2018 - Sabbat - Jackie Clark
Introduction and Background:
Hello OWbN,
Those of you who don't know me, I am Jackie Clark. I have been the Sabbat Coordinator for the last year, and what a year it has been! I have served in various volunteer positions, with this year marking my first year as a genre Coordinator. It is once again my great pleasure to write out my application for the Sabbat office. This will mark my 6th year with our organization, and my 3rd year serving Team Sabbat. It is my hope to serve you once again as Sabbat Coordinator for my first 2 year slot. This year we have welcomed new games into our fold, including the first Sabbat game in Maine I have witnessed during my tenure. I am very proud of our new chronicles that have started under my purview, and prouder still of our chronicles who have met their full organizational status, like Demise of the Sovereign in my home state, Georgia (hey kids~!). I have also welcomed a brand new slew of West Coast Subcoords, which has allowed me to get better acquainted with our Western Chronicles. I can say without a doubt that without Erika Castro, Shane West, and George Vargas, this would have been a very different year for me.
Outside of OWbN I enjoy traveling, blues styled dancing, and occasionally lend my genre expertise to other organizations. I often draw inspiration from a medley of horror and sci-fi writers, including, but not limited to, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradburry, Neil Geiman, Ursula Le Guin, and various Southern Gothic Writers.
Introduction and Background (Portuguese):
Olá OWbN, Aqueles de vocês que não me conhecem, eu sou Jackie Clark. Eu fui o Coordenador do Sabá no último ano, e que ano foi! Eu atuei em vários cargos voluntários, com este ano marcando meu primeiro ano como coordenador de gênero. É mais uma vez meu grande prazer escrever minha aplicação para o escritório do Sabbat. Isso marcará meu 6º ano com nossa organização, e meu 3º ano servindo a equipe Sabbat. É minha esperança servi-lo novamente como coordenador do Sabbat para o meu primeiro slot de 2 anos. Este ano, recebemos novos jogos em nossa dobra, incluindo o primeiro jogo do Sabbat no Maine, que presenciei durante o meu mandato. Estou muito orgulhoso de nossas novas crônicas que começaram sob minha competência e ainda mais orgulhosas de nossas crônicas que conheciam seu status organizacional completo, como Demise of the Sovereign em meu estado natal, Georgia (hey kids ~!). Congratulei-me também com uma nova marca de West Coast Subcoords, que me permitiu conhecer melhor as nossas Crónicas Ocidentais. Posso dizer sem dúvida que sem Erika Castro, Shane West e George Vargas, este seria um ano muito diferente para mim. Fora de OWbN, gosto de viajar, dança de estilo blues e ocasionalmente empresto minha experiência de gênero a outras organizações. Eu acredito firmemente que, para entender melhor o meu gênero, eu preciso ver como outros grupos o experimentam. É com grande orgulho trazer o que eu aprendi de volta à minha organização de origem. Muitas vezes, inspiramo-me de uma mistura de escritores de horror e ficção científica, incluindo, mas não limitado a, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradburry, Neil Geiman, Ursula Le Guin e vários escritores góticos do sul.
Administrative Experience:
Administrative Experience:
Demon Subcoord: 2015-2017
Whispers of Atlanta AST: 2015-2016
-WoA Council Representative: 2016-2017
Sabbat Subcoodinator: Team(s) Ultra Conservative, Inquisition, Infernalist: 2015-2017
-Assistant Sabbat Coordinator: 2016-2017
Sabbat Coordinator 2017-2018
Administrative Experience (Portuguese):
Experiência Administrativa:
Demon Subcoord: 2015-2017
Sussurros de Atlanta AST: 2015-2016
Representante do Conselho da WoA: 2016-2017
Subcoodinador do Sabá: Equipe (s) Ultra Conservadora, Inquisição, Infernalista: 2015-2017
Coordenador de Sabbat Assistido: 2016-2017
Coordenador do Sabbat 2017-2018
Personal Statement:
I firmly believe that in order to best understand my genre, I need to see how other groups within OWbN experience it. It is with great pride I bring what I learn back to my home office. From my observations I have been able to gleam varying play styles across house rule sets, regions, and even within states themselves. It is by ever expanding my personal knowledge and skillset that I bring the greatest strengths to OWbN. To limit myself to a single book, or to a single genre, would be a foolish misstep as a Coordinator.
Personal Statement (Portuguese):
Eu acredito firmemente que, para entender melhor o meu gênero, eu preciso ver como outros grupos dentro do OWbN o experimentam. É com grande orgulho trago o que eu aprendi de volta ao meu escritório em casa. Nas minhas observações, consegui escapar de diferentes estilos de jogo em conjuntos de regras de casa, regiões e até dentro dos próprios estados. É sempre expandindo meu conhecimento pessoal e habilidades que eu trago os maiores pontos fortes para OWbN. Para me limitar a um único livro, ou a um único gênero, seria um erro falso como Coordenador.
Goals:
Last year one of my greatest goals was to refocus the story on internal politics. This has been met with blended success. While some players have thrived in this brave new world, others have felt remiss at not having a greater meta-plot to follow. Now that I have had a year to power through administrative paperwork and have hired on a fantastic staff, I want to get back into story writing for my genre. When writing my plots I use the following formula:
1.) Provide a general outline that is simple to absorb.
2.) Give direction on the more fluid aspects of the plot, and state the subjects which must remain static.
3.) State my ideal outcomes. They tend to be:
A.) The players work WITH the antagonizing entity.
B.) They work AGAINST the antagonizing entity.
C.) Surprise me.
Typically I have seen story writers reluctant to provide full write ups of the plots they wish to propose. This is often due to a loss of secrecy once the full thing is proposed. It is my hope that by providing my formala, and giving the list of ideal outcomes we can give a greater degree of direction for our stories, while of course being mindful that our players will more than likely take the story in a direction we completely did not expect.
Last year I strove to reignate passion for this genre. We have seen this happen in a number of ways, in our new chronicles that have joined the organization, and in a new slew of players becoming vocal on the national scene. Our greatest platform has been through social media, partially through our marketing Coordinator, and partially through our office's first Sabbat Intern, Alex Welch. We have further done this by bringing on staffers who are able to maintain a degree of visibility, while helping their locals in their regular staffing duties. This year Team Sabbat will be adopting new conferencing platforms to increase our ability to communicate and to increase our response speeds.
I plan on sitting down with our new Executive Team as a genre Coordinator to discuss the trends they see in my genre. Often times we only speak when a matter has to be escalated to them. I intend for this meeting to be difficult, to examine where Team Sabbat can improve with our support to try to help players on the local level before they must seek mediation. I want to see what aspects of my genre come to their office most often, and to see what we can do to help make everyone's jobs easier.
Outside of genre it has been pointed out to me that there is a number of inconsistencies between our packets and the bylaws. At this time I do not have a full list put together, but it is my goal to make sure this is cleaned up, and made as concise as possible so that it is easier for newer games to get up to speed while keeping our older chronicles up to date on what is happening in our genre.
Goals (Portuguese):
Fora do gênero, foi apontado para mim que há uma série de inconsistências entre nossos pacotes e os estatutos. Neste momento eu não tenho uma lista completa juntada, mas é meu objetivo garantir que isso seja limpo e feito o mais conciso possível para que seja mais fácil para jogos mais novos se manterem atualizados enquanto mantém nossas crónicas antigas atualizado sobre o que está acontecendo no nosso gênero.