In response to staff and community inquiries regarding communication from the Licensing Team, the Administrators have elected to conduct a team review. An evaluation of the structure, personnel, and workload of the team has led the Administrators to conclude that it is appropriate to make a change in team leadership at this time.
The Admins conducting the review evaluated several potential arrangements for new team leadership, both 'traditional' and otherwise, as well as evaluated several candidates to serve in the role based on their experience and availability.
As part of this investigation we spoke with the team's current Vice-Captain, CityToast. Together we agreed that Licensing needs better staff-wide communication and can do better with regards to transparency, and we sought to better understand the barriers that impeded this goal. CityToast was able to make a number of proactive recommendations through a six-month team plan, which led to additional fruitful discussion.
With this plan in mind and an agreed-upon set of priorities, CityToast has accepted the appointment to Captain of the Licensing Team. Commensurate with this, the Licensing Team's Admin Contacts (ManyMeats and
WhiteGuard) will be working directly to ensure a six-month-plan is realized, the team is accountable for its initiatives, and that intra-staff communication improves.
Licensing will be sharing its six-month plan with staff as soon as access and roles have been updated.