- AlexZander
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I'm not that active, but never dead.
Oh. My. Gosh. I just read all 20 pages in about 20 min. My brain is coming out my face!
Anyways, back on topic:
Personaly I think that this whole idea of a 7th Column Council is a Good Idea. But I have a few things to say about it...
Edit:There is a summery at the Bottom.
* Number of people:21
I Think the number of people should be 21, I will explain this more fully later on but I think that is a perfect number. Not only is it a multiple if 7 (7+7+7=21) but it is pretty big too.
* Timezones/areas
I think that the council members should be from different timezones. Since their job involves answering questions, checking out forums, and representing the Community, it is imperative that there is always at least 3 or so Council members online at one time.
The way I deem most effective way of organizing the timeareas is this:
* Pacific Column: Japan, Australia, and Western America.
* Atlantic Column: Eastern America, and UK.
* Europe Column: France, Spain, Germany, etc.
This way we will always have someone "holding the torch" of the 7th Column Council.
Each Column would have 7 Council Members. For a total of 21. This would also help focus the Coucil Members into reporting on events from their timezone, and properly distributing power across the world. Personally, I wouldn't like it if all the Coucil Members were from one part of America.
[i]Just a side Note: The Bugie Mods are also from different parts of the world. Bungie already does this with Mods, it would be good to follow their example.
* Time management
I really don't think that the Council members should have any other big responsabilties. Being a Chapter Founder would take away time that could be better served as a coucil member. A perfect example of this is MrSmiley of MSXL. Even though MrSmiley would be a prime candidate, he is far to busy with MSXL, HaloBabies, and more. People with many other jobs should really consider whats more important to them:
Council Membership -or- Being a Chapter Founder.
Some people have the time to do both, but some do not. I know that I only have time for one.(That why I'm not a founder ; )
* The roles of Mod(s)
I personally don't think that any mods should be council members. They could however serve as council advisors, and would make sure the council doesn't overstep any boundries or break any rules. There job would be to represent Bungie itself, by giving a stamp of approval. This would be very similar to the roles of a Governer General, only that the Mods would be representing Bungie, and not the Queen (Long live).
Personaly, I think only 1 mod should act as Bungie's stamp of approval, maybe someone like Reiginko...he would certainly enjoy more politics.
* Structure and Organization of the 7th Column Council
The choice of 21 members is perfect for the 7th Column Coucil. With 7 members in each column, they can vote on subjects within their area of specialty. On Bungie wide subjects, the 21 people would vote and reach a consesus that way.
With 3 Columns within the Coucil, you could also assign sepecific responsabilties. Here is a possiblitly:
* All Areas:
Promote community events such as LAN party's FANfests, tourney's of their respective areas.
* Pacific:
Promote the 7th column:
Put groups in the Spotlight
Get news and information on groups
Interview group founders
Conduct surveys/gather intel on the current community status
* Atlantic:
Maintain the Community/7th Column area:
Search for community worthy news
Post Community-worthy news
Update Column News
Update The Community section if necessary
* Europe:
Take off workload from Achronos:
Answer any good FAQs about groups and such
Answer many Bungie and Community questions
Approve/reject new chapter themes
Approve/reject new avatars
Make a list of rule breakers
Of course to promote varity, these resposabitlies would rotate from column to column every 6(7?) months so each area doesn't become stale.
Note: These responsibilties are from Rip Saw's Post Here.
* Rotating Council Seats
Some have argued for rotating seats, claiming that it will bring new ideas to the Council, while others have claimed it only icreases the chance of someone actin'a troll. At first I thought this was a good idea but now I have changed my mind. Even though all big desicions have to be approved by a mod, there just isn't enough reason to have rotating seats. You also have to remember that this is the internet we are talking about and not everyone stays on the internet for their entire lives. Eventually Council members will move on or become to busy with their non-internet lives and have to leave. When that happens we will elect a new member. That will give us all the fresh ideas that we need. Besides with 21 people the council will have more than enough people to come up with ideas.
* Summery
Have 21 members.
Members should be able to put in a lot of time.
3 Columns: Pacific, Atlantic, Europe. 7 members each.
Each column has responsablities that rotate.
Have a Mod as the Bungie Representative (Governer General).
No Rotating seats.
Overall this is my opinion on what would be an effective, respectable, council. You have enough people to get lots of works done, and its spread fairly evenly. Bungie has a Huge work load off their shoulders, yet still have the power to stop idiots from breaking the rules. Overall, this step-up is the most effective way of having a Council for the 7th Column.
[Edited on 5/3/2005]