Welcoming a Sudanese thinker
Other than being menaced by a fly, one that insists on landing on my screen and staying there, knowing I can’t kill it unless I want fly guts all over, today is a good day. I even ignored people in the street who tried to stop me for various reasons which may or may not have been to sell me weapons of mass destruction. The big news is… a valuable and committed member joins the site, and is willing to help out as much as he can, something I appreciate greatly. Drima is a wonderful, ambitious person who reminds me of me, except I’m not half as magnificent (I’m getting paid to say this so I hope I said it in the correct order.)
It started out with me sending him a lengthy proposal, and an explanation of this site and its intentions. To be honest, I expected him to express interest, but only after apologizing for the lack of time and commitment. Fortunately for me, I was wrong. He agreed to help out and to be fully dedicated. He wanted to help out mostly because I’m charmingly witty (sarcasm), but partly because he understood the fact that I needed someone who feels just as passionate as I do about this initiative.
After I saw how enthused and hard-working he is, I couldn’t hold myself from offering a bigger but slightly more difficult position, especially since he was already working on similar projects which this site would benefit from. Handling a project, especially if the main project has several pet projects, comes with a lot of stress and responsibility, so it’s extremely helpful to have a second hand who’s willing to help us through more than just content. Lucky for us, we have other great writers helping us in that field such as Patrick, Leah, Joel, and Esther (with her wonderful suggestions which we have already taken into consideration.)
It’s only been one day since he’s been officially a part of this site and already he is thinking about several ways to improve the overall quality, so finally, I can say that I no longer have to worry about finding the “other half” of this project. All decision making and planning for future events will go through both of us and not just me, taking a huge burden off my back.
Other than world domination we have a lot of things in mind, so when we disappear for a bit you can start thinking “I wonder what Esra’a and Drima are up to now?”, and rest assured it will be something rather good.
Thank you, Drima, for doing this! Whenever worrisome things happened on the site (most of which were technical difficulties) it was like being repeatedly hit with a snooker ball in a sock, and after a while it gets really discouraging. So now we have someone else taking care of this, making sure that our readers, as well as our beloved contributors, are happy with the site and what it has to offer.
