Hi all. Was doing a flyby, but decided to check here.
I'm glad to see the discussion is starting up. Also encourages by people's opinions.
I've received no other external communication... so what you read here is what you get. Now, for some ramblings:
Resolved Issues (until/unless it needs to change for some reason):
A) Like CES, Kat, others have mentioned, the thread should stay a thread. Fine by me. Thread is still a thread.
B) We have no extremely urgent time issue, although to respect Tib's and whiskey's wishes we need to resolve this.
Open Issues:
C) The list thread needs a home. I suggest a neutral place, with neutral people. That last bit needs some explaining. The list cannot be associated with a single person. Pre-Vet Celebration has grown beyond a person. Although I have no intention of removing whiskey's name from post #1, and grant her full credit for the creation of the thread, it's clear that her leaving results in a "list move" at minimum. Also, since the contests are associated there is a "bigger than a thread" concept at work here. I don't want the thread "owned" by whiskey, tibs, jj, me, you, your sister, your brother, the abominable snowman or even Elvis. It doesn't make
sense to me. I suggest a group "owned" AND moderated by ECF admin/moderator staff.
The social groups say that they can be monitored by moderators. Fine. That's all we need. Some of us may have special privileges to edit the list thread. IDK if that can be assigned on a thread-basis or not. Those of you that admin groups may know more about this or the possibilities. I'm having a hard time defining the possibilities since I don't know the software or the available options.
The contest on a monthly basis is not an issue that I know of. But:
D) What if there is no PVT member available to do "fireworks" at the assigned time? What happens to the contest Grand Prize entry? Also, how do we make it up to the vet?
E) Some seem to think that rescheduling the time (because they can't be there at the normal time for "fireworks") violates the contest rules for Grand Prize entry and disqualifies the vet. I want double confirmation on this. If they arrange it ahead of time, and the list is update with a new date and time, they show up for the fireworks...why are they not eligible? What is the real issue, or is it a communication problem?
The easiest solution to D is to ensure that there is someone available. This will be easier with more participation. The intent is to not only grow participation in avatar parties/threads but to grow PVT group members. Having a social group for them may raise some awareness of the group... while keep the thread itself a thread. So an open group where everyone can join/drop and that encourages a "party/celebrate" accomplishments is a positive thing IMO.
If E is clarified it would help. Another
option (I stress option) is to hold fireworks celebrations in advance. Now, this takes some explaining due to E. However I think it could work. Let's say we hold celebrations 4 times a day at pre scheduled times....example midnight, 6 am, noon, 6 pm. We publish fireworks along with congrats messages for anyone about to turn before the next "window" (midnight.. anyone that turns from midnight ->6:00 am. Yeah, I know they are at :25 past, but that still works for the windows. So, all the member has to do is post "Thank You!" during their assigned turning time and they are still eligible since they are "there" at that time... even if we aren't. We would have posted links to their welcome threads in the fireworks. That may take the pressure off. I still want E clarified though.
Just kicking it around.
believed it was a good idea/it would work/whatever, but now we've discovered that that wasn't the case. We acted in good faith and tried to accomodate the contests idea as best we could. Since it obviously didn't work out, why can't prevets be separated from the contests, as Fran had suggested?
