ZARP Policies

In the demotions section of the lead team meeting you are able to raise a vote on demoting a staff member who you feel has been breaking rules or not administrating to a high standard.

When you present a staff member for demotion, make sure you have the necessary evidence to show to the team. For example any screenshots, videos or links to their gametracker profile for inactivity demotions.

In order to raise a staff member for a demotion they must be contacted in the same week leading up to the meeting, this cannot be the same day of the meeting.

If the staff member was not contacted in time, they can still be brought up if they are available to defend themselves at the time of the vote.

Once the vote is concluded, if the staff member is currently available on the ZARP Teamspeak server, they should be moved into the meeting for the outcome to be explained fully. This is not a requirement for members who are not currently online at the time of voting.

Voting Variant & Options

All eligible participants of the meeting can vote on this item excluding the meeting host. The following voting options are available.

Emergency Demotions

A lead team member can temporarily remove a staff member’s powers outside of the meeting by the process of an Emergency Demotion. This should only be done when there is an emergency, such as a staff member mass abusing their powers or a staff member failing to desist abusive behaviour. You must be able to justify to the rest of the team why you thought the situation was an emergency.

You should always attempt to get as much proof as possible to back up your decision to issue an emergency demotion.

The emergency demotion must be logged under the Demotions & Punishments sheet.

At the next meeting after the emergency demotion has taken place the lead team must vote on whether or not to keep the demotion in place.

The community team can undo emergency demotions where the situation cannot be justified as an emergency. In this case the team can still raise a standard demotion for the staff member at the next meeting.

Demotions of Resigned Staff Members

During a super administrator meeting a lead team member may raise a vote to declare a staff member that resigned as demoted. Should the vote go through the staff member in question will not be able to revoke their resignation and they’ll be noted down as demoted.

Should a lead team member want to raise a vote for this it must be done within a week of the staff member resigning or at the next applicable meeting.

Demotion Guidelines

It is strongly suggested that all staff members be given an official warning before proceeding to a demotion in all circumstances.

Demotions of Sitting Staff Members

A sitting staff member is defined as a staff member who is present for the item where in usual circumstances they would be eligible to vote on the demotion. This applies to all meetings and items where staff members can be demoted.

After the meeting has ended, the Community Team will move all previous eligible members one by one to vote on the demotion of the staff member in question, excluding the sitting staff member. They will be able to discuss and vote anonymously.

All usual demotion voting options are available and must be made known to all eligible staff members.

The Community Team will be responsible for recording the result and are the only ones who will hear the result and be able to object. The community team will also be responsible for enforcing the result.

Demotions of Lead Team Members

Demotions of Super Admins & Head Admin staff can only be raised in the Head Administrator meeting. All other parts of this policy will apply to the demotion of Lead Team members.

Global Ranks

Global ranks are ranks you are assigned automatically as part of a promotion as outlined in the Staff Rights & Powers policy.

Lead Team members can be demoted from global ranks separate to their server ranks however server owners cannot be. If a user wishes to raise a demotion on a server owner they should post a formal demotion request on the forums. Global ranks will also automatically be lost if a staff member is demoted from their position or resigns.