Talk:Stefan's Proposal to Change the Hierarchy

What, no debate?

It's up, but no one's disputing my proposal! This is scandalous! When it originally leaked, people were jumping all over it, and now that I present it for public discussion, no one comes forward. Curiouser and curiouser...Stefanido 21:13, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

Appeal to Clarity

When you propose an ammendment, only propose one idea at a time. For example, I do not like the way Anthony put his points under one big "Anthony's Suggestions" banner because then I have to reply to that whole box instead of each individual suggestion in turn (naming, SubCmdr. role, etc...). I'm splitting Anthony's posts to make them easier to respond to. Cheers. Stefanido 20:43, 10 May 2007 (EDT)

Naming

In Stefan's Proposal, he has chosen to associate various positions within the OCESS with military ranks. While this gives the club an appearance of having a streamlined, efficient, no-frill kind of leadership, it is perhaps not the best things we want to associate with. First, we are a civilian, student based, no-profit organization, not a branch of of the Air Force. Military ranks pervides a kind of publicity that does not match our nature. Imagine the impression made on a potential/present Planetarium client upon being referred to the Lieutenant; or on a potential recruit upon being greeted by the Warrant Officer of Public Relations. The title is "Director" works fine by mine opinion and does not need to be replaced by "Warrant Officer". The title of "Sub-Commander" sounds very ambiguouse, maybe "Deputy Mission Cmdr" will work better. The "Lieutenant Cmdr" should be merged with the rank of "Directors" (should they still continue to exist after Jeff's contributions). The "Sargent" can be replaced by "taskmaster/taskmistress", so can "Lieutenants". The actual names is still up to be decided, but I do not see the benefits of military naming.--Anthony 18:46, 10 May 2007 (EDT)

Lieutenants

The number of Lieutenants should be flexible to the condition and task at hand. New Lieutenants should be able to be appointed by their respective commanders and Lieutenants Cmdr. This provides flexibility for the Cmdrs to use their judgment on the current situation. It will also provide up-ward mobility. It provents a implied guarantee to the Lieutenants of future Cmdr or Lieutenants Cmdr. positions and remind them that they have to work; it also enables committed and talented members to move up the command ladder with out redtape.--Anthony 18:46, 10 May 2007 (EDT)

Mission Critical

In past years, most of the work sessions were devoted to mission related work. It might be advisable if we set up the WSs so that the main schedules is occupied by EEP/Planetarium related work and activities, and the task forces will run in the background for most of the year. It is similar to background computer operations such as a firewall that are always present but adjusts its use of resources to the demand of up-front applications. This way, we put emphasis on the other two branches of Sim. But, there would be allocated "Mission-Critical Time", which would be a formal recongnision of our yearly pre-mission scramble period. In this period, the Mission branch would take over all major operations and task forces, training, alpha-missions and such will dominate the WSs.

Astronaut/Habitat Cmdr.

Associated with the concept of MC time is the concept of Astronaut Cmdr. which is a (possible) temporary position existing for the duration of the MC time. The Astro Commander would be responsible for the training, and briefing of astros. The Astro Cmdr would also be the leader of the Astro crew for 6,and is responsible for the smooth running of 96 hour mission. Form past experiences, the Astro Cmdr would most likely be either the M Cmdr or the Sub Cmdr.

Simulator Directory/Cmdr

Again, a temporary position. His/her function is pretty self explanatory; main on organizing and training simulators on the goals of the simulation and the importance of Mission Integrity. This position isn't necessarily have to be a formal position even.

Role of SubCmdr

In my opinion, the sub commander is to be a general helper of the Mission Cmdr. The mission has been traditionally ran by two commanders, and it is unwise to load the majority of their responsibilities on one and specialize the SubCmdr on task force related issues. In my opinion the SubCmdr and the full Mission Cmdr would function similarly to earlier structure but the full Cmdr is higher ranking, have the finally say in any decision and act as the representative of the pair (ie the mission branch) in discussions with the other two Branches(Cmdrs).--Anthony 19:38, 10 May 2007 (EDT)