OOE Guidelines

C.  Recruiting

The guild Emissary is our recruiting officer. As such, he/she is responsible for administering this. OoE's Lord and Chancellor have final say in all recruiting matters. Anyone reading this should know that OOE reserves the right to stop or resume recruiting at any time based on the needs of the guild.

1.
How to Join: To Join Order of Eternity, you must have a Sponsor. Any fully guilded, non-probationary OoE member may sponsor a new recruit.

  1. In sponsoring someone, guild members attest to the recruit's potential worth and compatibility with the guild. Members wanting to sponsor someone should contact an officer for the new Page's invite.
  2. If a potential member is accepted as a Page, the Sponsor carries the responsibility of helping with their integration into the social and activities structure of the guild.

2.
Probationary Members: Probationary members carry the OoE tag and can participate in guild chat.
  1. Pages are expected to read the guild guidelines prior to expiration of their probationary period.
  2. An Emissary will start a thread in the General Membership forum announcing the page. All guild members are encouraged to reply with feedback on the page's progress towards membership.
  3. While in this status, they carry the rank of "Page" and are expected to spend their time getting to know their guildmates and officers by participating (both socially and grouping/raiding with as appropriate).
  4. Pages must maintain regular contact with their sponsor
  5. Emissaries will also provide regular, unsolicited feedback to the Guild Lord and/or Chancellor on all probationary members.

3.
Responsibilities of Sponsors: While fulfilling the role of Sponsor, guild members must do the following:
  1. As soon as your page is invited, post an introduction of your page on the "Looking to Join" forum (your page may then follow up with further information about themselves if they wish). This is to help assure you have gotten to know your sponsee well.
  2. Sponsors are responsible for coordinating between the Emissary/Officer and the recruit for their interview and the initial invite.
  3. You must post weekly detailed updates regarding your page in the members forum, on the thread set up to record feedback on your page. Failure to do this may result in termination of your page's recruit period and restriction of your ability to sponsor pages in the future

4.
Promotion to Full Member: After 1 month as a probationary member, the upgrade process begins. Pages may request their endorsement process begin as early as 1 week. If circumstances warrant, a page may stay in this status for up to 6 weeks (at which time guild leadership must make a determination):
  1. An Emissary will post a call for endorsement in the general membership forum. Any officer may endorse the Page and only one endorsement is needed. Please take note: The sponsor must concur with the upgrade.
  2. New recruits will be automatically promoted as long as at least one officer endorses the promotion and no other officers of the guild oppose it. In those cases where the sponsor is either an officer or emissary acting as sponsor, another officer's endorsement is necessary as they cannot fill both roles.
  3. When any officer's have opposing views on the Page's promotion, they're encouraged to post in the Officers Forum. The issue will be resolved in accordance with paragraph G2.
  4. Once an endorsement is received and any issues are resolved, an Emissary will move the Member-Input thread off the active message board and contact the guild Elder, Chancellor or Lord to make the page's promotion.
  5. If this hasn't already been done as a page, it is at this time that the newly-promoted member is expect to have any other characters on this server guilded with OOE

5.
Family Clause: Fully-guilded members may be eligible to have family members come in to OOE without first becoming pages or being endorsed. The intent of this clause is to encourage fellowship by fostering a family atmosphere. Members should fully understand and accept that approval is not automatic; be prepared to have family member(s) go through the entire process. Approval/Disapproval may also be based on the current state of the guild (membership size, needs, morale, etc.).

  1. "Family Members" (in this context) includes, but is not limited to immediate family, spouses and significant others.
  2. The prospective (new) member must post an introduction to the guild (or fill out the application) in the "Looking to Join" forum.
  3. To be eligible for this accelerated process, members must contact the guild Elder, Chancellor, Emissary or Lord for an interview (which will be with the requesting member, not the perspective addition)
  4. If the senior officer/emissary performing the interview believes it is warranted, they invite and promote.
  5. Throughout this process, a message thread will be established in the officer's forum to facilitate communication and provide visibility to the leadership.

 

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