CHARTER The White Wind Charter can be found here.
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We seek and strive to:
Help Others
Discourage Anti-socialism
Encourage Grouping
Promote Excellence and Humility
Have Fun!
Avoid Distracting Members & Ourselves from Real-Life Goals
1. Help Others
  We as a guild are dedicated to helping others within reasonable expectations. White Wind members are not so self absorbed that they are oblivious to the plight of others. We are willing to lend a helping hand when needed. Often we are willing to donate items to new players or buff, bind, and heal fellow travelers; all free of charge.
2. Discourage Anti-socialism
  White Wind members seek out others to be sociable with. We make our best effort to talk with people and overcome the antisocialism that plagues Everquest today. We feel that effectively making us of the social aspects of the game can add significantly to the enjoyability of the game.
3. Encourage Grouping
  Everquest, by design, focuses on grouping. With the experience bonuses added for grouping, we believe it doesn't make much sense for many classes not to group and group often. White Wind encourages lower levels to learn and practice basic grouping skills, even if they feel they don't need to. We have and encourage ongoing discussions on grouping strategies as well as regular opportunities to group with guildmates. Regular multi group raids will take place for the mid and upper level members to further our grouping efficiency.
4. Promote Excellence and Humility
  We want to set ourselves apart from other players and guilds by being the best we can be. We desire to have a guild of master tradesmen, fighters, and spell casters. Excellence is a personal decision, and as White Wind members we have made that choice; but by making that choice, we will not succumb to egotism or conceit. We will carry our excellence with humility because we know that great deeds are recognized by action, not by words.
5. Have Fun
  White Wind members are dedicated to have fun. We will not get so caught up with the need to level, comparisons to others, our own selfish desires, and other petty and unimportant things while loosing touch with the real reason we play Everquest: to have fun. If we can't have fun playing Everquest then we shouldn't play.
6. Avoid Distracting Members from Real-Life Goals
  If you really enjoy playing Everquest you may find yourself spending a lot of free time playing. Play as much as you want. We encourage you to evaluate your priorities. Never ever, let Everquest or White Wind get in the way of your studies, or work responsibilities or your relationships. Do not neglect your families or friends. Your body also needs good food, plenty of sleep and regular exercise.
MISSION STATEMENT
LEADERSHIP
1. OFFICERSHIP BODY
  1. Guild Council
    Makeup
    1 - Guild Leader
    1 - Administrative Officer
    1 - Recruiting Leader
    1 - Treasurer
    5 - Senior Raid Council
    x - Guild Elders
  2. Recruiting Officers
    Makeup
    5-7 Recruiting officers
  3. Raid Leaders
    Makeup
    2-5 Junior Raid Leaders
2. POSITIONS
  1. GUILD LEADER
    1. Section I - Election and Installation
      1. The appointment of a new Guild Leader shall be made solely by the current Guild Leader.
        If the current Guild Leader is unable to peform this appointment duties due to some non-EQ related issues, or because (s)he guildremoved prior to performing this duty, this responsibility shall pass to the most recently departed Guild Elder. If no Guild Elder is in a position to peform this duty, then the responsibility shall pass to the officer of longest tenure.
      2. Once a new Guild Leader has been chosen, and has accepted the position, the members of the guild shall be informed of change, and in ingame meeting shall be arranged to pass the GL tag.
    2. Section II - Duties and Responsibilities
      1. Appointing of Officers - Guild Leader is solely responsible for Putting forth officership appointments.
      2. Removal of Officers - the Guild Leader reserves the right to strip the INGAME officership designation that (s)he feels is in the immediate best interest of the guild. Officers having been removed of their tag shall retain all board right access until a council consencus has been reached regarding their status. Upon Removing of any officers Ingame designation, the Guild Leader shall post a reason detailing why he felt it was in the immediate interests of the guild. It would be expected that a civil discussion take place in this thread resulting in a majority decision to either reinstate officership, or to fully remove all officership responsibilities and designations including forum access where applicable.
  2. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
    1. Section I - Appointment and Removal
      1. Administrative Officers appointment shall be made by the Current Guild leader, and shall be filled by a current member of Guild Council or in the case of officership vacancies, promoted from current Recruiting Officers pending an officership vote.
      2. The current Guild Leader can at his sole discresion replace the current Administrative Officer with another member of Guild Council. These two officers shall trade responsibilities unless otherwise indicated in the Guild Leaders desision.
    2. Section II - Duties and Responsibilities
      1. Messageboard Moderation - General maintenance of the messageboards including but not limited to archiving of threads, Opening/Closing of threads, Moving threads posted in inappopriate forums, and deleting threads containing Scams, Pornography, Viruses, Advertisement, or suggestions of blatent violation of the EQ EULA.
      2. Ensure the Ingame Guild Manager is kept Up-to-date.
      3. Raid Point Database Maintenance - Shall be responsible for keeping recaps entered into the raid point database, and for posting updated Raid point webpages.
  3. RECRUITING LEADER
    1. Section I - Appointment and Removal
      1. Recruiting Leader appointment shall be made by the current Guild leader, and shall be filled by a current member of Guild Council or in the case of officership vacancies, promoted from Current Recruiting Officers pending an officership vote.
      2. The current Guild Leader can at his sole discresion replace the current Recruiting Leader with another member of Guild Council. These two officers shall trade responsibilities unless otherwise indicated in the Guild Leaders desision.
    2. Section II - Duties and Responsibilities
      1. Monitor applications to ensure that all relevant information is included.
      2. Ensure that Recruiting standards are being followed by the current Recruiting Officers.
      3. Assist new Recriuting Officers in learning and following the established procedures.
      4. Serve as an active Laison with newly invited members to ensure that they completely understand what is expected of them, and to educate them on how to be productive and respected guildies.
  4. TREASURER
    1. Section I - Appointment and Removal
      1. Treasurer appointment shall be made by the current Guild leader, and shall be filled by a current member of Guild Council or in the case of officership vacancies, promoted from Current Recruiting Officers pending an officership vote.
      2. The current Guild Leader can at his sole discresion replace the current Treasurer with another member of Guild Council. These two officers shall trade responsibilities unless otherwise indicated in the Guild Leaders desision.
    2. Section II - Duties and Responsibilities
      1. Keep Guild Bank inventories periodically updated.
      2. Run Guild Bank Auctions.
      3. Operate Guild Trader to discard of uneeded items to keep the guild's general fund strong.
      4. Make sure Raid Leaders are reimbursed expenses incurred on guild raids.
  5. SENIOR RAID COUNCIL
    1. Section I - Appointment and Removal
      1. Senior Raid Council positions shall be filled as a result of :
        
        Changing of Positions of current Guild Council Members.
        
        Nominated by the Guild Leader from the list of active Junior Raid Leaders, to be approved by a 2/3 vote of current Guild Council.
    2. Section II - Duties and Responsibilities
      1. Shedule and Lead Guild Raids
      2. Extend influence to assist and motivate guildmembers in accompliting non-raid related goals important to the guilds progression.
      3. Train Junior Raid leaders in efficent raid practices, and in utilizing and executing our raid point system.
  6. GUILD ELDERS
    1. Section I - Appointment and Removal
      1. Guild Elders are comprised exclusively of the Former guild leaders.
      2. Guild Elders may be removed of their officership designation based on the guildleaders judgement, but will always remain an officer in such a manner that they have a permanant voice in the operation of Guild Council. Guild Elder's Council Forum rights shall only be revoked if said elder voluntarily removes his or her self from White Wind.
    2. Section II - Duties and Responsibilities
      1. Guild Elders are such and have fulfilled their responsibilities to White Wind. Each Elder is reserved the right to be as involved or uninvolved as he or she sees fit.
      2. Guild Elders are responsible for re-establishing guild leadership if such a circumstance arrises in which there is no guild leader.
  7. RECRUITING OFFICERS
    1. Section I - Appointment and Removal
      1. Recruiting Officers shall be nominated from among the general membership for approval by the Guild Council. A poll shall be put forth in the Guild Council forum with options consisting of a.) Yes, b.) No, and c.) Abstain. A 2/3 rd Majority of Yes votes (including active Elders) are required to approve the appointment. If any No Votes are cast which includes a detailed explaination of the vote, a second and final Vote shall be triggered, in which another 2/3 rd majority vote will result in approvement of the Candidate.
        Council approval should be sought BEFORE approaching the member to avoid having to aproach the member with a rejection.
        Once Aproval for the candadate has been done, and the candidate has chosen to accept the position, the guild leader shall bestow the officership delegation to the member, and the Recruiting Leader shall apprentice the new RO.
    2. Section II - Duties and Responsibilities
      1. Check the joining forum regularly, follow up on sponsors, and invite aplicants that meet all of the joining requirements. Document all invites and update the appropriate lists and guildmanager.
      2. PR with the guild members. Especially the new recruits... Check in with them regularly to be sure they are happy. Answer any questions or concerns they may have and notify the council of any problems that may become serious.
      3. Invite alts of full members. Be sure to update guildmanager with all alt invites.
      4. Help out with minor guild chat problems
  8. JUNIOR RAID LEADERS
    1. Section I - Appointment and Removal
      1. Raid Leaders shall be nominated from among the general membership for approval by the Guild Council. A poll shall be put forth in the Guild Council forum with options consisting of a.) Yes, b.) No, and c.) Abstain. A 2/3 rd Majority of Yes votes (including active Elders) are required to approve the appointment. If any No Votes are cast which includes a detailed explaination of the vote, a second and final Vote shall be triggered, in which another 2/3 rd majority vote will result in approvement of the Candidate.
        Council approval should be sought BEFORE approaching the member to avoid having to aproach the member with a rejection.
        Once Aproval for the candadate has been done, and the candidate has chosen to accept the position, the guild leader shall inform the member of his position and grant access to the raid council forum.
    2. Section II - Duties and Responsibilities
      1. Assist the Senior raid leaders in loot dispersion, group formation, and interacting via tells with inexperienced raiders to ensure they understand thier roles on guild raids.
      2. Familiarize and learn the rules and policies in place to help assist in solving raid related problems.
      3. Serve as substitute raid leaders when necessary.
  9. MEMBERSHIP
    1. JOINING REQUIREMENTS
      1. The Current Joining Requirements can be found here
        
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        Thanks for showing interest in joining White Wind. These are our joining requirements that you will need to meet if you would like to join us. Read through them carefully and feel free to contact any of our officers listed below if you have have questions.
        After you apply, one of our recruiting officers will look for you, or you may seek out any one listed below . One of these officers will give you all the necessary information if you get accepted into the guild, and they/will help you with anything you need. You can ask questions of any officer or council member, but our Recruiting Officers are your first go-to people.
        **Level Requirement : Level 60 (No Level limit for alts after your 30 day trial period)**
        Step 1: Prospective member MUST read the Guild Charter, Rules and Policies, and Etiquette Guide. Memorization isn't required...but highly recommended.
        You will also want to read through our POINT SYSTEM. This is how we distribute loot at our raids and What you should know about raiding.
        Step 2a: The prospective member will post in the Joining White Wind section and state their reasons for wanting to join WW. The prospective member must answer the following questions in their initial request to join:
        
        Quote: (COPY AND PASTE INTO APP)
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        Character Name:
        Class:
        Level:
        SEB KEY:
        WORN EB ITEM:
        INSTANT CLICKY ITEM:
        GATE ITEM:
        GOALS:
        2 Previous Guilds and Guild leaders:
        Why do you want to join ww:
        I HAVE READ THE GUILD CHARTER, RULES AND POLICIES,ETIQUETTE GUIDE and The WW POINTS SYSTEM. I UNDERSTAND THEM AND IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL ASK AN OFFICER OF WW.
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        Step 2b. We now require that all characters wishing to become apart of the White Wind family have the following items which will be verified through inspection, trade window or a magelo profile.
        
        Sebilis key
        Instant Clicky item (ie Shrunken Goblin Skull Earring)
        Non-gating classes must have a gate item (ie Small Clockwork Talisman or Potion of the Bone Field )
        Worn Enduring Breath item (this must be an equipped item, not summoned or a spell).
        You must be able to obtain at least 100 base resists in Save Vs. Magic/Save Vs. Cold/Save Vs. Fire at any time thru either your normal gear or an alternate set of gear you keep with you at all times.
        ..
        Step 2c. Once you have applied, we require that you go on at least 4 raids with White Wind before joining. Any raids you have attended prior to your application does not count toward your 4 raids that are required. You will need to contact our members to find out what raids we have planned and be sure to let the raid leader know that you have applied to join us. Extensive grouping with the guild members is also very good... we get to know you and you get to know us... Be sure to let us know you are an applicant when asking to join us for raids and groupings. It will be your responsibility to add the four raids you attended to your joining post before you will be invited. It is also the applicant's responsibility to keep their application active and up-to-date.
        Step 2d: At least 4 full members of White Wind must vouch for him/her before the applicant will be considered. One of the 4 sponsors MUST be an officer of White Wind. Vouching member of White Wind must post under prospective members post in the Joining White Wind section and state the reasons why they are vouching for this person.
        Step 3: A White Wind officer will confirm with sponsor their willingness to vouch for prospect. The officer may also confer with the prospective member's previous guild leaders, if necessary.
        Step 4: Finally, the recruiting officer will provide new member with a list of Leaders/Officers and instruct them to go to the members-only forums of our Message Board and write a little summary about themselves and any skills, etc which could be of a benefit to the guild. Oh...they might even give passwords to these forums and *gasp* use the /guildinvite command on the new recruit .
        
        30 Day Trial Period
        
        The trial peiod allows 30 days to make sure you fit in well with us and they we fit in well with you. We have a no tolerance policy for our new recruits, so if you are found to commit serious violations to our guild rules or are a problem causer you may be /guildremoved. Bad apples are like cancer and can spread problems throughout the guild.
        
        You will also only be able to invite one character (your main, no alts will be permitted). It is also expected that you show up to most guild functions that you're online for.
        
        Effective 1 May 04 - At the end of your 30day probation a vote by the officers of White Wind will be taken. Your probation can be extended or you can be asked to leave White Wind. If any person's probation is extended, a Guild Council member will contact the player and explain the reasoning behind the probation extension.
        White Wind Council and Officers:
        Guild Leader:
        Waltang
        
        Guild Council:
        Garza
        Shanoah
        Crowd
        Netshira
        Ganta
        
        Recruiting Officers (RO's):
        Hydroxin
        Sarakss
        Dochtor
        Madric
        Canmaben
        
        Raid Leaders:
        Waltang
        Doggen
        Wolfish
        Dunkin
        Teremthistle
        Braeuuin
        Quakr
        
        Removing oneself from White Wind
        If a member of White Wind removes him/herself from the guild, and wishes to rejoin White Wind....they waive their rights as a member of White Wind and must go through the process of rejoining the guild. You will also lose any raid points you have earned. Leaving the guild is not to be taken lightly and could jeopardize chances of rejoining. The Council will vote on your re-entry, and let you know the decision in a timely fashion.
        Thanks again for your interest in joining White Wind.
        See you in game
        Reminder:
        ***COPY AND PASTE THIS PART INTO YOUR APPLICATION ***
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        Character Name:
        Class:
        Level:
        SEB KEY:
        WORN EB ITEM:
        INSTANT CLICKY ITEM:
        GATE ITEM:
        GOALS:
        2 Previous Guilds and Guild leaders:
        Why do you want to join ww:
        I HAVE READ THE GUILD CHARTER, RULES AND POLICIES, ETIQUETTE GUIDE and The WW POINTS SYSTEM. I UNDERSTAND THEM AND IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL ASK AN OFFICER OF WW.
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    2. RECRUITING OFFICER PROCEDURES
      1. Section I - Recruiting Officer's Procedures can be found here.
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        Remember, you're only responsibilities lie with the new people in the guild, and interested prospects. Here's a reminder of your duties:
        Duties:
        
        check joining forum regularly... follow up on sponsors... invite new people using a system we make for them so the new recruits are brought up to speed on all the revelent info.
        
        PR with the guild members. Especially the new recruits... Check in with them regularly to be sure they are happy. Answer any questions or concerns they may have and notify the council of any problems that may become serious.
        
        Help out with minor guild chat problems.
        
        Also, if someone comes to you while no other officers are online and they have a problem (like from another guild or whatever), the only thing you need to do is get names of who to contact, and give them names to contact later. Let that person know that when one of the counselors logs on, you'll inform them of a problem and they'll get right back to that person.
        
        Keep up these qualities within yourselves as well, and maybe work on the ones you don't currently uphold :)
        
        -Good PR skills. Communicate well with others in a friendly manner.
        -Shows up at guild events regularly. Must set a good example! These are the times we all get together and hang out.
        -Comes to the message boards regularly and is involved in the discussions there. MB are our main source for communication with each other.
        
        *This is a guide for inviting new members. They should have posted on our message board and they must have 4 sponsors (one being officer) with full membership, 4 raids, Eb item (not spell), Seb key, insta clicky item and Gate potion. They must link Seb key, worn eb item, insta clicky item and gate potion to you before invite. This is all the info you need to give them before inviting.
        
        Repeat our Guild Charter:
        *Help Others
        *Discourage Anti-socialism.
        *Encourage Grouping
        *Promote Excellence and Humility
        *Have Fun!
        *Avoid Distracting Members & Ourselves from Real-Life Goals
        
        Tell them that they will need to work on building a positive reputation for themselves with our guild members. They will not automatically become friends with everyone. It takes some work, but the rewards are well worth the effort. Help out when others call for help. Show up to as many events as you can. If you do these things, when you need help, the support will be there.
        
        Tell them that when they log on, do a /who all white wind 50 60 (or whatever level range you are). See where everyone is at and send direct tells to see if they could use you. This works way better than asking in /gu.
        
        Let them know they are on a 30 day probation period. In that 30 days, it gives them a chance to make sure they like the guild atmosphere and the people in it, and gives us the chance to see if they fit well in the guild. At the end of the 30 days they will voted on before becoming full members and can invite their alts.
        
        Tell them about the password for guild forum and guild bank. Let them know they can withdraw from the guild bank after their 30 day probation. They can donate whenever they want, however. Tell them the guild banker names: Crowd and Shanoah.... and the 6 bank characters: Whittlee, Whittlae, Whittnee, Whittless, Whittlass, Whittnaa and Zargo our bank trader.
        
        Ask them not to say anything until you've presented them to the guild in guild chat. Tell our guild members you are about to invite a new member and to get ready to give them a big welcome.
        
        /guildinvite ... Announce in guild chat "All welcome , our newest member ... " or something similar, but make sure to put their name and class at least.
        
        Welcome them aboard and let them know if they have any problems, they can contact you or any of the officers.
        
        Go back to the message boards and post your name, and the date invited under that person's post. Close the post. Also you need update the Guild Manager and add Main and invited date.Once you have invited the applicant:
        
        *Add Main-Invited ?/??/?? beside their name on Guild Manager
        
        When you come to the boards:
        
        *Post on application date you invited and by who and make sure all needed info is posted on their app (4 raids...etc)
        *Close application DO NOT MOVE PLEASE
        *There is a post in RO forum called "New Member Initiation Date". This is where you must post their name, lvl, invite date and sponsors.
        This is the list I go by when their 30 days are up and I post it in Guild Issues
        Congratulations again, and THANK YOU for your interest in helping the guild just a little bit more.
        C. FULL MEMBERSHIP RATIFICATION 1. Section I - Full Membership voting Procedures can be found EzCode Parsing Error:[here[ [quote] 30-Day Probation Approval 1. 1 Week prior to the end of an applicants 30 day trial a vote will be posted in RO forum. 4 possible votes will be presented. ...a. Grant Full Membership - need 50% or more of the (RC, RO, and GC) votes with no Guild remove votes ...b. Extend probation 30 days (Explanation needed) - need 50% or more of the (RC, RO, and GC) votes with no Guild remove votes ...c. Guild remove the person (Explanation needed) - If more than one vote, members will be asked to guild remove themselves. A single no vote (with explaination) shall trigger a re-vote as described below. ...d. Do not have interaction with player *** Note: Item d. is intended as a lack of interaction on your part. Votes for Item d are merely placeholders to mark that the vote has been seen. Votes in this category DO NOT count towards the percentage of Votes for Full membership. If you percieve the lack of interaction to be a means to extend the members probation, please vote for Item B and explain this in a reply. *** Note: If a single Guild Remove vote is cast, with an explaination, a revote shall be triggered. In the case that a Guild remove vote is cast, it is highly suggested that we all engage in a discussion of the recruit as so to educate ourselves and to make a case for the applicant one way or the other. The revote should be done as expiditiously as possible, where a single Guild Remeove vote shall result in an extension, and any more than one remove vote shall result in the members removal. The purpose of the revote is to give everyone an opportunity to change their vote based on the subsequent discussions. 2. RL's will be given access to the forum for the purpose of voting on member's 30 day trial. 3. If an applicant's 30-day trial is extended, a new vote will be posted 1 week prior to the end of their extension. A GC will explain to the applicant why their probation is being extended so that the people can correct themselves. See Number 1 for votes. 4. A third extension can be granted on a case by case basis. A max of 2 Extensions (90 Days total) on the probation are allowed. If in 90 days the person has not shown that they fit into white Wind then they do not belong. This will be added to the joining requirements. Effective 1 May 04, at the end of your 30day probation a vote by the officers of White Wind will be taken. Your probation can be extended or you can be asked to leave White Wind. If any person's probation is extended or they are asked to leave White Wind, a Guild Council member will contact the player and explain the reasoning behind the decision. [/quote] V. CONDUCT 1. Section I - Communication Channels & Freedom of Speech As a general rule, we respect each members right to voice their opionions. Whether it is in /gu, or on the messageboards. There are a few things however to be kept in mind. Guildchat is NOT a public channel. Each member has the right to express their opionions or otherwise in any manner they choose, but as a PRIVATE channel, members and officers alike reserve the right to ask that any discussion be taken to another medium. The idea that someone that does not want to listen to your view can turn off /gu is not a valid argument, as it is their right as a member to have a guild communication means free from material that they find grossly offensive. The beginings of any discussion is acceptable in /gu, so long as you respect the request of any member or officer to move or cease the specific discussion at hand. Any discussions in a private channel of your own creation shall not be subject to any moderation by anyone, as it is each members right and responsibility to control access to these channels. /Raidsay, your groupchat on White Wind raids, and the wwraid channels shall be subject to the same rules as guildchat. Your right to free speech in PUBLIC channels is exactly that. You have the right to express yourself any way that you so choose in /ooc, /say, /shout, /auction etc. However, As long as there is a White Wind Tag below your name, your actions represent the values and actions of this guild. While you do have the absolute right of free speech, you do not reserve the absolute right of guild membership. 2. Section II - Griefing The term Griefing describes any of a number of offenses, including, but not limited to the unwarranted use of Verbal Harrassment, Training, and Kill Stealing. White Wind has a very low tolerance to the harrassing of other players. If you feel as if your being taken advantage of, or are being the recipient of Griefing from members of other guilds or non-guilded players, please involve an officer as early as possible to protect yourself. Members found to be guilty of the use of unwarranted Griefing shall be dealt with in the strictest terms. It is not a requirement, but is highly suggested that you keep your EQ experience logged in order to assist officers in resolving conflicts involving griefing. You can also use screenshots to present as evidence to help resolve these issues. You can enable the logging feature by loading the eqclient.ini file into notepad and changing the line that reads LOG=FALSE to read LOG=TRUE. 3. Section III - Larceny Larceny is defined as : The unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner; theft. Any action representing an action of theft shall not be tolerated whether it is against a fellow guildmember or another EQ player. Blatently decieitful practices including hacking, bidding on raid items with intent to sell for profit, withdrawing items from the guild bank to sell for profit, borrowing items or platinum from guild members with no intent to return or repay, and ninja-looting shall not be tolerated in any form, and may be grounds for guildremoval. 4. Section IV - Treason White Wind has moved into an element of the game in which many of the desired activities are heavily contested. We request that our members not assist other guilds or groups of people in obtaining guild targets that we as a collective desire. While we do find it acceptable to have alternate characters in smaller family oriented guilds, we ask that all of our members remove any characters that are in guilds that we are likely to compete with for any given activities. We also ask that our members restrict access to their characters from players who are members of guilds that we are likely to compete with. If a situation exists to this extent, and there is not an obvious resolution, please ensure that officers are aware of the specific situation, as such that some form or preventive measures can be established to more aptly prepare everyone for the posible consequences 5. Section V - Respect Respect means a lot of different things. On a practical level it seems to include taking someone's feelings, needs, thoughts, ideas, wishes and preferences into consideration. It also means taking all of these seriously and giving them worth and value. In fact, giving someone respect is about valuing them and their thoughts, feelings, etc. It also includes acknowledging them, listening to them, being truthful with them, and accepting their individuality and idiosyncrasies. Respect can be shown through behavior and it can also be felt. We can act in ways which are considered respectful, yet we can also feel respect for someone and feel respected by someone. Because it is possible to act in ways that do not reflect how we really feel, the feeling of respect is more important than the behavior without the feeling. When the feeling is there, the behavior will naturally follow. Show Respect to all of your fellow guildmembers even if you disagree with them. Everyone is entitled, right or wrong to their own opionions and beliefs without fear of being harrased or belittled. Freedom of Speech and Respect often breach the same ground, and it is important to remember that in a guild atmosphere, Respect is the more important of the two items. 6. Section VI - Reporting and Disciplinary Actions A member found in violation of Guild Bylaws and/or Charter can and shall be repremanded by the Guild Council. Information divulged to council members shall be kept in Strict Confidence amongst the guild council, and used to build a case to determine the appropriate disciplinary action. It is the responsibility of Guild Council to Investigate all reports of Misconduct. Once all background information is collected, the Accused shall be confronted with the evidence against him until such time that the council determines that all the pertinant information is available, or would not be any more forthcoming. At this time, Council will put forth a suggested disciplinary action to be voted on, including but not limited to - Forfeiture of Raid Points, Extended Probationary Periods, Temporary exclusion from guild events, Execution, or Guild Removal. Information obtained by the guild council in regards to Member Violations shall be kept in the strictest of confidence. The accused/perpetrator's rights and integrity shall be preserved unless the integrity of the decision of the council is publicly questioned specifically by the perpetrator. Record of Bad Conduct can and shall be kept for potential use and punishment against repeat offenders and Habitual Problem makers. VI. RAIDING A. MEMBER EXPECTATIONS 1. Basic Raid Concepts a.) Section I - Enrage, Rampage, AE Avoidance b.) Section II - Ettiquite and Conduct ( AFK, use of /ooc and shout, Use of raid channels, etc. ) c.) Section III - Class Specific Responsibilities RAID COUNCIL GUIDELINES Section I - Scheduling of Raids Section II - Raid Priority Section III - Positions and Cooperation RAID LOOT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Clean up and Link to the Loot Distribution System RAID COUNCIL AND RAID LEADER PROCEDURES Section I - Mandatory Raiding White Wind currently has no Mandatory Raid Policy, and so long as raid attendence is strong, none shall be implemented. Rough Draft of Mandatory Policy is Contained HERE for Officer Review DEGUILDING RECORDING Section I - A list of all members who have left and the number of times shall be kept for RO and Council review HERE. Seciton II - When possible, officers and council members should follow up on members that leave, and document the disclosed reasons behind their removal privately in the guild council forum for reference in the potential cases of reapplication. MANDATORY REMOVAL Section I - If the Extremest of Disciplinary Action Is agreed upon by 2/3 majority in Guild Council. The perpetrater shall be informed of the Council's decision, and removed from White Wind. Members removed for Disciplary Reasons shall not be allowed re-application to White Wind. VOLUNTARY REMOVAL Section I - Members who voluntarily remove from White Wind forfeit all raid points. Member's who voluntarily remove active characters from White Wind shall also have all characters belonging to them removed. RE-APPLICATION Section I - Members who voluntarily remove from White Wind, and later decide to return shall post guild applications as per other new Applicants. The former member must meet ALL current Joining Requirements, and furthermore, shall require a majority vote by guild council in favor of accepted re-entry. All previously earned raid points shall immediately be voided and Documented. A failed re-entry Vote shall be documented as an additional removal on the list of people who have left. No Member shall be allowed more than two (2) re-entry Votes. PENALTIES