Do we need a librarian?

[WriterDom]

Any work going on yet?

 

[Marquis]

Still waiting for Catalina to get back to me. I'm actually quite worried about her, does no one have her or francisco's phone number or any other way to get some info?

 

[WriterDom]

Still waiting for Catalina to get back to me. I'm actually quite worried about her, does no one have her or francisco's phone number or any other way to get some info?

She was gone for a month and came back and didn't say why. I don't recall her ever meeting anyone in person. You might give some thought about naming a new monitor. Not replacing her, but I know it's a lot on you. We could have 3 if and when she comes back. Find someone willing to do it who is here everyday. Explain the situation to Lauren first and get her ok.

 

[graceanne]

Still waiting for Catalina to get back to me. I'm actually quite worried about her, does no one have her or francisco's phone number or any other way to get some info?

I don't, and I can't think of anyone who does.

I hope she's ok.

 

[VelvetDarkness]

Still waiting for Catalina to get back to me. I'm actually quite worried about her, does no one have her or francisco's phone number or any other way to get some info?

Would Laurel or Manu have some contact info?

 

[WriterDom]

Would Laurel or Manu have some contact info?

I doubt it. I know they didn't have mine. Other than the email you sign up with.

 

[graceanne]

Any news from cat?

 

[WriterDom]

We still need one?

 

[Sir_Winston54]

We still need one?

Didn't one (or two) get appointed? I seem to remember that happening... :blink:

 

[WriterDom]

Didn't one (or two) get appointed? I seem to remember that happening... :blink:

That's what I thought but no one is there. I knocked three times.

 

[graceanne]

We were talking about it, but no one could find cat, and then it was dropped.

 

[sadangel]

I have to say a couple of things on this topic.

Among other things, the Librarian needs to

• be a volunteer. We can't just draft - or even nominate - someone without KNOWING that they want the job.
• have a certain amount of time to devote to it. Done right, it's a demanding project and requires a substantial amount of thread review, thought, and review of the Library topics themselves to ensure that, as adakgirl noted, links get broken, and other things can happen to require that the topics stay up-to-date and "workable" for researchers.
• be at least somewhat conversant with a very wide range of topics that fit within the BDSM umbrella - not necessarily *personally knowledgeable,* but have some idea of what various words and phrases relate to, e.g., figging, waxing (not Brazilian ), cupping, etc., just to mention a few that have gotten "WTH is that?!?!" responses when the threads came up.

As far as *selecting* a Librarian, I think that the "election" we had a few months ago was a mistake. I think those who are interested should PM Cat and Marquis, express their interest in volunteering, and provide a brief outline of how they will meet the points listed above, and any other "requirements" that Cat and Marquis think are important. Then the moderators should make a choice (or choices - there's nothing in "the rules" that says we can't have co-Librarians, as long as they can work together!). It's too important a post to leave the selection up to what basically amounts to a popularity contest. It should be determined by our very experienced and knowledgeable moderators after they consider all the factors.

That's my $0.02 (US) worth. YMMV.

I got a lot for your $0.02 Thank you. *Pm'ing Cat*

 

[WriterDom]

Hate to beat a dead horse but it's a shame the library has been padlocked for so long. And I liked the way it was years ago. It seemed there were more categories then.