Corp in Flux

What a wierd place to be, in flux i mean, how does one reach flux? one never really knows, how does one get out of flux... well thats a question that has several answers, so too does the first question really, but the path is different for everyone who arrives here, and the roads out are equally traveled, though not nearly as diverse.

The Road To Flux!
Take one part - Gameplay
Sprinkle in a pinch of broken mechanics
Add a good dose of friendship and fun
Stir Liberally and pour into a low sec container to sit.

Once the mixture has risen... or fallen , either way. remove it and place it into a high sec window sill to cool.

Now add full manufacturing, copy, invention,material efficiency and time efficiency slots, stir in a liberal helping of Carebear, mining ops, mission running and let stew.

now in the center of bowl, open a small narrow nook, pour in: can flipping, mission salvaging, high sec gank and a whole smattering of killmails and loot.

set entire mixture to idle three weeks, and Ding! your corp is now in flux.

The path to "Fun after Flux", or as we call it, "Fux"

So the corp is in flux, you have different elements pulling in different directions to meet different goals. you have billions in blueprints not being used, researched or even looked at, you have millions coming in, and are spending billions on combat ships. you have corp ops that are 8 people once, 0 people the next time, and 2 people the time after, being followed by 8 the next again. You have more than 2 members of "active standing" that are logging on to check skills and then gone again, and you have no desire to recruit, knowing that you are only a shade away from doing the same thing... must be summer time eh?

So what do you do ? You find your calling, go the above recipe, and remove anything that leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, do that ... rinse.. repeat.

As I've mentioned before in my posts.. my corp is very special, we are so close, and there is a level of trust that cannot be compared to, and is rarely rivaled on a scale of similar size.So when one or more of us reach this point... the group suffers like no other corp for it... that is the trade up, people didn't know there was one.. but thats it, when you have a group this close when one of them stops playing for a few weeks, the shock-waves are felt by all. Is it a flaw? should the corp be structured more loosely?

No, the answer is no, if we were structured more loosely, we wouldn't be ale to play together at all, too diverse a selection of play styles. this is the current structure:
CEO-
Director of Imperial Operations - Mining Director- Combat Director-
Logistics and Support Director- Faction and Exploration Director- Director of PI-
Member-

The CEO and the 5 Directors are all Local- they all live in the same city, and some even work together, others live together, CEO and Mining Director (live together) CEO and Faction and Exploration Director (Work Together) Faction and Exploration and Combat Director (Live Together) Logistics and Support Director and CEO and Mining Director (All live together) and Five members also live with Directors. so yeah , we are a close nit bunch.

We have a monthly meeting where 10-15 of us meet, the directors talk about their plans for the corp, and what it is they want to do, find solutions to problems and basically talk about Internet spaceships. Then we come back to the game, and usually a corp op, with a sense of teamwork and direction, knowing that everyones problems or concerns are addressed and the corp is seeing a measure of results and teamwork. All the members are represented by their Directors at the monthly meetings, there is also an open door policy with directors, and weekly voice meetings to go over details. each of the six departments of operation have their own corp hangar, and the directors give supplies and equipment to their members as needed, with a full replacement policy, corp sponsored ops with 100% corp funded events, and corp organized and sponsored contests and projects.

Each Director puts in the equivalent of 100M into the corp hold each month, which is then dispersed in free corp assets and materials, though this is a voluntary tradition, as most of us work and have limited online time, this donation is made with a 5$ bill at each monthly meeting, used to purchase plex and fund corp operations.

I really like this corp model, and it works really well for commitment and communication. but it also forces that symbiotic relationship i explained earlier where the direction of the group are affected by the directions of its members. Of course in all groups this is true, but i think its more confining or restrictive in this type of example...

anyway, I hope the flux ends soon .. I want to get back to playing eve.