ADVERTISING POST OF ADMINISTRATOR AND CONTROLLER OF THE CLUB FORUM OF THE "MEMORIES NEVER DIE" WEBSITE : a place where like-minded , like-aged folk between 45 and 65 can reminisce about their childhood and youth. Website address= www.memoriesneverdie.co.uk
LOVE NOSTALGIA ? AGED BETWEEN 50(ish) and 60(ish) ?
GOOD AT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION ?
GOOD WITH PEOPLE ?
WANT AN ADDICTIVE HOBBY (unpaid, I'm afraid---we are non-profit-making) ?
Would suit a retired /semi retired person/carer/housebound person (but not essential to be full-time, as long as there is plenty of time to spend an houror two a day ( on average----it really doesn't mean constant vigilance or giving up holidays and nights out LOL LOL:)))))))))))
I was the Administrator of a large website Nostalgia Forum for a while and found it to be a wonderful experience : not only was I able to manage a Site about a subject I love, but I was able to meet and talk to folk of a similar age about what comics we liked, what school dinners were the worst, what TV and Radio and Cinema we enjoyed; lots of quizzes and fun too : all solely centred on the decades of 1950s/60s and 70s.
PC technical knowledge is NOT needed at all. You just need to have one !!!!!!!
Technical knowledge of a Forum is minimal, almost nil ( I was able to work out the simple controls within a short spell: any instructions might take a couple of emails and an hour of time,then no further instruction is necessary.....though I'd be on call).
There are always day to day problems with any "organisation", they need "managing"; sometimes folk don't get on with each other, sometimes we may find an abusive "newcomer" who tries to disrupt what we hope will become a happy little "family" of middle-aged "nostalgers". The Administrator has power to delete , suspend, ban. But it's rare if everyone knows the rules in advance.
The Administrator sets the "ranks" of each member. He/she also takes part in the daily chat on the Forum as a "member", as well as being Administrator.
Some Sites need nurturing, some members need "nurturing", some improvements need to be made, members' suggestions need to be addressed.The Administrator also has the important job of appointing "Moderators" who seem as though they would be well-suited to taking special care of a particular Site ( eg. a movie expert with enough time to spend on the Forum could "nurture " and help to manage the Cinema Site).
There are many aspects. For the "right" person, it is a fascinating and addictive job where you meet many people, chat to them, organise a group of people and a Site into a cohesive unit------and, most of all : HAVE FUN AND REMEMBER THOSE YOUNGER DAYS from childhood to your 20s; from Primary School to your first job.
The post of Administrator IS a hobby, but it DOES need some time spent on it.
The Administrator would be in close contact with me; and I will be working often on www.memoriesneverdie.co.uk -------which the Club Forum is part of (the other pages being devoted to a small website full of information about growing up in the 1950s/60s/70s, with lots of pictures, music and memories.
The Club Forum of "Memories Never Die" (MND , as we'll call it), will NOT open until an Administrator has been appointed and we have advertised for Club members (and if no-one wants the job, the Forum will remained closed , and the website will exist without it ).This is a new website and it will be a new Forum.....so there will be initial work AND scope to be "in" on the setting-up of what we hope will be a well-supported and popular website AND Club Forum (please go and look at the draft outline of the Forum as I have set it up in draft form)
The post will be on a trial basis for 2/3 months ( on both sides); and I will be totally at the new Administrator's "call" during that time. Then autonomy will gradually pass to the administrator; though my wife and I always hope to take part in the nostalgic chats on the Club Forum during much of the year.
