RAKed! Ok so the RAK needs to undergo some changes
Random acts of kindness I believeWhat's RAK?
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I totally agree... but did you check the survey box at the top of the page... our view is behind.P.S. And I realize going quarterly reduces the number of recipients, but with more recipients this becomes more of just a rotation through the membership rather than an extra special way of recognizing those individuals who have an extra special positive impact on the forum and our members’ live. Which IMO is more of how it should be used.
I went quarterly as well. With bi-monthly, though slightly less regular than monthly, you still will probably run into the same issues as we have seen with monthly. Like @Ajk mentioned, RAKs used to consist of many members participating and now there are only a handful of LBEs that the RAK victim receives. Quarterly might ensure more participation.
On another note, I think there needs to be more transparency as to how a RAK victim is actually chosen. If one person nominates another, and there are no other nominations given, does that person win the RAK based on a single vote? The same way we are doing this vote we should have a more robust nomination process, as well as a more robust selection process with more participation than, potentially, a single person nominating what could potentially just be a friend who did something nice for that person. The point is that there is really no way for members to know how RAK victims are chosen in the current system. I certainly don't know and I'm sure others might not know the process either. That, to me, is another issue and potentially an equal concern than just moving from monthly to another time delineation.
I did. A while ago. I came back to post my comments.I totally agree... but did you check the survey box at the top of the page... our view is behind.
Ahh... yes... I think I just want to win.I did. A while ago. I came back to post my comments.
It's really not that involved of a process, someone just has to nominate someone else on the forum, and since I've been involved I haven't seen any sort of bias towards a one off friend, it's all been earnest nominations based on things people do for the group, or maybe who's had some trying times in their life and is in need of a little extra pixie dust, or who is very giving and generous and who hasn't received before (Like some of the most recent ones were for Dawn and Connie, who do all the DLR pin pickups, and even Lucy, one of our forums zap queens). The list of winners has been posted if you want to check them out.I went quarterly as well. With bi-monthly, though slightly less regular than monthly, you still will probably run into the same issues as we have seen with monthly. Like @Ajk mentioned, RAKs used to consist of many members participating and now there are only a handful of LBEs that the RAK victim receives. Quarterly might ensure more participation.
On another note, I think there needs to be more transparency as to how a RAK victim is actually chosen. If one person nominates another, and there are no other nominations given, does that person win the RAK based on a single vote? The same way we are doing this vote we should have a more robust nomination process, as well as a more robust selection process with more participation than, potentially, a single person nominating what could potentially just be a friend who did something nice for that person. The point is that there is really no way for members to know how RAK victims are chosen in the current system. I certainly don't know and I'm sure others might not know the process either. That, to me, is another issue and potentially an equal concern than just moving from monthly to another time delineation.
Nice!I changed my vote to quarterly, you guys all have very good points for why that may be a better option, also I'd love to see more forum members be able to participate, so if spreading them out further encourages more giving, I'm all for it
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