Talk:Vote to rework membership points: Difference between revisions
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A class has traditionally been loosely defined, and are not generally hands on. That said, what you describe sounds awesome, I am open to rewarding preperation. --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 22:00, 20 October 2014 (CDT) | A class has traditionally been loosely defined, and are not generally hands on. That said, what you describe sounds awesome, I am open to rewarding preperation. --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 22:00, 20 October 2014 (CDT) | ||
==== Another thought ==== | |||
Under the policy as written, the Board gets to decide how to award points, so we don't exactly need to codify this. I'd disagree that hands-on is part of the definition; classes can be both. Generally I'd say that a class: | |||
* Is taught by an instructor knowledgeable in the subject. | |||
* People are coming to get instruction, knowledge, assistance, and/or tutoring from the instructor. | |||
* The spotlight is largely on the instructor. | |||
* There's a good chance the instructor will have needed to prepare for the class at some time in the past outside of advertising it. | |||
An event is something else on the calendar that isn't a class. Movie night, game night, etc. Again, just my $0.02, and this doesn't have to be part of the policy, and it probably shouldn't. | |||
If the person hosting "Everyone make a wooden whatever" is, say, providing plans for people, may have acquired materials, and is coaching them through making the wooden whatever, it's a class. If the person organizing it is just responsible for advertising it and unlocking the door, and the individuals are making their whatevers without help from the organizer, then it's an event. --[[User:Rdpierce|Rdpierce]] ([[User talk:Rdpierce|talk]]) 23:46, 30 November 2014 (CST) | |||
=== Change request for classes === | === Change request for classes === | ||
