You joke, but I seriously wouldn't have a problem with that. Not for me, I mean, but for you, if that's what you really want to do. Like you said elsewhere, this isn't a job. As long as everything that needs to get done is getting done, letting people focus on the things that most appeal to them might help prevent burnout.

If the staff attitude is "You only need to do whatever you find personally appealing.", tasks get sorted arbitrarily, not by need.

Right now, the attitude is that while you get to control the general idea of your portfolio, if something needs to be done now, we want each staff member to be both willing and capable of doing that task. Your plan decreases the chance of both of those things.

valguarnera@carrionfields.com