First, a hearty “Grats!” to our new guild officers:
Daynear (when he gets back)
Inch
Lehon
Nianeve
Nymper
They make the guild better by being in it, just like all our officers do.
In somewhat related news: To compliment our now somewhat larger officer corps, I’d like to start a recruiting drive!
At this point all members can recruit new members simply by clicking on the guild tab and hitting the “Add Member” button. I would, however, like to make a few clarifications. I really shouldn’t need to say most of these, but some less than reputable behavior has gotten back to me during some guild recruitments (not necessarily for this guild), so I figure better safe than sorry.
- I’m not asking you to spam General Chat. Once every 10 minutes? Maybe, if you really want to. But anything more frequent than that will probably either get you placed on an /ignore list or give the guild a bad name. Most likely both. When I do put an ad in Gen Chat, it’s once – just once – for the whole time I’m in that zone. I don’t post an ad again until I’ve moved on to the next zone.
- Do not, under any circumstances, send unsolicited guild invites. Seriously, in my opinion as someone who has a few non-guilded alts floating around on other servers, that single act is the most annoying thing a recruiting guild can do. At the very least, ask first in whatever channel seems apropriate (Party, Whisper, whatever).
- One of the best places to find new members is the Guild Recruitment channel found in every capitol city. Just type “/join guildrecruitment” and not only will you have a channel where guild ads are socially acceptable (you should still only post in moderation), but you will also have a channel where non-guilded people will actually request guild invites.
- Players you know and respect are almost always good additions to the guild. Have someone on your friends list that isn’t in a guild? Ask if they’d like an invitation! Just finish a really good PUG group where one or more members aren’t in a guild? Why not ask if they’d like to join ours? If they say no, then that’s fine. Some people like being guild-free. But if they say yes, then we just got a new member! Yay!
As I said, some of this should already be obvious. Just think about what behaviors were annoying to you when you weren’t in a guild, and don’t do that.
Well, I’m not quite sure how I’m still up, so I’m going to hit the hey. Happy hunting, everyone.
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