Today, I did some routine maintenance that included: removing the redacted logo, purging inactive representatives, and removing the "MIA" Councilor for Inter-Guild Relations Kato. The latter two actions were in agreement with our currently approved structure document that states (among other things) that (a) Representatives who have been absent for over 2 months should be removed and (b) that Councilors who have been absent for over 4 months are to be declared MIA and removed.
Now, if you've been keeping track of the official roles, you will note that some of the Inter-Guild and Technical councilor roles have swapped places, and the roles are so muddled up that somehow both jobs have become mine to do. To be quite honest, I am not capable of doing both jobs at the same time any more. I used to be very nice to everyone in this community, but that is becoming an increasingly difficult job for me, as you have no doubt noticed . With all of that in mind, I would like to tweak the two councilor positions' descriptions to the following.
Councilor of Technical Direction: This person oversees tools, plugins, and all technical services (including but not limited to the forum and wiki) offered by the GoW.
Councilor of Inter-Guild Relations: This person handles the creation, organization, and execution of all GoW events. He or she will also facilitate communication with the other Guilds, the community and Cyan Worlds. This person may elect to appoint Guild Directors (as defined below) to assist in any of these tasks.
In a nutshell, these changes move the responsibility of forum/server administration to me. This is not an issue since I have been doing these tasks for quite some time now. I actually enjoy keeping the forum turned on and running smoothly. The Inter-Guilds Councilor now has the official capacity to represent the Guild to the community. I think this is a good thing since we're perceived as just a bunch of dirty hackers. This image is pretty false since most people here are mostly interested in creating ages, not replacing the memorial imager text with "Kilroy was here." I would like to see this image changed; therefore, I would like to see nominations for a new Inter-Guild Councilor. This position is determined by a vote of the representatives only, which we can apparently hold at any time. I'm going to leave nominations up to the rest of you guys--it probably wouldn't be fair for me to nominate anyone anyway.
Did you notice that the position is now called Inter-Guild instead of Intra-Guild? I decided it was finally time to fix that typo.
These changes are the beginning of what I hope will be a revitalization of our guild. Over time, the GoW has slowly drifted away from where it needed to be. This isn't just the time to fix typos...this is the time to remind ourselves what the GoW is, reaffirm our goals and to ensure that we are on the right path to attaining them.