My personal opinon about staff?
Staff are leaders of the community, they decide what goes on with the site and let it grow, quite like a team gardeners to a garden of plants.
Now, with committees being somewhat part of the staff, new staff members should take more a leadership role, more then a working one. Good leaders don't decide the work then do all of it themself, they work together with the team to plan out the entire process of the task ahead, doing little/no work, but making shure everything is organized and working correctly.
But, how can staff encourage people to do the work?
Why, rewards of course. Hard working members should become Leader of a Committee and get special access to certain things and some special powers. The kind of the the replacement to the sage rank, as planned, right?
Odd is a fine canidate for a Staff rank, and I am his friend, and I wish him well.
But, I don't think he has leadership qualites to lead a group of people successfully. Hes hard worker, and a great follower. But, planning all of TBT might be too much of a task for him.
Odd is great member, and should be rewarded for his efforts. But, being appointed to a staff rank may not be the right direction odd needs to go in. I think Odd should be apointed a job where he can be a hard worker, and clearly be praised for his efforts.
I stated the qualites of a good staff member above, and someone with those qualites should be picked as the next mod.
