Re: [spoon-discuss] The time has come, the Walrus said...

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Saturday 21 June 2003 12:53 pm, Glotmorf wrote:
> On 6/21/03 at 12:26 AM David E. Smith wrote:
> >I'm not yet formally resigning, but I would certainly welcome ideas.
> >Anything from a simple "amend the Admin rule to put in someone else's
> >name" to whatever your deviant minds can come up with.
>
> Well...shit, dude.
>
> Okay...let's break this down into some key questions:
>
> 1. Are we sticking with the game?
>
> I've been a little burned out on actually coming up with stuff and arguing
> it out (Wonko knew better...he wouldn't argue with Mr. in a Spacesuit; he'd
> let me do that and burn myself out on it, then just undo everything that
> was done), so I'm bordering on drone status.  Is everyone else up for
> continuing?

I am.

> 2. What sort of administration processing time delay is acceptable?
>
> Dave is worried that his life won't allow him to continue in the
> administrative capacity at all...that it's not a question of how long it'd
> take to complete processing a turn as much as  that his real-life
> demands/options would impede the game to the point of non-functionality. 
> If someone other than Dave were to attempt to do the job, what sort of
> wait-time would be considered acceptable and non-excessive?  My view on
> admin wait-time has been, "Take however long it takes, as long as we can
> rest assured it'll eventually get done."  On the other hand, we had that
> one miscreant who was willing to drag our name through the mud because of
> wait-time.  How long is too long?

I'd be fine with about a day of turnaround, but if the Admin is burned out, 
I'll wait.

> 3. How necessary is it to separate administrative duties from playerness?
>
> We've already got ministers for a bunch of things.  What's left that
> absolutely requires a central administrator, and what about that which is
> left requires or begs a non-player admin?  I still think automation would
> go a long way, but I'll acknowledge that won't solve everything.

Right - Agora apparently has no central admin, and look how long they lasted.

- -- 
bd
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		-- R.E. Schenk
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