As far as activity on the site slowing down, we had a similar slowdown last year around this time. It's a busy time of year for some people. I don't think that's cause for much alarm. Anecdotal evidence collected from me talking with people because I want to RP has led me to believe this. Everybody that I talk to even with extreme irregularity is being smacked hard by life right now for whatever reason. Work, family, school, it's all coming together to sap our free time. When our lives clear up again, we will want to RP still, I mean come on. I don't think there's a person here who really thinks they can quit, am I right?
So, it doesn't make sense to me to try to shake up all of the systems when dire problems with people's activity aren't really evident.
Also, the way this was done bugs the hell out of me. For Sam, it makes a lot of sense to step down as Admin, if he's getting burned out. In TT we rotate GMs all the time because of this. But it has to come from the GM saying they've had enough. If someone is having a good time, continuing to do the job, and they're not burned out, it makes zero sense to replace them.
We've had one Admin drop out, and had another Admin burn out, so I can understand why Errin thought that something needed to be done. Do we need to do something about Admin burnout? Yes. Absolutely. Even if it's just a matter of having a talk with the Admins on occasion to see how they're going and ask if they'd like to step down. But let's not do it like this. People (multiple, not naming any names ever) are already telling me they might be looking for another site to hang their RP hat on because of this. That's not cool, man.
[Also, because I just saw Jacqui's post, read hers, it's like what I would have said were I more better at this. I like the idea of allowing people the option to step down gracefully, on a schedule. We could do it more often than a year even. There is no forcing necessary, is there?]
So, it doesn't make sense to me to try to shake up all of the systems when dire problems with people's activity aren't really evident.
Also, the way this was done bugs the hell out of me. For Sam, it makes a lot of sense to step down as Admin, if he's getting burned out. In TT we rotate GMs all the time because of this. But it has to come from the GM saying they've had enough. If someone is having a good time, continuing to do the job, and they're not burned out, it makes zero sense to replace them.
We've had one Admin drop out, and had another Admin burn out, so I can understand why Errin thought that something needed to be done. Do we need to do something about Admin burnout? Yes. Absolutely. Even if it's just a matter of having a talk with the Admins on occasion to see how they're going and ask if they'd like to step down. But let's not do it like this. People (multiple, not naming any names ever) are already telling me they might be looking for another site to hang their RP hat on because of this. That's not cool, man.
[Also, because I just saw Jacqui's post, read hers, it's like what I would have said were I more better at this. I like the idea of allowing people the option to step down gracefully, on a schedule. We could do it more often than a year even. There is no forcing necessary, is there?]