Administrative procedure
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Administrative Procedure of Icesus ================================== I) General Rules Ia) Applicability The Administration in Icesus shall be governed by this Administrative Procedure. This Procedure shall have no binding effect on the Executive Board of J Ib) Management and Accountability The Administration of Icesus applies management by results. Icesus is directed by the Managing Director. Team Leaders assist the Managing Director in the management of Icesus. The Executive Board of Jfor a definite duration. The objectives for the management are set by the Executive Board of Jthe Managing Director and the Team Leaders. Team Leaders are responsible for fulfilling objectives set for their Team. Team Leaders report their progress to the Managing Director. Members of Teams are responsible for fulfilling objectives set by their Team Leader. II) Administration IIa) Administrational Teams The Administration of Icesus consists of the following Teams, which are accountable to the Managing Director: a. Game World b. Quality Assurance c. MudLib d. General Affairs The Managing Director decides on allocating members into Teams. Team Leaders of the aforementioned Teams and the Managing Director form the Executive Team. The Managing Director may also decide on establishing projects independent of the aforementioned Teams. The functioning of independent projects shall be governed by the Managing Director alone. IIb) Advisory Council In addition to the Managing Director and Administrational Teams, the Administration of Icesus includes an Advisory Council. In-active members of the Administration shall be allocated to the Advisory Council. The Advisory Council shall advice the Executive Team on general guidelines for consistent and continuous development. The Advisory Council shall not have other responsibilities excluding section IV of this Procedure. The Managing Director decides on allocating members of the Administration to the Advisory Council. IIc) Responsibilities of Teams Team Leaders shall be liable to the planning, functioning and development of their Team. Directors shall apply due expediency, cost-efficiency and effectiveness in their area of responsibility. In addition, the Team Leaders shall be liable for: a. developing their staff and working conditions b. the internal functioning of their Team and communications IIc1) Game World The Game World Team shall be responsible for the development and maintaining of all Icesus code, which is not deemed as MudLib-code. The team is also responsible for the Game World storyline and it's development. IIc2) MudLib The MudLib Team shall be responsible for the development and maintaining of the MudLib-code. This consists of the IceLib? itself, along with all the software and hardware used by Icesus. IIc3) Quality Assurance The Quality Assurance Team shall be responsible for a) the ex ante and ex post verification of code admitted to Icesus b) revising code implemented into Icesus c) reviewing English grammar submitted to Icesus d) promoting consciousness of quality standards set for Icesus development. IIc4) General Affairs The General Affairs Team shall be responsible for the development and maintaining of: a) relations between the Executive Team and the Jb) communication between Jc) advicing the Managing Director in coordinating the development of Icesus in regard to Jd) public relations and advertising e) matters not in the domain of other Teams. IIc5) Managing Director In addition to other responsibilities, the Managing Director shall decide upon: a. The general guidelines and objectives for the development of Icesus b. The objectives of Teams c. Requests for Jaccessories and funding required for maintaining and developing Icesus. IIb6) Executive Team The Executive Team assists the Managing Director in the management of Icesus. In addition of the Managing Director, the Executive Team consists of the Team Leaders. The Managing Director shall consult the Executive Team in all decisions of major significance in the development and maintaining of Icesus and all decisions where the effect is deemed to be irreversible and long-lasting. The Managing Director shall appoint a certain forum for internal communications of the Executive Team. III) Presentation In the Administration of Icesus, matters shall be decided by formal presentation, unless otherwise ordered. Members of Teams present their matters to their Team Leader. Team Leaders present matters to the Managing Director. If a certain matter is presented by a member of a Team, but requires the approval of the Managing Director, the member shall present the matter to the Team Leader in advance. The Team Leader shall be deemed responsible for all material reviewed and accepted through formal presentation. IV) Communication IVa) Staff Participation in Public Relations All members of the Icesus Administration shall partake in both internal and external communications of the Administration. All members of the Administration shall assist and counsel the players of Icesus as described in the Administrative Guidelines. IVb) Internal Communication The Managing Director shall communicate all significant content to the Administration. Team Leaders shall be responsible for communicating all significant content from their Team to the Managing Director V) Enactment This Administrative Procedure shall take effect on the 21th of September 2003. On the 21th of September 2003, The Executive Board of J