I figured this would be the best place to post this suggestion, since Member Suggestions and all.
I have noticed that real life seems to be throwing more curve balls recently for the leadership team, and thus there's less energy and time to be expended into Evelon. Now this is perfectly fine, it's just a roleplay website after all, not the center of the universe. Also, I am very obviously not a member of the leadership team, so I have no clue what's going on behind the scenes, and how responsibilities are already handed out. However, I feel that there's ways to break the responsibilities down further, thus diminishing workloads. Now before I continue, I want to be as crystal clear as possible about something. I am not in any way/shape/fashion/form trying to cause a similar fiasco to the Daemon incident. I am not trying to publicly bash anyone. I do not want anyone demoted. I do not want any adverse consequences of this suggestion. So please keep an open mind and keep reading.
So where is this coming from? Honestly, it's been on my mind for months but I was reluctant to rock the boat for many reasons. But I really feel that this will help and so I'm posting it publicly so everyone else can contribute as well.
Okay, Mojave, get to the bleeding point, yeah? Well I was talking to my fiance who is the founder/admin of his own forum website for his Battlefield 4 gaming team about my concerns about too much responsibility on too few people. We discussed how his website is organized and how responsibilities are delegated and how the chain of command is set up for his mil-sim (military simulation) and I applied that structure to Evelon.
Here's what I came up with. Feel free to make suggestions, set the record straight if you're a mod/modmin/etc. All input is encouraged, so long as it's positive and friendly. Again, I am not attacking anyone or insinuating that someone needs to be demoted. (That also means re-assigning jobs is NOT a demotion.)
ADMIN/FOUNDER (Baal)
The Admin's primary job is to ensure the website is functioning as efficiently as possible. Ultimately, all final decisions on suggestions and disciplinary actions are hers. Any artwork that she would like to remain in control of are naturally hers.
MODMIN (Kyrit, Shrewdberry, Krypto)
The main job of the modmin is to handle all primary jobs that Baal herself cannot perform due to her RL responsibilities and to be her advisers in matters pertaining to the forums. Primary jobs would be website maintenance, event planning, rule enforcement if it escalates above Global Mod, and disciplinary actions. Any artwork done by the modmin should be taken on voluntarily but only if it can be done without affecting primary responsibilities.
GLOBAL MODS (Kodai, ToxicShadow, Crow, Thunder)
The primary responsibility of the Global Mods is to run secondary features of the forums. These responsibilities involve running marketplace shops, keeping records updated, enforcing rules, posting updates, and sending out offspring from the Nursery.
SITE ARTISTS (Silverin, Krypto)
The primary role of the site artist is to handle any and all needs for artwork. These responsibilities should not, however, become extensive to the point the artist feels over loaded. If this happens, projects should be organized by priority and higher priority should be completed before lower priority.
Again, this suggestion is to reduce workloads and stress, nothing more. On my fiance's website, each leader has one primary role, at least one assistant who has dedicated roles to help them, and may help other leaders if their own responsibilities allow. If the job is extensive enough, some of those assistants have assistants. This could be determined by individual leaders if they need an assistant, but should not be turned down for any other reason than the leader's responsibilities are easily managed.
So, what does anyone/everyone think? o3o; Again, my intention was not to upset anyone, I just like how efficiently his website runs and how everything gets done smoothly and any bumps in the road are quickly dealt with. But his website is a mil-sim and he is a Marine, so he may just be rubbing off on me. xD;
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By the way, assistants wouldn't necessarily have to have the same access rights as actual leadership. Everything can be pre-prepared and handed to a mod/modmin/admin to be posted if that is preferred. The point isn't so we have tons more colored names running around, but to help the site function without backlog, projects being postponed/forgotten/etc, and to reduce stress on the existing leadership.