Greenhorn looking for pointers!

[Eliza Creststeel]

1.) What is the best amount of Officers and Veterans in a Guild this size?

ETC hit the 500 wall with about 24-25 officers and about 12 Veterans at that time. And, often there has been a debate that maybe we have too many. Originally, my goal was around 10% of our members would be promoted. My main concern was are the officers we ELECTED doing their job eagerly and respectfully. While that number may sound low - compare the number of officers to the number of REGULAR players on during the day - NOT the total of pirates in the guild.

Be willing to DEMOTE inactive full officers down to veteran status and work to promote active veterans to full officer. It is a good motivation for them to be rewarded for their efforts. We don't have a recruiting quota in our guild, but if an officer is long absent or suddenly unable to be on for a while - the officers will vote to demote them for the time being. They understand that full promotion can always be reinstated.

Officers perform several duties: Maintain Order, Assist and Support Members, Improve Morale, Help Organize Events, Recruit New Members, Keep the GM Updated. As far as I'm concerned, Veterans have the same duties - just to a lesser degree.


2.) Is it wrong for me to remove members that have not been online for a long while...to make room for others?

Purging is a very sensible solution. We recently did a major housecleaning from 500 down to 408 last week. I asked each officer to go through the roster and give me 5-10 names of pirates they believed were not playing. As I compared their choices, I also looked for obvious signs of inactivity (very low Notoriety or skill levels, 0 Potion or 0 Fishing skill, basic clothes since the big update, etc.) and in some cases put up a list of names to be sure we just had not missed them.


3.) Can someone tell me where and how to subscribe to a forum such as this?
An established guild can ask to add a sub-forum here