Permission Giver

A Permission Giver (PG) is a PPC community member who is empowered to grant Permission.

PGs are selected because they know the PPC well and are widely trusted to be sensible and fair. They tend to be members who have been around for several years, and may also be older than the average Boarder, but not necessarily.

Outside of granting or withholding Permission, the PGs have no more power than any other member. They're not necessarily admins or anything else, though since PGs are usually oldbies, some of them have specific community roles. Their level of experience in the PPC means they tend to know what they're talking about, so if they give you advice on something, it's a good idea to listen.

History

The original Permission Givers, although not under that title, were Jay and Acacia, the Real World creators of the PPC. These two retired in 2003 and passed their Permission Giving powers on to GreyLadyBast, Miss Cam, and Thalia Weaver, three of their biggest supporters.

Since that time, Permission Givers have been selected in a number of ways. Some were chosen by the other Permission Givers directly. Most, starting ca. 2006 with Huinesoron and Delta Juliette), were elected by the Board as a whole. There is no set mechanism for such an election—it's done on a case-by-case basis. As of June 2022, there have been eight PG elections.

The requirements for being chosen as a Permission Giver are a reasonable level of activity for a decent amount of time, a good level of writing ability, and a dedication to the PPC in general. Various other ideas have been floated (up to everyone who had been with the PPC for more than a year automatically becoming a Permission Giver), but none have ever stuck.

Permission Givers

This is a list of those who are Permission Givers and the year they were chosen, where known. Mind, however, that only a few of these people are active.

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