Kexor wrote:Donelladan wrote:Also Momo cannot read my mind. Maybe stop having all clans discussions behind closed doors and other will be able to talk about it as well.
Agree 100% with you. I understand the need to have the votes in private so all clans are represented equally, but a large part of the discussions should be held in public to gather more opinions and generate more ideas. The current system is simply not satisfactory.
Nobody is stopping you or others from discussing anything in the public clan area. You can discuss whatever you like to your hearts content, but when it comes time to discuss events the "official" discussion will be within CDF so that it can be organized, allow every clan to speak without being drowned out, etc. CDF Reps are free to use the public discussions to gather ideas, and take them back to the CDF area for further official considerations etc. We just aren't able to track every thread / idea relating to each event and need to organize that official discussion in a specific and organized way.
The key being that they get involved and bring things to the discussion, we will try to facilitate the discussion and bring points up that we've noticed and possibly could improve on but we don't know what clan leaders / clans want without it being shared when we discuss the topics at hand.
Example - donelladan posted a thread regarding trench prior to the CC6. That made its way through the CDF system and the trench limits were changed. But a year later, nobody remembers that thread unless a clan / clan rep wants the change and reminds us and starts the discussion. Nobody spoke up, nothing was changed for CL8. Sign ups are not the appropriate times to be changing things around.
benga wrote:Don't worry we haven't had a discussion in CDF in ages, everything is decided by CDs. The purpose of that group is for eligibilty for clan events.
That really is untrue, CDF is what CDF Reps make of it. But to say we haven't had any discussions in ages, and everything is decided by CD's is completely false benga. CDF voted in the Promotion / Relegation changes to CL7, it had relevant discussions on Map Use restrictions for CL6, Trench changes discussion for CC6, settings like Zombie and No Fort changes for CC5, amongst quite a number of other things not event related. CDF also discussed / was used to determine through CDF that Clans
did not want changes after sign ups were posted for events even if it was "small" changes to avoid confusion and arguments. This is only a small highlight of the discussions we've had over the past few events, there's been quite a few others as well in that time frame.
CDF Reps CAN initiate change. Its happened in the past, and will happen in the future. We (the CD Team) and I (IcePack) are listening. But part of our job is to also evaluate other factors that some Clan Leaders / CDF Reps do not take into consideration. Things like: What direction have we been given by the site? What direction have we been given by CDF reps in the past? Do these changes match with the Clan areas policys & procedures? We have to weigh more than simple votes and opinions, though we do put much weight into those opinions etc. I'll touch more on this later.
Donelladan wrote:
Well that makes me worry much more......
Back to my favorite topic - everyone in favor of trench being unlimited next war ?
See above, and make sure your CDF Rep brings it up for the next go around.
Momo33 wrote:Honestly I kind of agree with everything that has been said here. In Cd and Friends, Lindax came with a topic about CL8 May 31st with 2 subjects to discuss. How to handle the infractions and the promotion/relegation format. At the end of this "discussion" we had a vote and the decision taken by the CDs wasn't in line with the result of the vote. At the end of this, I had a discussion with Lindax about the purpose of the CD and friends because I just don't understand what is the purpose of this forum. Should I have talked about trench? Yes probably, that's my error, but CD and friends is becoming more and more a place where CD announce their decision without any real discussion, so yes I don't really pay much attention to what's going on there and I am sure that I am not the only one to have this feeling!
We brought two items to the discussion, that is correct. Thats because we didn't want to post "so what is everyones thoughts / opinions on changes" and hear crickets for 4 weeks until somebody spoke up. It wasn't by any means "restricted" to those two topics, and others could have brought more topics to discussion if they wanted to (and I believe one or two did). This was to get the discussion started, give something people to think about and discuss while they thought of the other issues they wanted to bring to the table. But it is not just us "announcing" anything and ignoring what is said.
In fact using CL8 as an example, I had a concern with the infractions (because it doesn't line up with the Clan Area's overall policies in regards to forfeits) but after receiving the feedback that was strongly in favor of that infraction set up, we decided that it was clear the CDF Reps had made their opinions and feedback known (including reasons why) and the event rules were adjusted accordingly and I decided that it meant the POLICY might not be in line with what Clans want, and would discuss the policy later in the future (allowing the CL8 to continue unimpeded, with the rules clans wanted and requested) prior to the policy being discussed / changed.
Momo33 wrote:Honestly if you believe that there was no vote, I don't know what to add Lindax. I count 16 clans that voted (including IcePack and Keefie, both CDs, see below for the complete list of clans that voted) on a proposition you made with options for us to decide (well, now I see that we didn't have to decide. It was just 4 options you were considering implementing without regards to what we would say and that's why I don't pay much attention to this forum anymore. I don't feel included at all in the decisions that are being made.)
Of the four options listed, Lindax was clear when it was posted that one or two of those were unlikely to accepted. Some clans chose to select them anyway to let their preference be known, while others selected from the other remaining options.
Momo33 wrote:It's not because you didn't called for a vote that there wasn't one. You see, that is exactly why I don't believe in that forum anymore. When a lot of clan give their opinion and come up with a vote on propositions you made (by telling us that you wanted our opinion on it), you just tell us that the vote is not valid because you didn't called for it.
Honestly I would really like to hear from Keefie and IcePack here because they also VOTED on this proposition. Where they thinking that this wasn't a vote?
As I already said in cd and friends, it's not that you don't take good decisions Lindax, it's just that I don't like the way the decisions are taken. You are letting us believe that we have something to say in the decisions by creating the CD and friends, but I realize (and I am sure that I am not the only one) that we don't have a single word to say in those decisions. When we vote, all you have to say is that you didn't call for a vote. I don't know if I'll come back here to participate anymore because I don't see where this is going...
As I said above, clans have given their opinion on topics in the past and we've held official votes over bigger things like the promotion / relegation being changed for CL6/CL7. There have been changes made after feedback received. This year, with CL8 there was one item that received very strong support amongst clans that shared their opinions (on infractions). The other topic the CD's raised (play off) received a lot of support but not as much, and it goes against some of the structures and goals we have set in place for events. We discussed the feedback and had extensive internal debate about it on both sides, and opted to keep the original structure for CL8 and review the topic again once we have two years of data to view.
As far as my / FALL's feedback in the CDF discussion, I guess I had the benefit of knowing it wasn't an official vote ahead of time. I was sharing my / our clans view and didn't have anything additional to add to the discussion, so just stated it so that other clans knew our stance on the topics.
We do take all the feedback & discussion into consideration, and it has changed what we do / what we plan to do in the past and currently for CL8. I can't promise EVERY thing proposed or discussed will get implimented based on the issues and conditions we have to work with / around that I outlined above, but we also want to try making sure those opinions are heard prior to making any decisions.
If we need to adjust how we communicate, come to decisions, or collect that in order to make improvements on the way the decisions are taken (as you described it) then I will see what I can do in order to improve that. I know there were a few comments / feedbacks received after in the CDF I made some notes on in order to help facilitate future discussions.
As I said the big sticking point in CDF was the playoff item, and I don't know if we properly communicated our intention (in reviewing it again next year after having two years of data) instead of just announcing that it was staying in the current form. That was something we could have done better, and a note I made for myself in the future.
I hope this helps clarify / answer some of the issues and critiques, and if there is something we can do better I'm always looking for feedback.
Thanks,
IcePack