pbaz
08-01-2009, 02:16 PM
Hi all.
As hinted at by Snowy, there are some changes coming to how Blade & Quill is run. I'd like to describe the new guild officer structure. In summary, the changes are:
1 - Removal of officer alts
2 - Creation of ~10 officer vacancies
3 - Creation of a super-officer "Captain" rank
Firstly, we are the largest guild on our server, with almost 400 members. With this many members, we need an effective officer structure to ensure that our members and the wider KEP community can always reach someone in the guild that has authority to answer questions, take action or to pass information along to me (if necessary).
Therefore, I have streamlined the current roster of officers. If you held officer rank previously, you still have officer rank. However, I have removed alts from the officer ranks. So if you log in and find that you've "lost" officer rank, be sure to check your other characters. If you want to swap which character is your officer rank one, please let me know. This streamlining means we now have around 10 officers.
With 400 members, we need more than 10 officers. Therefore, I propose to recruit a further 10 officers (taking us to 20 in total) from the ranks of the guild. If you are interested in taking on an officer position, please discuss this with myself or one of the guild Captains.
Officers will be expected to actively promote the guild in-game. That means running events for our members, recruiting new members, helping out guild lowbies when possible and providing gifts/loans of old/unwanted gear/gold to other guildies. I plan to host one officer meeting every 4-6 weeks where the officers can discuss what has happened over the past 4-6 weeks and what we have planned for the next 4-6 weeks. I will be helping the officer population decide how we make <Blade and Quill> absolutely the best place to be on our server. Note that this won't be a tough task (we are playing a game, after all), perhaps each officer arranging one event per 4-6 weeks or recruiting 2-3 new members each per 4-6 weeks.
The new Captains (Astrala, Snowy and Urtigao) have been created between GM and officer rank. The Captains are there to advise me and help me run the guild in the best way possible. Mainly, they are there to stop me from doing stupid things that would piss everyone off! I expect to eventually have a set of 5 Captains, but for now we will only have 3. The vacant 2 slots will be filled (eventually) from the officer ranks. If you are currently an officer and are interested in a Captain position, please speak to me or one of the Captains.
So, in summary, the new guild structure will be:
1 GM
5 Captains (3 spots filled, 2 vacancies)
20 Officers (~10 slots filled, ~10 vacancies)
The permissions for each officer rank have also been determined, but I don't remember them off the top of my head! Either Matt (Snowy) can post them or I'll post them myself later.
Your thoughts are welcome, and your nominations for Captains and Officers (whether for yourself or someone else in the guild) are especially welcome!
As hinted at by Snowy, there are some changes coming to how Blade & Quill is run. I'd like to describe the new guild officer structure. In summary, the changes are:
1 - Removal of officer alts
2 - Creation of ~10 officer vacancies
3 - Creation of a super-officer "Captain" rank
Firstly, we are the largest guild on our server, with almost 400 members. With this many members, we need an effective officer structure to ensure that our members and the wider KEP community can always reach someone in the guild that has authority to answer questions, take action or to pass information along to me (if necessary).
Therefore, I have streamlined the current roster of officers. If you held officer rank previously, you still have officer rank. However, I have removed alts from the officer ranks. So if you log in and find that you've "lost" officer rank, be sure to check your other characters. If you want to swap which character is your officer rank one, please let me know. This streamlining means we now have around 10 officers.
With 400 members, we need more than 10 officers. Therefore, I propose to recruit a further 10 officers (taking us to 20 in total) from the ranks of the guild. If you are interested in taking on an officer position, please discuss this with myself or one of the guild Captains.
Officers will be expected to actively promote the guild in-game. That means running events for our members, recruiting new members, helping out guild lowbies when possible and providing gifts/loans of old/unwanted gear/gold to other guildies. I plan to host one officer meeting every 4-6 weeks where the officers can discuss what has happened over the past 4-6 weeks and what we have planned for the next 4-6 weeks. I will be helping the officer population decide how we make <Blade and Quill> absolutely the best place to be on our server. Note that this won't be a tough task (we are playing a game, after all), perhaps each officer arranging one event per 4-6 weeks or recruiting 2-3 new members each per 4-6 weeks.
The new Captains (Astrala, Snowy and Urtigao) have been created between GM and officer rank. The Captains are there to advise me and help me run the guild in the best way possible. Mainly, they are there to stop me from doing stupid things that would piss everyone off! I expect to eventually have a set of 5 Captains, but for now we will only have 3. The vacant 2 slots will be filled (eventually) from the officer ranks. If you are currently an officer and are interested in a Captain position, please speak to me or one of the Captains.
So, in summary, the new guild structure will be:
1 GM
5 Captains (3 spots filled, 2 vacancies)
20 Officers (~10 slots filled, ~10 vacancies)
The permissions for each officer rank have also been determined, but I don't remember them off the top of my head! Either Matt (Snowy) can post them or I'll post them myself later.
Your thoughts are welcome, and your nominations for Captains and Officers (whether for yourself or someone else in the guild) are especially welcome!