Greetings.
With Kyle having posted his Medical Hiatus thread, combined with information I have collected from various sources, I am concerned for the staff of Star Army, and by extension the site itself.
I understand that @Wes has a familial emergency on his hands because of the recent Hurricane Florence. He is understandably busy and I do not find anything to promote the thought of otherwise at this time. That being said, I have noticed a significant... Lack of activity from a lot of the staff anyways - one appears to have gone "missing in action", with no real explanation; I know almost nothing about another, who, from my experience, hasn't really... Done much "staff stuff". Another staff member is leaving the site because of medical/health reasons.
...This, as far as I can tell, means that the entirety of the group of individuals meant to help guide SARP, the people who are supposed to be there to help the members of SARP, are entirely out of commission. I hold no ill will against anybody on this website for this situation. What I am concerned, about, however, is the risk of the community falling apart without this direction. Even if one of the staff members was able to recover/return to a mental and physical state wherein to """run""" the community, SARP as it currently is is too large for a single person to manage. Trying to do so would cause so much stress to that person that they'd deteriorate mentally and even physically.
...Okay, so that's my opinion. How do I think that these things should be "fixed"?
The answer is to re-evaluate the existing members of staff as they are, how valid they are in their current positions, and whether or not they should simply be members. Maybe some of the very active members who know the site well should become staff? Regardless of whether the community needs new staff at this time or not, there should be some sort of consistent evaluation, in my opinion, of the people identified as being part of the staff.
What defines a good staff member? That's up to the community. Personally, I think that someone who does get their hands dirty, who does push themselves to be a better contributor to their community, and who does know what to do when things go poorly to solve the problem and preventing it from returning, makes for an overall excellent member of administrative staff.
Reminder: I do not have any ill will against anybody in this community. I do not want people to be hurt here, whenever I can help with that. What I do want is a healthy and happy community, with healthy and happy staff to guide us.
Thank you for taking your time to read this message.
With Kyle having posted his Medical Hiatus thread, combined with information I have collected from various sources, I am concerned for the staff of Star Army, and by extension the site itself.
I understand that @Wes has a familial emergency on his hands because of the recent Hurricane Florence. He is understandably busy and I do not find anything to promote the thought of otherwise at this time. That being said, I have noticed a significant... Lack of activity from a lot of the staff anyways - one appears to have gone "missing in action", with no real explanation; I know almost nothing about another, who, from my experience, hasn't really... Done much "staff stuff". Another staff member is leaving the site because of medical/health reasons.
...This, as far as I can tell, means that the entirety of the group of individuals meant to help guide SARP, the people who are supposed to be there to help the members of SARP, are entirely out of commission. I hold no ill will against anybody on this website for this situation. What I am concerned, about, however, is the risk of the community falling apart without this direction. Even if one of the staff members was able to recover/return to a mental and physical state wherein to """run""" the community, SARP as it currently is is too large for a single person to manage. Trying to do so would cause so much stress to that person that they'd deteriorate mentally and even physically.
...Okay, so that's my opinion. How do I think that these things should be "fixed"?
The answer is to re-evaluate the existing members of staff as they are, how valid they are in their current positions, and whether or not they should simply be members. Maybe some of the very active members who know the site well should become staff? Regardless of whether the community needs new staff at this time or not, there should be some sort of consistent evaluation, in my opinion, of the people identified as being part of the staff.
What defines a good staff member? That's up to the community. Personally, I think that someone who does get their hands dirty, who does push themselves to be a better contributor to their community, and who does know what to do when things go poorly to solve the problem and preventing it from returning, makes for an overall excellent member of administrative staff.
Reminder: I do not have any ill will against anybody in this community. I do not want people to be hurt here, whenever I can help with that. What I do want is a healthy and happy community, with healthy and happy staff to guide us.
Thank you for taking your time to read this message.