I like the way you guys are thinking and we appreciate the suggestions. We’ve actually been discussing as a team some new approaches to seeking out & potentially training new staff. We haven’t quite decided exactly which approach we want to take yet but we’ve been considering both community suggestions & some neat staff ideas to incorporate into the process. We are very excited and open to the idea of trying something new soon.
Without a doubt we can always use more staff. We’re always keeping watch for some but it’s true that the current process can sometimes produce results slowly, or none at all. Trust me when I say it’s frustratung for all of us staff & community alike. We really want to get some new, friendly, fun, talented, and caring people to join the team. I don’t doubt that we probably over look some potentially great candidates.
The team has been wanting to change a lot of things with the community and how things work and this is just one of the many areas we’ve been setting our focuses to. The current way of picking staff has just been something FH staff have learned from previous generations of staff and it’s become a sort of tradition that we’ve carried on and respected. Given circumstances in the past the process has been very selective since we are very cautious about who we let in given the responsibilities. We’ve always held a firm belief that the FH staff team should be one of quality rather than quantity. We want what’s best and safest for both the community and the game in the end.
For this reason any new approach we take must still conform to ensure these standards of safety & quality in the MIT selection process.
With all this being said we thank you for your suggestions as they provide us with some interesting ideas to discuss and possibly consider implementing in the near future. We don’t like making any direct promises but we are still currently in the process of probably formatting a potential MIT application to present to the public for review and submission. Potential MIT auditions/applications could be an interesting new approach we take a try at, however keep in mind that we will still uphold to certain important requirements like age etc for obvious reasons.
We thank you guys for your continued feedback and care in this topic. We hope to implement some of your suggestions in the coming future. We can all do with a little fresh changes around here
In the meantime remember we have a MIT suggestion poll here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdasYOuAxfaCumi93zVqqfA9SSrhrTUr4H0mLMqkZooFJm4yg/viewformAnd you guys can pm us anytime with suggestions for MITs!