07-29-2023, 01:28 AM
This will be the first in what will hopefully be many State of the Site addresses, that the Administration will release quarterly to give the membership an idea of how the membership is looking, recruitment ideas, what the different ships are doing, and an overall health check of the site in general.
In future, this may also cover our financial situation in terms of income through donations and expenditure for hosting, as well as updates regarding our social media presence and any site-specific merchandise we have available.
Membership
Currently the site has forty active members. By active members we mean individuals currently posting on one or more ships; we are not including members on SLOA or who do not have permanent posting positions. Nor are we counting SRC or NRC accounts.
Given our five player starships, that averages out at eight players per ship - meaning as a whole we are reasonably healthy, but we could be doing better.
As a reminder, a ship needs to have a minimum of seven players to remain viable; that's a CO, FO, and a DH in every department. In edge cases we might lower that number to six with an FO pulling double-duty as a DH.
Missions
All five starships are currently on their assigned missions, to varying degrees of completion:
The Artemis and Geronimo have both been on-mission for 3.03 months.
Charon has been on mission for 4.7 months.
Titania has been on-mission for 4.93 months.
Aquila has been on-mission for 5.3 months.
Missions last, on-average, between 6 and 8 months depending on posting rate and crew numbers.
A mission running quicker or slower, however, is common, so these numbers are intended as an update more than anything else.
Recruitment
Recruitment is down; we've had 7 prospective members showing interest since the beginning of March 2023 but so far none have progressed to the Academy. We are investigating whether this is an issue with the Academy process itself, or if members join and then immediately lose interest.
We are also investigating new incentives for members to bring new people to the site beyond the 100pts per person. This may include free stuff from our mech store.
Furthermore, if a member knows of an independent RPG that fits with Federation Space's ideals and is in need of a new home, the Administration will consider reaching out to offer them a new home.
(Note: characters may be required to take a rank deduction, and Admiralty ranks remain off-limits to those outside of the FedSpace Administration).
Social Media/Site Exposure
Federation Space has returned to Twitter in an effort to spread our name out onto the internet and get more people looking at us.
Further expansion into other forms of social media are on the drawing board, including Twitter alternatives.
We are also reaching out to other established RPGs to investigate partnerships and banner shares.
We are in the process of creating a merch store for FedSpace-related products - keyrings, stickers, etc. These can be for personal use or ordered in bulk for distribution at cons, events, etc.
(Aside from cost of materials and shipping, 100% of income will go back into the site.)
That's all for this State of the Site. We're a way off the 100+ members and 12 player ships we had back in 2006/7, but we're still going strong with a solid core of veteran members! We've been here 23 years, and we'd like to keep adding those anniversaries as long as we can!
In future, this may also cover our financial situation in terms of income through donations and expenditure for hosting, as well as updates regarding our social media presence and any site-specific merchandise we have available.
Membership
Currently the site has forty active members. By active members we mean individuals currently posting on one or more ships; we are not including members on SLOA or who do not have permanent posting positions. Nor are we counting SRC or NRC accounts.
Given our five player starships, that averages out at eight players per ship - meaning as a whole we are reasonably healthy, but we could be doing better.
As a reminder, a ship needs to have a minimum of seven players to remain viable; that's a CO, FO, and a DH in every department. In edge cases we might lower that number to six with an FO pulling double-duty as a DH.
Missions
All five starships are currently on their assigned missions, to varying degrees of completion:
The Artemis and Geronimo have both been on-mission for 3.03 months.
Charon has been on mission for 4.7 months.
Titania has been on-mission for 4.93 months.
Aquila has been on-mission for 5.3 months.
Missions last, on-average, between 6 and 8 months depending on posting rate and crew numbers.
A mission running quicker or slower, however, is common, so these numbers are intended as an update more than anything else.
Recruitment
Recruitment is down; we've had 7 prospective members showing interest since the beginning of March 2023 but so far none have progressed to the Academy. We are investigating whether this is an issue with the Academy process itself, or if members join and then immediately lose interest.
We are also investigating new incentives for members to bring new people to the site beyond the 100pts per person. This may include free stuff from our mech store.
Furthermore, if a member knows of an independent RPG that fits with Federation Space's ideals and is in need of a new home, the Administration will consider reaching out to offer them a new home.
(Note: characters may be required to take a rank deduction, and Admiralty ranks remain off-limits to those outside of the FedSpace Administration).
Social Media/Site Exposure
Federation Space has returned to Twitter in an effort to spread our name out onto the internet and get more people looking at us.
Further expansion into other forms of social media are on the drawing board, including Twitter alternatives.
We are also reaching out to other established RPGs to investigate partnerships and banner shares.
We are in the process of creating a merch store for FedSpace-related products - keyrings, stickers, etc. These can be for personal use or ordered in bulk for distribution at cons, events, etc.
(Aside from cost of materials and shipping, 100% of income will go back into the site.)
That's all for this State of the Site. We're a way off the 100+ members and 12 player ships we had back in 2006/7, but we're still going strong with a solid core of veteran members! We've been here 23 years, and we'd like to keep adding those anniversaries as long as we can!