[Deptheads] Event Group, Type, and Host clarifications

[Strategicon Department Heads]

Indie Games are a department. We had this discussion right before last con.
They are not a sub group or a mixture of something else. Other than that,
it all looks good.

Mike

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 6:09 PM Strategicon Department Heads <
deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:

> Message From: Jim Sandoval  plustentoawesome at gmail.com
>
> That sounds great! You guys are rocking it!
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 4:43 PM Strategicon Department Heads <
> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
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>> Message From: Tara Leederman  taleederman at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> Sounds great, and the categories make total sense to me. Should make it
>> easier for people to cross-index and find stuff they're looking for from
>> different departments all at the same time. Good for cross-pollination.
>>
>> Tara
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 3:38 PM Strategicon Department Heads <
>> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Message From: Tanya Aldrich  taldrich at strategicon.net
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> As our group gets more complex, things have gotten a little muddy on the
>>> website, which is run by what I’m loosely terming, the system.
>>>
>>> First, departments are defined in the system as *groups*.
>>> Most departments have a definitive leadership, a few, like General, fall
>>> to Mike (Event Manager) and Eric (Con Manager).
>>>
>>> All departments recognized by the system so far are capable of being
>>> *hosts*.
>>> Obviously, Marketing is a department, but so far, I haven’t heard a need
>>> for it to be a host, and for one offs, it would default to general.
>>>
>>> Not all departments are *event types*.
>>> It just so happens that for years our departments/groups in the system
>>> correlated to Game/Event Types. And, at the time there was no reason to
>>> worry about the sub-groups being their own type, such as Pathfinder Society.
>>>
>>> But now the system is switching over to differentiating between *event
>>> types* and *hosts*. Sub-groups and non-game-type groups will only be
>>> hosts at Orccon 2021. The search function is now recognizing the
>>> difference. For now, a recognized department will be either an event type
>>> or a host type in the search. If we get a lot of requests for searching on
>>> event types as hosts, I’ll add it.
>>>
>>> To this end, these groups will only be searchable as hosts.
>>> Adventurers League
>>> Pathfinder Society
>>> Indie New Games
>>> Play To Win
>>> Family Area
>>>
>>> These groups should have an *event type* as the *primary type*. For
>>> Gateway 2020, these groups can remain as *secondary types*, if you
>>> wish, but as long your group is the host, it will say “Hosted by …” in the
>>> event list and you will remain controller of the event for editing and
>>> sign-ups.
>>>
>>> As we continue to separate *event types* and *hosts,* the secondary
>>> type will no longer allow these host only types. By that point, GMs will
>>> have the option to select one of these as a host. Everyone with admin
>>> access should already have this ability and more.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps clear some things up.
>>>
>>> Now to migrate the new search code to the sign-up page that everyone has
>>> been clamoring for for ages.
>>>
>>> Tanya
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