Welcome to #Brunei

This is just a little foreword to state some of the considerations the #BrUnEi Channel Committee always keep in mind on new Op Applicants.

The #BrUnEi Ops consists of people of different ages, station, backgrounds, races and religion. You do not have to be a resident of Brunei Darussalam to qualify, merely that you have an interest in our national IRC channel and are a regular chatter quite well known to us.

We are made up of students, local and overseas (UK, Oz, Malaysia) and of working professionals both in the Government and private sector. It has ALWAYS been our aim to diversify the members of our committee to better be able to provide a balanced view on the overall policy and guidelines the channel should have. Because half of the #BrUnEi Ops are more or less always overseas, it is more than likely you will find one or more active ops no matter what hour you may choose to visit!

There is no discrimination in our selection of new ops on race, gender, social/financial position or age and we have an extremely varied user base to prove that fact. There are however certain considerations to always bear in mind.

• Is the person a regular in our channel?
• How long has he/she been with the channel & whats the possibility of the person vanishing after being given access?
• Is he/she of sufficient maturity to be able to cope with the abuse and (supposed!) advantage access will grant?
• If the person is yet unemployed and has no recourse to funds rather than from his/her parents, will the granting of access provide them with an excuse to stay online and incur huge expenses for which they cannot afford?
• If students, will it be too much of a conducive factor for them to neglect their studies as has happened before?

These are some of the things to be borne in mind when someone sends in their application. We aren’t trying to be difficult, but there are a lot of people applying for access and you’ve got to stand out to be able to get it :)

When we get an op application, its sent to all our members for comments and votes, if the person appears acceptable but no one knows him/her it is usually asked that the person spends more time in the channel getting to know everyone. There are always ops around, though not necessarily opped keeping an eye out.

The Ops over the years have become good and close friends and usually meet each other up. When a person appears acceptable, they are usually invited first to such an Ops Gathering, this is where we will see if their submitted resume is real or faked!

A genuine, likeable person is hard to refuse and yes if you do say we’re somewhat fussy about it, you *may* be right, but unlike family, we have full ability to choose our friends and we will usually wish to choose well.

After the Ops Gathering, the votes are gathered in email and the applicant will soon know if they are accepted.

Keep in mind, all votes count, and knowing just one op isn’t usually enough, except for the channel manager of course J

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Good luck!