e14 changes and updates

dougw said:

cstanton 

Hey doug!

dougw said:

So....how are things changing since Tariq left?

We have had changes in the team after we restructured. There has been a lot of work that needed to be picked up, processes put in place and documentation written that was not written. We are still going through this process.

dougw said:

Are there new personnel in the works?

Haven't you met Addy:  Hello! element14 Community Members or Jordan:  Hi everyone!? They joined the team recently. We are still hiring for a designer and video editor based out of our Bangalore office in India.

dougw said:

Are there changes to Project14 coming?

The political answer would be "There are no changes to Project14" to be " technically correct, " but I suspect your real question is "When is the next Project14 going to be?" I'll address this in a moment.

dougw said:

Are there changes to other programs?

They are currently reduced in number while we transition workloads, but we're still doing RoadTests, Webinars, Design Challenges, element14 presents, Tech Spotlights, Essentials, Quizzes, and thinking up new ideas.

dougw said:

Is there a schedule?

Was there ever a schedule? I believe we've never posted one to the site before. We are planning our activities for the next fiscal year, and we have not set in stone what we are working on yet, that includes Project14. We are also still onboarding the new staff, recently we resolved issues with shipping out prizes and managed to get the Project14 Time and Space prizes out of the door to the winners - which took up to a year before for some reason!? That should also answer your first question.

For me I come to this thinking "What's the most rewarding for our members? And what makes sense for the website?" for example, we currently keep creating groups to support different programmes and that saturates and dilutes navigating the website. I'd like to consolidate it all down a bit to support the same programmes but not get lost when navigating.

As always I appreciate the time and attentiveness given by our members to the Community and asking the engaging, difficult questions. We appreciate you.

Thanks for update, but actually there is "schedule" mentioned in header of Project14 main page:

And at About Project14 link in right, there is bullet:

• Every month there is a new project theme poll where you get a chance to also submit ideas and images for future project competitions.

But note that even when Tariq was in team, it very rarely went so quickly.

Thanks for update, but actually there is "schedule" mentioned in header of Project14 main page:

And at About Project14 link in right, there is bullet:

• Every month there is a new project theme poll where you get a chance to also submit ideas and images for future project competitions.

But note that even when Tariq was in team, it very rarely went so quickly.

I would call that wishful thinking rather than a schedule, it regularly slipped from being monthly, and over time slipped from being monthly.

A lot of information about Project14 needs to be updated, thanks for pointing that out.