UnmannedSpaceflight.com and The Planetary Society, "A match made in the heavens" |
UnmannedSpaceflight.com and The Planetary Society, "A match made in the heavens" |
Oct 5 2010, 09:45 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I, along with the rest of the admin team here at UnmannedSpaceflight.com have a big announcment to make today: The Planetary Society and UnmannedSpaceflight.com are joining forces. Here's the Society's press release about it. I'm so excited! You guys with your fantastic work processing space images are exactly the kind of people we seek to connect with, inspire, educate, and in turn, see you educating everyone around you about what's going on in the exploration of our solar system.
Some of you may be a little concerned about this new partnership -- you may be thinking that the Planetary Society will try to change the way the forum is run. Let me assure you that that will not happen. My bosses at the Society recognize that the reason this place is so great is that it is a community that has grown around itself, developed its own rules, and is functioning very well on its own terms. The administrative policies will not change. All that is changing is that the Society is agreeing to be responsible for the financial maintenance of the website; and that when you make donations to support this site, your donations are tax-deductible (at least in the U.S). If you have any questions or concerns about this new collaboration, please do not hesitate to ask me or any other member of the admin/mod team. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 6 2010, 07:14 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: 16-March 05 Member No.: 198 |
Some of you may be a little concerned about this new partnership -- you may be thinking that the Planetary Society will try to change the way the forum is run. Let me assure you that that will not happen. My bosses at the Society recognize that the reason this place is so great is that it is a community that has grown around itself, developed its own rules, and is functioning very well on its own terms. The administrative policies will not change. Congratulations and best wishes. But I do have a question or two: are these new arrangements in writing? What actual guarantees are there that the reassurances you gave will in fact remain in place over the longer term? I ask that as someone who has been through more than one amalgamation himself. My experience of such things is that previous arrangements never remain the same after the big change, especially over the longer term. More specifically, bosses change. When that happens anything that's not nailed down in writing has a habit of going out the window. There is always someone with a bright idea who believes his way of doing things is better than the way his predecessor(s) went about them. For example, recently a whole slew of bosses got turfed put where I come from and a brand-new management team brought in, a team which then proceeded to make wholesale changes to the way things were run, causing vast amounts of angst and gnashing of teeth in the process, at least among those who had no say themselves in the running of things. The point of view at the top was that they were only proceeding in what they saw as everybody's best interests, but it would be equally fair to say that among the lower echelons the general view was very different. Morale plummeted, and more than one decided they would have a better future elsewhere. In that context I cannot help but notice that it wasn't Doug who made this announcement but Emily. That in itself would seem to be saying something. That said, let me again say best wishes. I look forward to seeing what the Brave New World looks like. ===== Stephen |
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