Temporary Assignment of vACC Director

Adrian Bjerke (1339353)

As announced by @Daniel Dahl Andersen (1384322) , he has stepped down from his director seat with immediate effect.

In accordance with our constitution section 7.3, if the director seat is left empty, the board members must elect one of the FIR directors to temporarily take the chair until an election can be arranged.

The Board has as of November 15th elected me as the current acting director until a successor has been elected. The email address for contact remains the same as before.

On behalf of the board, I would like to thank Daniel for his service as vACC director and the work he has done during his period.

Interested in taking the role as the vACC director? Details on how to apply is available in the announcement linked above.

Torben Andersen (861112)

At some time we'll have to vote on a new director of VATSIM Scandinavia. However, Daniel's comments on why he'd resigned leaves me with a question regarding what the different views on the future development of VatSca between the staff members in our countries are.
Clearly, there are differences, but the VATSIM system is so closed, that outsiders like me haven't got any clues as to what are the key questions on future developments and why there are such great difference leading to the resignation of the Director. Reading the previous statements from elected directors, they are rather general in their content and we have little influence on the path to follow in the future.
I would very much like to see the FIR directors come with their visions on future COMMON development of VatSca, as they are key, perhaps even more than the elect-to-be future VatSca Director. Finding common ground is key, as to make sence of having a VatSca rather than 5 individual Vatsim FIRs. As of now I would find it more than difficult to cast my vote on any candidate, regardless of his/her announcement on his/her view on future development, if we do not know what issues are dividing us right now.
Thanks to Daniel for his time as Director. Hopefully we can find a candidate to keep up the good work as Director.

Torben

Marius Linge (1621930)

Torben Andersen (861112)

Your concerns are certainly something the vACC should work on. To be honest, even as a staff member, i can't say that i understand the comments made by the previous vACC Director. Frankly there has been rather modest information downstream and when there has been, it's mostly been to inform about a decision that has been made where it would probably be useful and healthy with some interaction and input from other staff members in advance.

Aligning 5 FIRs isn't a very trivial task and i can understand the difficulties, but at the same time we just have to accept the fact that they are different in some ways.

I also think it would be useful to hear more from the members of the vACC what they think. How are we doing, both good and not so good and what should be the focus going forward?

Last but not least i can assure you that there are always multiple sides of a story, so even though some may say that "parts of the staff team no longer has trust" that could mean multiple things.

Torben Andersen (861112)

Marius Linge (1621930)

I also think it would be useful to hear more from the members of the vACC what they think. How are we doing, both good and not so good and what should be the focus going forward?

Last but not least i can assure you that there are always multiple sides of a story, so even though some may say that "parts of the staff team no longer has trust" that could mean multiple things.

To be honest it is more than difficult for me to answer a question like "how we are doing". I only know little about the state of things in DK and nothing about the other FIRs. I do not know what future focus should be, as I do not even know what the present focus is regarding the entire VATSCA.
Naturally there is alwas more than one side to a story, but I won't go into that and it is not my intention to do that. The reasons for retiring is and shall alway be a dicision for the individual to make. But the wording suggest that there are issues, which have not been concensus about.
So I will come with one suggestion and one recommendation:
Ask the FIR directors/staff to come with their individual vision for the future development of VATSCA, as to find common ground.
It would be nice to see an agenda and a summery of the board meeting, so we at least can have an idea of the direction VATSCA is going and possible hurdles.

BTW, perhaps it would be better to move these posts into the forum and not let it stay here in "Announcement" - my mistake.