please rewrite your ambitions
I'm glad you asked me to do this! My first post was an introduction to who I am and what I believe, and the qualities that separate me from the other canidates. I avoided specific policy issues since I know we all say similar things, and I don't want people to vote for me without knowing first and foremost what I believe in and who I am.
What I would do as Daijin.Work With the Community to Set Up Fun Activities. I stress "work with the community" because the activities we choose has to be fun for everyone. I'm interested in asking, "What do you want to do?" as opposed to telling everyone what I want to do.
Now the second part of that statement mentioned fun activities. These are activities that promote an encouraging and constructive atmosphere for everyone on the board. I want to minimize competition and maximize cooperation. To do this, I suggest the following...
A) Activities that stress creativity over skill.B) Make it clear there are only winners, and by participating we all learn something.C) Use these activities as a way to improve our skills.Since we want to encourage new members to come to this board, I will be dedicated to doing the following.
D) Setting up activities that only require a basic knowlege of pixeling.E) Setting a good example by welcoming and supporting new posters.F) Doing what I can to minimize the hastle of uploading new art by offering advice, webspace, and information.However, most of all, as Daijin, I would do very little other than be outgoing, kind, and drama-free while trying to make sure we are all enjoying ourselves through drawing activities. Now of course, I do the first part as a regular poster already.
What Specific Activities Do I Suggest?I'm for gauging what kind of activities we should do based on the attitude of the board at the time and everyone's comments, however, here's what I would reccomend based on my beliefs mentioned above.
A) Tips & Tricks - In this activity, everyone shares a tip or trick they have learned from pixeling, and one or two pixel art pieces to demonstrate it.
B) Be Creative! Contest - In this contest, I give everyone a vague topic to pixel about. A good topic may be, "Green" or "Famous," and the most creative content wins.
C) Tutorial Contest - In this contest, the goal is to write the best tutorial on a single subject. At the end we vote on our favorite tutorial. This is slightly different than "tips & tricks" in that we expect a full tutorial from start to finish with many pieces of art to demonstrate the progress.
D) Let's Game! - As mentioned before, I'm a programmer. I can make a shell of video game, and the goal of this contest would be to see who can come up with the most creative art to fill in the pieces of the game. For example, I make a simple space shooter, and all the sprites are colored boxes, as well as the title. So the artists fill in the art, give the game a title, add whatever music they want, adjust some settings like speed, and upload their final work to some space on my server.
I can't repeat this enough though, the best activities are the ones that bring us together and we all want to do, so I'm more interested in hearing your ideas than promoting my own.