Would you like to be a Board Guide and help MSE?

Former_MSE_Andrea

Hi everyone,

We’re looking for new, volunteer Board Guides to join our current, fabulous team of across several Forum boards. If you’re interested please first read the info below fully to be clear on what we ask our Board Guides to do. Then, if you feel you'd like to help us out, please click reply to let us know which boards (at least three) you’d like to cover, in order of preference. We can’t promise we’ll be able to offer exactly the boards you want but we want our board guides to be reading boards regularly so we’ll do our best to match you up with your choices.

What does a Board Guide do?

They have a number of key tasks:

• Help us at MSE show people where to find what they’re looking for - where someone says “I’ve searched everywhere and can’t find the information I want” posting links to the relevant MoneySavingExpert.com researched content or most useful forum threads.
  
• Delete spam
  
• Merge / close discussion threads
  
• Help keep threads running smoothly and on-topic.
  
• Where a thread has become contentious move it to our invisible 'sin bin' and report it to the Forum Team.
  
• Where a post breaks our rules report it to the Forum Team.

You can read more details on what we ask Board Guides to do here.

What doesn’t a Board Guide do?

Board Guides are not moderators.

Board Guides can’t see forum reports and don't deal with contentious/illegal issues – if they see something that could be a problem they report it to MSE’s Forum Team using the report button / direct email in the same way as everyone else.

Do Board Guides need to be experts?

No. On some boards a specialist knowledge is useful, and is very helpful for understanding what’s going on but for many just being interested in the subject is enough.

Do Board Guides need to be tech savvy?

No, not at all. You just need to understand how the forum works, how to delete spam and how to report posts.

How much time does MSE expect Board Guides to be online?

We know you’re here and using the forum regularly because you love it and want to help other people save money.

If you’re kind enough to volunteer we’d ideally need you checking your boards and posting on most days so you’re visible and available. Of course, this is a volunteer role, though, and you have a life in the real world. If something’s happening and you can’t get on the Forum just let us know.

Volunteer

Board Guides need to be active on at least three forum boards.

If you’ve read the info above and can help us out regularly please let us know which boards (at least three) you can help cover in order of preference.

Last but not least, thank you! We massively appreciate the help our current (and past) board guides give us and we'd be really excited to hear from other forum users wanting to help us

sourcrates

I would love to be a board guide.

Any board from essential money, as that's where my interest lies.

(1) Debt free wannabe

(2) IVA/DRO board

(3) Bankruptcy board

(4) Credit ratings

But am flexible.

Westie983

Ill happily be a board guide on this forum,

I read the following in essential money

1. Budgeting and banks accounts (I work in a bank so priority here)
2. Savings and Investments
3. Debt- free wannabe

I dont tend to view the mortgages board, and due to my work experience I find the most help I can give is in the above three, but happy to moderate other threads even if I cant help or have the knowledge.

Westie983

alltaken

I would be interested in the essential money forum boards.

1. Bankruptcy board

2. IVA/DRO board

3. Debt free wannabe board

Thanks

fermi

Doing this is great fun and very rewarding.

I sadly haven't been able to be quite as active as I perhaps was.

I_Love_comps

I would be interested in becoming a board guide;

1. Shopping and Freebies Section

2. Competitions Section

3. Essential Money Section


These my preferences - but I do not mind which board.

Thank you

[Deleted User]

Westie983 wrote: »

Ill happily moderate this forum,

That's plainly not the job on offer!


(No one should take this post as me offering to volunteer, by the way! )

Westie983

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

That's plainly not the job on offer!


(No one should take this post as me offering to volunteer, by the way! )

Choice of words, but have edited, thanks for the heads up.

Dobbibill

I would be interested in volunteering too.

My preferences would be

1- Credit Cards

2- Credit Files & Ratings

3- Loans

I often visit Budgeting & Bank Accounts but don't mind any of the other boards.

If you have enough volunteers this time, keep my details handy for the future

joannem1970

I'd be happy to become a board guide

1. Competitions Time

2. Freebies

3. Shop but don't drop

But happy to do any in the shopping & freebies section

Thank you

nickcc

Happy to volunteer, visit many threads and would like to help. Retired now so visit at least three times a day if that's what you're looking for.
Regards