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I'm starting a new series of blog posts called "State of the Interguild", in which I explore various topics about the Interguild. Sometimes I will analyze complicated problems we face, while other times I may comment on an observation, or maybe discuss the site's future and where we are headed.

I've had a vague idea for this series for some time now, and as my first post, I will explore an idea I got while writing this week's weekly update. What happened was that I realized that I had spent the last two weeks actively participating in the community a lot, which in turn meant that I was neglecting all the technical work I hoped to achieve this summer. I then began thinking of how I could better manage my time so that I participate in the community more while also working on more things for the site.

I have to balance my time between programming, keeping up with the community, and making sure the website is successful in terms of design, advertising, growth, usability, etc. So the common sense solution to this workload is to get more manpower, and that's where the staff is supposed to come in. The reason why the staff has so many staff powers is so that they could maintain the community while I focused on the technical stuff. However, the staff has proven to not always be so reliable, and there are some things that I just end up doing better myself.

But if I am to acquire the manpower necessary to achieve the Interguild's goals, I realized that what I need isn't to give staff members small responsibilities around the site, or to make things more self-sufficient. What I need is someone that I can depend on to actually run the site.

What if I taught one or more of you how to edit the site and even how to make pages for it? It really isn't that hard. I bet you could learn HTML and PHP in just one day. I think you guys always overestimate how complicated this stuff is, and you underestimate what you can do. And just think what it would be like if the site didn't have to rely on me for everything. We could get more things done around here and still have more time for Aeon. And if the site really does become dependent on you the same way that it depends on me, we could split what little ad money the site makes--I think last month, the Interguild made around $6 USD.

I'm not sure if I would trust many non-staffers with such a responsibility, but the offer is still there. Comment if you're interested.  
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Livio
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Saturday, August 7 2010, 12:53 am EST

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Lol, I'm finished messing around with the interguild. It's relatively bug-free and most ways of abuse can be controlled. I'll pm Livio which parts I feel that need a bit of remodeling.
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Saturday, August 7 2010, 8:23 am EST
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'Livio' said:
Since a few hours ago
you see, you forgot another spelling for that to censor...

Livio
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Sunday, August 8 2010, 2:42 pm EST

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actually, no one uses that spelling, so I'll just leave it at that.
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Monday, August 9 2010, 12:28 am EST

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Did Harumbai get accepted yet?
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Monday, August 9 2010, 12:30 am EST

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so far no one in the staff has commented. Too many of them are off on vacation somewhere.
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Monday, August 9 2010, 2:03 am EST
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I didn't see anywhere in the staff forum that you posted about it, so ill post here - i support.

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Saturday, August 14 2010, 11:53 am EST
No. I'm an octopus.

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Support for Harumbai.
Livio
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Saturday, August 14 2010, 3:44 pm EST

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alright, so Harumbai will be added to the staff now.
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I don't know why you're hiring people inside the interguild; there's a whole world of HTML/PHP/CSS/Flash experts out there that could help us out. I suggest taking steps to make this entire project open source.

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