Mods Please Check This Regularly!!!

[Chantae]

ok I'm going to make that now :)

[Chantae]

I finished the poll and sent out the message :)

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

alright great :) thanks, if you notice that by about the 14th or 15th that no one else is voting then close the poll and get the reading started since we're a bit behind

[Chantae]

ok :)

[Chantae]

I was wondering if I should pick to BOTM because not every one has read the books before the one in the lead. Should I?

[Chey :-)]

or you could make a new one without BoO in it

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

so i'm a bit confused about what you're asking....pick the top book from the poll and then you could pick either the second place or even the last place just to throw in a bit of variety. Let me know what 2 books you pick so i can send out the broadcast message

[Chantae]

I picked obsidian and blood of olympus

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

ok great and good letter, but just some advice try to make the letter a bit more...bubbly i guess. Like a big "hey everyone...." and a bit more fun, i find that those kinds of letters are more encouraging. yours was still great but just a tip for next time!

[Riya]

Sarah wrote: "Riya wrote: "Hey is there anything I should really do???? Cause I'm not really assigned anything so I feel unproductive :P And I guess I try to oversee everyone normally, but since I've been a bit ..."

Haha I'll message Anna and brainstorm a new blurb with her :)

[Chantae]

ok :)

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

So how is everyone doing?? How's school and life?

just wanted an update on your lives and the group lol, any suggestions or questions?

[Chantae]

schools okay....... I'm just waiting for the end of the year :D
what about you?

[Abi]

Hey guys! Sorry things have been hectic this last month. I will attempt to be on more often though it might only be weekends.

[Riya]

Well I'm on my school's varsity tennis team and we just won team state this past weekend!!!! Which also means that I'll have a TON more free time now to read books and be on Goodreads :P

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Riya wrote: "Well I'm on my school's varsity tennis team and we just won team state this past weekend!!!! Which also means that I'll have a TON more free time now to read books and be on Goodreads :P"

Awesome!!! Congrats on the win :) and I`m looking forward to seeing you online more! *hint hint* lol :P

[Riya]

Sarah wrote: "Riya wrote: "Well I'm on my school's varsity tennis team and we just won team state this past weekend!!!! Which also means that I'll have a TON more free time now to read books and be on Goodreads ..."

Haha thanks!! And yup I finally got all caught up as of today, so now I'll be able to go on Goodreads at least a few times a week :)

[Abi]

Yay!!

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

so guys.....i waited to see if anyone would notice....its the 10th and no newsletters have been sent out and nothing has been done for the BOTM now I know you all are busy people so if you know that you won't be able to do something let me know and i'd be more than happy to cover for you, but i can't do that if you dont tell me to :( so you guys really need to stay on top of whatever it is your doing! I hope i don't come off as rude but I just really need everybody to do their part.

[Anna (Unquenchable Reads)]

I posted the BOTM topic. There was only one book suggested so I went off that. The topic should hopefully get a lot of comments since it's a popular book.

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Anna (Unquenchable Reads) wrote: "I posted the BOTM topic. There was only one book suggested so I went off that. The topic should hopefully get a lot of comments since it's a popular book."

Thanks so much for doing that especially since i'm pretty sure it isnt even ur duty! :) For all future BOTM here is a basic guideline that should help.

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Ideal BOTM Guideline:

October 25: Open the November BOTM discussion, send out a short letter about how the October BOTM went, and the opening of Octobers thread with a deadline for suggestions about the 30th.

October 30: Open a poll, send out the link and hype up the choices. Give a poll deadline of about November 3rd.

November 3: Send the monthly newsletter with the BOTM winner, important updates, maybe games, giveaways, buddy reads or whatever that needs to be hyped up or told about.

Then halfway through the month we should begin making a list with things that should be fixed or changed for next month.

[Abi]

Sorry I will try and be more helpful!

[Abi]

Do you want me to send out a message to everyone on BOTM and being active? I can.

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Abi wrote: "Do you want me to send out a message to everyone on BOTM and being active? I can."

that sounds good! maybe mention what the book is about then ask the group if they want to do a buddy reads next month, asking them a question encourages them to reply and get active.

[Abi]

Okay I'll get right on it!!

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Abi wrote: "Sorry I will try and be more helpful!"

you don't need to apologize! just get more active and thats all :)

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

so ive heard from Riya, Abi and Anna....can i get a sign of life from Ruchi and Chantae?

[Riya]

I think we need to assign jobs and just in general be more efficient with everything.

[Chantae]

sorry everyone :/
I plan on being really active this week since I'm on fall break and now I'll have more time because I was doing this after school thing that is now over so I will have even more time :)

[Chantae]

Do you guys think we could have a read a thon?

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

tbh guys I'm about ready to just give up on the group, nothing seems to be happening AT ALL and its been like this for like 6 months, i love the group but if even the mods arent active how do we expect the group to stay alive at all. sorry for the dark feelings but i've been keeping them in for a while. This is not targeted at Chantae at all or any specific mod but just in general. So either we do another mod hunger game and hope for the best or i dont really know what to do..... sorry again

[Abi]

I agree. It's really hard to keep a chat going. Even if we try to start talking we tend to get one worded responses that stop us from actually having a full on conversation.

[Riya]

Yeah I'm really sorry too. I want to make the group active and always plan too, but I end up getting overwhelmed with school and everything else (which is still not a fair excuse at all). I wish I could do more, but I'm honestly not sure I can :( I'm so sorry to all you mods since I definitely made promises about this group that I didn't keep.

[Chantae]

I'm very sorry as well. I keep telling myself to be more active but then I'll get side tracked. :(

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Ok so I'm glad I got all of yours attention, but this group needs more than just us wanting to get more active so we need to come up with some solid plans and ideas. I think that we should have January as like a renovation/reinvention and test run of the group and then in February we can officially either get the group going full swing, or.....not. I don't really see any other ideas and I really don't want to give up on the group, so guys please give me your input!

[Riya]

Yeah I think if we come up with a concrete plan centered around concrete dates we might be able to make it work?

[Chantae]

we could have quarterly read a thons
maybe like how goodreads does the books of the year thing we could also do that but only in ya categories and through out the year people can submit nominations and we put up pulls

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

ok those ideas sound great, lets keep coming up with ideas for the next couple days then once we have a good sized list we can begin to put dates on them. After that I think it would be good for each of us to come up with a rough look at times in the year when they will most probably be completely MIA from the group. like for me I need about a week off this month for exams and summatives, but if I can I'll try to squeeze in time.

So till lets say the 10th we can have idea time, then till 13th will be dates, the 16th scheduling (kinda) then after that we can see where we are and work from there.

Let me know what you guys think!

[Abi]

Okay that sounds great! Due to my busy schedule I should be able to be on here about 1-2 times a week, mainly weekends. There will be sometime in March-April where I might be less active because that is when I prepare for my Kiwanis (singing) and near the middle end of June. Besides that I will do my best.

[Chantae]

I'll probably mostly be on on the weekends and March for spring break. But after May i will probably be on almost every day.

[Chantae]

I'll probably mostly be on on the weekends and March for spring break. But after May i will probably be on almost every day.

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Ok so then for now lets start a list of ideas:

-Regular buddy reads
-Consistent BOTM's
-Another Mod Hunger Games in the Summer
-Some sort of competition (?)


As you each come up with more ideas I'll edit them into this comment so we have one list of everything.

[Chantae]

Who out of the whole group can read the most books by the end of 2015 (for the competition)

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

This sounds sort of cocky but I can, I recently bought a Kobo so i've been reading like a book every day or two, and if I cut down the stories I read on Wattpad and focus on these book I can get a lot done :P but of course if I'm crazy busy or can't get a hold of the book I'll need help.

Oh wait what do you mean? like that personal competition that everyone makes or for a group activity? If its the personal one I may have once upon a time when I had time but I'm in grade 12 now so i may get up to like 60 if like i said i slow down Wattpad lol.

[Riya]

Sorry for the late reply (this was one of my rough weeks)
Just a heads up that I'll be on a few times a week (mainly weekends, and super active in late March). I'll also be free in the summer, but I'll be busy in both early May and June!

I think those ideas all look great! I was thinking we could also do team competitions like which team can read the most out of a certain genre or list of books?

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Those ideas are all great! Who is able to "take over" this month while i'm busy with exams? That way in February we can just jump into growing the group and maintenance and stuff.

Also what did you guys think of the 2015 Reading Challenge?

[Anna (Unquenchable Reads)]

I keep forgetting to post in this group. Sorry!!!

[Sarah , Head Mod!]

Anna (Unquenchable Reads) wrote: "I keep forgetting to post in this group. Sorry!!!"

Thats ok, but please give your input on everything that's been said/

[Anna (Unquenchable Reads)]

Buddy reads sound fun! I would definitely do that and help out with it. Ummm, let's see.......... Maybe a ebook challenge that lasts two months? Or a themed one month challenge? (Both challenges would be out into teams)