Well, to tell the truth, i am not happy with what Erwin did here, and post some internals public. I have a great respect for him, but that wasn't really needed, and just makes it harder for myself and the rest.
Yes, the way we did run vb.org wasn't that good in the last month, it seems that such a big site needs more of an hierachial structure, and not such a democratic way of descissions we did in the past. But that's a mistake Erwin, myself and Brad made. We were the admins, and handled it this way. This way has lead to problems, that's bad. Actually a mod who disagreed with Erwin on a specific topic was now mentioned as the reason for Erwins step down. But that's not the only reason. For example i had the same opinion as the mentioned Moderator, and therefore, it was not just a mod who made it harder for Erwin, but also an Admin, namely me.
I want to excuse to those who got into the weels of our System. As i said, we namely Erwin, Brad and myself as Administrators during that time, are responsible, that it got that far. Everyone has to draw the consequences. I was close to resign myself, but i think the better way would be to bring vb.org back to what it was. That's why the structure of vb.org's staff will be changed deeply now.
We have three Admins, ever admin has his resort and is absolutelly responsible for his resort. If a member of the staff makes problems, then the Admin has and will take the needed actions. Also as admin of one resort, we won't interact into the other resorts, apert from 'giving a little help when there is a question'. Descission are made in the way they need to be made.
General descisions of vb.org will be made by all three Admins in a democratical way. Descissions in the specific resorts will be made by the group leader, and the staff will have to follow. Of course, we will always have an open ear for suggestions, but the final descission is made by the Admins.
05-19-2006, 01:42 PM
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