Meeting Overview

This is a brief summary put together by Ruriel on what was discussed in our meeting!

So if you were not here for the meeting, then I encourage you to read it. Now we are going to have another meeting in 2 weeks, so I encourage everyone to mention when its the best time for you so I can make a time that is best for all of us and again its in the chat box.



Summary

(keep in mind that the some of these ideas are merely ideas and that they have not been solidified yet)


IMPORTANT (the following has been discussed after the majority of mods/admins left the meeting): I have noticed that in many forums, new users register, make an intro, and are never heard of again. I also have noticed that this is due to being intimated by mods and regular users. It is difficult to jump into a conversation when everyone knows each other and you are the outsider. So I and along with the few mods (and admin) that were left have agreed upon making AM new user-friendly. What do you guys think?

Immediate Goals

•recruit new members

•recruit members who you think are capable of being mods and not just because they're your're friends



Site Banner

•banner will be changed seasonally

•there will be a contest hosted by the gfxers to see who creates the best banner

•the characters in the banner will be characters from the current season's animes




Site Background

•definitely needs to be changed

•no characters in the background

•it will be plain and simple and we are most likely keeping it black (or at least dark)

•will not change very often but when changed, it will be via another contest(?)



Admins, Mods, and other related things

•inactive mods will be demoted

•mods are responsible for keeping their sections lively

•we need to discuss what exactly are red mods and what they do

•change mods in red from general mods to trainee/trial mods(?)

•trainee mods will be assigned to a section they are interested in, not just any ol' section that needs a mod

•trainee mods will receive a mentor, who is a more experience mod of the section they are assigned to(?) said mentor will teach the trainee the ropes

•number of mods for each section depends on how used a section is

•mods and admins shall make it their duty to incorporate new users whenever possible (especially in the chatbox)

•a handful of mods will be in charge of keeping their eye on new members, showing them how the site works, and making sure that they are comfortable posting in this site(?)

•we should create a system to warn/demote unfriendly, rude, and inadequate mods/admins



Credits Shop

•methods to earn credits should be clearly stated somewhere

•put up special renders in shop(?)

•think about what type of rewards should be given besides VIP status, badges, and awards



Music Player

•the idea is to have a radio while on the site

•music will be restricted to anime related songs such as OST's, opening, and endings

•suggestions thread so users can suggest songs to add to the list

•limit the amount of songs in the playlist(?)



Regular Staff Meetings

•we should have regular (probably weekly) staff meeting to discuss the site

•things discussed will include bugs, problematic users, etc.

•we just need to decide on what day and what time

•we should not continue meetings on the chatbox... we don't want normal users to see what we're discussing



Miscellaneous

•rules and guidelines need to be stated clearer and needed to be added on to

•need to warn against plagiarism

•need to discuss if we are making religion a taboo or not (and if not, we need to discuss how it must be moderated)

•this wasn't discussed but I just realized that our gender is not displayed on our profile