User blog:JayeMalik'/Administrative Meeting

Let it be known this blog isn't about the Ministry. It just looked official and nice and fit the theme of the blog.


 * To kick things off, please welcome me in congratulating our newest administration team members! We've got a new Head of OOC Department (Brocky), a new AI second-in-command (Oli), and 4 new rollbacks (Time, Thistle, Blue and Miggy)! Regardless of whether you're a new bureaucrat, administrator or rollback, Vic & I look forward to working with all of you. Hopefully, with enough work and dedication, we can get things running smoothly again!


 * To continue, I wanted to explain why Vic and I promoted four users to rollback, instead of three, as was originally planned. While we did intend to stick to what was initially agreed, we did come to realize that the AI department is typically the busiest throughout the entire OOC year, especially when activity is bustling (like it is now). It was for that reason that we came to the decision to promote the user who got the fourth most amount of votes in the elections, which was Miggy!


 * Now that DARP has a (hopefully) solid and stable team, we want to announce that the team will be holding meetings regularly biweekly, to get everyone on the same page, ensure that things are running smoothly, and iron out any issues that arise. I can't stress enough how important it is that we work on our communication skills; enough situations have happened because of a lack of proper communication. The team will be working proactively to make sure it doesn't happen again.


 * During these meetings, I'm afraid only admin team members will be able to attend. For now, the meetings will not be held in DARP's chat to avoid any unwanted guests. However, it will be in the team's own wiki, where we will also have chat logs activated. Every meeting will be recorded and linked here, for each user to access at any given time. The point of avoiding regular users during those meetings is for the team to be able to voice any issues and to work on it as a team. There may be the off chance important decisions are made there, but remember: we will keep all of you in the loop. A blog will be posted by someone in the team after every meeting, detailing what was discussed and agreed on.


 * As of this moment, the meeting is scheduled to go down in the week of June 3 - 9. The official date is pending, based on the availability of the team members. Thus, I ask of all of you in the team: please comment below any of those dates where you know you won't be available, in order to make the necessary changes and decisions.


 * That's it, for now. I'll be posting another blog soon, or updating this one, informing all of you where and when the meeting will be.