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| Meeting #1 (5-27-15) | |
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| Topic Started: May 27 2015, 07:23 AM (525 Views) | |
| SweetTea | May 27 2015, 07:23 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Greetings everyone! I just wanted to once again thank you for your support in joining the MyVMK Integrity Movement (aka MIM Squad)! It is an honor to have you all on board. Let's begin with a few of the topics I wanted to discuss in our first meeting.Please do not forget to also post about yourself in our "New Members" section! I look forward to getting to know each and every one of you. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. All my love, SweetTea Positions To keep things running smoothly, I would like to maintain a bit of structure within our squad. To do this, I have decided to personally elect people to fill the roles of the following positions: Vice President, Chairmen, Co-chairmen, Secretary and Treasurer. I am thinking that as our community grows, we may need to add a few other positions such as administrators, web designer, etc. If you have any ideas for other positions, please include them in your post! In the mean time, I have added a post under the "General" section which includes instructions on how to apply for these positions. As I get to know each of you personally, I am also trying to size up who I feel will be able to best serve for each position. As President, I am proud to lead and represent each of you. I have the absolute best intentions for our community. I am looking for people that will make a good team to lead our movement. Publicity We need to think of ways to get our movement out there in order to gain more members. If any of you happen to be good with web design, I would love to get these forums looking a little more professional. Also, in my experience, people are usually struck by the elite. In other words, when we host MIM Squad recruitment events and other community benefiting events, I think it would be beneficial to decide on a uniform that everyone can wear. If someone does not have the decided uniform, I and the other members will help you buy one or trade for it. I suggest that our uniform is not something severely expensive but something that will attract others to want to join. You do not have to keep this uniform on all the time, but I suggest we wear them during our hosted events. Forum Layout As I insinuated above, I am by no means a web designer. I would like to get someone on board who is experienced with web design and could help me to make this forum more attractive similarly to the way the official MyVMK forums look. Even if you are not experienced in web design, feel free to post ideas! I also think that the wording may be a little awkward between the topics and sections. Keep in mind that I set up this forum in as little as two hours, so I am doing my best! Community Concerns What concerns do you have personally for the community? What do you think needs improvement and what do you feel is wrong about our community? Solutions How do you think these concerns can be addressed? Communication I would like these forums to become our primary source of communication between one another. I would also like to have everyone friend each other in-game so that we can communicate that way as well. However, I plan on posting all of our meetings and decisions here, that way we do not have to worry about not being able to have everyone meet at the same time. Events I would like to host several different types of events not only for MIM Squad members but for the entire community. This may also become a great way to recruit new members! I thought that perhaps weekly giveaways and game nights might be a good idea. If you have any other suggestions, please let us know! Other Ideas I would like to hear all of your ideas and opinions on the topics listed above! Also, please let us know about any topics you would like to hear covered in our next meeting. Keep in mind what our purpose is and what we stand for. Do not put others down. If you do not like one another's ideas, please say so respectfully and provide additional suggestions. |
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| PuffTheMagicDragon | May 27 2015, 10:54 PM Post #11 |
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This looks like an amazing start to me! We have such a diverse group with usefully different skills. I'm feeling really good about this, guys! Let the ideas flow! I was kinda iffy on my staff member idea and you guys like it, so don't be afraid to make suggestions! Even if you're not sure about it, say it anyway because we can always expand on anything you throw out there! Keep thinking about cool event ideas, too! They will be a great way to spread the word!! If you haven't noticed already, I really like exclamation points when I'm excited! hehe |
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| JenJaws | May 27 2015, 11:04 PM Post #12 |
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Puff is completely right! THERE IS NO BAD IDEA!!! We can all work together to help eachother's ideas become a reality!
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| PuffTheMagicDragon | May 28 2015, 02:06 AM Post #13 |
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Someone posted a question on the MyVMK forums on the thread "MyVMK Integrity Movement (MIM Squad)" that I think may need some addressing (because it's a good one). Several members posted on that thread that they wanted to get rid of "cliques" in the game, and someone said, "The idea is nice... but isn't forming a squad in essence just creating another clique?" Ya know, that is a good question. I know that this is in no way a "clique", but how will we convince others of that? I replied to him, so feel free to check out what I said... I know that hosting community events and including non-members will be a great way of combating the issue, but should this be publicly addressed somehow? I fear it may be a turn-off for people "on the fence" about joining. |
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| Wavves | May 28 2015, 02:45 AM Post #14 |
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Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading your post, Puff.... http://forums.myvmk.com/posts/433944/ Edited by Wavves, May 28 2015, 02:46 AM.
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| SweetTea | May 28 2015, 02:53 AM Post #15 |
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After reading through all of your posts thus far, I have created our first meeting minutes that I will have posted in their own archive on the forums shortly. This will soon become one of the secretary's responsibilities once one is hired. Moving on! I am going to address each of your ideas and concerns in the order that they have been posted. Please read through my responses to everyone's posts and not just your own ![]() JenJaws You have some very lovely ideas, but before I touch base on those ideas I would first like to give your full credit for your idea of creating our own forum and suggesting Zetaboards. The MIM Squad could not have gotten this far without you! I love your idea of a meet and greet and seeing as you have the support of everyone else, I do not see it necessary to administer a vote on this issue! I agree that we do need an affordable uniform. However, I have to mention that I feel it is important that we do not look like newbies so-to-speak. If we purchase something that is still in stores, my top concern is that community members will think our initiative is completely made of clones. Yes, we want to appear humble before the community, but we do need to be viewed as people who have been around long enough to possess some clout. As for multiple members being present at events, I completely agree. I think 2-4 Mimions should suffice. However, this is completely up for debate if anyone disagrees. Not to jump out of order here but what a great idea you have about the Weekly Kindness Award! Yes, I think it is going to be a bit difficult to track who is nominating who. I would just like to suggest that perhaps we as members can take a look at the polite/nice records at the end of each week and vote for who we think is most deserving of the award. This way it is completely in our own hands and we do not have to deal with people trying to scam the system or making this too strenuous of a job on one person to keep track of who is submitting nominations. As for donations, I would fully support any kind of donation, honestly. This is something that I think we should go out of our way to keep track of even if we include credit donations. Seeing as we are attempting to elect a treasurer, I think that person would be in charge of logging donations and winnings. I would like to see each of us donate something at least once a week or however often we can. As of right now, the MIM Squad consists of 13 members. If we each donated 500 credits a week, we would accumulate 6,500 credits to use for that week's event. I recommend cash donations but not cash prizes seeing as there is the 3% surcharge. Depending on how big we want the event to be and how long we wish for it to go on, we could decide how big or small the prizes will be. Lastly, hosting events that promote good community values is a topic I will put on the agenda for our next meeting since we are covering a lot more than I thought we would in our first meeting! So, please be thinking of valuable MIM Squad events and prepare a list of ideas for the next meeting which will be held within the next 3-4 days. PuffTheMagicDragon We certainly need to begin learning HTML. This is something I am personally putting on my summer to-do list. I have taken a look at some website templates and I have played around with the forums a little but can't fully seem to get things to look right aside from the template you are currently seeing. I just want people to know that an effort is being made to make this forum appear it's absolute best! I love your ideas about game rooms and yes, it would probably be a good idea that they remain under my account. Seeing as any member of the MyVMK community is accepted into our squad until rejected as a result of undesirable behavior, allowing all members to have full access of these rooms may not be beneficial. Officers will most likely have free reign in designing the rooms. However, members will be allowed to do the following: help host, participate in meet and greets, participate in meetings, make suggestions, vote on issues, and aid the officers in designing rooms (they will just not have the power to physically move items themselves). I full-heartedly agree that we not only need to have our own community rules to live by as representatives of the MIM Squad in-game but also on the MIM forums and on the official MyVMK forums. While inviting a staff member may seem like a good idea to get our foot in the door with becoming in-game hosts, this was not my original intention for this movement. We may or may not be recognized as community leaders by staff but that should not be our intent. On top of this, my main concern about inviting staff is as some of the other people on here have mentioned, the staff are currently in hot water. We need to represent ourselves as community run by the people for the people. As SundanceCody had mentioned in his post, we need to show absolute support toward the staff, but we also need to keep some boundaries. This is the only way I see our initiative becoming a success. I understand your concern and the point that the individual on the main forums is trying to make. However, we are trying to eliminate cliques. We are creating something that is going to make the community feel special and only the well-intentioned members will be allowed in. What we are forming isn't a clique but an elite group of members willing to give opportunities to anyone who wants to join. Everyone will be given a chance to become a member and they can remain a member as long as they'd like unless they do something to break the rules. Every clique I have ever come across excludes certain groups of people or an individual. The only case we would ever exclude anyone is if they are intentionally hurting another player or the community. Lastly, game ideas is going to be a topic we should cover in our next meeting within the next 2-3 days. In the mean time, please make a list of any ideas you have for games or any event for that matter! SundanceCody Publicity-wise, attending non-MIM events in numbers as frequently as we can is a great idea. If we are doing this, changing our in-game statuses for the events to let other players know what we represent may be a good idea. I also highly recommend that we wear our uniforms to these events and to any other squad gatherings. As you and PuffTheMagicDragon have both suggested, we do need to figure out a way of quick communication. I actually wanted to suggest KIK Messenger as a good form of communicating. I support KIK a little more over Skype because we can make our own group chat and text one another from our cell phones easily while still maintaining our privacy by continuing to be viewed by our in-game usernames. Since the incident with Amy, I do not feel comfortable allowing any of you to put yourselves at risk no matter how much you trust one another. We are still an online community and we have to be aware that there are people out there who will stop at nothing to harm others for their own personal gain. That said, this is why I am wary of Skype. I can't stop you from Skyping one another but I can not encourage it by condoning the community to communicate through a potentially threatening application. You guys are such wonderful people and as your President, please understand that I have to keep your safety and well-being as my top priority. Wavves Thank you for explaining your experience with moderating and design! We are definitely looking for someone who can do one or both of these things. If you are interested, please submit the application and simply label that you are applying as a moderator/forum web designer. Instruction on how to submit the application can be found under "Announcements", "Position Application." I will notify you whether you get the position or not. Hannaholiva I like your idea. However, seeing as anyone can join our squad, what would we do in the case that someone displays inappropriate behavior and we feel it necessary to strip them of their membership?
Edited by SweetTea, May 28 2015, 03:11 AM.
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| JenJaws | May 28 2015, 06:49 AM Post #16 |
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Are we allowed to continue this discussion, or wait til the next meeting? |
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| SweetTea | May 28 2015, 09:12 AM Post #17 |
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Absolutely continue the discussion! We will simply stick to these ideas and any other random ideas that pop up will be put on the next meeting's agenda. |
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| SundanceCody | May 28 2015, 11:30 AM Post #18 |
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I will be attending the memorial service for SkyeViolet in Snow White's Hide and Seek Forrest tonight. While it's still quite early in our movement, I think it'd be a great idea if as many of us would attend as possible. Her story is partly why I'm here, and I think she'd have been behind us 100% .
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| KawaiiSunnySparkle | May 28 2015, 12:11 PM Post #19 |
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SundanceCody, do you know what time it takes place EST time? I hope I'm home by then..
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| Hannnnaholivia | May 28 2015, 03:26 PM Post #20 |
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That is a very good point due to the pins being nontradeable. However, if the staff allowed us the pins in the first place do they possess the power to take it away? |
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