Officer Adjustments, 2 out, 2 in!

Sprawdale and Bailen have just been promoted to the rank of Flight Sergeant. Cryomaniac and Diputs have stepped out of their respective officer positions.

Diputs is struggling to find the time to play as much as he would like these days so felt guilty about leaving much of his previously excellent guild bank duties to his partner Shethehunter. I spoke with him on a few occassions and gave him time to keep trying but ultimately the job was heavily pushed onto poor Shethehunter and although the evergreen and reliable Wenya always puts her share of effort into guild bank maintenance, ultimately I knew I would need a sturdy replacement for Diputs to partner Shethehunter in the long term. I moved Sidney over from recruitment which I think he was relieved about and he seems to enjoy maintaining the bank these days with Shethehunter and help from the Wenya.

Sidney exclaimed that he is a little bit obsessive about certain things and although that’s not always a good thing, it most definitely is a valuable characteristic when maintaining a guild bank. Wenya and Shethehunter both have that characteristic as an asset to call upon during clean-up operations and I am really grateful to have such excellent and mature people looking after the guild’s resources these days. It’s a thankless task though it does have its little perks, the guild really needs that effort and I will keep trying to ensure our members appreciate the work being done in there.

Cryomaniac left his Flight Sergeant position as recruitment officer after a dubious conflab between a few of us officers became a bit too emotional for him to keep his cool. Amid some difficult times at home, another upset officer and a rampant guild leader, Cryomaniac relinquished his position and has informed myself and other officers of his regret since. I’m no angel in the story but without dwelling on the subject for too long, we have discussed what happened and managed as good friends and responsible adults, to put it behind us and learn from it. I am delighted he is back in good spirits with his friends and I don’t expect that much to change anytime soon.

Sprawdale and Bailen are both guys who command great respect around the guild and especially within the officer team here in The Dambusters. Bailen will take his place alongside the enigmatic and relentless Illia and my tanking buddy Meatblocker in the recruitment team. Sprawdale will finally become more involved in the top-end of the guild while I officially stamp his place as a Raid Leader in control of Stonewrought.

Both these lads caught my eye early on after joining the guild last summer while we were resident at Ragnaros and I knew they would both rise up through the ranks to take leading roles within the guild. They have proven to me and their officer team-mates that they are here for the long haul and are mature, reliable and very experienced guys. This guild has reaped the rewards of giving these guys a good home and we will continue as normal because what we are doing clearly achieves results.

A word about Kvestian. He’s a great guy and tough raid leader for Stomewrought while Sprawdale was afk moving home in the first half of February. He is keen and does an excellent job under difficult circumstances in leading many of the guild’s Flex runs. He has become part of the fabric of Stonewrought with his dogged determination and often fiery leadership. Sometimes this can upset people and ofcourse Kvestian could maybe tone the language down a lil bit but it’s difficult to try to stifle a guy with such passion for raiding who gets such good results. He led Stonewrought to their first Garrosh kill and is always a willing participant in guild discussions. The guild is getting a little top heavy with officer positions but in accordance with our motto, his hard work will be recognised with an officer rank if he continues in this form.

I am always studying the roles and activities of our officers and I do expect hard work from them to maintain their status. Anyone in this guild is able to be an officer if they put in the effort that I require from them. If the role they carry out is deemed valuable then I will have to consider rewarding them with that badge of Flight Sergeant sooner or later. The real hard work then becomes keeping it!

/Salute