JavaScript is required to use Bungie.net

Service Alert
All Destiny releases will be temporarily offline tomorrow for scheduled maintenance. Please stay tuned to @BungieHelp for updates.

#Community

11/27/2012 9:34:01 PM
47

Seventh Column Council revival.

Hello there, community. I was searching through my saved threads the other day and something caught my attention. There was something being organized that, at least not to my knowledge, never really lifted off. It was called, "The Seventh Column Council". For those of you who don't know what I'm blabbering about, [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=53630]read up[/url]. For those too lazy to read up, I'll give you a brief description. The basic idea was to create a self-governing body to organize activites within the community. This isn't about gamenights or interviews, however. The Community Carnage and Community Joes do a fantastic job of entertaining and bringing the community closer together, but this is the next step. If we were to someday manage the organization of this we could make a massive community gathering like "Bungiecon" or "Bungiefest" a reality. I mean, think about PAX. They started out small and now PAX is a huge thing. Anyways, that isn't what this thread is about. I am writing this to attempt, keyword being attempt, to revive the old Seventh Column Council idea. If we could just come together and work as a community, we could pull it off. Here's the problem, however: it would involve voting. I know people here, myself included, are concerned with popularity outweighing the actual qualifications. I think if we looked at our government, and by we I mean the U.S. government (no offense to people outside the U.S.), we could see how to solve this issue. The key to making a voting system work is through checks and balances. [b][u]How it could work[/b][/u]: We could make this a month-long event, monitored closely by the moderators and employees, and separate it into four parts. [b]Week 1[/b]: Nomination process. [b]Week 2[/b]: Community questions for candidates (could take same order mail sack does). [b]Week 3[/b]: Community elects official candidates (number of candidates could be decided later). [b]Week 4[/b]: Offical election of Candidates. Now, once we have all officials elected here is how we could make this system work. Each official elected by the community [i]could[/i] be given a title in the main forums, if Bungie were to allow this. This wouldn't be something just to show off, however. It would be so that the officials could actually be held accountable for their responsibilities as an elected official. They would be in charge of working with the community to organize and carry-out community events. If the community feels that the officials are not performing the best they could (now being active enough, not creating events, not working with other officials, etc) there could be an offical way to remove an official from office. They could also serve a 1 or 2 year term and I think there should also be a requirement to be considered for nomination. These requirements could possibly be ammount of activity and ban history so that the community could know whether or not the member would be a good candidate. I feel that it would be important to establish this sometime before Destiny arrives so that when the new members arrive so they can immediately get involved and feel welcome. Again, the purpose of this council would to bring the community closer together and take the next step in community events. These are just my thoughts on these, but I feel that others should consider this as well. What do you think, community? Any other ideas? [Edited on 11.27.2012 1:37 PM PST]

Posting in language:

 

Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

View Entire Topic
  • Ok, I will try one more time and propose an alternative. First, I have this quote from DeeJ: [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DeeJ [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SilverBulitt82 I'm actually looking forward to the arrival of new members. [/quote] Right on. And why not? This clubhouse is scaled to host a huge party. The more the merrier, I say. You all have private groups for those quiet moments between smaller clusters of friends. [b]New recruits are the lifeblood of any community[/b]. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] antony X1000 New members won't be that bad. Once they know what is happening they'll either move on, or become part of the community.[/quote] And, [b]how will they learn what is happening[/b]? When I was the governor of a website that enabled an intimate clan hub, we put a lot of effort into making newcomers in search of a team feel welcome. [b]One of the biggest problems with Internet Communities is that they are unapproachable. People are intimidated to ask the questions they need answered to get involved, for fear of scorn and mockery. And, the first time a newcomer is slammed for not knowing what the veterans know will likely be the last time they make an effort.[/b] Is Bungie.next to be one of those places? [b]I would challenge each of you to think about what we could do to be a place where gamers are welcomed to have a seat and enjoy the feast[/b]. I have some of ideas of my own, but this isn't the time to talk about that... [/quote] I have highlighted the aspects of this quote that I feel are important to me. Making this place welcoming to new members is of vast importance to me. No one likes going anywhere and feeling like no one is paying attention. I want the council to serve as a group of people that can make new members feel like they are welcome, and valued, in our community. I am aware that voting causes problems with popularity. So, i propose an alternative. Rather than voting for officials, why not create a group here, similar to The Community Carnage or the Community Joes, to serve as a base of operations where everyone is welcome to do their part for the community. We can organize gamenights, weekly updates like the ones members (myself included) have tried to organize, and anything else members come up with. As I have stated before, the best way to make new people feel welcome is involving them right away. [b]I am not suggesting that I be the one to create such a group either, or that this even has to be a group. These are just simply some ideas I have thought of and I encourage other members here to take them and make them their own. I want someone here to do something great for the community, like others already have, and I want the right person to get this off the ground. I will leave it at that[/b].

    Posting in language:

     

    Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

You are not allowed to view this content.
;
preload icon
preload icon
preload icon