Which topic are we on?

[Monkeyboy]

We've kinda have neglected this since Kerryth has had her Surface obligations. Will we be doing another series?

[Kerryth]

Hi! I'm back! (Some interesting smilies they've got over here! )

I think the consensus was to take up the subject of "Authority and Leadership in the Cavern." Is that still good? Could we think about a date?

[Monkeyboy]

That's still good by me, I would love to see this topic discussed. Would you like to do it sooner or later? Perhaps after the Primaries, say Feb 9, or 10 in the evening to get the largest crowd possible? And I'm wondering if we do an earlier morning edition on one of those days to get an European point-of-view?

[Horatio252]

We did it at 15:00 KI last time. Do you think that is too early for the US and too late for Europe? I don't mind splitting it in 2 if that seems best.

Feb 9 (or 10) seems rather soon. Last time we posted the announcement a week in advance. Feb 9 is a week from tomorrow, so unless someone has an announcement ready to go, maybe we should give ourselves a bit more lead time. The following weekend (Feb 16 &17) is both valentines day weekend and president's day weekend in the States. So, we might need to look at Feb 23 and 24.


Regards,
H

[Monkeyboy]

Unfortunately (of fortunately ) I'll be in Mexico then. But you can do it without me as long as there is a chat log.

[Szark]

The only restriction I have is the time of day. Last time was ok for me but anybody on the main land of Europe it would be much later a night.
Take care
Szark

This post has been edited by Szark: Feb 2 2008, 07:56 PM

[Monkeyboy]

Then maybe we either need to make it earlier say 12 noon or go ahead and do two discussion. Anyway it might be a bit interesting to see how much answers or feelings differ on each side of the Atlantic.

[Kerryth]

Well, what do we do now?

Is there any sense in a re-launch? Is a topic shift called for, now that we are facing a very different future?

Understanding leadership and authority in the Cavern seemed much more immediate a concern when we thought things were going to continue.

But everyone is seeing Uru differently now, and groups and relationships are evolving very rapidly, in unexpected ways.

There's been a great deal of anxiety that the "community" will be shattered - some people see this as a greater loss than the end of Uru the "game". I'm interested in exploring just what it is people value about the "community." What will they try to preserve? What will they let go? What do they need from other explorers? What are their hopes and plans? Is this community "real," or is it just people clinging together as the Titanic goes down? And if it is the latter, is it any less valid or have less of a future? Am I making any sense?

I would like to propose a forum series that will happen on a regular basis for the remaining time we have, perhaps on Sundays (which worked before) for, say, four weeks. This series would invite comment on the concerns everybody has right now. The planned leadership/authority topic could be in the series, if it seems appropriate.

Some important insights came out of the last forum: Horatio's age divide poll and thread was a real eye opener for a lot of people. I know it changed the way I thought about Uru. Who knows what we might build with with what we find next?

Maybe I'm in a minority, but I'm very hopeful this is not (forever) the end.

[Monkeyboy]

Good Idea, Kerryth. I'm not sure how your idea would be implemented but by all means, maybe if we put up a list of questions for people to answer, again? /shrug Dunno. But yea, the leadership and authority thing is kinda of a moot point now. So, should that forum series be set up here and over at MOUL? Overall, I think we can still go forward with the Discussion series if only to get information from the community on how best the community would like to be served (if that makes sense, lol). But right now the question of how people think of the pending ending (wow, look at me go!) would be great to start with.

[Horatio252]

We can talk about how we maintain a community without a place to gather. What role do the Guilds and other groups play in keeping us together?

I actually rather like you idea of having a discussion every Sunday for the rest of our time. We can ask the questions we've all just been raising, but mostly just let people talk. If we can post a chatlog and summary pretty shortly after (Monday or Tuesday night) we can generate some discussion on the forums that can lead into our meeting the next Sunday.

I support this idea.

Horatio