In my opinion, this is one of the most thought out, well-executed, sincere postings I've seen on these forums. All the arguments presented valid points.

Sadly, the imms who play "Father knows best" are going to look at this and say "This guy just doesn't get it. We're awesome. We know we're awesome. Let's all go be the Super Imm Friends and ignore that there is a problem at all."

I know imms and heroimms and I know they are hard-working people that put a lot of time and effort into this for free. It's really frustrating to be told how much of a jerk you are when you're putting all this time in for nothing. But, here is a thoughtful post meant to put the problems on the table and offer a way to fix them. A marketing consultant for free? That sounds great. Why would you not take him up on this offer?

The current IMM staff reminds me of work. In my current job, my less-than-agile-minded boss decided that his nephew would be great at a very important, critical job that he has no training and experience for and didn't ask for. So, he's thrust into the job, though his strengths lay elsewhere, all the time bumbling his way through something that he can't do well.

I've been a manager before, I know it's tough. Part of being a good manager is knowing how to play people's strengths rather than just say "Here's a bunch of legos, I know you're not an engineer, but build this and make it awesome if you want to be considered for promotion." I would LOVE to contribute to CF in a more meaningful way because I really love the game, but because I know some of what is going on up there, I don't have the motivation to get involved.