Hey, All!
I'm going to be doing some updating and revising of Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade and Knockturn Alley. So, with that in mind--
1. PLEASE if you're a shopkeeper--check your shop. And if one of your characters has a shop that you want to keep, go and update it and do your best to create some activity there, even if you start a thread w/ one of your own characters. You might also consider creating an event with one or more of the other shop owners as some sort of fun event where members can do some personal plotting in your shop, to give people more things to rp about.
2. I am sending a PM today to ALL shopkeepers. If the character you have who is a shopkeeper does NOT get this pm, please pm me IMMEDIATELY so I can get you on the list and update our list.
3. If your shop has not had any activity since the end of August and you do not update or refresh your shop and create some sort of IC posting there, I will eliminate this shop by the evening of January 6th, my time. (New York time)
4. I will send this as a PM to ALL active members, so if you find that all your characters get this, yay. Thats what I want. Its not directed to nag you repeatedly.
5. If you see a shop that has not been active since the end of August and you would like to own it, PM me right away. If the current owner of that shop does not refresh his/her shop and does not make it active, then I will transfer ownership of that shop to you.
6. We will be looking at redoing how the shops are determined and operated. New (hopefully, easier and more effective) guidelines for that are forthcoming. I am open to suggestions of how to improve this. I do have some ideas, but I am looking for more.
K.