Posted July 7, 2020, 5:32 p.m. by Commodore Geoff Joosten (Gamemaster Director) (Geoff Joosten)
Posted by Sarah Hemenway (Vice President) in Proposal: Modifications to OGRE
ProblemSTF is suffering from a GM shortage. This is an important problem to address because, well, FCOMM specifies that ships need to have a GM (or be Self-Sim) to continue to exist in the club and with two GM vacancies in the club at the moment, it needs to be addressed urgently.
Proposal
I am proposing two changes to OGRE:
- Removing the Lieutenant rank requirement to apply to the GM Training Program;
- Removing the requirement for a Gamemaster Mentor (GMM) to have served as a Gamemaster in the last 30 days
With regard to the first point, as far as I’m aware, the GMT program is the only place in STF that there is an actual OOC rank requirement on something that affects role-playing only. We have new members that have been a part of the club for six months or more now, but have not yet attained this OOC rank for various reasons (mostly that people forget to promote people and that OOC rank even means anything).
With regard to the second point, we currently only have three GMMs in the club. If we can start getting more GMTs, in order to make sure that they are getting the time and dedication they deserve, we need more GMMs. There are qualified GMMs, like myself, that may not be able to commit to actively GMing a ship right now, but who are happy to support a GMT.
Discussion
The pros of both are the potential for more GMTs and GMMs.
The cons for the GMT change would be primarily focused around a member not getting enough experience in STF before attempting to become a Gamemaster. I feel that this is balanced by the requirement for recommendations; a new member would have to be around the club for a reasonable amount of time before three different people are interested in writing recommendations for them. These individuals, given the preference for Gamemasters to write them, may not be in the position to promote that person to Lieutenant to handle it.
The cons for the GMM change would be that a GM might be out of practice if they haven’t GM’d recently. I’m not sure that this is really a big issue. I think preference should be given to those who have been GMing actively, but if those of us who aren’t ready to GM actively can take some of the burden off of them, that seems like a win in my book.
- Sarah
Before I wade in with my opinion, I have a question:
What is the average time to get to Lt? Is it longer than six months? If so removing the requirement to be a full Lieutenant just moves the eligibility date to six months. If it takes less than six months, it… slides the eligibility date to six months. It really only accelerates the process if the time it takes to go from Ens to Lt is longer than six months. I am not saying that is a good or bad thing, just an observation.
Geoff
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