STAFF-ROOM CHAT

[Emmy The Boss 308]

Alrighty, so the activity stats has been updated at last  so if anyone is interested in seeing how participation varies over time, check out the topic that I just posted up. I definitely think that there's improvements to be made, but we can also see that sooner or later activity actually comes back up  More interestingly, we can see that on average people nominated more people in the OTYs 2015 compared to how many nominations each person submitted in the 2016 OTYs. That's where I think we can do the most work, encourage people to nominate in more than just one category each.  

So any thoughts or ideas pertaining to improving this aspect is more than welcome!

[Emmy The Boss 308]

Thanks everyone for your participation in the OTM voting this month! I'm very happy to see that this is the first time since April that everyone managed to participate and doing it in such timely manner.  Keep this up, and I am sure that the OTYs will be a huge success too  Hopefully we'll see this carrying over to using the staff chat more regularly too  

While I'm at it, I'll just remind you guys that we have an AAP club for the staff only, and in there Scotland has started a discussion topic that I definitely think you should check out  

[Finally FaIIout 99]

3 minutes ago, Emmy The Boss said:

Thanks everyone for your participation in the OTM voting this month! I'm very happy to see that this is the first time since April that everyone managed to participate and doing it in such timely manner.  Keep this up, and I am sure that the OTYs will be a huge success too  Hopefully we'll see this carrying over to using the staff chat more regularly too  

While I'm at it, I'll just remind you guys that we have an AAP club for the staff only, and in there Scotland has started a discussion topic that I definitely think you should check out  

I will be sure to check the topic out and am happy that it's going great!

[Emmy The Boss 308]

2 minutes ago, FaIIout said:

I will be sure to check the topic out and am happy that it's going great!

Haha, great might be a little of an exxageration, there is always more work to be done  but yes, it is definitively going in the right direction  now we'll just have to work on motivating people to participate in the regular awards program and nominate members for the other awards we have  

[Finally FaIIout 99]

25 minutes ago, Emmy The Boss said:

Haha, great might be a little of an exxageration, there is always more work to be done  but yes, it is definitively going in the right direction  now we'll just have to work on motivating people to participate in the regular awards program and nominate members for the other awards we have  

I usually exaggerate lol but I pushed my members in WD to nominate but I was the only one who did. Hey on the bright side my div leader was the only div lead nominated lol so... Yea! But no I can't express how happy I am to even be on something so important. Anyways Thanks!

[KSI Airborne 7 565]

How is everyone doing today? 

[Finally FaIIout 99]

Just now, Aegon Targaryen said:

How is everyone doing today? 

Im tired but other than dreading my upcoming class I'm doing just fine how about you?

[Emmy The Boss 308]

7 minutes ago, FaIIout said:

I usually exaggerate lol but I pushed my members in WD to nominate but I was the only one who did. Hey on the bright side my div leader was the only div lead nominated lol so... Yea! But no I can't express how happy I am to even be on something so important. Anyways Thanks!

Getting people interested and active from clanops isn't the easiest of tasks, I know But keep leading by example, and putting a positive spin on it. You can also try to use it as a motivational tool within a squad, show the officers and aspiring members that their work is noticed and appreciated (here some of the regular awards can be put to very good use), and you'll hopefully see that little by little things will begin to change, like rings on water  but this is something that is just like the forums in general, you can gain so much in clanops if you just take the time to familiarise yourself, but most people see it as a sort of "necessary evil". It doesn't help that people often have this idea that it's all about favoritism, and that we on the staff only choose to award people we like. But we just have to keep pushing and stay above it all  

 

10 minutes ago, Aegon Targaryen said:

How is everyone doing today? 

Doing alright, mainly doing things that needs to be done in the background lol hope you're having a productive day too

[KSI Airborne 7 565]

Thanks, and trying to stay productive yes. 

Also @FaIIout just don't let people dishearten you about it. Even if you get 1 more member to participate, you have accomplished something. And even if not, that is not your failing by putting information out so people can participate. Just have to casually stay on top of it, but don't press too hard as you can get members that don't want to do it at all if all you ever bring up is the forums. Its a fun little situation. Like suggested,  a good way is to get members who are deserving of member assistance, helping hand etc. Nominated and recognized. Sometimes that's all it takes to gain someone's interest in the department.

[Finally FaIIout 99]

2 hours ago, Emmy The Boss said:

Getting people interested and active from clanops isn't the easiest of tasks, I know But keep leading by example, and putting a positive spin on it. You can also try to use it as a motivational tool within a squad, show the officers and aspiring members that their work is noticed and appreciated (here some of the regular awards can be put to very good use), and you'll hopefully see that little by little things will begin to change, like rings on water  but this is something that is just like the forums in general, you can gain so much in clanops if you just take the time to familiarise yourself, but most people see it as a sort of "necessary evil". It doesn't help that people often have this idea that it's all about favoritism, and that we on the staff only choose to award people we like. But we just have to keep pushing and stay above it all  

 

1 hour ago, Aegon Targaryen said:

Thanks, and trying to stay productive yes. 

Also @FaIIout just don't let people dishearten you about it. Even if you get 1 more member to participate, you have accomplished something. And even if not, that is not your failing by putting information out so people can participate. Just have to casually stay on top of it, but don't press too hard as you can get members that don't want to do it at all if all you ever bring up is the forums. Its a fun little situation. Like suggested,  a good way is to get members who are deserving of member assistance, helping hand etc. Nominated and recognized. Sometimes that's all it takes to gain someone's interest in the department.

Thanks for the encouragement my division definitely won't be easy as my general and Founder have been in longer than me and both have under 100 posts lol. That's not a problem but my goal is to get most of my div or at least *5* people to participate from my div. I won't push to hard either because it'll come over time as I know. The one reason I'm like this is I love the forums they give me a 2nd life within the community and are great for fun and communication outside of the squad and division (although most people keep to their division but I don't I gotta meet new people everyday I love to do that!) The forums instilled a passion into me in the time I was in XGN it died off but it came back stronger than ever and its great. There is a magic in the forums that I may never figure out :p. (If you can't tell I love writing rants and books sorta)

[Emmy The Boss 308]

2 hours ago, FaIIout said:

 

Thanks for the encouragement my division definitely won't be easy as my general and Founder have been in longer than me and both have under 100 posts lol. That's not a problem but my goal is to get most of my div or at least *5* people to participate from my div. I won't push to hard either because it'll come over time as I know. The one reason I'm like this is I love the forums they give me a 2nd life within the community and are great for fun and communication outside of the squad and division (although most people keep to their division but I don't I gotta meet new people everyday I love to do that!) The forums instilled a passion into me in the time I was in XGN it died off but it came back stronger than ever and its great. There is a magic in the forums that I may never figure out :p. (If you can't tell I love writing rants and books sorta)

Oh, I know the feeling, I always rein myself in when writing, back in my clanops days I could go on and on if no one stopped me

But it's great that you're enthusiastic, and setting small, achievable goals or milestones is great. You start out my getting those 5 members participating in the AAP, and then you can set a new goal after that

[Scotland 523]

Love the chatter ongoing! Keep it up! 

Also Emmy, you are nailing this at the moment! Amazing work!

I know a few members of the department have applied but here's the link for the Mod Applications!

 

[KSI RiiOT 7 305]

We have cookies on the mod team no biggie

[Impy 460]

Just now, ASM RiiOT said:

We have cookies on the mod team no biggie

Don't talk to me or my son again.

[Finally FaIIout 99]

2 minutes ago, ImPyyy said:

Don't talk to me or my son again.

O.o

[KSI RiiOT 7 305]

2 minutes ago, ImPyyy said:

Don't talk to me or my son again.

Dont even @ me     

[Finally FaIIout 99]

@ASM RiiOT to late

[KSI RiiOT 7 305]

How dare

[Scotland 523]

Oh myyy.

Behave kiddies 

[Finally FaIIout 99]

Just now, Scotland said:

Oh myyy.

Behave kiddies 

*meow*

[Emmy The Boss 308]

Thanks, Scottie, I try

I think I'll skip the mod application though, even if they have cookies. It's all about them cupcakes

 

[Finally FaIIout 99]

Just now, Emmy The Boss said:

Thanks, Scottie, I try

I think I'll skip the mod application though, even if they have cookies. It's all about them cupcakes

 

I heard they have those reserved for senior mods like @ASM RiiOT

[Emmy The Boss 308]

3 minutes ago, FaIIout said:

I heard they have those reserved for senior mods like @ASM RiiOT

Haha, the cupcakes? Nah, they belong to the cupcake queen

[KSI RiiOT 7 305]

2 hours ago, Emmy The Boss said:

Haha, the cupcakes? Nah, they belong to the cupcake queen

Yeah im right here at your service

[Scarface 77 359]

I like the idea they are allowing applicants for forum mods , I think I might apply lol