Ok, I’ve given this a lot of though, and although I don’t have the Technical abilities of Coppro, or the level of management training and experience that Patrick has, I feel that I still have something to offer this community in the role of Director of Challenges.
Why? First of all, I already have a lineup of 3 contests, 2 of them half written up already. Not to mention 1 or 2 other ideas that I’ve been toying around with. None of them are Architecture contests, and I must admit that even though I have committed this grievous sin in the past, I too feel that there should be more variety. But I have much more to offer than simply contests.
For the Challenges board, I will set about creating a new position to focus on the Challenges board and work with them to reinvent this board. Personally, I don’t see how simply revitalising the Challenges board would be successful, as the Highscores have rendered this board more or less obsolete.
Outside of these two boards, I believe that the Department of Challenges still has a role. Whilst it would be nice to rework the Forum Games board to allow some to play mummies and daddies while not getting in the way of those who which to have a serious round of scrabble or chess, I’m not going to make promises on the subject.
I also believe that it should be part of the Department of Challenges goal to increase interaction between the departments. Currently I have an idea for creating a contest that forces all the departments to contribute and interact with each other, although I’d be holding that on ice until all the departments are created and had a bit of time to sort themselves out. I’d also be interested in creating a ‘Grand Debate’ of sorts with the Department of Emotional Services, as it would be interesting to see a discussion with safeguards to increase forum activities without the flaming that often results. Yes, the role of Arbiter would probably take care of that, but I have no idea what is happening with that position, or even which department it would be in.
ErikH2000 wrote As the Director, you have the option of appointing yourself to other positions in the Department. Perhaps the most influential position other than Director would be the Contest Coordinator. Would you take over the Contest Coordinator position and perform its duties along with Directorial duties?
As I hinted above, I would run the first few contests. Whist doing this, I would be making a list of possible candidates.
After my third contest, I would by then announce who I have decided should take the role of Contest Coordinator, or if there are multiple candidates at that point, start an election. But should I be unable to find a candidate, or one that is available and interested, I would carry on the role myself. On second thought, I will be looking for a Contest Coordinator ASAP and use the contests I already have as a buffer to ease the coordinator into the role.
Any other questions? I think I’ve already answered my own.
[Last edited by NiroZ at 09-27-2007 05:45 AM]