Y'arr, I just woke up and had to read this MASSIVE WALL OF TEXT. Haha. Looks like the majority of you have weighed in already, and I like seeing the rationale you are all exhibiting. I've done this very same exercise at my university only a couple of weeks ago, but a big part of the selection process was first to take a look at the existing "board," and then taking a look at the candidates. For example, you don't need 10 of one type and 1 of another. So for that reason:
OOC: Questions for Jeff Probst:
1. Are we choosing these candidates based on the current Cid's Knights, or a hypothetical staff?
2. In the first post, it says "come to a decision on who to promote," but never gives a quantity. I'll assume we're promoting ONE of the five, not two or three. Because obviously, the task would be easier if we could choose all five, and become more difficult with less promotions. Thanks.
We've all been acting under the assumption of one promotion to the current staff roster, so I'll stay in the same line of reasoning.
Since a majority of you have already posted in favor of certain candidates and clearly don't like candidate 5, I think I'll just spend some time highlighting number 5 for a last, critical look.
Pros
Joined two years ago, enough time to know how the place operates.
Active poster throughout the forum - gaming as well as general.
New events, interesting threads - Who doesn't like this, again? The whole reason people come here is to talk with people and do things together in these types of threads. =P
Well liked - no brainer.
Upbeat personality - Probably doesn't start conflicts with other members.
Shies away from confrontation - Definitely doesn't start conflicts with other members. Agreeable.
Cons
Periods of decreased activity - see "every current admin."
The last line of candidate 5 is the only real negative I see, and could be easily mended if given a responsibility. I imagine this candidate being an all-over internet user, as they make interesting threads and stuff they probably draw from a lot of places. If suddenly someone says to them: "Hey, you make this place better and more fun for a lot of people, please stick around more often and help us keep it that way," they would probably be delighted and do just that.
Besides that, lines 1 and 5 are contradicting. "Active poster" vs. "very low levels of posting." Are we to take this to mean that they were only active at the start and have since ditched the place, or that when they decide to come around they are quite active??
I'm not going to do this for every candidate, I'm just going to play devil's advocate for the candidates you think are scrap worthy. =)
