The long-awaited Merits are here!

[Yelenia Hylraren]

Your question is likely covered in the 'opt out' discussion of the Admin meeting notes found here. The announcements are part of the system, so no, opting out is not an option at this time.

- We reviewed a request from a member to be able to allow people to "opt out" of the merit recognition system we're rolling out. Given the scope of this project, and how tied in it will be to our administrative procedures and community, this isn't an option. Like raisings and bondings, merits will be recorded on member's Who's Who page and (the larger merits) announced in Site Announcements. However, no one is required to put badges in their sigs, wear their pins, or otherwise involve themselves unless they want to.

 

[Dralyn Montsier]

We'll be announcing them in larger chunks, yes. The biggest thing is that I've been working to clear a few long-standing projects from my list before focusing on releasing the next batch (old Annual Reports, some archival things, revising and rewriting the Membership Manuals). Since there's a lot of research to be done on the current members, I've been letting them have their head while I focus on other projects that have existed for, in some cases, years. Once I finish with those, things in that direction will move faster than what they've appeared to be moving, particularly since a lot of the research will be complete.