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Staff Announcements - Updated 05.06.07
- April/June '07 Issue has been published. Submissions for June '07 thread is posted. See the Current Issue thread for links.
- I worked more in the Visitor's Center thread, though it's still not quite functional.
- I plan to create the Staffies, New and Old thread and migrate the Hiring thread over to that one, so it's all in one neat little package.
- Would it be possible to get a working banner for the guild icon in the top right corner? My sizing has left it distorted, seeing as I'm not really a graphics person.

Blue Prints - Updated 05.06.07

In the Main Forum

HQ Thread Created!
- For Staff discussions and chatter and planning, etc. Same as here.
- In the first post, we’d have a Intro and “See the Info and Nav thread for everything you need to know about us” message. Then a basic schedule with details on how we process the submissions and everything.
Info and Navigation Created!
- This is our info dump, where we explain everything a visitor needs to know what all the guild threads are, FAQs, how to submit/apply/affiliate/advertise/donate, where the graphics are (maybe just post them in the thread), where the past issues are, etc.
(Idea Maybe make this a subforum. *See more below. Also some Thank You! graphics for donators.)
Introductions
- Basic introductory thread with another “See Info and Nav” message, and the first few posts by staffies introducing themselves and welcoming people.
- Possibly post the Sig Graphics here?
Staffies, New and Old
- Staff list, how to apply, and mini staff bios with quests and etc.
- Divided into three segments Oldies (including the retired staff), Trial Run/Newbies (those people who may or may not stick around), and “Blue-Mooners”/Part-timers (the people like Bane who pop up once in a blue moon).
- Explain how to apply and what we look for and staff requirements
Current Issue Created!
- Post the latest issue in the guild, so that anyone who dislikes hunting for it in the WF knows where to find it.
- Also include a link to the issue in the WF for BOI voting
- Also include a link to the next issue’s submission thread
- Small segment on Typo Watch, possibly. Maybe just a side note.
Ideas Created!
- I don’t know if this would be a sticky or not, but basically we list ideas here, and readers can submit some. It’s like a Suggestion Box.


Subforums (because we will have them)

Beyond the Box
- This is to encourage more BtB’s. Post threads here and ideas, planning, work, etc.
Staffies At Work Created!
- This is where The Mounds, The Oasis, The Draft, and all other threads of that sort go.
History/Records (Demoted to a thread in Main Forum)
- Post the Archive, Past Issues, and a Links thread for things like old Contests and old Submissions threads/Issue threads, and even the original, first ever Gaian Press HQ thread in the WF. With a request for NO NECRO-ING!
- It could possibly survive as just a thread in the Main Forum, or somewhere like that. Dedicating a subforum to it seems like a bit much.
- Let’s do that.


*I also thought of making the Info and Navigation thread into a subforum for questions and etc, and just sticking the Introductions in there, and maybe splitting Staffies New and Old into Oldies and Hopefuls (for those applying) and putting the Oldies in the Info and Navigation subforum (which would be renamed to Welcome! or something of that sort).

And many of these names should be played with, changed. Something that’s easy to follow, but clever, if we can manage that.