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Taking over/sharing admissions

 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
10:06 / 07.03.08
So, as you may or may not know, at present admissions are basically me looking at the Barbelith applications inbox, passing people with credible credentials, requesting more from people without, exercising judgement on borderline cases. There have been various attempts to improve on or streamline this process, but I think that's about as good as it gets at this point. Since Barbelith is more likely to die by ice than fire, there may be a case for just setting up an autoreply letting people in. The security for this system is borked, but will probably never be unborked.

In terms of things about the technology that can be changed, there is... well, just me, really. If I am ill, or overworked, or driven to dark thoughts of ending it all by the latest horror, there's nothing currently in place. I thought it might be best to resolve that while there are known and trusted quantities around here.

So, would anyone like to start training up on how all this stuff functions, with an eye to doing/sharing admissions? Feel free to mention it here or by PM. Please don't be offended if you are passed over - it was good for the firstborn of the tribes of Israel, after all.
 
 
Closed for Business Time
11:53 / 07.03.08
I could be interested. I don't post that much anymore, but then again I don't plan to beat it anytime soon either.

Could you give a rough estimate of how much time you spend on each applicant, and how many you would get per month/week?
 
 
grant
14:16 / 07.03.08
I'm fine with helping out, although contrary to appearances on here, I am sometimes required to go long stretches of time without the ability to do anything online.
 
 
Closed for Business Time
14:32 / 07.03.08
Temporary loss of digital control? Sorry, rot'n all...
 
 
jentacular dreams
11:16 / 08.03.08
*Volunteers*
 
 
Feverfew
19:33 / 08.03.08
I'm happy to help out also, if needed.
 
 
All Acting Regiment
13:47 / 09.03.08
I can probably help out, depending what's needed.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
12:03 / 17.03.08
OK - what would be useful here, I think, is a group chat over how this works with a few people who would be up for doing it. I'll send PMs out asking for IM details.
 
 
Quantum
16:46 / 17.03.08
Autoreply FTW
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
16:58 / 17.03.08
Yeah, that's an option.
 
 
Fungus of Consciousness
10:03 / 26.03.08
I'll help!

 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
10:52 / 26.03.08
Please don't troll in Policy, Peter. We try to keep things serious here, cheese puns aside.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
22:27 / 29.03.08
There may be a case for just setting up an autoreply letting people in.

I think that'd be fair enough, at this stage. While basic hostility levels could get worse, the low level of board traffic is arguably contributing to the point they're at now - the less people there are around, the more whatever worldview issues there are between various board members (who otherwise might get on fine-ish, at a push) are brought into focus.

Starved of fresh blood, the beast, ill now, seems unlikely to make it much past next Christmas.

I'm guessing a certain sense of ennui must kick in after you've been dealing with applications for a while, but I don't know if the more rigorous approach you'd expect from new brooms in the selection process would help much with the basic problem. Which could be identified as a lack of bums on virtual seats.
 
 
Anna de Logardiere
10:51 / 30.03.08
While basic hostility levels could get worse

Oh whoops
 
  
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