UPDATE 10/7/07: I'm rethinking the Department. The election will be canceled for now. Original announcement left below to provide context for other reply comments. -Erik
We've created the Department of Grand Constructions, and I'm already very happy with what Director JBluestein and his chosen company are doing. Fairly soon, the election for Director of Department of Challenges will complete, and that will kick off our second department.
I'd like to keep our momentum, and start some campaigns for the third department, Emotional Services. We're looking for this new department's Director. Candidates will declare themselves and over the next week, answer questions and make statements about their intentions. We'll put up a poll for the declared candidates sometime next weekend.
What is the Department of Emotional Services?
This department concerns itself with the elevation of spirits inside the community. It recognizes the importance of human emotional needs and wants, and does whatever it can to make people feel happy.
It's an oddly intangible mission, to be sure. And the department will contain many silly positions that don't seem necessary, like for instance, the Welcomer, an individual that tries to welcome every new forum member. Or the Normal Person, who is somebody that represents the interests of normal people.
To get a better idea of what the department will undertake, have a look at the Required Positions:
http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=17257
What Does the Director Do?
A full description of the Director's duties and qualification is found in the
Required Positions for the department.
Who Should Be the Director?
Again, you want to read the qualifications in the Director position post, but I'll also offer a few suggestions.
The tone of this Department is a lot different than Constructions and Challenges. The first two have some very obvious useful and valued things to do. Happiness? How do you create organizations that cause people to be happy? You don't just dump gift baskets on stranger's doorsteps. If you think too institutionally, the actions you'll take will be cold and mechanical, lacking depth, warmth, and interaction. It will take a special kind of genius to figure out how make this department do valuable and memorable things.
There is also a danger of doing too much or attempting to usurp responsibility over the friendly behavior that every forum member should have a chance to show in an "
unofficial"
way. Perhaps the Department does the most by providing an example of goodwill on the forum.
So who wants to direct this department? I know there a bunch of people on the forum that would handle the job wonderfully.
-Erik
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[Last edited by ErikH2000 at 10-08-2007 02:17 AM]