Hey All,
Well I have been thinking of this for a bit and here's my thoughts.
First of all, I dont think Stoff started this thread to bust on Azi. I think he was merely stating that the idea of CNSA came to an abrupt halt. I have yet to meet Azi but from what I hear he is a great guy. My only concern is that he has a full time job that requires him to travel, he has to manage a successful magazine, and then he has to worry about CNSA. If I were him my priorities would put CNSA at the end too. He has a lot of commitments but he can't be in several places at once. So my suggestion is that maybe Azi be an overseer or maybe a consultant to the CNSA organization. This would give him more time to concentrate on his other priorities.
Secondly, it seems that the active shopowners I have met here in game and on the forum seem to be all mature adults and friends in some way. I like Epic's acronym of Club Neverdie ShopKeepers Association but it sounds too alienated. If we are all friends why not consider changing it to Club Neverdie's ShopKeeper's Alliance. I mean, from the sound of it, we are all friends, allies in a way, constantly looking out for each other and our CND community as a whole. Just a thought.
Thirdly, I believe we should get a list of all actual shopowners. Not the resellers who buy the places on auction but actual active shopkeepers. We should then post a list and make a poll that can last one full week and elect people to different positions. We should definitely have a president, a vice president to fill in in his absence, and then maybe a board of trustees to help oversee future shopowners. These people need to be active participants in our community. Also, maybe a shopowner mentor could be implemented to help new shopowners start up shop cause I know it was a pain for me at first figuring ouit all the tricks of the trade. Another position could be official buyer or service finder. We need to find someone trustworthy that we can rely on. For instance, we need a buyer both on CND and Calypso that can spot a good deal and get it for us. I myself need to find a good ore/enmatter buyer. I'm sure Epic and Stoffer would benefit from someone who could snatch up a good deal on a weapon or armor set. This is needed for times that we are not online. I mean seriously, which one of us can be online 24/7. That is why we need a buyer for the "Alliance". Also, I am sure people like King Buzz and Ripper need a few good announcers to get people to fly their airlines. They can't do it themselves all the time.
Next, We need to find the shopkeepers that aren't so active in our community and get them more involved by making our community more attractive. For instance, I have two friends, ETO and Lady Wolf that have shops up here. They are nice clothing shops but they hardly frequent CND. I understand that the shopping up here is new but with big names like Buzz, Etopia, Lady Wolf, and Auktuma helping out our community, it would not only be beneficial to us but to them and our community as a whole.
Additionally, we need rules and regulations. In my society, Zar took the initiative to find a free website that hosts forums. He created a nice little forum for us. It may not be visually attractive, but for a free service, it gets the message across. Maybe CNSA could look into developing one of those. Here, the rules and regulations governing CNSA could be posted. This way it doesn't waste to much space on RP forum; however, we could still keep the link to it in RP and maybe post an application thread for future members.
Finally, benefits and costs need to be established. Epic is right in the fact that we have enough to pay for without worrying about membership fees. But if we do decide to implement buyers and service announcers, we need to pay them for their time somehow. Maybe a 5 ped/month fee would be nice; however, that depends on if we decide to implement that service. THe ads service that has already been mentioned is undergoing. This will definitely be beneficial for us all since we will be able to collaborate and have banners displayed for a fraction of the cost. ND will benefit from increased revenue once he figures out where his shop taxes are
. Ripper could offer a transportation service which he has mentioned at one point. I for one could benefit off of that since I have friends that have stuff for me on Calypso. I don't know how much the auction % is on each item but he could offer maybe 1ped minimum or 4% max for transporting goods. Maybe for members, he could drop it down to 3% or something ( I don't really know what the auction charges % wise for transportation fees). He could also provide cheaper travel for members. I know I would provide my materials at about 1-2% lower than what I ask for to members. Maybe someone like Buzz or Kay could knock off 2% from their prices for new shopowners to beautify their shops. Neverdie has already offered to help us with our ad campaign so maybe we can get him to help sponsor other things too in order to promote our shopping community. From what I was told, Slick is the CND mentor for newbies that spawn here or come here. Maybe once a month we can all pool our resources together and give him a newbie package (Full Settler Armor, Fap-5, Opalo, and 1k in Ammo) to give to a newbie of his choice in order to further promote our CND community.
Anyway, these are just a few things I was thinking of. Let me know what you all think.
Rob
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