Hey everyone! I’m updating the main to confirm some temporary changes to the group moving forward. Since Covid doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon and it’s affecting our mental health in various ways (inability to work up motivation to keep to an active writing schedule for many of us) I think these will help us carry the load. (That was not intended to be dirty, you heathens.)
First and foremost, I am not closing the group, I just wanted to establish that much up top. The dashboard still moves frequently enough that I don’t think shuttering the whole operation is necessary. However, I will be putting the group on pause. What does that mean?
By putting the group on pause, I’m referring to the following new policies I’ll be implementing until further notice:
We won’t be taking on new members. We’re still big enough that we can afford to close for new applicants and not have it affect overall activity. That’s good! I just don’t want to have new people join during a time of overall slowness across the board (not just here but in other groups) and have it affect their perception of our “normal” status. We were managing pretty well up until the global pandemic situation got worse and started affecting the US, where most of us seem to be located. (Turns out launching an RP right before a catastrophic health crisis wasn’t great timing...)
Activity checks won’t be enforced. This is subject to change based on the following week or so and I’ll switch it back to the twice-weekly activity checks I intended on enforcing if need be. I know lots of us still want to be in the loop even if our activity level has been down based on who I regularly see in the OOC. On that note:
The Discord will remain open! I think staying connected right now is important for group morale and it wouldn’t be fair to everyone if I closed the OOC. Even if our activity is down, that doesn’t mean we still can’t hang out when we’re feeling up to it. It also makes informing the group of any updates to policy changes easier than having to reach out to everybody individually.
That’s it for now. Thanks again to everybody in advance for understanding my ideas outlined here, and if you feel you have to leave the group on an official basis for any reason, I completely understand.
— Gunn