Disciplinary
This policy governs how Earth’s Elite is permitted to issue punishments such as bans within the community for rule breakers. In unique cases, the senior staff may overrule any and all decisions made by any staff member of Earth’s Elite, but only in accordance to this policy, should a unique ruling be required, a hearing must be called. The JAG Council (Senior Staff) will hear both sides before calling a vote for a decision; the vote will be conducted privately between the JAG Council and must be unanimous.
Breach of PG-12 will result in a warning if this is the users first offence. Warnings should always be logged via the MMS. If this the users second offence and the user is a member of Earth’s Elite, their warning level on the EE forums should be increased by 1 and another note added to their MMS records, if this user isn’t a member, then a 24 hour ban should be issued. If this is repeated a third time and this user is a member their warning level should be increased until they’re account is placed on the first level watch list, if this user isn’t a member, refer this to your superior for permanent action. Should this member repeat his or her actions a 4th time, refer director to the Chief of Staff or Chief of Operations, a ban is necessary.
Abuse/Misuse/Violation Earth’s Elite has a 0 tolerance to any abuse or misuse of our site or members, any and all acts of abuse or misuse should be reported directly to the senior staff, minimum ban for this is 6 months. Any Earth’s Elite member or non member can report members to the senior staff, all reporting will remain 100% anonymous, the senior staff will never reveal any information to anyone else but yourself and the senior staff, unless given permission by the reporting member, even then it is unlikely we ever will.
Minor Division Specific Rules (Denoted By One (*) In Division Rules) breaking these rules are deemed as minor offences, the procedure for dealing with these is as follows...
Offence 1 – Verbal Warning
Offence 2 – Written Warning, Note On MMS
Offence 3 – 1 Week Ban, Note On MMS
Offence 4 – 2 Week Ban, Note On MMS
Offence 5 – Refer To Senior Staff, Note On MMS
Medium Division Specific Rules (Denoted By Two (**) In Division Rules) breaking these rules are deemed as medium offences, punishments for these are more harsh, the procedure for dealing with these is as follows...
Offence 1 – Verbal Warning, Note On MMS
Offence 2 – Written Warning, Increase Forum Warning Level By 2, Note On MMS
Offence 3 – 1 Month Ban, Note On MMS
Offence 4 – 3 Month Ban, Note On MMS
Offence 5 – Refer To Senior Staff, Note On MMS
High Division Specific Rules (Denoted By Three (***) In Division Rules) breaking these rules are deemed as high offences, punishments for these are the second most harsh, the procedure for dealing with these is as follows...
Offence 1 – Written Warning, Increase Forum Warning Level By 2, Note On MMS
Offence 2 – 1 Month Ban, Increase Forum Warning Level By Another 2, Note On MMS
Offence 3 – 3 Month Ban, Increase Forum Warning Level By Another 2, Note On MMS, Inform Superiors
Offence 4 – 6 Month Ban, Increase Forum Warning Level By Another 2, Note On MMS, Refer To Superiors
Offence 5 – 1 Year Ban, Increase Forum Warning Level By Another 2, Note On MMS, Refer To Senior Staff (If Note Already Done)
Extreme Division Specific Rules (Denoted By Four (****) In Division Rules) breaking these rules is met with severe punishment, only the senior staff may deal with these rule breakers. The Procedure is as follows...
Offence 1 – 1 Year Ban, Note On MMS
Offence 2 – Permanent Community Ban, Note On MMS, Blacklist On All Community Servers
If any user is not a member, on any of the above, start at offence 4.
This policy is reviewed continuously, should you spot any discrepancies or errors, please contact the senior staff via the contact us button below.
This policy was last updated on 14/03/2015.