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We, the citizens of the Out of the Park Developments Community, hold this truth to be self-evident. Out of the Park Baseball is more than a game, it is a hobby. Online leagues being an important aspect of the hobby experience should be a relaxing, competitive, friendly and fun community experience.
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so I am updating our constitution and figure this might be a decent conversation to have here. when done I'll put it on a wiki page so we don't have to re-invent the wheel, so to speak.
what are the general rights and responsibilities of commissioners and owners in online leagues?
I figure we can break it down by almost "universal" rights/responsibilities and league specific rights/responsibilities. (I am personally more interested in universal type, but will happily keep track of all.)
Universal commish
rights &
responsibilities
communicate
develop a concept
create a file
create and maintain some form of communication center (website/forums)
create and maintain league file and team exports infrastructure
create and maintain a civil community
create and maintain sim a schedule (to the best of ones ability, life does exist outside ootp)
develop a rule-set
be dedicated to continual improvement
be open to constructive criticism
recruit compatible owners
(needs to be cleaned up & re-worded, but I think I covered at least some of the basics)
The right to remove a GM if he/she does/not meet the requirements of the league (this leaves room for leagues to define what is acceptable/not acceptable).
The right to deviate schedules, sims, and other league related activity (with sufficient notice) so that the commish may attend to personal affairs.
Universal owner
rights &
responsibilities
manage the franchise to the best of your ability
participate in league discussions & functions according to league rules and culture
communicate - respond to trades and other communications. if you desire to leave a league, inform the commissioner.
add value as time and skillset allow
league specific
Participate in League voting procedures