Discussion Topic: Guild membership mutually exclusive

[Trylon]

Topic of this discussion:

"Guild membership should be mutually exclusive."

This topic addresses the following question:
Should guild membership be mutually exclusive, i.e. can someone be a member of multiple guilds at the same time?
Or, to be precise: Will we accept members (or perhaps even leaders) of other guilds as fellow writers?

Now, please note that the statement is that it should be mutually exclusive. If you think that guild membership should NOT be mutually exclusive you should post in red, if you think it should be, you should post in green.

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[andylegate]

As with just about all the Guilds (with the exception of the Greeters) there really isn't any conditions stated for becoming a member of a guild. The Greeters differ in that they put you through a interview process and training first, which is understandable considering what the Greeters do.

My feelings on this is that, yes, you can be a member of more than one Guild, if you so desire and strive to work in that guild.

For example, while I consider myself a Maintainer, I have been spending the last several weeks learning how to, and actually creating Ages. I do have concerns as to how things go with this guild, and I have been posting my ideas and comments here.

However, I am also one of the Guildmasters over with the Pre-GoMa. I firmly believe that, if you are in a position of "leadership" "Represenative", "Council Person", etc, that you should not be allowed in simular position with another Guild. Be a leader for one, follower for another.

[OnslaughtQ]

I have to agree with andylegate on this. (I think his colors are reversed though)

Guild membership, at this point, should not be mutually exclusive. Lower echelons of the guilds should never be mutually exclusive (assuming some sort of guild hierarchy forms). We want to welcome all to every guild and hope they can find a home in at least one.

With that said, leaders or representatives, or some other official figure in another guild should not hold a position of importance in another guild. Andylegate, I think said it best in his post , with the minor exception that we don't use the word leader in this guild.

[Nadnerb]

I agree with both responses to this thread, though one seems to have gotten his colors mixed up.

Guild membership should not be mutually exclusive. It might not be too easy to be a writer, greeter, cartographer, messenger, and maintainer at the same time, since I wouldn't imagine you would have any time left on your hands. However, we shouldn't, and can't anyway, (lack of power on volunteer web forums thing) stop anyone from making any contributions to any guild they like.

However, there is the slight provision that in the case of guilds with "high ranking positions", one should not occupy such a position in more than one guild, though you may certainly be a member of other guilds at the same time.

[Chacal]

Of course not. What a strange idea.

[Whilyam]

Whoever has the time, energy, and or creative talent should be allowed to join as many guilds as he or she sees fit. His or her work will be judged on its own and, if they have over-extended themselves, their work will decrease in quality. While I say this, though, I believe Cyan will enforce a one guild per person rule when the infrastructure is in place.

[Aloys]

I won't be original and agree with all the posters above.

No, guild membership should NOT be mutually exclusive

Yes, guild leadership should be mutually exclusive

(If the first posts of this thread are any indication it seems everyone will agree about this particular question. )

[Paradox]

*looks for the yeahthat smilie because he's feeling lazy and doesn't want to type... *

Membership not mutually exclusive.

Leadership should be exclusive.

[Lontahv]

I agree with paradox.

[theclam]

Membership to the Guild of Writers should not be exclusive.

Council leadership positions should be exclusive.

Membership to specific projects can be exclusive, depending on the wills of the project leader or project members.