Hi all,

Here are the results of the October 2022 GSM:

Agenda
Minutes

New Conductors

8 candidates for the Conductor rank were considered at this GSM. The results are as follows:

Candidate	For	Neutral	Against	DNV/Abstain	Result
HalfyCrafty	5	4	0	5	Promoted
LondonThameslink	7	2	0	5	Promoted
Lexi9076	3	6	0	5	Not Promoted
chimata	2	7	0	5	Not Promoted
Spegit	6	3	0	5	Promoted
Conric005	1	5	3	5	Not Promoted
ArizTrad	6	3	0	5	Promoted
woorich999	2	7	0	5	Not Promoted

Congratulations to all new Conductors.

Community Issues

Conductor Rank Review

Staff at this meeting had a lengthy discussion about the new Conductor rank that was introduced at the July 2022 GSM, and its implications for the community as a whole. There were particular concerns about whether staff members should be allowed to resign into the Conductor rank, and the potential scenario of having too many Conductors on the server. The following decisions have been made:

Staff resignation into Conductor is no longer allowed

Effective immediately, staff members cannot resign directly into the Conductor rank. If they wish to become a Conductor, they will need to apply for the rank at the next GSM like anyone else.

This change is retroactive, therefore Mojang1014 and MC_Protocol have been demoted to Premier, but will be allowed to apply for the Conductor rank at the November 2022 GSM.

Conductor activity will be reviewed every 6 months

To ensure that only active Conductors retain the rank, each Conductor’s activity levels on the server will be reviewed every 6 months, starting from when they were promoted. That means that the first batch of Conductors that were promoted in July 2022 will be reviewed in January 2023.

This activity review will not fully solve the issue of having “too many Conductors”, so other solutions may be considered in the future. On a related note, there has been a lack of moderator nominations in the past few months, especially since Conductors were introduced. Therefore, a review of moderator nomination process will be done at the November 2022 GSM.

Criteria to demote Conductors defined

Conductors who receive a warning will be immediately demoted.

When it comes to Conductor inactivity, we will be looking at possible in-game plugins to more accurately measure activity.

For other subjective criteria such as how “helpful” a Conductor is, this will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Discord Forum Channels

Discord has recently introduced Forum Channels to all community servers.

For the time being, we will be trying out Forum Channels for the #requests-to-staff, #planning, and #forum channels.

We will evaluate the usage and usefulness of these Forum Channels at the November 2022 GSM. Also at this GSM, we will further discuss the merging of the #media-announcements with #media-discusssion and #event-announcements with #event-discussion channels by using threads.

Increase to number of helipads rejected

A proposal by EliteNeon to increase the number of helipads for various ranks has been rejected as the staff do not see any need at this time to increase such limits.

Transport Projects

UwU Town Canal

A proposal by chimata to build a series of canals to connect UwU Town to the rest of the New World’s water bodies has been approved.

B400 from Quinston to Peach Bay

A proposal by Kraka to build a B-road across the water from Quinston to Peach Bay has been rejected. Since the road crosses a body of water, the staff would like to see a bridge design attached to this proposal. Kraka may re-propose this with a bridge design at a later staff meeting.

Inactive Asset Transfers

North Haven

A proposal by Kraka to take ownership of North Haven (original owner: camelfantasy) has been rejected due to insufficient justification for the transfer.

Lugton Beach

A proposal by TheAllRounder to take ownership of Lugton Beach (original owner: lutet) has been approved.

MRT Lines

MRT Zeta Plans Finalized

After weeks of debate, a general plan for all new MRT lines and extensions into the New World’s Zeta region has been finalized. The plan and relevant maps can be viewed here:

MRT Zeta Line Extensions
Image gallery for all maps

Eastern South Extension

A proposal by Kraka, _crepper_, and __7d to extend the Eastern Line further south to Marisol has been conditionally approved, pending a clarification on whether the elevated sections use pillars, not walls.

Union Line Northeast

A proposal by SimonScholar to begin the first section of the new Union Line in the northeast has been approved.

Zephyr North Station Allocations

The following stations have been allocated:

ZN58 – Kraka
ZN59 – Toth_1

All other stations from ZN42 to ZN57 other than these allocated stations are now available to claim on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Savannah Line South Station Allocations

No stations were allocated. Therefore H41, H42, H44, H45, and H46 are now available to claim on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Jungle Line South Station Allocations