Post by eiellith on Feb 11, 2019 19:30:19 GMT 10
Hi All,
Firstly sincere apologies that this post has taken me weeks or more to put pen to paper for various reasons.
War Machine is changing
Over the past 3 months or so War Machine has been faced with the biggest guild-related change in the period since I joined in 2010 (well after the first 3 hours when Nearra and I were invited and in the following hour or so half the guild left due to a severe guild split).
History
To give you an idea Bannox, Zesh, Zuzu, Gimm, CJ, Holy, Voronwe, Nearra, myself and I'm sure others were invited to this guild in the 6 months from July 2010. Due to the guild split mentioned above a number of us were moved by Raks (the then-GM) to some core roles pretty quickly along with Dak who was back in WM after a break.
Over the past few years the Guild Leadership has gone from Raks to Dakhan & Bannox then Zesh & Eie.
Recently Zesh has moved on for various game/not game reasons and this, along with the move from Bannox for time-zone reasons who has been the key raider/raid-leader for many years, has left us with a smaller than optimal officer group of Sophdog, Hummer, Gimm and myself.
This group, considering everyone's out of game commitments, is not optimal so a change is required to keep the guild moving forward.
What we need?
Speaking to a number of guild members we feel there is still an obvious opportunity for the guild to move forward through content in the same way it has for the past 8 or more years.
This is looking at moving forward in the spirit of the tenants of the guild; the right people in the guild, inclusion, language/reputation and communication.
We just need to make sure we have a number of safe hands to keep us going.
To move forward it's obvious we need some "fresh meat" in the guild leadership and there are three key roles we see in the guild:
- Guild Master
- Raid Leader
- Recruitment - proactive advertising, first contact/triage and coordinating/participating in interviews
When speaking to the existing officers it's hard for any of us to commit the required time/effort for being solely responsible for any of these key roles.
While I am now sole GM, I originally only agreed to this with a joint-role with Zesh. I already feel like I'm (unintentionally) neglecting the job and need to either hand it off to someone that we agree as a reasonable replacement, or if required I could co-share with someone else for a temporary/ongoing term.
Gimm/Nanook has been left as defacto raid-leader but this is not something he can sustain longer term so we need to work out a replacement main raid-leader (with backup of course).
A Recruitment officer would be amazing. This is something Bannox and Zesh have done for an extended period. It's gone a long way from Trade spam/LFR pickups (my era) to Discord and Recruitment Forums so if this is something you could be comfortable with we would appreciate some volunteers.
So what now?
We have a great, active, group of guild members, whether they raid or not. Unfortunately the way the game is changing (good/bad) the environment a guild works in changes as well.
To keep us going we need some new blood in the officer ranks, including some who could look to filling some of the key roles listed above. This would be done with support from both the existing officers and even from Zesh/Bannox where they are the holders of knowledge (e.g. the recruitment process mentioned above).
If you are interested in help out and applying for an officer role please contact myself or one of the other officers for a chat.
Cheers
Jay (Eiellith)
Firstly sincere apologies that this post has taken me weeks or more to put pen to paper for various reasons.
War Machine is changing
Over the past 3 months or so War Machine has been faced with the biggest guild-related change in the period since I joined in 2010 (well after the first 3 hours when Nearra and I were invited and in the following hour or so half the guild left due to a severe guild split).
History
To give you an idea Bannox, Zesh, Zuzu, Gimm, CJ, Holy, Voronwe, Nearra, myself and I'm sure others were invited to this guild in the 6 months from July 2010. Due to the guild split mentioned above a number of us were moved by Raks (the then-GM) to some core roles pretty quickly along with Dak who was back in WM after a break.
Over the past few years the Guild Leadership has gone from Raks to Dakhan & Bannox then Zesh & Eie.
Recently Zesh has moved on for various game/not game reasons and this, along with the move from Bannox for time-zone reasons who has been the key raider/raid-leader for many years, has left us with a smaller than optimal officer group of Sophdog, Hummer, Gimm and myself.
This group, considering everyone's out of game commitments, is not optimal so a change is required to keep the guild moving forward.
What we need?
Speaking to a number of guild members we feel there is still an obvious opportunity for the guild to move forward through content in the same way it has for the past 8 or more years.
This is looking at moving forward in the spirit of the tenants of the guild; the right people in the guild, inclusion, language/reputation and communication.
We just need to make sure we have a number of safe hands to keep us going.
To move forward it's obvious we need some "fresh meat" in the guild leadership and there are three key roles we see in the guild:
- Guild Master
- Raid Leader
- Recruitment - proactive advertising, first contact/triage and coordinating/participating in interviews
When speaking to the existing officers it's hard for any of us to commit the required time/effort for being solely responsible for any of these key roles.
While I am now sole GM, I originally only agreed to this with a joint-role with Zesh. I already feel like I'm (unintentionally) neglecting the job and need to either hand it off to someone that we agree as a reasonable replacement, or if required I could co-share with someone else for a temporary/ongoing term.
Gimm/Nanook has been left as defacto raid-leader but this is not something he can sustain longer term so we need to work out a replacement main raid-leader (with backup of course).
A Recruitment officer would be amazing. This is something Bannox and Zesh have done for an extended period. It's gone a long way from Trade spam/LFR pickups (my era) to Discord and Recruitment Forums so if this is something you could be comfortable with we would appreciate some volunteers.
So what now?
We have a great, active, group of guild members, whether they raid or not. Unfortunately the way the game is changing (good/bad) the environment a guild works in changes as well.
To keep us going we need some new blood in the officer ranks, including some who could look to filling some of the key roles listed above. This would be done with support from both the existing officers and even from Zesh/Bannox where they are the holders of knowledge (e.g. the recruitment process mentioned above).
If you are interested in help out and applying for an officer role please contact myself or one of the other officers for a chat.
Cheers
Jay (Eiellith)