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| Topic Started: 17 Nov 2015, 07:32 PM (796 Views) | |
| Post #1 17 Nov 2015, 07:32 PM | Ferby |
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[justify]Hi all, A week ago I decided to make steps to resign as Owner (refer to article 1.9 of our constitution). This meant that I would contact ZetaBoards support, requesting that the root admin account (also known as the owner account, AKA my account) be transferred to James (The). I would still have access to the account but by owner abilities (deletion and permanent admin access mainly) would be stripped of me and James would receive these instead. At the time I intended to leave Gravity Forum permanently but after some discussion with Owen and James I decided I will stay on as Developer to maintain and continue development of our unique systems and features as finding a new developer who would be both willing and capable would be a near-impossible task. What this essentially means is that I will no longer hold any sort of authority, and this includes over the Skype group (for those who don't agree with my moderation style). Gravity Forum is a reboot of a previous community we had that myself and Kieran were owners of, but the reboot had the purpose of leaving the administration, management, and decision making to someone who was democratically elected by the community rather than myself as simply I cannot handle the stress and responsibility of catering to a community. Staff members have been notified about this but plans are moving faster than I had originally planned (this is intentional). The reason behind this resignation is simple: I no longer feel up to the standard required of me as an owner and wish to contribute to the community by the way I originally intended: as a developer. Despite whatever state Gravity Forum will be in the future, I will no longer be in the position of power. I believe James is not only suitable for this position but I believe he will respect and represent the community better than I ever could. Thanks for your support ![]() - Scott Cummins (Ferby)[/justify] |
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| Post #2 18 Nov 2015, 12:54 AM | FatCat |
I wish I could copy and paste this to my Clash of Clans clan... But we will miss you Ferby! I am assuming you will still contribute as a member or whatever so that should be fun. Welcome The (James) though! Nice to have you as our new Owner. |
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| Post #3 18 Nov 2015, 01:32 PM | Tazdevil1 |
Just to point something out, but aren't you still the Named Director? So technically you still have some authority (at least for the next 2 months or so) and is still the guy doing all the administration, management and decision making? You're kind of contradicting yourself here unless you're resigning as ND as well and just become a regular developer? Edited by Tazdevil1, 18 Nov 2015, 01:35 PM.
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| Post #4 18 Nov 2015, 11:50 PM | Bug |
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I hope we aren't going to shutdown :[ Meanwhile, Welcome James!
Edited by Bug, 18 Nov 2015, 11:51 PM.
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| Post #5 19 Nov 2015, 08:36 AM | The |
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We aren't going to shut down, that I can assure you. I may be wrong on this, but I believe I'll be standing in as ND for the next couple of months. I'll Skype Scott this evening if h doesn't read this first. |
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| Post #6 19 Nov 2015, 02:43 PM | Owen |
| Does that mean instead of taking my daily petty complaints to Ferb, I them to James... hehehhehe random complaints. |
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| Post #7 19 Nov 2015, 02:44 PM | Ferby |
I will be stepping down as ND, yes. If the election hadn't been so close and if I hadn't campaigned for ND because I wanted to work on Gravity in a full term without the possibility of being removed. For now I'm still owner of Gravity via Zeta permissions (as I'm awaiting another reply from Zeta about transferring ownership) so I'll move James to the ND group and myself to Developer. I wish you the best of luck
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| Post #8 24 Nov 2015, 12:00 PM | Copy Cat Master |
| To be honest, The is more suitable for this position than Furby (Cuz he just a big fluffy creepy doll thing) so I do not have anything to complaint here. |
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| Post #9 8 Dec 2015, 09:25 PM | KyngzIndeyen |
Sorry I'm late - and I'm sorry to see you're stepping down, Ferby . I wish The good luck, but he's a natural choice of replacement, so I don't expect he'll need it .
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