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The time has come for new folding leaders.
I will be running the selection process and then handing everything over to the leaders, which will be a panel of 2-3 members depending upon how many nominations are received.
Nominations
Nominations for “Folding Leaders” will be sent to me through private message, with the subject line “Folding Leader Nomination”. If you choose to nominate someone, your name will stay anonymous, I will not tell the person you nominated that “member x” nominated them. When the deadline for nominations has arrived, I will post a poll and we will vote on team leaders (2 or 3 depending upon how many nominations we get). Of course, before I put up the poll, I will contact the people who were nominated and make sure they are up to the task first.
As far as nominations go, this is what I had in mind:
- Provide a short description of why the person you nominated would fit the role and do a good job as Folding Team Leader.
- If you related to any specific incidents (which is always helpful) try and include quotes from posts here at the forums. Examples always help.
Qualities of a Folding Team Leader
Here are some qualities to look for in a potential Folding Team Leader. A Folding Team Leader is someone who:
- Is an active participant in discussion in the “Folding Team” section of the forums.
- Cheers on their fellow members.
- Encourages teammates to “Build, Borg, Recruit”.
- Congratulates teammates when they reach a milestone.
- Does his/her best to answer any questions asked by teammates or potential teammates.
- Leads by example.
Tasks of the Folding Team Leaders
The team leader will be responsible for managing the following tasks:
1. Be an active participant in discussion in the “Folding Team” section of the forums.
- Cheer on your fellow members.
- Encourage teammates to “Build, Borg, Recruit”.
- Congratulate teammates when they reach a milestone.
- Do you best to answer any questions asked by teammates or potential teammates.
- Lead by example: try to get as many rigs of your own up as possible.
2. Get the newsletter going again.
- Make sure articles/blurbs are written for the newsletter. Open this task up to volunteers.
- Read over and edit the articles.
- Ensure that the newsletter gets distributed to everyone in a timely fashion.
3. Bring back the contests (pending moderator approval of course), which helped to recruit members and inspire current members.
- Organize a detailed proposal of how the contest will work, prizes, eligibility, rules, etc.
- Oversee the contests while they are going on and ensure that everything runs smoothly.
4. Update the team web page.
- The team web page has not been updated in a long time.
- Manage all projects related to the website, as well as create any new ones you see fit.
5. Oversee all projects related to the folding team. Just supervise the projects and make certain that everything is running smoothly.
- Adopt-a-Rig
- Folding Mentor Project
- Any future projects.
6. All these things can be done your way. I would suggest creating some committees or selecting some members to help with certain projects. You would be in charge of choosing the members and supervising them.
Thanks to Wedo for some ideas for the tasks :). Also, keep in mind, I know it sounds like an immense amount of work, but once everything is organized you will have volunteers assisting you, right guys? People will volunteer to help with different aspects. As a leader, you are supervising and assigning some of these tasks out to the volunteers.
By the way, everyone will be invited to volunteer for different tasks after the leaders are chose. Committees will be formed and we will all work together to improve the team. A little bit of work from everyone will go a long way.
:)
The deadline for nominations will be next Sunday, August 8th, at 7pm Eastern. Fair enough?
Matt
Mr. Chambers
07-31-04, 02:07 AM
That is an awful lot of responsibilty. I wouldn't dream of nominating myself, although I do consider myself an active and contributing folder for a long time, there are probably others who would do this job much better than myself. Let me think about this and you shall have your first vote!
FizzledFiend
07-31-04, 08:12 AM
Awesome we could use some of these things desperatly! I am more than willing to donate some graphics time to this team. The biggest thig I see up there that needs to be done is the website..I am sure with all the nerds around here SOMEBODY knows how to code that stuff ;)
slater3333uk
07-31-04, 11:47 AM
Would love to help out. Ive been away from the folding section for a while as ive been having a little break but im very egar to get things like the team website up and running again (unfortunatly im not exacly blessed with the nessicary skills HTML etc. :( )
slater..
matrixzen
07-31-04, 12:24 PM
I know my way around in HTML; although, I know that we, more than likely, will be using something more advaned like PHP. I could teach you HTML slater3333uk. It's super easy. Whoever the new leaders are, I am here to be of service. :attn:
I have to say that the contests were what attracted me to folding. I got in on the original contest for an Athlon XP system and have been folding ever since for team 32. It's a great idea to get another contest going to attract new members.
FizzledFiend
08-01-04, 02:28 AM
hey now..not just new members but for all members..I like to compete too ya know and I am sure there is more than one folder here that would like to get in on some comps ;)
Two nominations so far guys, c'mon this is sad. Nominate the appropriate members people! Thanks, that is all.
:)
Matt
matrixzen
08-02-04, 12:34 AM
My nomination has been cast. No pressure on getting the nominations in before the deadline. Just make sure you nominate wisely. Let's get them in!
I think it's tough to nominate people as you don't know whether or not they have the time. Why not have everyone who would like to lead come forth and submit their own names.
From this list of names, we can subject them to public ridicule and torture, then pick our leader or group of leaders. :D
Wedo
I think it's tough to nominate people as you don't know whether or not they have the time. Why not have everyone who would like to lead come forth and submit their own names.
From this list of names, we can subject them to public ridicule and torture, then pick our leader or group of leaders. :D
Wedo
I figured we should nominate who we think deserve it and from there I will ask the nominees if they have the time.
Matt
@md0Cer
08-02-04, 09:14 AM
I figured we should nominate who we think deserve it and from there I will ask the nominees if they have the time.
Matt
oh whew! Thats good. All last night I was praying:
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
"please dont get nominated"
It looks like ALLOT of responsibility.
Xenocide
08-02-04, 09:54 AM
haha! i nominated you!!!
pwnt!
:sn:
hehe much <3 @md0cer
last day for nominations bump
Ok. Change of plans.
Nobody is able to do all these tasks, so instead we are going to have some small comittees and set up jobs for whoever is interested.
Thanks,
Matt
FemFolder
08-08-04, 08:39 AM
I like your definition of what a team leader or leaders should be doing.
:thup:
Ok. Here's the deal. Matt was asking me about this so I thought I was jump in.
The Team Leader job is mostly work. I had this job for a while and it was fun while I could do it and we worked pretty hard, but it was a group effort more than it was a single person. I worked with a lot of people. Some took the role of Team Leader, some did other things but still went above and beyond, such as starting little contests on their own, making team tshirts(I don't recommend this as the person who did it went through an amazing amount of trouble and still ended up with out of pocket expense and complaints), another member did a newsletter, we made a faq which is a bit out of date now, setup a site for stats but the stats script isn't working now for some reason. IOW. Things change. This was never the job for just one guy though. It took a lot of people. There was also a lot of close competition for a good while between the top 5 teams which inspired a lot of the activity.
Now here's some things to consider. If you do the site you don't have to do a stats page. You don't have to have a massive FAQ since everything seems to be working nicely now. You can do pretty much whatever you want iwth the site, including ditching it altogether but if you want it you can wipe it and start over. We did this before. You can take anything off of the site that is already there. It will be yours to do as you please.
You also don't have to do a newsletter. You don't have to do a lot of things. The team leader role is a basic administrative position and it's easy to get caught up in a lot of extra things that take up extraordinary amounts of your personal time, but there are some things that you can do and it can be fun to do some of it. Just remember that you don't hvae to do everything. You can have a few people who get along well with each other share in the role and if anyone in the forums has an idea for something else then let them shoulder that responsibility. You can keep the site updated and you can consider whether whatever it is that you're doing is something that will be allowed by the forum staff.
IOW. It's your thing. Do it if you can. You will have some responsibilities, but you don't have to bury yourself with a lot of extra nonsense. Handle administrative type things, be a cheerleader, etc. A new site is nice but it doesn't have to be php, although you can do a lot with php. I didn't know php, but I always thought it would be nice to have a stats page that welcomed new members to the team as well as showing off stats and maybe something that showed off daily milestones.
Nominate some people. Try to regain the #2 spot then #1. I think it can be done. There are fewer than 1000 active members on the team and this team can do a lot better if you want to.
The definition of leader has changed, now the leader is going to oversee everything and help to set up committees. He/she/them will come up with new ideas and new committees as needed. I expect the leader(s) to work on at least one committee, maybe more.
Thanks so much for your input Ploaf.
Matt
FizzledFiend
08-08-04, 09:08 AM
less than a thousand are keeping us in 3rd? Well crap how many active posters on the forums? Come on there has to be a way to get more active members. I have a few ideas, but I am in no way capable of taking on the leadership role. I'm willing to help in as many areas as I think I can handle. Fall/winter is rapidly upon us here. Heck kids start school tomarow. So I should start haveing some free time between projects/mods :P
To nominate people would be tricky. I could randomly nominate people and that would be about as good as it would get. I suggest we get people to apply for the job, with a vote for the position later, and all those applying getting something to do in those comittees mentioned in another post.
Just my 2 cents here fellers. I want to see a little more out of this team. I have on a few occasions thought about switching to a lower ranked team, just to get a better challenge...lets callenge ourselfs. I know we don't have anything on our threats list so lets become the threat!
matrixzen
08-08-04, 11:01 AM
It seems like more work and makes the deciding harder for people to apply. The committes is a good idea. I'd like to help out on the committe basis and get things rolling before AF shows up on our threat list.
Allan Nielsen
08-10-04, 04:44 PM
Just a thought - perhaps an extra responsibility for a committee or the team leader:
- Keeping up to date with what's going on at Stanford.
Other than that, you've already set some great guidelines there. Good job!
{PMS}fishy
12-10-04, 07:11 PM
What ever happened to this? Seems not much if anything has been going on, and the F@H team site still needs lots of love.
Someone get me up to speed.
What ever happened to this? Seems not much if anything has been going on, and the F@H team site still needs lots of love.
Someone get me up to speed.
I was organizing this, people volunteered and nothing has come of it. I did not have the time to do all of these projects, so I told people to get together and volunteer for different things, many people have, but nothing has really come of it thus far. I saw a possible new layout for the folding site. I updated a few sections of the FAQ there with the help of Andyman, Thanks bro! That's basically it so far. Thats whats been happening.
Matt
RoadWarrior
12-14-04, 10:04 AM
Bumpage.
I can think of four or five guys here that I would have nominated. Good plan to make sure the poor bugger isn't swamped by it all, delegation is the key. Just let him wield the whip :D Any good with a whip Wedo? :D
Mebbe it would work as a cabinet type thing.... Team President (figurehead, example, arbiter and delegator, wielding the master whip)... Production Minister (General whippage and cheerleading, information of performance issues etc, stats reports)... Minister of Media and Minister of Information (Working with each other on magazine, web site, publicity, front page articles) ... Minister of Recruitment (the n00b herder) ... Minister of Extreme Borgage (to assist in the recruitment of large borgs, letter writing assistance to school labs etc) ... Minister of Yatta (Assisting the production minister, by oddball and quirky scams and schemes to get a few more points, reviving the yatta spare parts and slow rigs subteam and cheerleading the low end rigs, responsible also for impromptu small contests, events and challenges to keep the fun and the points flowing. ) ... Minister of Finance and Asset Management (The boring one, the treasurer, oversees (not necessarily runs) adopt-a-rig, helps with donation drives for AAR or competitions, handles or oversees any financial aspects, digs deep into own pocket to bankroll Xmas party... just kidding)
Those positions overlap somewhat, but I would hope it would foster co-operation, so that no one big thing crushes one guys shoulders.
Road Warrior
RoadWarrior
12-14-04, 10:14 AM
Oh and Minister for Lost Sheep (re-re-re-recruitment! pick up those who have fallen, dust them off and get them going again. Talk people out of giving up completely. And track down misconfigured borgs etc, where points are going astray.)
Audioaficionado
04-04-05, 08:15 AM
So what happened after 12-14-04 ?
threeme2189
04-04-05, 08:59 AM
yeah. i think this thread just went R.I.P. we need to revive people!!! we can still get to number 1!!!!!
RoadWarrior
04-04-05, 09:14 AM
Heh, it was probably me, the number of threads that just die after I post in them......
deRusett
04-04-05, 10:17 AM
I'll volunteer for some of the Website help, I know my way around a text editor, and am a geek so I have time to put into the page. I'm still a rookie folder, my farm is just a lonely chicken, with occasional visits by a rooster.
TollhouseFrank
04-04-05, 10:46 AM
if you need help, i am open to do so. I would be more than willing to become more than just a poster in the forums, and would like to help do something FOR the forums.
dicecca112
04-04-05, 11:21 AM
I'd be willing to re-re-revive the folding site stuff again. I'll have to dig up my post and bump it again.
Steveo989
04-04-05, 05:21 PM
I will gladly help with AAR, I also have tons of parts :attn:
samuraisam
04-04-05, 06:11 PM
Well, I'm open to nomination (if I haven't been so already).
I know how to do all of those things including advanced PHP, HTML, encouragement, and I spend most of my time in the folding forum anyway offering my support and knowledge.
I'm willing to take on the responsibility (I need something to fill my nights spent up anyway (insomniac)).
-Sam
davekusa
04-04-05, 07:50 PM
The meeting will come to order...................
I make a motion to make Tollhousefrank the team leader.
I second the motion
All thoes in favor signify by saying "I"
"I"
All thoes apposed "NAY"
.............
The I's have it
TollhouseFrank is the new team leader.
congradulations tollhouseFrank
dicecca112
04-04-05, 07:52 PM
NA!!!! I nominate PMSfishy!
davekusa
04-04-05, 08:16 PM
It's a thankless job. I'm almost willing to donate 1 rigs production to anyone who will take the job. (almost)
TollhouseFrank
04-04-05, 10:10 PM
Dave..... LOL. thanks for the nomination, but like others, i will pull the humble route and say I don't deserve it. I'd glady do anything to help, but There are others who have been here far longer that represent the Folding Sub-Forums better than I do, that are more deserving. PMSFishy or IMOG are my votes
davekusa
04-04-05, 10:29 PM
I shudder to think what this team could do with a leader and direction.
FOLD ON
Helsyeah
04-04-05, 11:20 PM
From what i can see all this team really is lacking is strong leadership. Theres really a retarded amount of spirit among the folks here, but we kinda are disjointed in the way we persue things. Look @ the interteam competition and such, the organization isnt quite there, we just dont have a single person or source to turn to.
A good team lead/manager would be a huge help in organizing events, and also pushing projects forward. We may actually get some of the things done that we started, instead of just getting to the "starting" stage.
I.M.O.G.
04-04-05, 11:27 PM
From what i can see all this team really is lacking is strong leadership. Theres really a retarded amount of spirit among the folks here, but we kinda are disjointed in the way we persue things. Look @ the interteam competition and such, the organization isnt quite there, we just dont have a single person or source to turn to.
A good team lead/manager would be a huge help in organizing events, and also pushing projects forward. We may actually get some of the things done that we started, instead of just getting to the "starting" stage.
The interteam competition was organized by someone outside of our forum and that is the reason it was not pulled off - that person also had personal life issues which played a part in the demise. Otherwise, I was going to make certain our organization would have been in order - I had contacted her privately but never received any responses.
I think we do a fairly good job of following through, but I do agree with you fully that a leader would assist in making this more consistent.
Helsyeah
04-04-05, 11:36 PM
The interteam competition was organized by someone outside of our forum and that is the reason it was not pulled off - that person also had personal life issues which played a part in the demise. Otherwise, I was going to make certain our organization would have been in order - I had contacted her privately but never received any responses.
I think we do a fairly good job of following through, but I do agree with you fully that a leader would assist in making this more consistent.
Ahh, good points. Howerver Im willing to bet that with the right person/people leading a concentrated effort, we really could tap the potential i see here to its fullest extent. The difficulty of course comes from finding a person or people who can take the leadership position and maintain it, and in the event they must move on to other things, also take the initiative to get someone to take their place. Hard to do in a voluntary environment such as this... :)
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