Community Development
Firstly my sincere apologies for not being able to be here in person, I very much wanted to be able to attend but am unable to due to circumstances outside of my control.
Achievements: A number of new achievements are planned to be added to the Achievement System which are designed to encourage and reward forum participation in several areas such as debates, discussions and news, achievements linked to new members to encourage their integration in to the community are also being looked at.
Community Logs: There has been a desire for Community Logs to return. If you aren't familiar with Community Logs you can learn about them
HERE. FEO are in favour of their return so my intention is to discuss how we want to re-launch Community Logs by the end of this week with a view to having Community Logs make a return by August 2016, I do wish to seek feedback from the wider membership as to content, frequency and involvement which could potentially delay the re-launch.
Link:
https://ufplanets.com/showthread.php...=1#post_238063
Donations System: A proposal for adding to the Donation System has been submitted to FEO as of the 18th of May and is awaiting a decision. The proposed changes would make it clear that members who wish to donate but are unable/unwilling to donate money can also donate digital items and would introduce a clear process to facilitate this. This would allow donations to be more inclusive and to support future raffles and prize events.
FNS: Despite not having any staff the amount of articles being released has remained high in relation to previous levels for both FNS and FNN. The number of views for articles has increased considerably since the launch of the new site with typical views ranging anywhere between 200 and 700 views and a number of key articles breaking the 1000 and even 2000 views count. The future of FNS is something Three of Seven has raised and is currently being discussed in FEO.
Forum Activity: Episode/Movie discussions and Debates have gone well with increased activity and participation likely due to the implementation of a poll format for both, on average one of each is released weekly in line with FEOs targets.
Forum Participation: I've started some work on comparing our Forum Participation with other Star Trek websites, this is in the very early stages but so far in a number of areas we compare very favourably to some significant websites. It is my intention to be able to share exact figures either at the next Community Meeting or in a Community Log.
Game Database: Database of Star Trek games has been written and was handed over to Technical Services for implementation on the 26th of May. It covers Star Trek PC, Console, Arcade and Mobile games and is based on the same system used for the Book Database. An Episode and Movie database are to follow.
Holiday Events: A proposal for Holiday Events for 2016 was submitted to FEO on the 18th of May and is awaiting sign off. The schedule, which begins in July, allows for a minimum of one days activity per month and a maximum of three with more than 20 potential events including canon Star Trek events and International Holidays and takes in to account UFPACs. Activity for Holiday Events would range from a number of activities such as: charity drives, educational articles, gaming activity, live streams, lore articles, raffles, story competitions, teamspeak events and changes to the website theme for the duration of the Holiday Event.
News Area: Jordan and I worked on some minor changes to the News Area which went live on the 20th of May. This has allowed more articles to be immediately available in the same amount of space and I believe has contributed to increased view figures for older stories.
Recruitment: Recruitment has returned to and in some cases exceeded previous levels, with Recruitment now under Starfleet Academy participation in recruitment efforts has increased astronomically.
Questions: If there are any questions please feel free to submit them to me in a PM on the forums and I will respond as soon as I am able to.