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Greetings, JKHub. We have some changes to announce regarding the staff.

Staff Retiring

First and foremost, editor @SiLink has decided to leave. He has done an admirable job as our first guest editor. Secondly, veteran administrator @Circa has retired from the staff. Here is what he has to say on the subject:

I'd like to finally approach you guys about this. It's been no secret that I've been extremely cynical about JKHub within the past year, and especially the past couple months.

 

I've been feeling extremely burnt out and fed up with JKHub. When I volunteered as staff, I wanted to be a simple moderator to help out. Due to the inactivity of the rest of the staff, I ended up being the only one doing stuff. Things snowballed and I ended up taking on a leader role that I really didn't want at all, but I tried my best at it.

 

I'm not qualified to run a large community website. I'm not qualified to run anything related to JKA. The only reason I've been able to seem like I can run this place is because I suppose I'm a decent leader with good people skills, but I doubt that's even true.

 

This place also has a problem with expectations. Nothing I/we as staff do is good enough, and everyone wants bigger and better things than what we give. That's why I stopped doing featured picture, contests, and articles for almost 2 years.

 

All these features and changes and additions to JKHub that people are wanting are not things I have any clue how to do. I'm not interested in doing any of that. They'd be awesome, and I hope they happen, but I simply don't have the time, energy, or desire to do them. I'm in my fourth year of college, and will be working part time during this year in addition to having a social life. After I graduate, I'll have a full time internship and later a full time job (hopefully) and simply don't need JKHub consuming time and stress in my life anymore. It's not worth it.

 

Basically what I'm saying is, I'll be retiring soon. I've been wanting to do so for a year now but, frankly there's nobody I can think of to take my place as an admin. We might have to go back to equal staff positions for awhile until someone steps up to run this place, or whatever.

 

I'll stay on for awhile and maybe help recruit new staff with you guys but think of this as my 2 week notice.

 

It's been a privilege to work with you guys. Thanks for helping out.

 

 

EDIT: also, this has nothing to do with anything that's happened recently, I've been playing around with the idea for months now. My semester starts next week so now is the best time.

He will help the transition to a new staff before retiring. Circa has been here through the thick and thin of the site and has helped us push through the highs and lows we've seen - including several server moves, shutting down of our hosting services, the source code release, and JKFiles shutting down.

Effective immediately, I (eezstreet) will be taking over the administrative duties of the site.

Four New Staff Positions

With that in mind, we are now looking for four dedicated members of the team. We are looking for a new moderator, two new staff editors, and a social media position. Below are the responsibilities of each position:

• Moderator: Responsible for managing the forums and approving files. Moderators help keep the peace in times of chaos.
  
• Editor (x2): Responsible for posting interesting and important articles regarding the JK/SW community. Some experience in the competitive community is a plus, as we are trying to cover that angle a bit more thoroughly. They are also dedicated editors of the wiki.
  
• Social Media Moderator: A new position in the staff, the Social Media Moderator is responsible for managing external social media pages, such as our Steam group, Twitter and Facebook accounts. They are also dedicated editors of the wiki.
  

In the future we will be promoting a staff member to administrator in order to fill Circa's position.

Please send me a Private Message or use this topic to fill out an application. Tell us about how you enjoy the JK/A games! We would love to hear about it. Be sure to include the position you are interested in on your application.