I'm updating my records before loading them into Michel Delving, and I noticed two things that I thought I should mention here:
1. The Europeans list dates as day/month/yr while the Americans list dates as month/day/yr. It doesn't matter which we use, but in Michel Delving I will definitely indicate which is being used. (Because I'm in the U.S. I'll use the U.S. system.)
2. There were a few people who were invited before we closed invites on March 4 but who did not register until after March 12 - the arbitrary cut-off date selected by the committee when we picked quorum numbers.
Frelga, for example, had indicated an interest in becoming a Ranger, but joined on March 17 and won't be technically eligible until September 17. We also decided, however, that people who had already served a term would be reloaded to the pool three months after the expiration of their term. We postponed reloading people while the volunteering process was going on in this thread, but when I enter the roster in Michel Delving, I will definitely reload them at that time.
Here's the question - should we give those five or six people who were invited by March 4 but registered after March 12 the opportunity to be loaded first? I know Eru is anxious to serve again ... and I don't know how many of those few stragglers are actually interested.
You know what? - let me check the memberlist and post their names here. And perhaps send them a PM? Or an email from the Rangers? If they are interested, they can say so in this thread, and I will load them in with entry dates starting September 13, and then load the former admins after them. This will not make a practical difference for the September term because we have enough volunteers for that, but it would mean that the October term would be filled by interested people who registered at the end of March before we would move to recycle former admins.
Does anyone object to this?
Jn (will load names in a moment)
Well, it's more than five or six people, but not all will be interested. These are the members who are active:
Name : Active Date: Eligible As Of
Lacemaker :13 Mar 2005 : September 13, 2005
Wolfgangbos :13 Mar 2005 : September 13, 2005
Didi : 13 Mar 2005 : September 13, 2005
Pippin4242 : 13 Mar 2005 : September 13, 2005
oldtoby : 13 Mar 2005 : September 13, 2005
theoryman : 14 Mar 2005 : September 14, 2005
RELStuart : 14 Mar 2005 : September 14, 2005
Northerner : 14 Mar 2005 : September 14, 2005
mechtild : 15 Mar 2005 : September 15, 2005
Riverthalos : 16 Mar 2005 : September 16, 2005
Wampuscat : 16 Mar 2005 : September 16, 2005
Donernilwen : 16 Mar 2005: September 16, 2005
Frelga : 17 Mar 2005 : September 17, 2005
moonfariegalena : 18 Mar 2005 : September 18, 2005
Gungnir : 18 Mar 2005 : September 18, 2005
Frodophile : 18 Mar 2005 : September 18, 2005
Sidonzo : 19 Mar 2005 : September 19, 2005
sugaplum : 20 Mar 2005 : September 20, 2005
Amrunelen : 27 Mar 2005 : September 27, 2005
RoseMorninStar : 01 May 2005 : November 1, 2005
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