Final questions, management protocol, ownership/control Q's
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:24 pm
Final thoughts/questions:
1. I would like to launch around 4:00 p.m. eastern U.S. time, how does that work for your schedule, Phil, that would be what, 9pm over there? I have to be in court in the morning and, although my afternoon is currently clear, the court usually calls me in on Monday afternoons to do bail hearings for criminal defendants arrested over the weekend. I'm usually done by 2:30-3:00 p.m. at the latest.
2. Here is my proposed protocol for any future changes and development of the site. It is a process we have been pretty much utilizing here anyway, but I would just like to formalize it. A. We want to encourage Phil, Mike, and all the managers to continue to troubleshoot and look for ways to improve the site. I think that, whenever Phil or anyone else has a proposed change, he should run it by the group, we'll discuss it, and then proceed. I'll go with what you guys want 99% of the time, but I reserve the right to a benevolent dictator veto.
B. I'm assuming all six of us have the ability to delete messages/threads. This is a very important power that affects the dynamic of the site. Deletion should occur extremely, extremely rarely. There have been many times when i have felt stuff should be deleted from BWE but I just let the discussions run their course, and the tempest in the teapot usually just passes. I think the net benefit of not deleting a message outweighs pulling the trigger too quickly. I personally believe the pissyness that we see on sites like Squires and other sites stems from this simple issue. That's why I was against the report message function as well.
3. I'm still not completely clear on the ownership/control issues. How do I become the Administrator? Does the Administrator have more powers than the other moderators? If so, in what ways are the powers different? We can carry this discussion off line into the new era on the other side, but it is something I would like to feel completely comfortable with in the near future.
4. After 4pm tomorrow I'm planning on sending an email to all members of the MSN BWE announcing the move to the new site. There are some 1,400+ members listed there, many are bots of course, I'm assuming a fair number of the email addresses may be outdated, but it will be interesting to see who follows us over to the new site!
I'm very excited about the new BWE! Excellent job Phil and everyone, this will be a great collaborative project for years to come!
Jim
1. I would like to launch around 4:00 p.m. eastern U.S. time, how does that work for your schedule, Phil, that would be what, 9pm over there? I have to be in court in the morning and, although my afternoon is currently clear, the court usually calls me in on Monday afternoons to do bail hearings for criminal defendants arrested over the weekend. I'm usually done by 2:30-3:00 p.m. at the latest.
2. Here is my proposed protocol for any future changes and development of the site. It is a process we have been pretty much utilizing here anyway, but I would just like to formalize it. A. We want to encourage Phil, Mike, and all the managers to continue to troubleshoot and look for ways to improve the site. I think that, whenever Phil or anyone else has a proposed change, he should run it by the group, we'll discuss it, and then proceed. I'll go with what you guys want 99% of the time, but I reserve the right to a benevolent dictator veto.
B. I'm assuming all six of us have the ability to delete messages/threads. This is a very important power that affects the dynamic of the site. Deletion should occur extremely, extremely rarely. There have been many times when i have felt stuff should be deleted from BWE but I just let the discussions run their course, and the tempest in the teapot usually just passes. I think the net benefit of not deleting a message outweighs pulling the trigger too quickly. I personally believe the pissyness that we see on sites like Squires and other sites stems from this simple issue. That's why I was against the report message function as well.
3. I'm still not completely clear on the ownership/control issues. How do I become the Administrator? Does the Administrator have more powers than the other moderators? If so, in what ways are the powers different? We can carry this discussion off line into the new era on the other side, but it is something I would like to feel completely comfortable with in the near future.
4. After 4pm tomorrow I'm planning on sending an email to all members of the MSN BWE announcing the move to the new site. There are some 1,400+ members listed there, many are bots of course, I'm assuming a fair number of the email addresses may be outdated, but it will be interesting to see who follows us over to the new site!
I'm very excited about the new BWE! Excellent job Phil and everyone, this will be a great collaborative project for years to come!
Jim