CHE Officer Guide/Officer Conduct

CHE Officer Guide/Officer Conduct is an Official GemStone IV Document, and it is protected from editing.

CHE Officer Conduct Requirements

Your position as a CHE Officer is a privilege, not a right.

As CHE Officers, you are held to a higher standard than an average player. You are viewed by players and staff members as leaders within the community. We expect you to live up to that high standard.

Every word and every action of a CHE Officer represents his/her House, whether engaged in House business or not. Unless the Officer is in a private room behind a latched door, ANYONE could be watching or listening. Please always represent your House in the best possible light.

OOG (out of genre) behavior by an Officer is unacceptable and should be avoided at all times, particularly during events.

OOC (out of character) communications with other PCs (player characters) are, as always, acceptable and sometimes necessary ONLY through use of WHISPER OOC [character/group], within a private location secured by a latched door, or during some Officer-only CHE meetings as necessary.

Any donations that are received during any event or during the course of general activities shall be passed to the Treasurer(s) for deposit. Should the Treasurer(s) not be present, it is the duty of the highest ranking Officer present to either hold the donations until they can be presented to a Treasurer or make the deposit themselves at the CHE Clerk’s office.

Officers are expected to read and be familiar with their House's governing documentation and by-laws.

Officers are required to follow game POLICY in all aspects and are expected to be examples to their members and the community at all times in regard to these policies. This is especially prevalent in regard to Player vs. Player Conflict, Abusive/Disruptive Behavior, and account privacy.

A CHE Officer should never share his/her play.net account information with another person. This is especially important because Officers have exclusive access to the HOUSE commands, which may include access to House funds. As such, each Officer is solely responsible for any misuse of the HOUSE commands.

Officers are not to engage in behaviors that in any way flirt with POLICY or that can bring bad light to the CHE as a whole. These can include but are not limited to the following: Verbally abusing staff or other players, lying to staff in any attempt to "get your way," getting involved in PvP, sharing your account information, or gross and disturbing OOC behavior.

A player may not hold more than one Officer position in the same House.

Any Officer found in violation of this code of conduct will be subject to penalties and consequences to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the CHE Controller. These consequences may include immediate removal from one’s position as a CHE Officer, being banned from holding future CHE Officer positions, and/or an official warning.