JDS - April Update
Mongoosier
Greetings fellow Australians!
Here we are – the (possibly) long awaited, and (certainly) long overdue, Joey Development Scheme (JDS) update!
The scheme was put into hibernation over the Dictator months and so has only really been unleased again since the start of April, but it’s been a decent enough month by the current standards of apathy in Australia.
Remember – if you are D1 and a new player (i.e. not starting over again or a multi) we want to give you free gold for completing simple tasks. It’s that simple. More details below on the tasks and how to apply.
So without further ado, let’s get to the numbers for April
Payouts
We started with 15g and 74,658 in currency.
We had five recipients of FREE GOLD in April taking out a total of 68 gold between them.
That’s some decent cash for younger players and let’s hope it went on training ground upgrades rather than Energy Bars guys.
Current Balance
For those sharp eyed maths gurus amongst you, you have noticed that 15 minus 68 = way less than zero, so that necessitated some transfers of the AUD reserves into gold.
These were two trades, one of 50g at 238 the current (at the time) exchange rate and one of 30g at 247.
The JDS now sits on 27g and 55,348 currency.
Donations
The JDS is funded entirely by private donations – it is not a Government organisation and does not cost your Government a cent. Never has, never will.
We do rely entirely on private donations so please if you have any spare gold in amounts large or small then please donate this where it will be used to help new players.
This is one of the best things we do in eAustralia so please give generously.
Right now we have around about enough gold to fully fund 11 new players going through the scheme – so although we look quite flush it’s not actually that much.
The Future of the JDS
I am plotting some changes to the way the tasks are organised. I think the current set-up has a couple of tasks that aren’t so relevant now so these will be changed. It also might be worth staggering the payments them so that more committed players are rewarded more highly. At the moment I worry that it’s very easy to complete some early tasks, get some gold and then fall out of the game – which means we essentially waste our money.
Here’s a link to the current list of tasks – if anyone has any suggestions then PM me:
JDS Tasks
So there you go – if you qualify for this excellent scheme then drop me a PM and I will take a look at where you’re up to.
Cheers!
Mongoosier
Director, JDS
Comments
Voting your own article is soooo uncool. 😛
I have a few thoughts on how we can tie mentors, JDS and DoEE together better. At the moment we're all running in different directions. Expect (another...) mass PM 😕
Let's hear it but-- in my experience, the bigger an organisation becomes, the harder it is to manage and the less effective each individual is...
this is whats been discovered in the past when the DoE and JDS merged.
You're probably right in a general sense, although a 2 person team is almost always more effective than two individuals...
There is no merger plan. Just a coordination effort to stop the many headed hydra confusing newbies. If the DoE gets information on the articles and type of advice that are/is needed, then we are all more effective. If we get feedback on them from newbies that is even better.
Without 'closing the loop' the whole process is about shouting in the dark.
There are also opportunities to link JDS targets (say, article writing) with DoE run competitions. Or something along those lines, anyway. Still not sure about that part.
o7
Thank god a brand new program has been bought out.
Oh wait.....this is Mongoosier doing his job finally 😛
Bahahaha - notice how I blamed my laziness on the Dictatorship? That's just genius. And the best part is: nobody will ever know! Wha hahaha.
Meanwhile thank you for your kind donation - you are not all bad.
With the way this erection is going then technically we are heading into another dictatorship 😛
iuf you need a hand I directed the JDS be4 🙂
Thanks Sir J - I'll PM you 🙂
Keep up the good work M... Maybe, just a little more frequently? 😛
Mate, I'll send you a (very, very) lengthy daily update from now on 😛
Yer a funny guy, MG.
Umm, I'm currently going through the process and i might say this one thing, maybe you shouldn't give gold out for choosing an avatar?