A Question....

[Steel God]

If I were you I would take the projects you describe to either RD or SG and see if they can't help you with them.

SG told me he prefers me to go through the chain of command instead of directly to him, but that doesn't work too well because Randy is nowadays sometimes away from Blitz for spells (that'd explain why my recent mail and PM to Randy went unanswered)

Edit: Comment removed as off topic. SG

It will work fine Mick. Ideas and the like passed onto your area's moderator, who will ruled out possibly, or if they have potential for their areas, post them in the Officers Area where we discuss what is worth doing, and if it's worth doing, is it possible (within or technical and financial limitations). Randy or I not being available any minute of every day doesn't impair that, as when we can logon our area Commanders have done a lot of the screening out already, and possibly the discussion is even fairly far along in the Officers Area and Randy or I just need to sign off on it. It's actually a good system I find, not the least of which it empowers the area Commanders to make decisions, so getting on their good sides is the pathway to making effective change and being heard. Annoying the Ladder Commander and being a nuisance would be a make him a roadblock. As allows and with all chains of Command, you are always free to skip a rung on the ladder, but when doing so, you have to make sure you are doing so with cause and validity, otherwise you're putting a wedge between the top tier of management and the ladder commanders, which I am staunchly against.