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Post by VampSlayer on May 5, 2009 18:02:05 GMT -5
This site has give me a lot. I would like to give back as much as I can. I'd love to join! Are there any spots open? Just let me know if I can join. Thanks!
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Post by Midnight Butterfly on May 5, 2009 18:55:39 GMT -5
Thanks evilwillowrocker ;D
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Post by VampSlayer on May 5, 2009 19:52:42 GMT -5
Adoption volunteers currently are; Trey Iceeh kara Danner The charmed one Secret scoobie Vampslayer I'm sure CBG will be absolutely pleased with all you guys wanting to help out when he sets it up!! You guys rock ;D Oh! Awesome! Maybe we can have ten people adopting newbies?
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Post by Secret Scoobie on May 5, 2009 22:18:19 GMT -5
Yeah I think 10 would be a good number. but less wouldn't really be a problem would it? Okay so as an adopter we could PM new members and ask if they'd like to be adopted while they are new to the forum, and let them know they can ask any questions about the forum/the people/various other questions we might be able to answer. And we can also message them say once a week if they don't contact us and ask how they are going. The adopter/adoptee relationship could easily turn into friendship, and that's a good thing to (for both parties) and will help the newbie feel more at ease. Adopters could have up to 5 adoptees at one time. But I think more would be a bit hard (some people may want to and I'm sure that'd would be okay) and some people might feel that they can only manage one at a time if they are particularly busy or whatnot. In offering adoption to newbies it would probably be good to work out a roster for the adopters so that per week the newbies only get PM'd by one adopter. And then once an adopter has some newbies they have maybe 6 weeks to just work with those adoptees while the other adopters takes their week adopting. These are just my ideas. Please comment on, suggest new ideas, or critique these ideas! I should be a system we are all comfortable with and able to meet the requirements of! A DIFFERENT idea would be to allocate newbies to LIKE adopters, ie "Location", "gender", "Age" - but this may discourage diversity and mean the newbie doesn't get a chance to mingle with people of different situations [Which is probably a more ethical and beneficial program] ...?
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Post by VampSlayer on May 5, 2009 22:26:56 GMT -5
Good ideas, but we should get everyone's opinion. I think Phil would have the final say in all of it as well. Five newbies adopted seems like a fare number, but I would probably only have 2 or 3 at most at one time. But if we have to have as many as we can, that's good with me as well. We would have to have a system of knowing who has which newbie, because we don't want three people asking to adopt them. Or we could send the person a link to a thread, and let them choose their own helper to adopt them.
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Post by Secret Scoobie on May 5, 2009 22:32:28 GMT -5
Yeah they were just ideas, I thought Phil might like some help in brainstorming so he doesn't have a too big of a job with all the organising.
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Post by Midnight Butterfly on May 6, 2009 10:40:59 GMT -5
Agreed. Basically if this starts up then we could neomail whoever runs it and saw how many they wish to adopt. Then when a newbie is available the adopter gets a PM let them know that its their turn ;D
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Post by CowboyGuy on May 6, 2009 10:54:24 GMT -5
I'm thinking that an interested newbie would simply post in the adoption board, requesting to be adopted. Then someone can volunteer to take them.
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Post by Midnight Butterfly on May 6, 2009 11:39:15 GMT -5
^ lol. I cant wait, but what if a whole load of people want to adopt the one pearson? who decides?
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Post by untouchable on May 6, 2009 15:14:53 GMT -5
^ lol. I cant wait, but what if a whole load of people want to adopt the one pearson? who decides? Maybe you could decide based on time zone. That way if you adopt someone they would be in the same time and might be online at the same time as you.
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Post by Midnight Butterfly on May 6, 2009 15:26:49 GMT -5
^ lol. I cant wait, but what if a whole load of people want to adopt the one pearson? who decides? Maybe you could decide based on time zone. That way if you adopt someone they would be in the same time and might be online at the same time as you. Thats a really good idea ;D
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Post by Mayor Of F♥ckville on May 9, 2009 4:28:10 GMT -5
the thought of adopting a fellow forum member disgusts me.
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Post by Kara on May 9, 2009 4:31:31 GMT -5
PFFT Mike. You'd totally let me adopt you
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Post by CowboyGuy on May 11, 2009 22:20:24 GMT -5
This groups Admin powers have been disabled while I re-work the grouping, and create the adoption thing.
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Post by Secret Scoobie on May 11, 2009 23:41:39 GMT -5
Yay almost time for adoption! And I think the Slayer > Potential Slayer terms are very cute and fitting Charmed One! Hehe.
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Post by CowboyGuy on May 12, 2009 7:55:04 GMT -5
The new board has been created, and applications to be a Watcher are being taken now!
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Post by CowboyGuy on May 14, 2009 2:07:21 GMT -5
I need all people who are currently on the Welcoming Team to post a reply. This is for current team only, not people who want to join. I need to send you a revised PM!
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Post by CowboyGuy on May 14, 2009 6:57:51 GMT -5
After combing through this thread these are the people I am seeing that are currently due to be in the Welcoming Committee: sagewoman (team organizer) Greer Evilwillowrocker snizapman6924 With Danner, Kara, Iceeh, The Charmed One, and VampSlayer also putting their name forward to possibly join. The people who volunteered for this also have volunteered to be Watchers. Since it's better to focus on doing one task, we will have group of four in the Welcoming Committee. The rest of you will be Watchers, unless you truly want to be on the Welcoming side...pick one or the other! Would everyone please post in agreement, as well as state which thing you want to do. Then I will assign you all, and modify your profiles accordingly. Thanks a bunch!
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Post by Midnight Butterfly on May 14, 2009 9:36:10 GMT -5
Okay, I want to be a Watcher ;D
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Post by Greer on May 14, 2009 19:46:37 GMT -5
I am not sure if I need to post, but I agree to my position, want to thank the Academy, etc etc etc. I <3 my Welcoming Committee! I also love the Watchers too
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