So then -- here we are, early in the new term and we're down a couple of exemplary admins. And as you may not be shocked to learn, this i-dunno-we'll-figure-things-out-as-we-go site owner did not have a contingency plan for this scenario, so it's time to think about what happens next.
First off: until we get a whole admin team back in action, I'll be semi-coming-out of my semi-retirement to help our remaining exemplary admin @Winddancer out with running the day-to-day of things. I can't promise great performance out of myself in this arena but hopefully I'll be of sufficient help for us handle anything that needs handling for the next bit.
Second, for getting a new team together, I'll kind of take point on it since leaving that to an admin team of one would be rather awkward for Winddy. I have some ideas about how we can handle this, but I'd really like to get thoughts from all of you too before I make a decision on that.
Potential options I'm thinking of include:
- We could use the results of the December 2021 election to fill the two vacancies on the team (ie I'd ask the 4th- and 5th-place votegetters if they're still up for the job and bring them in for the rest of the current term);
- We could hold a special election for just these 2 vacancies, and then another in June at the regular interval;
- We could say 'ok that was short term but let's try that again' and do a reset-type election for all three positions, and then let that mark the start of a new 6-month term and do elections in Feb and... August I guess it would be, going forward;
- We could do some other better thing than all of these which my meagre mind has not yet envisioned, but that you can explain to it.
I'll be checking the ol election email at lotrplazaelection [at] gmail [dot] com regularly this coming week as I think about which of those is gonna be the right move. If you'd like to provide any comments on our options please do send me a message there and let me know. And while I promise to keep any comments confidential as always, feel free also to use an anonymous email if you'd prefer - I'm just interested in getting any and all feedback here so please do that in whatever way feels right for you (including posting here if you'd prefer, though I'd kinda prefer the emails to get everyone's unfiltered & uninfluenced thoughts).
Hoping to hear from you all, and apologies for the bother on behalf of us all, and as always please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions or concerns about any of this. thanks everyone
