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Originally Posted by Tyhm
So then, the framework's in place, we just need more PWAs. Hey, can we hear from the PWAs currently in power? What's with the turnover rate, too much work and too small a staff? Too little power to too high expectations, are you asked to just politely request PW owners behave because "they're paying customers no matter what", or are you allowed to enforce The Code?
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Our problems are simple to explain and complicated to solve:
Turnover rate: We have limited volunteers as is, and many of us have been more or less active at some point due to personal life issues. For me, my job has been taking up a lot more time than usual lately, and since I am an unpaid volunteer I have to put my paying job first.
Handling "corruption": We have limited power because Unixmad does not trust us with rights since the Nemesis fiasco. Also, the people who do have rights like Ibonic still feel (rightly so) that they must confer with Unix/Stefan before excercising their power to prevent them getting fired.
Management of worlds: While a classic manager plainly reports directly to us, paying renters are a very grey area that has never been addressed to us by Unixmad/Stefan. There is a huge fuzzy volatile aura around paying renters and what they can get away with before we do something, and then, what exactly we do. To date, I don't think we've ever actually punished a paying renter and would have to improvise a punishment suitable to the offense.
Also, discussion of policies is a very dangerous thing on the forums these days. I just want to say that I'm still 100% loyal to Graal and will do whatever Unixmad says I have to do.
I found the rash dismissal of Spark to show no loyalty to the volunteer staff who have given many years of service for, apparently, no faith in our abilities whatsoever when we question the decisions of the directors.
All in all, the PWA are doing a lot of improvising in the face of a lack of direction and a lack of power and could use an extra hand, some "standard operating procedures" and the ability to enforce the rules we make. However, as with all volunteers, it is hard to trust somebody who has signed no contract, is on no payroll, and has nothing to lose by turning 'corrupt' one day.
I'm happy to entertain suggestions on what we can do better as a team, and provide you with feedback on our difficulties with complying. Also, I'm willing to give my input on suggested changes the directors can make to help the PWA, of course this would be unofficial and only for the sake of conversation.
10-12-2006, 01:54 AM
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