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So...

Our first lotto went off pretty we.. It took a few weeks, a month even, to sell all of the tickets. The second lotto has been available now for well over a month and isn't even 50% sold yet.

When we first devised this idea, it was with the full intent of helping the junior members obtain something they might not be able to afford. The idea was that for 5k dilithium, any member who grinds 8k a day, could buy a ticket even daily.

Since we have not had too overwhelming demand on a daily basis for tickets, it seems fair, and legit that we open it to all members. The goal of course is to close fleet projects, and fleet officers are the ones donating the FSM's.

So my proposal is that, as long as a second party (officer) plus one more (*anyone), is witness to the transaction, we allow all members, officers and above the opportunity to enter.
I am on the fence on this, but cannot hurt. We put the prizes in, so it's not the biggest benefit to contribute and buy back what we already donated. It would be best to I guess help each other though and fleet as a whole to get some return on our contributions.

Kilo.enjin

Yeah it is going pretty slow at the moment so it's a yes from me, why not let fleet officers participate since it seems they are the ones making the bulk of dilithium contributions, what about increasing the price per ticket for fleet officers though to keep a little of the incentive there for lower rank members?

Maxwell.enjin

Are you sure they are the bulk of the dilithium contributors? I personally throw down 3k or more every time I log in and a project is available. It's the only way to get fleet credit for me at the moment since the fleet marks option is always full and I'm scared to part with duty officers Smile
So the 2nd FSM Lotto was posted on [March 11 2014]. That is now 2.5 months. There are 200+ people in the fleet. I would suspect those that have donated, would actually like to see the drawing occur and hope of course that they win it. They could most likely use it since the prize is such a useful prize.

Only 5 people have voted on this thread as of today. So I wouldn't call it an overwhelming majority hehehe, but if you look at the fleet roster on a regular basis (like I do) you tend to "see" who the contributors are and of course it is not just the officers. We certainly have a nice core set of helpful, giving, and active members - Awesome!

I guess I will send out a fleet mail so others will take notice of this thread and of course, of the Lotto! Smile

Kilo.enjin

You are right Max, I must apologise for the suggestion that it's only the fleet officers that put the bulk of the dilithium into fleet projects, I seem to be suffering with a bad case of pessimism lately Sad Ver is indeed right too, we do have a solid core of helpful members and I genuinely didn't mean to diminish their contribution in any way or make any member feel unappreciated.

I apologise unreservedly.

I've just finished off this foot and there's crow for desert!
7 votes is not much, but there has been zero complaints on this idea - I suspect all know we are being honest so as long as witnesses are there for all purchases of all members, we're good.

Good luck all.