This is what I was trying to say in the OTHER COMMENTS section:
I wonder if it would be helpful (although more work for mods) to send an email to people a few days to a week before their chapter is due. Most people check their email every day, but may miss a reminder post on their flist if they're only skimming or such.
I'd be happy to help with reminders or such. :D
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My answer on changes was too long for the poll! I think deadlines are necessary too, but the whole posting order shouldn't be held up if someone hasn't posted their chapter. Maybe there should be a system such as, if after two or three days (allowing for timezone differences) a person hasn't posted their chapter, they get a reminder, and maybe asked if they can still do it or would allow a reserve to take the chapter. Then, if after a week or whatever timeframe is agreeable to all, the chapter hasn't been done, pass it on to a reserve. In the interim, the later chapters can still be posted. I think it's okay to get things out of order, as long as we're not waiting months for the crucial chapter of the one book or something, you know?
I couldn't fit this all in the poll, so I thought I'd comment.
I didn't answer the "if someone doesn't post their chapter" question, because I didn't really like either of the choices. I sort of feel like the chapters should be in order, but I don't really like the idea of penalizing the person who didn't post on time in case there was a legitimate reason (beyond laziness of course!).
My suggestion would be that if someone doesn't post their chapter when it's due, e-mail them a reminder (or do this a few days before it's due) and if they don't respond or post within a set amount of time, replace them, and put them at the end of the reserve queue in case they really did want to do a chapter but forgot, were out of town and forgot to pass their chapter on, had an emergency, etc. E-mail contact is better, since many people don't check their friends list every day, and I know when I am away from LJ for an extended period of time, I generally don't catch up on communities on my return.
Agree with what everyone else has said re: e-mails, etc. I think if you just re-post revised dates (and maybe assign reserve readers to each?) that'll get the ball rolling again. I recorded my chapter in the spring and just got the software to make it listenable (my roommate had a really soft microphone!), so Chapter 13 of PoA is raring to go, just give me a date! Keep it up, guys!
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I wonder if it would be helpful (although more work for mods) to send an email to people a few days to a week before their chapter is due. Most people check their email every day, but may miss a reminder post on their flist if they're only skimming or such.
I'd be happy to help with reminders or such. :D
I love this community. <33333333333333333333333333333
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I didn't answer the "if someone doesn't post their chapter" question, because I didn't really like either of the choices. I sort of feel like the chapters should be in order, but I don't really like the idea of penalizing the person who didn't post on time in case there was a legitimate reason (beyond laziness of course!).
My suggestion would be that if someone doesn't post their chapter when it's due, e-mail them a reminder (or do this a few days before it's due) and if they don't respond or post within a set amount of time, replace them, and put them at the end of the reserve queue in case they really did want to do a chapter but forgot, were out of town and forgot to pass their chapter on, had an emergency, etc. E-mail contact is better, since many people don't check their friends list every day, and I know when I am away from LJ for an extended period of time, I generally don't catch up on communities on my return.
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