Tweek wrote:
Leadership:
As it seemingly stands, the GM of the Guild of Greeters doesn't have a term time, they can stay indefinitely if they want, a concept that perhaps does the Guild more harm than good if a GM's views are counterproductive to the Guild.
It seems that a term time for a GM needs to be introduced, with the voting of a new GM a public affair, transparent and voted on by GoG members, not secret groups within secret groups and so forth, and again the behind the doors mentality has been around since the guild's inception.
The D'ni guilds and the nonsense that went with it was not a guide book of how to run a guild, it's a demonstration how not to (like a government using 1984 on how to set up their administration).
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But it does warrant new Greeters, the Greeter population in game is small to the point of obscurity, if the Greeters you have aren't Greeting, then getting some new blood in that will seems like the logical next step.
Disclaimer: My postings are not my opinion, but the answers I have been given to the same questions.
To the first point, in response to why the leadership will not assent to the democratic model: it is because the guild, trademarks, copyrights, etc. are "owned" unlike the other guilds.
To the second point, in response to why applications are not opened: while many, if not most others agree that the current population is enough to warrant open applications again, the leadership, who control membership, forum access, and the list of Greeters sent to Cyan for shirts, do not, and therefore, applications are not open.
EDIT: I can use grammar, I swear...