Thanks Tiffanie

You have a club round here? *looks around* <33

*clings*

I noticed

Thanks, Jess Congrats on your shopkeeperness

Thanks Anna I can't wait to work with you too

Thanks..

Thanks

Congrats Tailz... and sorry.. Seems like everyone's noticing me and not you... I feel kinda bad that I'm getting a load of UN's about it

Anyway... can't wait to work with you all... I think I'm getting over the shock now And... I'm ready to get stuck in

Welcome Becky and Tailz!!

& I'll miss you Jess!!

I haven't noticed that, but now that you mention it, I think that may be because your username went from yellow to purple italics, while Tailz's username remained the same. It's probably a little easier to pick up on a change for you than it is for her. hee hee

Of course we're equally welcoming you both, though! We're excited to have you two on the team and can't wait to work with you!

Welcome again, Tailz and Becky!!!

just a little side note here;

for any of the department heads that don't already have me on msn, feel free to add me jenn_pink_@hotmail.com

Did anyone (who was in the chat a few weeks ago) finish pasting the responsibilities for each department in our final QWC thread? I'm asking because I didn't save the chat.

On another note, welcome to Tailz and Becky!

Kay - It looks like most of the stuff we discussed is posted in the QWC thread (with the exception of a few key departments - Games and Sports being one of those). I have the complete session saved from Sunday, August 23 and I'm going over it, but I don't see much there that hasn't already been saved into the thread by Tiffanie. Timelines and most details of our discussion are there.

If you'd like me to PM you the saved discussion, I would be more than happy to do that!

Kay, I believe this might be the thread you're looking for. If not, then it looks like Linda did in fact save the chat.

I know where the thread is but I was under the impression that the details would be pasted into the appropriate posts in the new thread and that I wouldn't have to worry about inserting the Games & Sports details.


At the moment, I'm trying to get some of the G&S planned and organized (my department is SLOW) so the updated details in the new thread are important and I'm afraid that I might have my department take on a different department/division's responsibilities by mistake.

Kay, during that powwow I asked YOU to record the details for your department and input them since you were present (just as I asked Anna to do the same for her dept). So that's why your department isn't filled in yet.

But the others are almost all up there. A couple more need to go up and then it'll be done. The ones that aren't up in the v.2 thread are likely the same as what was suggested in the v1 Planning thread.

I am going to take up Tiff's offer on the first post and vent here. Because otherwise, I think I might honestly explode.

So, you see, there is this one guy who transfers department but he can't just move quietly - oh, no - he has to make this big scene and drag other RPers with him too. Now, I have no problem with that apart from the fact that he's doing it IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING. Were I would have thought it was obvious that there is to be NO CHATTING. Plus he never actually left, but RPed himself coming back anyhow.

GAH!

And what else? Well, my charrie's authority is now being challenged by a horrid Division Head (I picked the user 'cause she'd gooooooood but the charrie - ACK! She drives both me and Jake up the wall) and a slightly insane ex-girlfriend who seems intent on keeping her own and not listening to him.

I GET that it would make sense for the charries to have objections but this is their boss - I hardly think a workaholic would dare to challenge her boss like that. And even if she did, this meeting is important OOC as well as IC so if she had any objections couldn't she just save them for another time?!

ARGH! I just don't know how to calm them down since they are my two major RPers of the department. The others are all crying because the guy from above is moving departments. I need them to be on subject so that others are too - otherwise we won't get anything done!



Opinions?

Then this must be a misunderstanding between us because I was under the impression that you were going to put the details in the v.2 thread. That is why I didn't save the chat nor copy and paste my final details into the v.2 thread.

Can someone please send me the chat so that I can get my details up there and get things planned because I'm already 2 weeks behind in the QWC timeline for my department. Thanks.

Kay, I've added what I remembered from our conversation. I admit it is very bare, but it is at least a starting point.

Thanks, Tiffanie. I'm just going crazy with RL atm.

And now a special service announcement
from the Ministry of Magic's Department of Magical Games and Sports.



Don't let this happen to YOU.
Distractions while flying can be hazardous to your health,
so remember that smart fliers are safe fliers.

Two things...

1... Kay.. I love that ad

2. Umm... I might have missed this somewhere, but which two teams are playing in the QWC? I'm trying to pull in the info so I can help my division head with his plot for it... Thanks.

I have another service announcement that I hope to post in a few days . . . trust me, I was laughing so hard that I was crying.

I'm not revealing the final teams until the end of November. My secret.

I want to post this in here (and not the general absence forum) because I want everyone (who can't see the mod forum) understand why I haven't been as active as usual (and why I might vanish for 3 days at a time). One of my brothers is sick and is having major surgery on Oct. 22. My other brother has 3 kids and one of them is in the hospital again (she's only 4). So these are the RL issues that are distracting me and keeping me away from SS.

The DP is going to post some QWC stuff soon (gave Roro my stuff and told her to have fun with it).

Kay, while you are here, did you get my PM about our two departments?

And good luck to your brother And I hope your niece is okay!

Can Rex come pow wow with the Head of Education? He's planning a 'special' Quidditch lesson to the dismay of his little brother so that he can promote the QWC and the English team. I thought we could do a Ministry tie-in with this 'lesson' and have an essay contest (see? I remember something from one of the MSN planning chats).

Just a brief reminder that as of today, we've moved on to the next stage of the QWC plot:

Aug 20 - Aug 31: Department Heads meet with Minister Taylor
Sep 1 - Sep 30: Department Heads meet with their employees to share news and give QWC assignments
Oct 1 - Oct 31: Departments plan their roles and begin to RP preparations
Nov 1 - Nov 31: Departments implement their plans where appropriate
Dec 1 - Dec 31: Quidditch World Cup forum open
Dec 1st-19th: Campgrounds open for those with 'bad seats;' VIP tent for those with good seats
Dec 19th: Quidditch match takes place
Dec 20-31: Celebrations and RPing leaving QWC

I bumped the QWC v2 thread, too. If you have any questions, concerns, etc., please don't hesitate to ask!

FYI: I am going to create the QWC forum this weekend to allow for certain departments to begin construction of the stadium and all the other fun stuff.

YAYYYY! Two of my divisions who are involved in the construction are looking forward to this

I had a quick idea that I wanted to run by everyone--do you think that sometime in the future, we could set up some sort of Division Head Evaluation? I remember that us Department Heads were evaluated a while back, and I found that really helpful because it let me know what areas of my job I was doing well, and what areas I needed to improve on as well.

I thought it might be good to extend this to the Division Heads as well, because we seem to have a problem with a lot of them disappearing after a while, or simply not keeping tabs on their divisions. Don't get me wrong, we have some STELLAR division heads out there, but if there are heads who aren't maintaining their divisions, I think that definitely contributes to lack of activity in those threads. Even though it is our job to keep the activity flowing on our levels, we're also not superheroes and can't keep ALL of the divisions running by ourselves, which is the whole point of having the heads in the first place.

I think that one of the main issues is that Division Heads sometimes start to think that the really don't have to do much in the threads, and therefore they start to slack off a bit. If we evaluated them and let them know that they were going to be put on probation if their performance wasn't up to par, I think we'd definitely see a rise in activity for them. It's kind of sad that some of the employees need that extreme nudge to get back in the office, but we hired them because we know they can handle their job, and sometimes a red flag needs to be waved to let them know that if they don't start putting more effort into the Ministry, they could lose their job. I actually had to do this with one of my Division Heads a couple of months ago--they were consistly doing things I was asking them NOT to do and they were making their employees do all the work. Once I PMed them and let them know that that sort of behavior from a Division Head wasn't going to fly and if they didn't shape up, I'd have to let them go, they immediately stepped it up a notch and they've been a STELLAR Division Head ever since. For a lot of people this IS their first big RPG role and I think that if they knew that WE were taking it seriously, they might take it a bit more seriously too, and we'd get more activity out of the Division Heads as well as more people posting in the divisions

Lissy, I think the Div head evaluation is a great idea. Feel free to develop an evaluation form with criteria. Everyone can add the stuff they want to see on there and then we can implement it.

The QWC forum is built and almost every thread is in there with the exception of a few. It is still invisible. I plan to open it to ONLY the depts with jobs there right now (like construction crews and people putting the safety enchantments on the structure). The forum is divided into the Campground subforum (with 4 threads for tents) and the Stadium subforum (with 3 stands threads and the pitch, which is where the employees will RP them finishing construction and whatnot. The pitch thread will be closed shortly before the actual MATCH thread that Kay will create so as to avoid confusion.)

The campground threads will be opening December 1ish. But I don't want any non-working employees posting in the stadium before December 10th or so, just in the campgrounds. So I need to figure how we will convey this message clearly. Maybe we could get the workers to finish their RP by roughly the 1st and then I can close the whole stadium subforum. Make that the goal.

If your dept has a plot that requires them to be involved in the construction/enchanting of the stadium, please say so here to refresh my memory. Thanks!

And, I said it in my last post but I'll say it again here...two of my divisions need to help construct the stadium

Here is a rough draft I created of the Division Head Evaluation...feel free to tweek it as you feel necessary I based a lot of the critera off of my OWN department and what I feel they should be evaluated on so if you have something else you want to add, please share it! I doubt it's perfect so I won't be offended or anything

Obviously number 1 needs to be changed for each department...five and one might be able to be smashed into one category, but I know that sometimes my employees don't really LIKE posting in the thread and prefer to PM me about plots...while I'd rather they post in the thread like they should be doing, at least they're plotting, you know?

I took the whole probation thing from that thread that Kris made "How to nudge your slacking division heads" so edit that to whatever you feel is appropriate as well

Everyone welcome Stacey into the fold! She's taking over as Department Head of Magical Transportation!

Hi Stacey! Welcome!