OGF:Regional management notes

For the purposes of territory and user management and coordination, the OGF planet has been divided into 6 regions.

Each region is assigned to a different member of the admin team, and within "their" assigned region, that admin has wide discretion in how to subdivide, manage, grant, and vacate territories.

When users request a territory, their request will go to the regional manager for the region in which the territory they've requested is located.

Each regional manager can set up their own rules.

Antarephia

The current regional manager is: (please send queries about territories to the admin inbox, being sure to name the territory by its OGF:id, e.g. AN000a)

North Archanta

The current regional manager is: (please send queries about territories to the admin inbox, being sure to name the territory by its OGF:id, e.g. AR000a)

South Archanta

The current regional manager is: Luciano (please send queries about territories to the admin inbox, being sure to name the territory by its OGF:id, e.g. AR000a)

Rules for new users' first territories

New users may request their first territory immediately, and it will be granted "no questions asked" provided

• a) the user has no history of rule-breaking (vandalism, sockpuppeting, etc.)
• b) the territory being requested is classified as "beginner" (see the pop-ups on the OGF:Territories overview map) - these are generally smaller than 10000 sq km in size

Rules for exchanging, upsizing, or downsizing territories

There are no special rules for exchanging, upsizing or downsizing territories. Send a request to admin naming your current territory and what you'd like to do. If you want to exchange for a different region, you simply abandon your current territory and work out the new territory with the other regional manager.

Rules for additional territories

Additional territories are held to strict standard. Currently mapped territory must be at least 50% 'full' and show evidence of verisimilitude, completeness, and creativity. These are admittedly subjective standards. We can discuss. I expect to see a project plan (at least 1000 words) and some sketches of your plans for the new territory.

Rules for purge of owned territories

Users who are inactive for more than 3 months will be reminded of their possession. Users who are inactive for more than 6 months will be evicted.

If users are not making visible progress on existing territory, and/or cannot provide a long-term plan, they may be asked to downsize, either by subdividing their territory and abandoning part, or by moving to a new, smaller territory.

Wide latitude will be granted for leaves-of-absence in the event these are negotiated ahead of time.

Tarephia

The current regional manager is: (please send queries about territories to the admin inbox, being sure to name the territory by its OGF:id, e.g. TA000a)

East Uletha

The current regional manager is: (please send queries about territories to the admin inbox, being sure to name the territory by its OGF:id, e.g. UL000a)

West Uletha

The current regional manager is: (please send queries about territories to the admin inbox, being sure to name the territory by its OGF:id, e.g. UL000a)