Thank you for your reply, Tubbius! You are a good delegate but you don't need to do everything by yourself, so if we can help by taking over some tasks you delegate, it doesn't mean you are doing a bad job. On the contrary! A good leader knows when and what to delegate.
On a related note: From past experience in leading positions in other, unrelated gaming communities, I can say that one should cut people whose activity is low due to RL issues some slack, but not too much. I myself experienced times where RL ate up all my time and I was unable to fulfill my position in the community, and at some point too ashamed to even visit the forums etc. due to this. It can easily get out of hand. Then again, all sensible people in gaming communities should agree in principle that RL always comes first, but if the community as a whole is hurt by the RL issues of one person, it is time to replace them in their community positions.
Right now it doesn't seem like we are really being hurt by reduced activity of anyone in particular, but it helps to monitor activity and discuss issues on a frequent basis, as we do now.
On a related note: From past experience in leading positions in other, unrelated gaming communities, I can say that one should cut people whose activity is low due to RL issues some slack, but not too much. I myself experienced times where RL ate up all my time and I was unable to fulfill my position in the community, and at some point too ashamed to even visit the forums etc. due to this. It can easily get out of hand. Then again, all sensible people in gaming communities should agree in principle that RL always comes first, but if the community as a whole is hurt by the RL issues of one person, it is time to replace them in their community positions.
Right now it doesn't seem like we are really being hurt by reduced activity of anyone in particular, but it helps to monitor activity and discuss issues on a frequent basis, as we do now.