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First Edition Balance Team Members

Earlier this year, I announced the Balance Team, a new restructuring of the Errata Team to better focus on the health of the game. Now, Balance Team Leads Dan Hamman (SirDan) and Jason Robinette (JasonRed3) are prepared to recruit their staff and begin the hard work of digging into the game's health.

As a volunteer on the Balance Team, you will be tasked with monitoring the play environment of First Edition. While a focus will be placed on tournament and high-level play, volunteers will also need to be aware of lower-level events and casual play. The team will identify issues and potential issues and discuss solutions, including possible rules changes, cards bans, errata, and potential new card designs. Each volunteer on the team will serve a term of 12-18 months, then take a break before being eligible to serve again. By having a rotating staff, we hope to ensure fresh perspectives and energy to make sure the team is connected to the community.

To apply, fill out the short Google Form here:

Balance Team Application

The application form asks for some brief demographic information and for you to provide some explanation on your point of view on the current game. The Continuing Committee and the Department of First Edition are committed to geographic diversity, so candidates from outside of North America are highly encouraged to apply. Dan and Jason will be looking for a wide range of skill levels, participation levels, and diverse points of view in order to build a team that can well-represent the community of players.

Applicants will be contacted directly by either Dan or Jason for follow up. Applications will remain open indefinitely, as we will be constantly rotating the staff and looking for more volunteers.

Currently Hiring

Social Media Manager

The Continuing Committee is looking for a volunteer to fill the position of Social Media Manager (SMM). The SMM is the contact for the CC via the most common social media platforms and is responsible for maintaining our social media presence. This position reports to the Director of Communications. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Cross posting news, events, and information to social media.
• Ensuring the quality of the social media profiles are maintained.
• Answering messages via social media.
• Promoting new expansions and sets, as well as community contributors and content creators.

The individual in the position must be familiar with Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube and be willing to manage the login information for each of those accounts. On average, he or she will need to invest a small amount of time each day to answering questions from social media, and up to 5 hours a week posting news and information.

The ideal candidate will have some or all of the following:

• Familiarity with social media platforms (at a minimum, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube).
• Ability to modify existing graphics to fit social media templates.
• Willingness to respond in a timely manner to direct messages.
• Knowledge of First Edition, Second Edition, and Tribbles.

If interested, please send PM to OKCoyote.

Writing Team Manager

Writing Team Manager

The Continuing Committee is looking for a volunteer to fill the position of Writing Team Manager. This person is in charge of the writing team, making sure we have fresh and regular content for the site, and providing proofreading and editing of everything that gets posted on the website, to ensure a consistent image. This position reports to the Director of Communications. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that all released front page content is at a level of excellence reflecting well upon the Continuing Committee.
• Recruiting and managing the writing teams.
• Maintaining regular, interesting, and high quality content (articles) for the front page.
• Promoting new expansions and sets.
• Increasing interest and knowledge of the games through article series.

On average, the individual in the position will need to invest a small amount of time each day to check on, proofread, publish, and occasionally write articles, up to a total of roughly five hours a week.

The ideal candidate will have some or all of the following:

• Familiarity with word processing programs, document editing, and HTML tagging.
• Willingness to respond in a timely manner to direct messages.
• Previous writing experience definitely a plus.
• Knowledge of First Edition, Second Edition, and Tribbles.

If interested, please apply by sending PM to OKCoyote.

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