What's next? Time for a roadmap! by buddyup

community · @buddyup · Mar 27 '18 (edited)

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What's next? Time for a roadmap!

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### Game plan!
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After a brilliant chat the other day with @penderis and @poetrybyjeremy, there has been a lot of different ideas floating around my head, about the progression of BuddyUP. We are going to be knocking up a roadmap for the community so that we can see where we want to be, by that time.

There are a few essential things that we need to add to the community such as; artwork (logos, headers etc), 1UP integration and voice/feedback channels. As well as these, we also need to brief and train two members of the community so they can write a post on this account about the top BuddyUP posts of the week. There is already a couple of people who have shown interest and I somewhat trust.

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### Spreading the word
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Branding is our number one concern right now. I believe that BuddyUP has got something different, in the way that it is set up, for the improvement of the user. Being able to create the right image for BuddyUP matters massively. 

After various chats with mentors and members of the community, I've decided that we are going to host a contest for our BuddyUP logo. This will hopefully get BuddyUP in the eyesight of more users and it'll also give some of you the chance to win some SBD for your entries. Not to mention, you could find yourself as the head judge for our next contests...

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### More contests?
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Not everybody loves to write. Everyone has different hobbies. There are some amazingly talented people here on Steemit in a wide range of talents and we want to show off what you guys are all about. Our goal is to get a mixture of contests set up in the future, on a weekly basis. 

At this moment in time, it is going to be difficult to set up a wide variety of different events. This is because of my limited knowledge in certain subjects. This opens the floor for others to get involved and put their ideas on the table. I hope that together, we will be able to create a wide range of events to cater to all hobbies and interests. 

To start with, we will be having contests for our logo, headers and other artwork for the community. We came up with an idea the other day to have a weekly art contest that will be based on the various fish roles in our community. This will let the artists, inside and out of the community, show off their skills by giving them the chance to create a piece of art each week based on the fish (or frog!) of choice. Here is a list of the fish roles so you can get an idea of what I mean:

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<center>**Shrimp, Tetra, Guppy, Gourami, Tadpole, Finder Frog, Swordfish, Mormyrid, and Catfish.**</center>

There will be prizes for the best designs and we will be using and crediting the artists work in our community posts. Hopefully, this will help the designers get more exposure within the community.

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### Real-time feedback
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We have been running our post-drop channel for a few weeks now and the responses and advice given by certain members are outstanding. Although the text feedback is great, there is a definite lack of real-time communication which would help members improve even further. This point was brought across by @penderis and he is absolutely right.

We are going to be setting up a voice channel specifically for our post-drop channel. This will help with explaining certain elements of feedback that are difficult to grasp via text and it will hopefully give people the opportunity to edit their posts in real-time, while someone is there to guide them. My opinion is that we all have different skill levels when it comes to reading and writing and there is always something that one of us can teach another. 

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### Time for a roadmap
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I will highlight certain goals below in the form of a roadmap. These will be tasks and events that we are going to achieve by certain dates. This is to try and keep you all aware and on track with where we are at within the community. Back to a principle that I try to highlight when possible; we aim to always be **truthful and transparent** with our members.

**Event**|**Date**|
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Post-drop voice channel|25/03/18 |
Logo contest|21/03/18|
Server compression|22/03/18|
The-Hook curation post (weekly)|30/03/18
Weekly Art Contest|08/04/18
Core team selection|31/03/18

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### How can I get involved?
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If you support the community and you want to help out more with the server; I will be present in the Hello-BuddyUP voice channel, inside [the discord server](https://discord.gg/3d5H3K8), so drop in and let me know what you think. I have a few people in my crosshairs to snap up into our team, but it doesn't mean there isn't room for more. 

Let us know what you think about the future of BuddyUP. Do you think we are on the right track? What do we need to consider? Do you enjoy your time on the server? 

Looking forward to seeing more of you in the community and I hope you are all having a great day. Take it easy and remember...

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<center>**We all grow together**</center>

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@dreemsteem · Mar 20 '18

I'm excited to see all these things!!!!! Can't wait for the voice channel hehehe
I'll be dropping in there for sure :)

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@calumam · Mar 21 '18

Looking forward to it @dreemsteem! I'll be setting it up today I think :)

👍 dreemsteem

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@coachjj · Mar 20 '18

Yes, I think you’re absolutely on track and continuously improving. I love and learn from watching this evolve.

I’ve been struggling lately with feeling like I’ve spread myself too thin and can’t keep up. So, I’ve taken time to determine which groups I really want to be more active with and BuddyUp is the top of the list. 

I’d love to help our where needed.

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@calumam · Mar 21 '18

It's growing and it's starting to make a lot of sense. I think we have developed some great principles to follow and live by. 

I think it's a hard thing to work out at times. I cut back on a few communities I'm involved in and focused on the ones I can get the most engagement from. BuddyUP, The STEEM Engine, and Promo-Mentors are my three of choice. 

We are happy to have you on the team :)

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@cgbartow · Mar 21 '18

looking forward to all the updates, this community effort is great and is bringing so much value to steem keep up the good work and steem on

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@calumam · Mar 21 '18

Glad to have you on board with us @cgbartow! Thanks for the encouraging words.

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@tamala · Mar 21 '18

I look forward to reconnecting when I get back from vacation. Road map looks great - BuddyUp is one awesome server 😀!

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@calumam · Mar 21 '18 (edited)

I hope you are having a great time on your holiday @tamala! We're all looking forward to your return to BuddyUP &#127758;

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