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menumorut · Posted: 01/08/2010 19:54 Post subject: New DivineS Guild

For one year DivineS has had the same structure. The rules and rankings haven't changed too much. These where my creation only and I only tweaked them once in a while.

The good thing about the current structure is that its quite simple to understand.
The bad thing is that it doesn't take in consideration the opinion of members, the economy of the server, the guild wealth thus making it quite inflexible and with a large guild it becomes hard to manage.

My wish is to go beyond the idea of a guild and make a community. But I don't want to be a King or a Dictator, only to be part of this community.
I want for our community to drive itself and find the path on its own. I want for the people to have rights and responsibilities, to make their time spent online worth it.

I have the power to offer our community the tools to drive it's self, but my knowledge is not enough thus here are some new structures I will be looking forward to discuss:

DivineS SENATE

The Senate is a new structure that will be the legislating and Judiciary body of our community.

Who is it made of?
The members of the Senate will be intitled as Senators.
It will be made up by 1/3 Officers, 1/3 Union members, 1/3 Members.
One elected Chairman, the main Senator that will moderate the Senate meetings, elected with 2/3 votes.
One elected General Secretary, the senator in charge of the list of requests to be discussed on the Senate meeting, elected with 1/2+1 votes. He records the rulings of the Senate and informs the Community about these rulings.
The duration of the elected Senators will be discussed later on.

What does it do?
It will make new rules for guild and any structures that needs rules.
It will be able to mediate conflicts between members or Union bodies.

How does it work?
Senators will meet and will talk about requests registered, presented by the General Secretary. The number of requests that can be discussed is limited and will be made known to the Senators by the General Secretary before the meeting starts by mail, or chat.
The Guild Master will be able to Veto the Senate Ruling or ask the Senate to re-discuss the ruling.
The Guild Master will have to right to dissolve the Senate, how and when it will be discussed later on.
The ruling doesn't need the GM approval, it can be affective immediately. The GM can Veto or send it back to the Senate in 30days.

Too many rules?
Yes there will be many rules but the main rules won't change. Our current rules will act as the Constitution of the Guild. No other rules can change our main rules, only a referendum can change the main rules of the guild.
All additional rules will be posted and organized on the forum.

DivineS UNIONS

The Union is a new structure, an executive body of our community.
Unions will offer the opportunity for officers and members to manage one of the activities of the community together.

Each Union has:
One Chairman who will be also a member of the Senate which is elected by 2/3 of votes.
At least Two Senate Members, the Chairman and more depending on the size of the Senate.

DivineS Trading Union (DTU)
-offers the guild members the opportunity to earn a good amount of gold for the guild vault, DTU vault and Themselves
Responsibilities:
- Guild Vault Management - managing the guild vault tabs, keeping the guild vault cash flow steady and encouraging correct use of GV
- Auction House Affairs - trade at AH using Guild items or materials
- Member Requested Items - Provide based on written requests items for members
- 20% Earned Gold by trade - 20% of the gold earned should be invested in the guild vault deposit or reinvested in AH trade

Rights:
- Secondary Guild Vault - access to a secondary guild vault with 6 tabs
- Tweak Guild Ranks - suggest new withdraw rates based on the economy
- Sell/Buy Items from players for Guild Vault or Trade
- Large withdraw rate in guild vault tabs and deposits
- Banking Loans and Investments - the members can take loans or invest their gold
- Făcute Guild Auctions - When a large amount of materials are needed, a guild Auction for the material can be made
All the rights and responsibilities must be approved by the Senate.

DivineS Raiding Union (DRU)
- offers members the opportunity to save time by managing PvP/PvE group actions
Responsibilities:
- Raid Schedule - Keep a good balanced raid schedule to cover all guild members
- Premade PvP - Create premade aparte teams for PvP in BGs
- Premade Arena Teams - Encourage members to create balanced arena teams
- Guild Wars - Manage any Guild Disputes on the Server
Rights:
- High priority at DTU Requests - DTU will service the DRU requests first if possible
- Better Withdraw Rates then non-union members
All the rights and responsibilities must be approved by the Senate.

DivineS Diplomacy Union (DDU)
- offers members the opportunity to improve the guild environment
Responsibilities:
- Recruiting and Interviews - Recruit new members and council them to understand the guild status
- Manage Guild Events - Create, Manage and Award Prizes in Guild Events
- Guild Relations with the Server Community - Marketing the guild image and creating a positive feel
- Feedback and Feed-forward - Listen and communicate with the guild and server community with the purpose of improving the guild ethics and image
Rights:
- Recruiting - Non-guild or other-guild players recruiting
- Ambassador - Support for Toons outside the guild with the purpose of learning about successful guild recipes
- Monthly Event Planning - DTU and GV will provide with gold and mats
All the rights and responsibilities must be approved by the Senate.

DivineS OFFICERs
The Officers core will be an interconnecting body of our community.
Officers are rarisim members with a very good knowledge about the guild and its members.

There will be only one rank for Officers, with full rights.
The Officers main job will be to watch over that the main rules are applied. To do this they will be:

1. Patrons - Each Union will have a Officer that will Link the Union with the Guild Master, Senate and Officer Core.
2. Senators - 1/3 of the Senate will be made out of elected Officers
3. Police - Demote/Promote members and Punish rule breakers
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MastaMinds · Junior 2 Joined: 17 May 2010 Posts: 40 Location: Sudan

OK Menu I think you will have to remember all this rules so u can explain them better in the guild meeting after announcing when its going to happen
honostly the rules are compilcated and many I just hope that Menu achieves his goal of making a community :-)

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menumorut · Posted: 05/08/2010 10:01 Post subject:

I plan on making two meetings, one with officers and one with guild members.
Yes it looks very complicated, but these are not rules. They are options I want to give to Members that want to make a better guild.

None is obligated to join any of this structures, you can be a member or an officer and not be part of these structures. It will be your option if you want or not.

As long as there are few members online, the guild is manageable but what do we do when there are 30-50 members online?
You will say there wont be ever, and i will say they wont be because we dont give them a good reason to be.

I will make it clearer when we meet.
Officers: 9th Aug Monday 1:45PM for at least 1h
Members: 12th Aug Thursday 12:45PM
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