We are pleased to announce the promotion of Stacey Granstaff to Community Manager!

Stacey has been with Renderosity for three years as the Office Administrator as well as a Renderosity Admin.

We are very excited to have her working in this new capacity and look forward to the improvements this will bring to the entire community by having a full-time person specifically dedicated to this area.

We would like to thank Spike for his years of dedicated service here at Renderosity. Spike will be moving on to focus on his other endeavors. We wish Spike great success and all the very best as he moves forward on his new projects.

If you havent had a chance to see Spikes craft work, please take a moment and visit his site: http://exoticvessels.com/ . You wont believe the things he has been creating with wood and stone. Absolutely awesome!!

Best wishes,
The Renderosity Team

Congrats to you Stacey well deserved and to Spike we love you and will miss you so much keep in touch. SndCastie

Congratz StaceyG and good luck with the new job, you'll need it: Hard to fill in (?) for Spike. ;-) Spike, all the best with your vessels, if I had the doe I'd sure buy one of these magnificent objects. Andy

Congrats, Stacey.......and Welcome. Sorry to see Spike go, but we all need to move on when the time is right. (: Good luck to you, Both. (:

Congratulations to Spike and StaceyG. I know you will both do well in your new ventures. Spike truly makes craft into art, and StaceyG is a wonderful asset to the Renderosity team.

Congratulations on your promotion Stacey. You are the Queen of Customer Service :) Thanks for taking on the task of working with the Rosity team and the community! Huge Hugs Dee-Marie

Spike - You have been not only a fantastic boss, but more importantly a wonderful friend to all the Mods and Coords over the past years. You have always put the Rosity Community first and foremost, which was very evident with the long hours you devoted to the amazing Renderosity DVD - a true labor of love! Your gentle nature, wisdom, and understandings ways, shall be missed greatly - by all - especially your team - your fellowship of Mods and Coords. With the greatest of respect - we wish you all the best in your new artistic venture! Please keep in touch! Dee-Marie

Spike -- leaving? Wow. Sorry to see you go. I wish you the best with your new endeavors. You've done yeoman's work around here for a long time.

Welcome to Stacey.

Those vessels are quite a switch from Vicky......... ;-)

Great-looking items on that vessel website. I predict success.

Good luck!

raised eyebrow WTF is a "Community Manager"?

My guess would be that it's the equivalent of a City Manager. In charge of overall day-to-day operations.

Probably answers directly to the site owners.

Like a City Manager answers to the Mayor.

This marks the end of an era & the beginning of a new one, Welcome to the funny farm Stacey & good luck with your business Spike :D

Spike....Ya know we're gonna miss ya... Best of luck with your new project.. Congrat's Stacey...

Congrats Stacey. And Spike, those turnings are fantastic!

Spike, I have seen you on the new Arts and Crafts...and I didn't realize the fine work you were doing here. A well-turned object is a well-tuned one also; I see you as well-tuned in what you do. Thanks for being here and glad to actually meet you on A&C forum. God Bless and Peace to All. Tom.

Congrats Stacey!

Congrats to Stacey and farewell to Spike who guided me early on when he was Moderator of the Rhino Forum here.

Thank you Spike for all you have done for our community, sorry to see you go but new horizons wait, best of luck in your endeavors! Stacy, congratulations and welcome aboard, best wishes at the helm. Quest

sincere congrats & my best wishes to you Stacey & Spike!! :]

Spike, didnt know you but those bowls are most awesome..!!!best of luck in your ventures. Stacey, best wishes and congrats ;)

Welcome Stacey, and Spike, thank you for all you've done (or been doing? :-)) here. Really nice vases, btw.

Congratulations, Stacey! :o) Deepest affections, heartfelt gratitude and much respect to you, Spike. You have made a profound difference here in the community... and more importantly in my life. Thank you. M

Congratulations Stacey!! Fillingim

Thank you everyone for the Congrats! I am very excited to begin this journey:) Spike, you know how I feel about you so I will just leave it at that. I will miss you so very much! Stacey

Thanks everyone, I will miss you all!

Like Groingrinder, I got to know you first back in the Rhino forum. Thanks for everything. Going to miss ya, guy. The lathe work you are doing is gorgeous. Best of luck with it and enjoy! :)

and Congratulations Stacey!

Kev

"raised eyebrow WTF is a "Community Manager"?" Community Manager is defined as one that oversees and manages the community side of Renderosity. Just as Clint is the E Commerce/Marketplace Manager and he oversees the marketplace side of things, I will be overseeing the community side of things. Hope that helps explain. Stacey

ponders Nope. ;) Clear as mud. What exactly does a "Community Manager" do? What does "overseeing the community side of things" entail?

Great job and welcoem aboard :) As for Spike, man oh man you need a display shop ;) gorgeous pieces there :)

What does "overseeing the community side of things" entail? Oh, you know. Putting people on one-week bans that last forever, banning people for saying they can see up other people's noses, giving answers that don't make any sense, stubbornly refusing to ever apologize to anyone for any reason, that sort of thing... ;-P bonni

Thanks, Elizabyte. I was trying to avoid suggesting "Herding cats?" ;] I wanted to watch Stacey sweating while she tried to come up with a clear job description on her own, not have Tammy swoop down and tell us to quit picking on her admins. g Now you just... ruined it! ;]p~ By the way, nice pots, Spike. You're a much better potter than you were an admin. Good luck with it. But now I have to fill Lt. Cmdr. Spork's crew position in PoseDreck. Hrmm... sure you don't want to admin here part time, just for the sake of episode continuity? ;}

First off thanks to everyone congratulating me. I appreciate it and look forward to all the great things coming. Ironbear, I know you want to just wish me well and be hopeful that this is a good thing for the entire community. Cause it is. "I wanted to watch Stacey sweating...." Oh and I don't really "sweat" over "coming up with answers". I like to think I am a little tougher than that. Gonna take a little more to actually make me sweat:) Stac

I sweat every night.....whenever I work out.

As I've already mentioned -- glad to have you around, Stacey.

"Tough" is a part of the job description.

I can respect that.

Thanks Xenophonz. You do have to be a little tough:) Stacey

Anyone that just spends time in the forums needs to be tough -- let alone someone that manages the forums.

People with sensitive natures should be careful in these waters.

Sharks go with the territory.

Of course, if one has a hide of iron -- then all that the sharks can do is break their teeth on it.

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I don't need to go into details for all the times you have helped me here and for hanging out at Siggraph. I appreciate it all. Thanks bud, I'll miss ya as my modfather. And, I hope you get disgustingly wealthy off your beautiful vessels! ;o) AgentSmith

Thanks everyone... Stacey will do a great job. AS: I am going to miss you tons. Spike

"Ironbear, I know you want to just wish me well and be hopeful that this is a good thing for the entire community. Cause it is." - StaceyG

Nooo... actually, I wanted an answer to the question that was a bit more specific than generic corpospeak. A pity you seem primarily interested in sidestepping rather than just posting one.

I don't wish you well or ill: how you succeed - or fail - in this position is irrelevant to me. [Well, not totally: if you fail spectacularly, it'll provide amusing RFI fodder. ;)]

I'm not "hopeful that this is a good thing for the entire community" because I don't see how Renderosity having a "Community Manager" is going to have jack all impact on the community as a whole.

I just want an answer to the damned questions: "What exactly does a 'Community Manager' do?", and "What does 'overseeing the community side of things' entail?" in specific.

That's a really nice set of generic phrasings you provided 'in answer' earlier - but they say precisely nothing. Your next two posts say even less.

"Oh and I don't really 'sweat' over 'coming up with answers'." - StaceyG

You don't really come up with any answers either.

"I like to think I am a little tougher than that. Gonna take a little more to actually make me sweat:) - StaceyG"

That a challenge? ;) Think real careful before answering that one.

"Stacey will do a great job." - Spike

A 'great job' at what precisely? That's all I'm attempting to determine.

"Of course, if one has a hide of iron -- then all that the sharks can do is break their teeth on it." - Xenophonz

Go shop, Xen. Seems to be your forte. ;)

You're not a shark in this, you have no teeth to even blunt on my hide, and I wasn't enquiring of you.

What a strange forum thread. I'd like to say it's fun to read just to see where this is all going, but will that get me into trouble?
If you don't mind me saying what I see, sounds like there are some heavy chips on shoulders flying around here and hot under the collars happening aplenty.
Do you folks have popcorn at this forum too? Think I'll make some and get a tall drink while I'm at it. By the way, just curious, who is this Ironbear? Another former manager? Must be a strong important figure too.

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Ironbear, By definition as she as already communicated ... A community manager oversees the community side of Renderosity (which excludes the marketplace). That means she is responsible for building and working with the mods and coords to; -Identify areas within the community that need improvement. -Monitoring and managing the areas within the community such as forums, galleries, tutorials, chat, etc. -Improving the communications among the team and the members. She has a big job --- one that is somewhat organized but needs a lot of work. So give her and the team some time ... all of this is not going to happen over night. She does however have an excellent team of mods and coords to work with so that is a great start for her. thanks tammy

Now Ironbear, don't you know... my job is to keep an eye on people like you ;) I have a lot to do so I must get to it. And once again Thank you all who have shown support. All joking aside, this truly is going to be a wonderful thing for the community as we can focus more on making improvements that will be beneficial to all. Have a great weekend everybody. If anyone needs help or has questions, let me know as I will be checking in all weekend. Stac

"Now Ironbear, don't you know... my job is to keep an eye on people like you ;)" - Stacey

I'd ask for a raise, now. A big raise, if that's the case. You'll need it. And I'm not joking a bit. ;)

"That means she is responsible for building and working with the mods and coords to;

-Identify areas within the community that need improvement.
-Monitoring and managing the areas within the community such as forums, galleries, tutorials, chat, etc.
-Improving the communications among the team and the members." - Tammymc

That's what I was looking for. Thank you, Tammy.

See how easy that was, Stacey? You'd posted that, or similar, first off, rather than generic corpospeak, we'd have avoided several posts.

Now that I have an actual answer, I'll move along now. That's all I wanted. Thanks again, Tammy.

Who's Ironbear? Why would you need to keep your eye on him so much? Better go research this one. Must be a great known artist or very outspoken.

Go shop, Xen. Seems to be your forte. ;)

Yes, it is. It's what I'd rather be doing.

However, I'm not above playing a little forum smack-down when it's called for.

You're not a shark in this, you have no teeth to even blunt on my hide, and I wasn't enquiring of you.

Oh.....last time that I went to the dentist, my natural teeth were perfectly OK. And as sharp as ever.

However, I don't really need to use them here. Things seem to be quieting down.

BTW - in a public forum, it's irrelevant as to whether you are addressing me specifically or not. In a public forum, one is free to speak within the TOS.....you did.

I am glad that Tammy provided you with satisfactory answers.

As for Stacey....she seems to be able to do her job well enough.

But, then again.....some mistake courtesy for weakness.

Who's Ironbear? Why would you need to keep your eye on him so much? Better go research this one. Must be a great known artist or very outspoken.

He's a guy that's been around the block a few times.......well known in the community.

Not a bad sort, really. He just growls a lot.

Stacey......once again: Welcome to the Community.

And always remember: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.

Also remember that sharp, spiky fences leave sore behinds.