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These principles outline what I believe is vital to the long-term success of our network. Keep in mind that these are not the official policies of the network, these are my personal beliefs on how our network should continue to run in a fundamental sense. As long as I have a vote on how the network is strategically run, my vote will ultimately be based on these principles.

• Channel owners should be in full control over their channels. Epicenter will always be the legal owner of the channels on it so that channel owners can't sue if we do something to their channels. However, Epicenter should continue to allow channel founders the right to manage their channels without interference, unless that interference is necessary to the stability of the network, the safety of our users, or if the founder says it's okay.
• Elitism should be considered a frailty for members of the staff. We need to continue to reject users who seek IRC operator permissions for an ego-boost. Users who consider themselves better than others because of their status should not be placed into positions of authority.
• The quality of our staff should always come before the quality of our servers. We should never accept new servers, no matter how fast or dependable they are, unless they are administered by someone who meets our standards for a server admin. A server administrator's reliability is just as, if not, more important to the stability of the network than the reliability of the server he/she is proposing.
• The success of Epicenter to this day relies mainly on our customer service skills. When people come to us with a problem, we must continue to show them respect and handle their problem to the best of our ability. We should never stick up our noses to people who need our help, especially since it's our job to help people on the network.
• Newcomers are vital to the long-term health of our network, and therefore should always be welcomed. Regular users should continue to set a good example and show newcomers how friendly and supportive our network is. We want to reject a hierarchy of control that implies regular users are superior to newcomers or newcomers are burdensome to the network.
• Imagine a place where people from all over the world could chat with each other in a real time environment that's both easy to use and functional to each person's needs — That is our mission.