Your New Overlord! (On group leaders and stickies)
Dragonwolf
Posts: 5,600 Member
Alright everyone! As some of you may have noticed, the owner and leader of this group have been MIA (with the owner actually having deleted their account). After some (unintended, I swear!) discussion on the matter, I took the initiative and contacted MFP staff and got myself promoted.
Now, I don't plan on changing the core of how the group works. If it ain't broke, after all. However, among those that were vocal, there was a consensus that we don't want the group to end up leaderless again. I'd like to have a sort of pseudo-election, where those who want, can have a say in the leaders (but I also know how hard it is to get people engaged in such things). So, if anyone wants to volunteer to be a leader, please post here. If anyone wants to endorse anyone, also post here. If no one endorses anyone, then I'll pick from volunteers. If no one volunteers, then I'll be drafting a few people among the most prominent members.
What will the leaders do? Not much, really. I'd like for us to work together to maintain the stickies and keep the relevant (and, in the beginning, clean them up). We'd also be responsible for dealing with spam and trolls, though this group seems to be blessedly free of both.
Speaking of stickies... they've stagnated, and we'd like to clean them up. I'm thinking the following:
Welcome
Recommended Reading/Watching/Listening
Studies/News
If anyone has other suggestions, I'm all ears, but I'd like to keep the total number to a minimum, and would like for them to be more timeless (except the news one). I'd prefer to not have a wall of stickies to scroll past every time I come to the group, and I suspect I'm not alone in that.
Also, the idea to change (or at least clean up) the group name has also been bounced around. So, if anyone has any ideas for a better name (as the current one references something that I don't think anyone was ever actually involved in at this point), feel free to suggest it.
Questions, comments, snide remarks? Feel free to post them here.
Now, I don't plan on changing the core of how the group works. If it ain't broke, after all. However, among those that were vocal, there was a consensus that we don't want the group to end up leaderless again. I'd like to have a sort of pseudo-election, where those who want, can have a say in the leaders (but I also know how hard it is to get people engaged in such things). So, if anyone wants to volunteer to be a leader, please post here. If anyone wants to endorse anyone, also post here. If no one endorses anyone, then I'll pick from volunteers. If no one volunteers, then I'll be drafting a few people among the most prominent members.
What will the leaders do? Not much, really. I'd like for us to work together to maintain the stickies and keep the relevant (and, in the beginning, clean them up). We'd also be responsible for dealing with spam and trolls, though this group seems to be blessedly free of both.
Speaking of stickies... they've stagnated, and we'd like to clean them up. I'm thinking the following:
Welcome
Recommended Reading/Watching/Listening
Studies/News
If anyone has other suggestions, I'm all ears, but I'd like to keep the total number to a minimum, and would like for them to be more timeless (except the news one). I'd prefer to not have a wall of stickies to scroll past every time I come to the group, and I suspect I'm not alone in that.
Also, the idea to change (or at least clean up) the group name has also been bounced around. So, if anyone has any ideas for a better name (as the current one references something that I don't think anyone was ever actually involved in at this point), feel free to suggest it.
Questions, comments, snide remarks? Feel free to post them here.
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I know myself I enjoy conversations of low carb eating. Sometimes it's hard and I like to get ideas and this is where I come. I hope this group stays alive. I try to stay away from fruit, sugar, starchy vegetables, and bread. I have lost 75 pounds in a year and have maintained that loss for almost another year.
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I know myself I enjoy conversations of low carb eating. Sometimes it's hard and I like to get ideas and this is where I come. I hope this group stays alive. I try to stay away from fruit, sugar, starchy vegetables, and bread. I have lost 75 pounds in a year and have maintained that loss for almost another year.
Yep, this group isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It's been leaderless for quite some time, so I just picked it up so that we can keep the stickies up to date and have someone people can go to for more admin type stuff for the group.0 -
Thumps up, most mighty Overlord!1
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If no one else is seeking a coveted spot, I'll throw my hat in. I am a long-term low-carb person (already at day 400+ out of the rest of my life) and I am active on here almost every day. Even when I wasn't logging food (because there's really very little need to log these days). I have no intention of wandering off in the future. I may not post a whole lot in here, although I am probably one of the more active people, but I do read everything that shows up here.0
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maybe a recipe stickie
for web sites or favorites-
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DW;
As I indicated on the other thread, I'm happy to help with the stickies (and any other way I can) - don't care one way or the other about the "title".
And a big "THANKS" again for your efforts on all of our behalfs.0 -
If you need any help, I'm here. Entirely too much. LOL.0
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fludderbye wrote: »maybe a recipe stickie
for web sites or favorites-
??? just a thought
I like these thoughts.
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We bow down to ye, o Overlord! Yay. As to stickies, how about a FAQ like the reddit/keto one? or maybe just links to it and other reliable sites that tell it like it is, low-carb wise. There have been some great posts about what to expect when starting LC, how to deal with keto flu, etc., that merit a place in the stickies so newbies can find them sooner. It took me a while, as I recall, to find some info. OTOH, that is what all those LCHF books out there are for....0
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