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But before we break in the next couple of rounds, the B101 Staff has decided that the next 'rounds' will be a trial period in which we shift from a rounds-based pairing system to a queue. Here's how the queue system will work.
- There will no longer be a schedule of when rounds will open. There will now be large threads that open and close depending on how many tutees are left unpaired.
- We will now have three different threads open next round, each catering to the Americas, Europe, and Oceania / Asia respectively. You will only be allowed to post in ONE of these threads, based on your time zone or hours of availability.
- The Americas thread will close after 40 posts have been made and reopen after there are 20 posts left;
- The Europe thread will close after 20 posts have been made and reopen after there are 10 posts left;
- The Oceania/Asia thread will close after 10 posts have been made and reopen after there are 5 posts left;
- If you request a tutor and they have agreed to tutor you, you will get that tutor after two conditions:
- There are no more unpaired tutees before your sign-up post;
- The tutor is available to tutor;
- You are now responsible for pairings. You must put a 'yes' in the tutor activity spreadsheet PMs if you want a tutee starting next round. From then on out, there will be a thread in Tutor Talk where you will be able to request additional tutees after the requirements below have been met.
- If a tutee has requested you as a tutor, they will get you as a tutor as long as there are no unpaired tutees before them.
- You must tutor each tutee for a minimum of 3 weeks AND 5-8 hours. Once you feel sufficient that you have completed a round's worth of tutoring, have your tutee fill out the evaluation form (which we will provide in Tutor Talk). Then, you may request another tutee from the thread when you feel fit. This system means that there will no longer be any tutor availability spreadsheets after next round's start.
- To maintain the tutor badge, you must tutor at least one tutee every 4 months.
If after the first week of tutoring you feel your tutor or tutee is doing a poor job of being available or is generally a terrible tutor/tutee, you may request to drop them immediately by posting in either Tutee Talk or Tutor Talk and tagging the B101 mods with evidence. Then, you will be paired with another person from the queue as soon as possible.
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The queue threads will open on September 3, 7:00 PM EDT. Please remember you are only allowed to post in one of these threads, and your time zone MUST match the specified time zone in the thread.
Remember that this is just a trial test-run for what could potentially be the future of B101. If it flops, so be it: we'll revert back to the rounds system if this format doesn't work out.
If you have any questions feel free to ask them here or talk to me in private with any of the other B101 mods.
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