The Blunted
Edge
Guild Charter and Rules of
Conduct
Charter
The Blunted Edge is a Windrunner guild for the
World of Warcraft. We are a social guild of friends and
family. We are committed to remaining a family friendly
guild. We were formed in order to make communication amoung
guild members easier, and especially to make grouping
easier in order to enjoy the social aspects of playing World
of Warcraft. If you are looking for an elite guild that is
seeking fame and fortune, please look elsewhere. We're here
to be social.
The guild is currently setup in a hierarchy as
follows: Steward, Captain, Crony, Friend,
Acquaintance. The leader of the guild is know as the
"Steward", and is responsible for all aspects of running the
guild. In cases where the Steward will be unavailable for a
time, one or more "Captains" may be appointed to conduct
guild business while the Steward is unavailable. Members that
have become familiar with membership requirements and have agreed to help
with the administration of adding new members are given a status of
"Crony". Trusted members of the guild
are given a status of "Friend", while new members are given a
status of "Acquaintance". Being promoted from Acquaintance to
Friend requires a nomination and a second from two members within
the guild (some additional rules apply - see below).
The guild hierarchy is intentionally very flat at
this point in time. Special abilities and "officer
rights" are not given out to anyone below Captain rank. This
is done in support of the social and friendly nature of the guild
itself. The ranks are used to let members know the relative
length of time and/or service a particular member has contributed
to the guild, but those ranks do not confer or imply rights,
special priveleges, or a reporting structure. Keeping the
structure of the guild flat is intended to lessen any political
movements or pressures within the guild itself, as we believe that
politics within a guild are often tied to struggles of power,
privilege, or prestige. The guild is also currently small, so
the need for a large supportive hierarchy to run guild business is simply
not necessary at this time.
The guild maintains a website with a roster, a
forum, and a calendar at www.bluntededge.com .
Members are encouraged to use the available resources on the
website. If you have any trouble using the features, send
in-game Mail to the Steward.
Rules of
Conduct
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We are family friendly. Please avoid excessive harsh
language or strong adult themes in guild chat. There
are children listening.
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Ask not what your guild can do for you. We're aren't a
power hungry guild, so don't expect us to power level new
members, or to twink your character with lots of guild
loot. While generosity to new members will likely
occur, expecting or demanding such treatment will likely
result in your banishment from the guild. Do not nag
other members of the guild to help you. Asking for help
is encouraged, but if the answer is no, then please drop the
subject.
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Try to work out any conflicts yourself through private
chat. Do not use the guild channel for having
a fight (or heated disagreement) with someone else
in the guild. Do not expect the Steward to take action
against another member of the guild unless you have
confronted the offending member first.
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New members. Anyone of friend status within the guild
may ask the Steward or a Crony to invite someone into the guild.
If the Steward is not online, please talk to a Crony or send an
in-game mail to the steward along with the name of the person to
invite. New members will be given a status of
"Acquaintance", and the person inviting them is known as
their "sponsor".
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Promotion from Acquaintance to Friend. Once an
acquaintance receives approval from two friends within the
guild, the acquaintance will be promoted to "friend"
status. Nominations for friend status should be sent
via guild chat, private tells to the steward, or via in game
Mail to the steward. An Acquaintance's sponsor is not
eligible to count as one of the two friends nominating the
acquaintance to friend status.
-
New member criteria. Before inviting a new member to the guild,
it is important to spend some time playing and grouping with the potential
new member. We do not "spam invite" by simply issuing an invite command to
somebody that happens to be standing around. Every "friend" of the guild
has the right to sponsor a new member, but only those of "Crony" or higher rank
can actually issue the command to add a new member. The purpose of controlling
the actual invitation process is twofold: (a) To ensure enforcement of the membership
criteria specified in this rule, and (b) to ensure consistent recordkeeping. As
such, Cronies are expected to list the sponsor of each new member in that new member's
officer note (a private note that can only been seen by the Steward, Captains,
or Cronies), and to send an in-game mail to the Steward about the new member and his/her
sponsor. The Steward will update the public note of a new member to show their sponsor,
and will also update the public note of friends to list their professions (to aid in other
members wanting to chain together professions to create powerful items). Note
that only the Steward is allowed to promote an Aquaintance to a Friend.
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