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Thanks to Silverlock for creating this overview of HP
 
HP - The Servers
Fearless Jack has ultimate responsibility and thus say, since he took all of the initiative to start and maintain them, they're rented in his name, and he's forked over much of the $$$ to keep them going. The servers would be nowhere however without the donations of others... some donating VERY sizable sums. Jack is assisted in the operation of the servers by Dr.No, Stinky and myself who have access to them, their files, logs, etc.

The servers are administered by the the members of the Boards of Directors (expanded upon in The Membership section) of each division. Mostly we administer the servers of the Board we're on but we all have the ability to admin all the servers.

HP - The Membership
It was primarily Jack who founded the HP membership, built the website, wrote the Namemaker program, started the discussion forum, etc. and so if we have a leader he most certainly is it. However, Jack created a Board of Directors to oversee the voting in of members and other ancillery functions, pertaining to membership (and administering the servers). As HP grew to include more games, so did the need to create more Boards of Directors. The current Boards are listed here:

We do not view this as a hierarchy or chain of command. The board's main duties are the voting on memberships and administering of the servers. We also discuss and act on current and ongoing issues that may arrise, i.e.: how to deal with tk'ers, recruiters, members who are being assholes, creating new admins, AND applications for Gold status. All issues are voted on, with each member having an equal vote, including Jack. In reality, there is an unwritten philosophy of "less is more" when dealing with issues... meaning, we really try NOT to control things but let them run themselves, this includes the servers and the membership. We only intervene when absolutely necessary.

Just a little note about membership. Remember, we are NOT a clan. The membership was started by people who loved playing on the Happy Penguin server so much they wanted to wear the initials of the server next to their name. They did not set out to create a competative gaming group, just a bunch of fun, good natured, usually fairly capable, players. To this day the main criteria the Boards use to judge applications are, " does he/she play here A LOT? How well do we know this person? " We also ask ourselves, "Are they decent people (ie... not assholes, spammers, cheaters, etc)? Are they members of a clan?"

 There are three tag levels:
 Honorary tag: Anyone can wear this, clanned or not. Just a way of saying... "hey, I like HP servers"
 Red tag: Regular membership - majority vote by the BoD to get accepted
 Gold tag: Elite membership - unanimous vote by the BoD to get accepted. There is a list of criteria somewhere on our website but I don't think it's linked right now. Perhaps someone can post the link. Not all Gold's are admins but most admins and all BoD are Golds. Again, they are not "higher" than Red in terms of a chain of command (we do NOT have one of those... that would be very un-HP!). In general, Gold means you have been a member a long time, are a good ambassador for HP, helpful, skillful, personable.... that sort of thing.


In the end though, we would be nowhere without the unceasing energy, the incredible amount of time, and the love that Fearless Jack devotes to HP. I don't think he really realizes how much of a debt we all owe him and (on a personal level) how much I admire, respect, and am humbled by what he has created.  - Silverlock

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