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[Harry/Hermione 4eva]

Hey guys!
Well as Pen said, I'm going to be heading this one so if you have any questons or anything please direct them to me

Now, on top of what Pen said I've had an idea or two about this.

- First things first, me taking charge of this doesn't mean that I'll be closed to any suggestions- the more the better I say!
At the end of the day this isn't for me, this is for Portkey and you guys should have maximnum input on it. If you have any suggestions please let me know either here or via PM because I'll be more than happy to discuss them.

- Now to the interviews themselves. I think the questions don't necessarily always have to be about HP- they could be completely unrelated to HP like favourite bands? Favourite TV shows etc...
Saying that I think there should definitely be some questions about HP- we are a HP site after all! You could ask about what they did to be selected for PK-er of the month (if they were selected for a fic- ask them about it. That sort of thing), ask them how they feel about being PK-er of the month, how long they've been HP fans etc.

- A staff for the project is a must I think.
Having guest interviewers could be an idea if someone were to express an interest in interviewing but other than that I think a staff of interviewers (one or two- maybe more if we can get people interested in taking part) would be a good idea.
Perhaps we could have specialists on different subject areas? I'm kind of stretching it now so that's just a random idea of mine..
Also, if we have a staff rather than one person, if something comes up in our interviewers RL then it wont cause a problem/hold back the release of the monthly issue.

- If this goes well, would anyone be willing to write articles? They would only have to be short but I think if we do an interview and articles each month we could send out an email to all PK-ers (old and new) with a news page and try to bring some of the people we lost back into the fold... again, that's a stretch but it was just an idea..
We could put any announcements in this email- hot topics, key thoughts, new essays etc.

- Aslo, is there anyone that would be willing to create graphics for this? Perhaps a badge that could be added onto a PKers post when they are PKer of the month. Similar to the badges we have now, perhaps not as big as the admin/mod badges but a little bigger than the emoticons... Something that would say "PK-er of the month!". We could also send them an 'Official PK-er of the month: <INSERT MONTH>' logo thing that they could keep?
Kind of like a trophy/award plaque thing..
My photoshop knowledge is kind of limited so if there's anyone that could do that please let me know.

Who would be interested in taking part in this project? Hands up please

~Bec

[Harry/Hermione 4eva]

Hey guys!
Well as Pen said, I'm going to be heading this one so if you have any questons or anything please direct them to me

Now, on top of what Pen said I've had an idea or two about this.

- First things first, me taking charge of this doesn't mean that I'll be closed to any suggestions- the more the better I say!
At the end of the day this isn't for me, this is for Portkey and you guys should have maximnum input on it. If you have any suggestions please let me know either here or via PM because I'll be more than happy to discuss them.

- Now to the interviews themselves. I think the questions don't necessarily always have to be about HP- they could be completely unrelated to HP like favourite bands? Favourite TV shows etc...
Saying that I think there should definitely be some questions about HP- we are a HP site after all! You could ask about what they did to be selected for PK-er of the month (if they were selected for a fic- ask them about it. That sort of thing), ask them how they feel about being PK-er of the month, how long they've been HP fans etc.

- A staff for the project is a must I think.
Having guest interviewers could be an idea if someone were to express an interest in interviewing but other than that I think a staff of interviewers (one or two- maybe more if we can get people interested in taking part) would be a good idea.
Perhaps we could have specialists on different subject areas? I'm kind of stretching it now so that's just a random idea of mine..
Also, if we have a staff rather than one person, if something comes up in our interviewers RL then it wont cause a problem/hold back the release of the monthly issue.

- If this goes well, would anyone be willing to write articles? They would only have to be short but I think if we do an interview and articles each month we could send out an email to all PK-ers (old and new) with a news page and try to bring some of the people we lost back into the fold... again, that's a stretch but it was just an idea..
We could put any announcements in this email- hot topics, key thoughts, new essays etc.

- Aslo, is there anyone that would be willing to create graphics for this? Perhaps a badge that could be added onto a PKers post when they are PKer of the month. Similar to the badges we have now, perhaps not as big as the admin/mod badges but a little bigger than the emoticons... Something that would say "PK-er of the month!". We could also send them an 'Official PK-er of the month: <INSERT MONTH>' logo thing that they could keep?
Kind of like a trophy/award plaque thing..
My photoshop knowledge is kind of limited so if there's anyone that could do that please let me know.

Who would be interested in taking part in this project? Hands up please

~Bec

[Scout]

I'll be happy to help in any way I can, but I'm not good at interviewing, and horrible at writing.
Other than that, feel free to use me.

[gal-texter]

Hi everybody, we'd like to borrow TheAnvil Ezine.com's "Harmonian of the Month" concept. We got their (myrhlyn's) permission for that. Our Portkey-er of the Month interviews would be posted in a new forum positioned on top or near the top of the board's main page. Our goal would be to get to know the interviewees better.


EDIT MAY 2009:

We've decided to call this the "Portkey Spotlight" project. We'd interview Portkey shipmates but we could also talk to HP fans from outside Portkey every once in a while. We can't promise to do this at regular intervals as plenty of factors come into play. Look at this as another means of getting to know the people behind our favorite fics, art, forum messages or reviews. It'd also be nice to get to know the lurkers among us.

Volunteers are always welcome, esp people who could do one or more of the following:

a. come up with interview questions - we're not aiming for pro quality; rather we're shooting for deepening our friendships with our shipmates; OR

b. provide background info about prospect interviewees - fandom oldbies, including retired PK mods, much welcome here; OR

c. IPB knowhow to help search for prospects' past forum messages, fics, reviews - although we've pretty much got this covered; OR

d. Google search savvy to track down writers or artists who've been absent from the fandom.


Feel free to sign up here. This need not be a permanent commitment. If you could only work with us on one issue, that's fine with us esp if you could do a or b above.


-gal-texter on behalf of the teams behind Portkey and Spotlight

[Poison]

how do we get to choose the PK-er of the month

[Poison]

If you need some help just ask

[gal-texter]

IMO, pick any PK shipper who visits PK fairly regularly. Someone who's posted a new chapter lately, reviewed a story, logged into the forums, replied to a challenge, commented on or (tried to) upload fanart. When the POTM team gets the hang of things, others could be interviewed too.

Methinks if we do it by slower means (survey), we run the risk of getting bogged down in the planning stage. When it comes to harmless projects like this, I'd suggest erring on the side of getting things done.

[Poison]

fair enough I suppose...

[Fire]

If you need any help, Bec just bug me

Now, I don't have Photoshop so I can't help with that. However, I do like dabbling in other things, so I'm game for the articles/interviewing. So, would you like to have an article and an interview?

[Harry/Hermione 4eva]

That's great guys! Thanks for your offers
I'll probably be in touch with you via PM in the next couple of days. Asking specifics if you haven't already mentioned them.

Hana- *feels like DooL * Do you want to handle a few of the interviews?
For now I think the interview thing should be first, I think the articles/other ideas could come into the project if it's successful. Would you be interested in the article writing too? Like I said I dont think that's going to be for a few months- after the first few interviews have gone out- we can see how they're recieved then
Like Pen said before don't worry about getting them professional quality, this is for fun more than anything.
I'll be around to help a heck of a lot more in about a months time because my dissertation will have been handed in and I'll only have to study for 2 exams...

Anyway, like I said I'll be in touch over the next couple of days.

Thanks again guys

~Bec

[gal-texter]

Hi everyone,

For almost two months now, we've been working on this "Portkey Spotlight" project. We're pleased to say that we've already convinced some interviewees for our first few issues and we expect to release our first issue within 3 weeks. Watch this section!