CCP has reevaluated their volunteer program for EVE Online and has issued the following explanation by way of a Dev Blog from kieron:

A number of changes are being made to the volunteer teams. The Interstellar Correspondents will be working more closely with the staff of EVE TV, continuing and expanding their role as New Eden's news reporters. STAR will strengthen the focus of their efforts on greeting new players and assisting them in their early days as rookie pod pilots. The Bug Hunter team will continue to assist the QA team and most likely have a role in efforts to localize the EVE client into the native languages spoken by the EVE community. The Forum Moderation and the Events teams will be placed on hiatus as we take time to evaluate processes and procedures for the betterment of the EVE Community's play experience. Members of the Forum Moderation and Event teams will be given the opportunity to transition to the other three teams while new tools and roles are investigated, implemented and we evaluate other alternatives for forum and event support.

I'm wondering how much of this was sparked by all of the accusations that the entire volunteer system was corrupt and this was a way to assuage player concerns in that regard.

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