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title: Website Launch Delegation Challenge
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created: '2026-04-05'
updated: '2026-04-05'
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- operations
- website
- delegation
- team-structure
- hiring
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# Website Launch Delegation Challenge

## Overview

Website launches and new environment creation currently sit with Mark, creating a bottleneck. Offloading this responsibility is a recognized need, but the role has specific constraints that make delegation non-trivial.

## Requirements for the Role

A successful delegate needs:

- **Technical proficiency** — launches involve infrastructure-level work, not just website content
- **Attention to detail** — errors during a launch can cascade quickly
- **Active availability during the launch window** — this is not a "set it and forget it" task; the person must be present and monitoring in real time
- **Timezone alignment** — problems often surface hours after the initial launch, so the delegate must be reachable during business hours (US Central)

## Candidates Considered

| Candidate | Notes |
|-----------|-------|
| **Chris** | Most technically capable option; concern is timezone (roughly UTC+5/6), meaning if a launch happens at 8 AM CT, issues surfacing at midday CT would hit while Chris is asleep |
| **Avoque** | Possible, but same timezone concern applies |
| **Paul** | Same timezone concern |
| **Eshock / Jeff** | Mentioned briefly; not evaluated in depth |
| **Sally** | Floated as an option; likely not the right fit technically |

No decision was reached. The timezone issue is the primary blocker for the most technically qualified candidates.

## Key Tension

> "It's not like you flip some switch and then hope it's all going to be good. You've got to be right there watching it."
> — Mark Hope

The role requires someone who can be on-call and reactive during a US business day window, which conflicts with the availability of the team's most technical offshore members.

## Status

**Unresolved.** Mark acknowledged the need to delegate but wanted more time to think through the right candidate. No owner assigned as of this call.

## Related

- [[wiki/people/team/mark-hope]] — current owner of website launches
- [[wiki/clients/asymmetric/index]] — internal ops context
- [[wiki/knowledge/operations/onboarding-jacob]] — parallel delegation work happening with new hire Jacob