TASK THREE - Community Service
Community Service
1. On a scale of 1 (taking a class or two only) to 10 (involved in anything and everything), how would you rate your activeness on HOL? Why?
As for my activeness on HOL... I would give myself an 8 I think. This because I try to participate in as much as possible around HOL. This means I’m trying to participate in as many events and contests that are being held around HOL.
2. What are you involved with in your house?
I think I’m very active around my house. I’m always to be found on IRC in the Gryffindor Room and in the Common Room itself. Beside always being around, I’m also a junior prefect, and pretty active with that part.
I’m participating in many things in my house. I’m the head of graphics for the Paw Print, I’m the head of Gryffindors own Graphics Club, I’m in the Spice Squad, I’m a Den leader, I participate in events and help around students as much as possible.
3. What is more important to you, being active in your house or HOL-wide? Why?
Is there really a difference in these two? I think you just have to go by with what you feel like. I’m a second year. And because I’m an awkward person, I felt like that in the beginning I had to become familiar with HOL. I did this by being mostly active within my own house. Just because I saw that as a save haven for me. I also became a bit active in HOL itself, but that was more after I was comfortable with being in HOL. And near the end of my first year I started to join things like the Pen Pal Club.
4. If you were going to remake an activity for your house or HOL what would it be? Why?
umh... I have only been a year here. But I think if I would remake an activity for my house or for HOL it would be the valantine event that was held last year. I just thought that event was kind of sweet and would like to do it over again!!
5. How important do you think it is to be active on the forums compared to the chatrooms? Why?
I have the feeling this answer is a bit like the third question. I think being equally active in both of them is important. The forums is a good place to be active with HOL members who can’t or wont go on the chat. Also it’s a place to have conversations with an ongoing topic. The Chatroom on the other hand is a place to keep track with people and with how they are doing at this moment. So instead of saying that there should be a difference, it should just be equal.
6. A big part of community service on HOL involves working with members from other houses and having a willingness to cooperate. How well do you think you manage this? Why?
I think I’m good with this. I like to work together with people from other houses. Heck I the very first HOL event that I participated in, I teamed up with a member from Slytherin. It was so much fun! And I have been a member for a year and I’m having fun with lots of members from different houses! You can also find me in the Chatrooms from the different houses and I’m a member in the Common Rooms of the other houses. So yeah i think I’m managing this pretty wel.
7. What is the hardest part about being active in your house and HOL?
The hardest part about being active in my house and HOL is my personal life. I think that’s something that counts for everybody. I’m very busy with my personal life, so sometimes it’s pretty hard to manage everything perfectly, without letting one or the other slack off.
8. If you had to pick between running activities or participating in them for an entire year what would you pick and why?
Umh depends when the year would be... if it would count for this year, I would go for participating in them. But that’s mostly because I know that I’m busy this year. Otherwise I think I would go for running activities, to get activities within HOL and motivate members to join the event.
9. Do you think it's more important to work with people that you know are dependable or to branch out and work with new people that you haven't worked with before? Why?
Umh this one is tricky. To be honest I would rather work with people from which I know that are dependable. But I wouldn’t really mind who I work with. Because I’m someone who can work with anyone. And I love to make new friends. So I think that if I should work with people that I have never worked before with, I would like it. Because maybe they would be persons who I can work with more in the future.
10. HOL is your oyster, and you have admin powers the likes you've never seen. What is the first thing you do with said powers? And no, "playing with shiny buttons" does not count as an answer.
Damn there goes my answer. I so wanted to go with “playing with shiny buttons”. But now I can’t use that perfect answer. Umh beside that answer. I wouldn’t really do anything with it. I’m not someone who is ‘power’ bound. I think the only thing I would do is umh... yeah well nothing much. I have shiny button power in the Gryffindor Common Room and the only thing that I do there is sometimes clean up the forum a little bit. And as what I do with my shiny button power in the Gryffindor Chatroom... nothing much that I work with that.... So yeah I would just leave things as they are.
As for my activeness on HOL... I would give myself an 8 I think. This because I try to participate in as much as possible around HOL. This means I’m trying to participate in as many events and contests that are being held around HOL.
2. What are you involved with in your house?
I think I’m very active around my house. I’m always to be found on IRC in the Gryffindor Room and in the Common Room itself. Beside always being around, I’m also a junior prefect, and pretty active with that part.
I’m participating in many things in my house. I’m the head of graphics for the Paw Print, I’m the head of Gryffindors own Graphics Club, I’m in the Spice Squad, I’m a Den leader, I participate in events and help around students as much as possible.
3. What is more important to you, being active in your house or HOL-wide? Why?
Is there really a difference in these two? I think you just have to go by with what you feel like. I’m a second year. And because I’m an awkward person, I felt like that in the beginning I had to become familiar with HOL. I did this by being mostly active within my own house. Just because I saw that as a save haven for me. I also became a bit active in HOL itself, but that was more after I was comfortable with being in HOL. And near the end of my first year I started to join things like the Pen Pal Club.
4. If you were going to remake an activity for your house or HOL what would it be? Why?
umh... I have only been a year here. But I think if I would remake an activity for my house or for HOL it would be the valantine event that was held last year. I just thought that event was kind of sweet and would like to do it over again!!
5. How important do you think it is to be active on the forums compared to the chatrooms? Why?
I have the feeling this answer is a bit like the third question. I think being equally active in both of them is important. The forums is a good place to be active with HOL members who can’t or wont go on the chat. Also it’s a place to have conversations with an ongoing topic. The Chatroom on the other hand is a place to keep track with people and with how they are doing at this moment. So instead of saying that there should be a difference, it should just be equal.
6. A big part of community service on HOL involves working with members from other houses and having a willingness to cooperate. How well do you think you manage this? Why?
I think I’m good with this. I like to work together with people from other houses. Heck I the very first HOL event that I participated in, I teamed up with a member from Slytherin. It was so much fun! And I have been a member for a year and I’m having fun with lots of members from different houses! You can also find me in the Chatrooms from the different houses and I’m a member in the Common Rooms of the other houses. So yeah i think I’m managing this pretty wel.
7. What is the hardest part about being active in your house and HOL?
The hardest part about being active in my house and HOL is my personal life. I think that’s something that counts for everybody. I’m very busy with my personal life, so sometimes it’s pretty hard to manage everything perfectly, without letting one or the other slack off.
8. If you had to pick between running activities or participating in them for an entire year what would you pick and why?
Umh depends when the year would be... if it would count for this year, I would go for participating in them. But that’s mostly because I know that I’m busy this year. Otherwise I think I would go for running activities, to get activities within HOL and motivate members to join the event.
9. Do you think it's more important to work with people that you know are dependable or to branch out and work with new people that you haven't worked with before? Why?
Umh this one is tricky. To be honest I would rather work with people from which I know that are dependable. But I wouldn’t really mind who I work with. Because I’m someone who can work with anyone. And I love to make new friends. So I think that if I should work with people that I have never worked before with, I would like it. Because maybe they would be persons who I can work with more in the future.
10. HOL is your oyster, and you have admin powers the likes you've never seen. What is the first thing you do with said powers? And no, "playing with shiny buttons" does not count as an answer.
Damn there goes my answer. I so wanted to go with “playing with shiny buttons”. But now I can’t use that perfect answer. Umh beside that answer. I wouldn’t really do anything with it. I’m not someone who is ‘power’ bound. I think the only thing I would do is umh... yeah well nothing much. I have shiny button power in the Gryffindor Common Room and the only thing that I do there is sometimes clean up the forum a little bit. And as what I do with my shiny button power in the Gryffindor Chatroom... nothing much that I work with that.... So yeah I would just leave things as they are.
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