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I got my brain working and put a preliminary dispatch up: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=804336 It needs more on the FAQ side, I think, but at least the formatting is down. If you guys have any suggestions I'd love to add them.

Those are some points I hadn't much considered. I don't think the timezone issue is too much of a worry, because it isn't like we get responses horribly quick as it is. The current membership is US based for now, but many of us are night owls or early risers, so I think there should only be a couple hours in the middle where there might not be a prompt response. Once we get going, we'll see how much of an issue it is, I think and then address it accordingly. As for languages, I really hadn't thought of that. We don't get many people who can't speak English at all, and on the Board we have a couple who are at least proficient in other languages. Past that we can direct people to others who do speak that language should the need arise as you suggest. I think keeping a list of regions dedicated to a certain language is a fantastic idea. We've had it come up on occasion that I've seen.

Two things come to my mind: How are the members of this program distributed regarding timezones? TWP and I imagine Nationstates itself (and funnily enough the posters in this thread) has quite a large portion of players coming from the US. Still the rest of the world is not completely negligible in numbers. I personally see this in the morning hours here in Europe, when America is sleeping and BBD does most of the moderation work on the RMB (at least that is my impression). So including one or two members from outside the mainland US timezones might be a good idea. Second thing is a language question: How often do we have new players that are not native English speakers and could be helped to a certain degree by someone who speaks their native language to understand some of the minutae of the game? If this basically doesn't occur at all - one fewer thing to worry about. If it does - refer them to regions dedicated to their language or perhaps keep an internal list of people who speak certain languages and would be willing to assist in understanding? Really no idea how much this is an issue at all.

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