Guild Meeting 19/9/16

Below is an account of the Guild Leader’s notes taken from the General Dambusters Guild Meeting 19th September 2016:-

Recruitment

• gone really well, special thanks to Sonicay, Damsy for filling the raiding roster and also recruiting social members
• when I feel the time is right, (likely very soon) then recruitment will revert to full controlled applications and invites only by recruitment officers
• need more emphasis on the forums, I’m sure Bonesi will get on it

Officer Changes

• Jolts stepped down as ‘events planner’
• Gierrod stepped down as ‘recruitment officer’
• Bonesi will do more forum work
• Nirav joined the recruitment team
• Damsy joined the officer team as a ‘raid leader’
• Spyrot joined the officer team as a ‘raid leader’ and Warrant Officer
• Shethehunter was promoted from Flight Sergeant to Warrant Officer and will be assisting me more with overall guild roster management as well as continuing her role as guild bank manager
• Pocahunter remains in post as guild bank manager
• Sonicay remains in post as recruitment officer and will also double up in his role as raid leader, assisting Damsy and Spyrot
• Actz will surely prove his abilit as a raid leader for Stonewrought and while this post is actually an officer position, Actz does hope to move to ironwall and in those circumstances he will remain a non-officer for the moment. If he remains in position and excels then we will consider promotion to Flight Sergeant to allow him to better carry out his duties. There is a possibility he could be promoted temporarily until he either moves to Ironwall or indeed until such times where it is deemed appropriate that he retains his officer status permanently.
• The guild requires another recruitment officer. Criteria is being on whatsapp, being online often with the ability to communicate the requirements of the guild and being able to assess a social applicant, then bring them to the guild without fuss if their application is successful.

Raiding

• Stonewrought is actively looking for people to rise up in assistance to raid leader Actz. Actz may or may not remain with Stonewrought long term and ideally Stonewrought would prefer to have steady leadership team of 3 who can help to maintain the team going medium to long term.
• Delighted with Sonicay’s loyalty and willingness to take on the interim role, also with Bonchon who also led during the pre-patch period while the guild were getting together weekly.
• Delighted with Damsy who has brought a level of organisation, hard work and dedication which has driven the raiding level of the guild up a few levels. He has been given enough scope to fulfil his desire to forge a powerful raiding scene and while he can be very full-on, he has my full backing to carry out the project of building a strong raiding foundation to settle short term and moving to medium and long term going forward.
• Really happy to have managed to lure Spyrot back to his home after convincing him that although there is a lot of hard work still to come, we have just as strong a base as he expects from a raid team. In time, Damsy will move more towards administration while still being an important voice of organisation and ideas, while Spyrot will become more and more prominent as time goes by. Sonicay will continue to carry out administration tasks as agreed among the leadership team of the 3.

Website

• I have removed all user accounts which were causing a system clog-up with spam. With this, the guild forum has been hidden from view and we will focus more on using Whatsapp as a live forum for the meantime until we can agree on a better forum system we can use.
• TeamSpeak has changed, it now costs £11.25 for 75-slots instead of £23 for 50 slots. This may change again in future so we will see how it goes for now.

Roster

• Be aware that the 2-month rule is still in place. You will see me and the other officers removing characters from the guild when they reach 2-months offline which gives enough leniency to go AFK for a while but not enough that the guild is bloated with inactive characters. Note I’m talking about characters and not players, it is important to remember that players may be highly active but have alts which they hardly log. In this case, if your alt gets removed then just /w an officer and and let them know who’s alt you are and you will be re-invited. If all your characters have been removed for any reason, including inactivity then you MUST then re-apply on the guild website.
• Please try to /whisper using the traditional ‘pink’ chat if you are trying to get an invite for your alt. People whispering using battle.net then means the inviting officer/player has to then open the friends list and find your character name, if you whisper ‘character to character’ then the inviter can simple shift+click your name to invite.

General

• Please take notice of the guild Message Of The Day, it points out important relevant information and should be paid attention to. The info on there may not always affect you but at some point it will, note that it may appear as you log in and become lost as all your addons and other stuff clog your chat panel but try to make a habit of checking it regularly, I mean every day.
• Whatsapp – is becoming mandatory for certainly Ironwall raiders but it is not mandatory for social members of the guild. However, if you want or need to be added to the guild chat groups then please whisper or send me an in-game mail with your whatsapp number and I will add you. The Crew Room chat is for everyone who wants to be there, people talk about wow, dogs and cats, food, post selfies, talk shit…..you may set the chat to ‘mute’ in the settings and access it to catch up as you wish, as I do and just check it when you feel like. Crew Room is not mandatory but it’s kinda fun.
• Conduct! I am proud to see the guild activity sky-rocket as it has done with all the returning members, including guys like Cryomaniac, Perrinaybara, Damsy, Spyrot and others who have returned. With the busy active guild we are, it is imperative that we remian aware of our conduct around the server. We are well known here among raiders and social members of the community, people are looking at our resurgence and they like what they see happening here. Be proud you are part of that and lets continue to act as a positive influence on the server by not getting involved in any of the nasty behaviour we sometimes see in places such as tradechat. No ninjaing loot at pick-up groups because that creates a huge negative vibe about the guild. Remember, I expect all of you to act as ambassadors for the guild while wearing our good name above your head. As your guild leader, I am infamous for having eyes on the back of my head at times, word always gets back to me and I know what goes on around the server and within the guild. Lets maintain and continue to boost The Dambusters as a shining example of what a guild really can be!

Hope this was useful as a recap or to anyone who was unable to attend the meeting in part or in full.

/Salute