Getting people interested in the clan

The Rising Stars is a big clan, full of people who are largely otherwise unconnected in any other way, it is truly a stand alone entinity in BATracer, nothing else. Therefore, it isn't easy for one person to manage the whole thing, I should know, I did it for long enough.

So, what I came up with last April was to have a committee, ten people who run the clan. Each member would have a special responsiblity, and would also vote on issues. It works well, except for the fact that we have over 50 members, but not 10 who really want to do it.

The first six months, we soldiered on with 7, although this became 6. And now, I wanted to boost membership, so we go about asking for new members, with the possiblity of a vote for the new members.

This was successful, we now have 9 enthusiastic members, but still, not 10. I just don't really get it, I can understand somebody who's busy not wanting to put in time, but still, people complain about things that we don't do perfectly. It's happened a lot with the RS, it's gone through periods of high and low activity. It was good at the start, then wained, then I became leader and it bounced back, before waining again, then picked up, then wained, then kinda recovered to a normal state of affairs with the committee, and has stayed there since. And everytime it goes a bit quite, people start to complain, sometimes leave. But when you give them an oppertunity to make a difference, what do they do?

It might have worked out better if it was an official BATracer thing, instead of something I do. Maybe I should suggest it officially, but then and again, I guess that there are better things for the developers to be working on.

But still, I'd like to see more enthusiam. Just be nice and all.