(no opinion about a new name for the position. I don't mind this sort of change, but these names sound weird to me, I dunno)

If we're renaming, maybe something like Adjutant Staff?

If they believe the candidate is likely to be an effective staff member at some point in the future, they can choose to not put them up for promotion. However, to do this they must give the JS member a list of structured goals for what they should improve to be put up for promotion during the next cycle.

I'm able to speak from experience here as someone that has missed out on every single promotion cycle since becoming JS, I'm concerned about what happens if a captain doesn't want to put someone up for promotion because they're not very active? I've been dealing with burn out for a while and I've also been incredibly busy at home so I've just not been super active because of that, and because of that I've missed out on a ton of cycles. I've been told that the amount of work I've done is very impressive (which don't get me wrong, I appreciate hearing that) but every time it boils down to low activity. Having every cycle be like this is both frustrating and at times demoralizing, and I can only imagine it becoming even more so when the only reason you aren't being put up for promotion after one year of JS is because of your activity level.

This is somewhat ranty, and I apologize for that. But this is the only way I can think of to bring up something that I feel like plenty of full staff don't even realize is a problem at times.

Also on the topic of renaming Junior Staff, how about changing it to "Provisional Staff", or "Preliminary Staff".

While we're here, and bearing in mind the perspectives of two experienced members of staff who are also Junior Staff posted upthread - might it be time to consider renaming the position? Junior seems a bit infantilising.

A name that clearly fits Junior Staff's current role doesn't come to mind, but if this proposal were to pass, Trial Staff would make sense - but that wouldn't fit flagsam nor Fullham's current use case.

all JS will be put up for promotion after they have been on staff for a year with their consent (if they would be put up and choose to remain at JS until they feel ready, it will not be forced upon them).

Promotion will not be forced upon anyone on staff, that'd be pretty fucked up. If someone wants to remain as JS, they will be more than welcome to. This policy only covers those who are kept at the position long term without wanting it to stay that way.

The role should be transformed back into the original intention - a place for new faces to learn staffing skills for quick promotion to OS should they fit the role.

The Solution: With certain exceptions that will be mentioned, all JS will be put up for promotion after they have been on staff for a year with their consent (if they would be put up and choose to remain at JS until they feel ready - or don't want to be promoted for any other reason - it will not be forced upon them). This doesn't prevent captains from putting staff up for promotion before a year has passed, it just gives a specific time limit for when decisions have to be made. Promotion cycles will still occur at the same time each year, so the staff members will be up for promotion in the next cycle after their first anniversary on staff. If they fail the promotion, they will be permitted to remain on Junior Staff for another year at most (with the next cycle being encouraged instead), at which point they must be put up for promotion again.

There may be situations in which a captain feels a member of Junior Staff is not fit for promotion after a year. In this scenario, the captain has two options:

• If they believe the candidate is simply not a good fit for staff, they can remove them from their position. Junior Staff is intended to be a trial role, and some people might not pass the trial.

• If they believe the candidate is likely to be an effective staff member at some point in the future, they can choose to not put them up for promotion. However, to do this they must give the JS member a list of structured goals for what they should improve to be put up for promotion during the next cycle.

All members of Junior staff who are currently more than a year into their position must be put up for promotion, or one of the other options stated here, by their captains in the Winter 2022 (January) promotion cycle.

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