I tried that several times before and well lets just say it seems that when you try your best at helping out it certainly doesnt do you any good. Nothing personal just how i feel. Sorry to interrupt.
Last edited by one_step_closer : 03-01-2012 at 11:25 PM.
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would there be training and such like there is for the supporters for the forums, email, etc...? or, not training exactly, but like the information pages about what to do, what not to do, mentoring for people joining the team, that sort of stuff
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There will be some information PMd to people who are supporters, but there isnt any info needed about emails,forums because theres nothing regarding that aspect.
There wont be much need for mentoring either as far as Im aware unless someone is really in need. Problems will be sent in in the form of logs as usual.
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I'll go ahead and put my name in the hat. I know I'm not on chat all that often, but I am on RYL quite a bit. I might as well spend the time on chat rather than seeing what trouble I can get into on the forums. I am doing some crazy overtime this month, though, so it might be Feb. before I can commit to 2-3 hours 3 days a week.
Its great that there is a ton of interest about this
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i meant mentoring for people becoming the supporters. and i realize it wouldn't be training for emails and such. what i was getting at is that there is more to getting onto the regular supporting team than just signing up (i'm not saying this against anyone who has volunteered at all, i think its awesome that you want to help!). i was just thinking that it might be a good idea to train the chat supporters so that they can be most effective.
As I said in my previous post,there wont be mentoring as such.Information will be sent out in PMs regarding how to support in chat etc, but unless its really needed then there isnt much of a need for it.
But as this is a trial we will be seeing how it goes.As I said in my first post,this isnt really the place for this, this was just a sign up sheet and more information will be in another thread.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
Can i interject slightly and just say that its going to be far easier when it comes to picking who is suitable if we see you supporting in chat on a regular basis as it is.
I tried that several times before and well lets just say it seems that when you try your best at helping out it certainly doesnt do you any good. Nothing personal just how i feel. Sorry to interrupt.
I'm sorry that you feel this way.
When you put your name forward to be a Supporter, the team look at your posts around the forums etc. You could put your name forward again, if you wish.
I also agree with Katie. There is a lot more to being a Supporter than meets the eye and I know that my mentoring helped me a lot with knowing what to reply to people. Stickies and information sheets are all very well and are useful, I just think that more should be thought about this. Sorry if I'm out of place writing this.
Anyway, you've said that this discussion isn't for this thread, I just don't want Katie's points to be disregarded.
It hasnt been disregarded....I answered the questions asked, but this thread is just a sign up sheet. Also just for the record I have been a supporter before I was a mod so I do know how that works.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
Can i interject slightly and just say that its going to be far easier when it comes to picking who is suitable if we see you supporting in chat on a regular basis as it is.
This!xx
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
Can you download a different browser? When I downloaded puffin browser, I can access chat n that. It's annoying thou coz it doesn't auto scroll very well and the key pad can get in the way.
