User blog:Bond em7/B-Crat Plans

Hey guys, So, after talking with Alyssa, Jisk, and Peri about how things will work when I leave, I've made some decisions (going along with how they want things to run when I step down), and I wanted to post this blog so that the process is visable to everyone, and you know that there is a plan and can see it working over the next few weeks as the time comes closer. First up will be the promotions that will come from me stepping down. I plan to step all the way down to a regular user, leaving a few places all the way up the line. I want to preface this by saying all of these decisions were difficult, but after talking with all the other Crats, all these were unanimous. So, first up Rabbitty will be promoted to B-Crat to fill that spot. She's shown real dedication to the wikia and the ability to help new users out, is always friendly and helpful, and an excellent RPer. Next up, CK will be promoted to Admin. While I know there are a couple other RBs who have been in their position longer than CK, I have to say CK has impressed me greatly since taking the RB position. She's always on (especially in chat), and is one of the friendlist people on the wiki. The unofficial Wikia mom, she makes sure people are doing their homework and getting to bed on time (which helps ensure they will be able to be on the wiki more later). She's also an excellent RPer. I think she'll make an excellent Admin. Finally, I recently promoted Sophia to RB as I had said during the last promotion vote that whomever had the next-most votes would probably be promoted soon. As she did, she's been promoted to kill that RB spot. Rabbitty and CK will both be promoted in the next coupe days so that they can get used to their new positions, and by the time I leave I hope that there's hardly any noticable changes due to people already being used to their positions and leadership. Obviously with these changes will come some changes to the Departments as well. Alyssa will be moving to the Head of the OOC Department and taking the Official Title of Wikia Dictator (and I'm more than glad to pass it on). Jisk will be taking Stores and Sorting (since he already does so much stores stuff anyway) and Peri will be moving to the Activity Implementation which will leave User relations for Rabbitty (which she already excels at). I don't know yet of the new Crats will want the admins and RBs to move departments, or resign up, or leave that as it is...that'll be something they'll have to decide. Finally, I decided that Hogwarts really needs an active Headmaster (and there's no way to guarentee my activity as a regular user, while there is that accountability for the Admin team), so after talking to the Crats, I've decided Professor Kinsel will be stepping down from the Headmaster position (and possibly teaching as well) and Professor Griffin will be taking the Headmistress postion starting for the next school year. I haven't yet decided what to do with Professor Kinsel (find something else to do, leave him inactive, have him die, etc), so if you have any thoughts, leave a comment below. This also means that Alyssa will be taking care of Hogwarts, and thus won't have the time to be the Minister of Magic, and one of the other B-Crats (Possibly Jisk) will be moving into that position. I know this is a lot of changes that will all be occuring fairly soon, which again is why I wanted to get all this out there now. We still have about a month and a half before all this will be in place (and some of it probably not for a while after that), but I wanted to outline the coming changes. I also wanted to thank the current Bcrats (and everyone on the wikia) for allowing these changes to be made to allow me more time to work on what I need to in RL. It's not easy for me to step down, but everyone has made the process easier by supporting me and helping make things run smoothly through the transition. If I got any of the details incorrect in this blog I'm sure one of the Crats will make the appropriate changes so it's right (since I'm trying to remember and post a lot in this blog). If you have any questions or concerns about anything in here, or even something related that wasn't addressed, please post a comment about it so we can make sure this is a smooth transition that will benefit the wikia as a whole.