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    2021 VHL Holiday Charity Auction

    in Archived Auctions

    Posted

    It's GO TIME.

     

    All threads will open Friday December 10 at 12:01 EST, and remain open until Friday December 17 at 11:59 EST. Payment will be required in full through the league Paypal (or by private donation) by Sunday December 19 at 11:59 EST.

     

    Any winners of the auction (and blood donors) will be eligible to claim the individual donation reward, unless they have already donated.

     

    Opening bids will start at $2.00, and with a minimum $0.50 increase on the previous bid. All bids are in Canadian Dollars.

     

    By now, it should go without saying that all prizes must be safe for work. Except maybe Jardy's stank-ass underwear, that's Not Safe for Life.

     

    Good luck, have fun, happy holidays, and let's raise some money for the Red Cross (or your charity of choice)!

     

     

    VHL Holiday Charity Auction call for items

    in Announcements

    Posted

    UPDATE:

     

    The league has chosen to donate our funds equally to two parallel organizations, with the option for members to donate directly to their local chapter.

     

    Our charity is:

    Spoiler

    The Red Cross (Canada and US)

     

    We had so many good ideas in the suggestions thread that, as always, you can direct your funds to another organization. As long as they're a registered charity wherever they exist, we'll accept the donation for the drive. If you're donating in a different currency than CAD, please translate the exchange rate for us.

     

    Happy fundraising everyone!

    Charity Auction gut check

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    I'm posting the threads today. Please feel free to post an "ad" in the thread. GFX people: include a 'portfolio' to show off your skills and convince people to buy your work.

     

    Misc items that benefit the whole community instead of one person (ie: streams and farm tour(s)) - I'm going to pick a reasonable number for a stretch goal. Let me know if you want a different number. With a stretch goal, everyone can pool their money together. For example, if we hit $300 cumulatively, then Jardy will eat a literal turd sandwich.

    VHL Family Feud

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, samx said:

    okay well stop giving people high expectations Al... although I will not deprive people of food. Also Al staying up past his bed time for family feud???

    Also the live studio audience is the best part of Feud. I love shouting along with them in just the most dramatic voices as they reveal the answers. 
     

    SCRAAAAMBLED EGGGGGS?!!

    VHL Family Feud

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Shindigs said:

    *Makes sad Velociraptor noises*

     

    That's midnight for me. Also I'm Swedish so I have literally no idea what the rules are anyways. But have fun everyone!

    It’s 10pm for me in CEST, pop in and be out live studio audience!  
     

    Fun Fact: I was once in the live audience for Family Feud Canada with Gerry Dee and it was the worst experience of my life. 0/10 would not recommend. It was 6 hours from showing up to leaving to record two 25 minute episodes. No food or drinks, minimal pee breaks, and the game is not as good or well put together live as it is on TV. So come watch us on Twitch and it’ll be better than that!

    Retention and Retention Survey Results

    in Archive

    Posted

    11 hours ago, JardyB10 said:

    find the comments about unresponsive GM very concerning though. Getting new members to actually ask you questions and engage with you is the hard part, I’m over the moon if someone is interested enough to do that. So the fact that we potentially have GMs not minding their players is no good.

    There’s lots of threads to tug on in this thread, but it’s late and I’ve got time and brains for one. This is the most important one. 
     

    As I discuss in detail on Jardy’s Hecking Podcast (if he ever publishes it) VHLM GM is the most important job in the league. They’re the welcoming committee, the mentors, the people who set the tone for the culture of the place, and the ones who convince (or don’t) first gens to stay. This is a hefty responsibility, and I don’t think GMs or hiring committees have distilled the job down to this yet.
     

    We need a new VHLM GM job description and a hiring philosophy that closer represents the actual job, it’s importance in our overall structure, and the people we want in place. This is not an entry level job. This is not a stepping stone to the VHL. This is so little about building a successful simulation hockey team. The VHLM GM and VHL GM talent pool are should be a Venn diagram with a handful of super active VHL/E GMs in the centre. 
     

    We need our people in charge in the M. Yeah yeah, old boys club, blah blah blah. Again, I hate the old boys club nonsense even beyond its terribly gendered name, but it’s just the perfect, succinct, so-VHL word to explain the experienced, wise, not-always-recreated-but-usually manager. So, too bad to the h8rz, but it’s the “OBC” who keeps this place going. It’s the OBC who understands what the CoC is, how it’s implemented, and why it’s so important. It’s the OBC who have had one or three players already and know what a good LR does and what a bad LR does. It’s the OBC who can explain the intricacies of STSH to new members. It’s the OBC that know how to effectively earn, what the point task options are, and how to nurture skill building and passion in the earning plans for new members. It’s the OBC who know how important the VHLE is and can steer new members towards a positive attitude regarding our key recent changes. If we want first gens to become old members, we need old members to teach them how.

    VHL GMs are hockey franchise managers; VHLM GMs are real-human-being managers, and we need to a) explicitly start hiring them to that job, and b) do quality control slash league support when they are struggling to fulfill their roles. I think if we clearly explain the difference between the VHLM GM job and the entry-level-STHS VHLE GM job, we’d have different people applying for each. 

     

     

    Charity Auction gut check

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    Here's the compiled list of everyone who put forth a (serious) offer to the Holiday Charity Auction.

     

    If you don't want to do it anymore, please comment in this thread. No hard feelings if you don't, especially for something that's jam packed like gfx.

     

    Graphics:

     

    Media Spots:

     

    Discord/Forum name changes:

     

    Podcasts:

     

    Misc:

     

    Auction will go live next week!

    Official Reading/Book Thread

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    I dunno how I’ve missed it my whole life, but I’m reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury with my 11th graders now. It’s awesome. There’s so many threads to pull on, but we’re focusing on the question of happiness, technology, and the pace of life. It’s written in the 1950s and so scary accurately predicts our current world. “Are you actually happy”, and “does constant access to technology actually make you happier” are friggin big questions to ask yourself. 

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