an organization.

Updated as of 06th April 2008*