Posted by Rear Admiral Sarah Hemenway (Presidential Candidate) in Questions for the Candidates - government vs roleplaying

Posted by Sharon Miller in Questions for the Candidates - government vs roleplaying
Hi Candidates,

discussions and platforms so far seem to have centered mainly around government - getting more members engaged with the government side of things and into governmental roles - and less around the core purpose of this club, which is roleplaying. So my two questions are:

1. Do you consider government to be more important than ships and roleplaying in STF? Please explain your answer.

2a. Sarah/Rob, I know you’ve touched on this briefly in your platform introduction in “Bringing the Unique Back” so, at the risk of stealing future thunder, I’d love to know more about this point and what it will entail.

2b. Jerome/James, you haven’t mentioned the RPing side of things at all in your key platform points, so do you consider the RP environment at STF to be perfect? And if not, do you have any plans to change/improve on it?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

• Sharon

Hi Sharon,

Thank you for your questions! For your one about our platform, well, I hate to break it to you… but you’ll just have to wait and see. :)

With regard to the government/roleplaying balance, I feel really strongly that this is a roleplaying club, not a government club, and roleplaying should always come first. I’ve been faced with the choice a few times to continue in government positions while stepping back from roleplaying and I’ve always chosen to prioritize roleplaying. Really, if I wanted to organize things, there are plenty of places that could use that attention in my offline life. :)

An important focus to both Rob and I is making sure that people get the information and the tools that they need to succeed at all levels of the club. I’ve had the pleasure to spend the last few months with a lot of new members in STF and it’s helped give me a solid picture of where we need to make sure that we’re supporting new members. These players have all been experienced role-players, but not necessarily in the intricacies of STF. :) We also need to figure out how to make the club government accessible to them – while I’d love to say that government is completely unnecessary, the simple fact is, it’s not, and we need it to keep the club running. STF has done a fantastic job of keeping itself going for almost 30 years now and I think a key part of that is making sure people can really feel invested in the club.

Hope this helps! I’m looking forward to your questions about the rest of our platform.

Sarah

May I ask how ‘You’ll have to wait and see’ is an answer in a campaign? It’s like saying ‘vote for me, I’ll let you know why when I win’. <laughs> I’m curious if by ‘Bring Back the Unique’ you mean ships, characters, role play outlines, or something to do with government structure, job descriptions or disciplinary actions.

It’s a wide and cryptic remark, in my frame of mind. Can we please get some clarification for that as has been requested.

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