ICC Help: groups

ICC's group system is designed to foster communities within ICC. Most groups have a chat channel, a "best list", and an operator with the power to invite players into the group. Some groups also hold tournaments and other events that are restricted to members of their group, and use web pages to communicate with their members.

Some groups also have special powers, titles or other meanings to the chess server, e.g. the GM, Vendors, Helpers, and Administrators group.

If your organization wishes to have a group on ICC in order to run events and effectively have a corner of ICC to serve as your own virtual online chess club, please write to groups@chessclub.com or contact Groups or FREEBIRD.

See help group-commands for descriptions of the commands for interacting with groups. Type "g-list-groups" for a list of groups, or browse http://www.chessclub.com/activities/groups .

Note that there are chat channels for many countries, langauges, and special interests, and that these are open to all members. There is no need for a group just to have a chat channel.

OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS: We want to ensure all operators act with maturity and fairness. With this in mind, to be considered for the position of Group Operator there are several minimum requirements:

1) 18 years old
2) 1 year of experience on ICC
3) 1000+ accumulated hours
4) No serious negative admin comments for a year

But also you must have a plan for what you intend to do with the group, what activities you'll organize, etc.

See also: group-commands, channels