FIRSTcast needs a new host!

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

Well I was reading this thread and came up with an idea which may give you what you want for the peoples view. It is similar to what others have said but this is CD so why not throw it out there.

1) I think people should nominate themselves that way you only get people who want and are willing to do it.

2) When people nominate themselves they must provide 4 references from people who are not on their team. This gets rid of the "best friend" issue, especially with 4 people required

3) narrow the field down to 5 (it could be the first 5 people who do this if you want)

4) Have a recording session giving each person 2-5 mins to strut their stuff.

5)edit that all into one edition and publish it.

6)Then have a voting thread where your listeners vote on who they like the best.

7)welcome the winner as the new host

As far as I can tell that process would take care of alot of people's concerns, while opening the opportunity and giving you public opinion of the new host making them the voice of FIRST cast fans.

I really like this idea! You seem to have gotten rid of all the concerns mention. And it also gives us, the listeners, a chance to give our opinions who's the best.

I definitely think this is the way to go.

[Jaine Perotti]

I think I also agree with Greg's post, although I think it could be simplified a bit.

This position should be treated as if it were a job opening at a company. People interested in hosting should send in a "resume" which explains why they are interested in the job and why they should have the job. Then, Matt, perhaps you can interview these people by phone so that you can hear their voice and how well they verbally present themselves (because this is an important job qualification). After doing this, you select the best person for the job.

I don't think I need to reiterate what other people have already said, but this approach would certainly alleviate some of our concerns.

-- Jaine

[Matt Krass]

Alright everyone,

This has been an interesting run, this idea was conceived by Adam and I a few days ago as part of a longer term plan, obviously we missed a few issues. As such we're going to close up on this for a while, and consider alternative solutions, such as a Greg's, or Jaine's version of Greg's. You'll be hearing back from us soon hopefully, after I get to conference with the rest of the team.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.