Questions on groups

[therother]

Senior Member
Senior Member is an Honorific, used to recognize members' contributions to the overall good of the Org.

Contributions can range from creative endeavours (such as mods, art, guides and stories) to leadership and commitment (organization of community efforts, running events) to being a fine, honourable, upstanding member of the community. It is a way to recognize and say "thank you" to those who make the TW community a better place. Post count doesn't matter much: there are Senior Member's with less than 400 posts, and Members with thousands.

Two or three times a year, the Staff nominates Members who they feel are deserving of the Senior Member title. Only 10-12 Senior Memberships are approved; if more are nominated, that list is whittled down to the required number.

Senior members get a slightly larger PM mailbox, a title under their avatar, free beer at KukriKhan's house (although apparently none have so far shown up!), and the publicly displayed respect of the community.

That's taken from The Guild FAQ which, whilst being nowhere near finished, does have the odd useful nugget of info squirreled away.

Assistant Moderator (AM) is a tad more tricky, as it's probably the least well defined group at the Org. At the most basic level, I would say that we are Members who assist the Staff (Moderators) around the forums. Some run quieter/niche forums, whilst others directly assist Moderators in the busier forums. The duties/responsibilities are tailored to the task the AM is being asked to do. So we are Assistants to Moderators. Hence the name.