Best Posts in Thread: Town Hall Meetings

We did have town meetings in the past and they were great. It allowed real time question and answer sessions. It also allowed staff time to speak to everyone regarding changes, updates, and things in the works.

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(The time zones did cause some issues in the past but we would start a thread allowing players to ask questions in advance that we would answer at the meetings. Also for those who could not attend we had a really great staffer who would put the meeting in a thread in text so all could see)

 

We had town hall meetings as well, it would be lovely to do again. +1

 

An old towny server I used to play on had meetings in TeamSpeak where the staff would answer questions from players and tell them what's going on with new updates, kind of like a Q & A. These meetings would be held once or twice a month and would improve communication between citizens and staff. An example meeting would go like this:

Staff can speak but citizens are muted in the channel

Staff: Welcome to the [date] meeting. Let's start with recent updates.

Another staff member: Recently, we have been investigating the possibility of [some update and details]...

Another staff member: Alrighty, let's get in to the discussion part. Who has something to say?

Citizen: [types something in chat that indicates a message. gets unmuted by staff and has a dialogue with staff that all other players can hear]

Staff: [response to comment / suggestion] [Mutes player and repeats the question process]

During this time, someone (staff or citizen) should take minutes of the meeting that could be incorporated in to MeepTimes.

Staff: [conclusion]

That's all. Obviously, the idea is open to change. There is certainly a benefit to these types of meetings.