My gut reaction is that "Guild of Maintainers" isn't the best to use because we have something very specific in mind for that guild and what you've described doesn't quite fit with that, though it's possible that your guild could be one of the minor guilds associated with the Guild of Maintainers as your alternate name would suggest.
Here is today's reply from RAWA:
RAWA wrote:
Montgomery wrote:
Quote:
In the last week this has become a rather heated topic across several forums, as has the entire concept of explorer-formed groups and guilds. Any decisions or advice you can provide which I may share with the community would be most welcome.
I finally got the chance to sit down with Rand and discuss this with him. He and I are in agreement that the duties you've described do not synch up with our intentions for the Guild of Maintainers. Reporting and documenting new content or changes in content fits under the realm of the Guild of Archivists - keeping track of and recording the history of changes in the Ages.
Thanks,
RAWA
_________________
CYAN - Richard A. Watson
We will abandon our name immediately (or stop using it while we decide on a new one).
As it turns out, there was at one time a
Guild of Archivists, although it appears to be defunct. There is also a Guild of
Archivists Web Ring. However, while they are using the name, they do not appear to be an in-game explorer guild.
It would be natural for us to take this name, as RAWA suggests it fits our function, however we will not do so if anyone protests. Please comment here if you are involved with either of the above sites or can help me contact those individuals.
In the meantime, we will discuss alternatives. Suggestions welcome.
Thank you for your patience.
It was brought up by RAWA that this group's stated objectives and duties are more in line with those of the original D'ni Guild of Archivists than those of the Maintainers, and I'm inclined to agree. Since the request went out to see if anyone had laid claim to the Archivists title, I figured I'd put my 2 cents in.
I've been running dpwr.net's informational archive for the past 7 years now, but due to time constraints and restrictions inherent in my current place of employment, I am unable to really organize an in-Cavern effort to keep track of the Ages and locations in Uru and keep the information in the Archive up-to-date. Since that seems to be the stated goal of this group, I see no reason not to be somewhat opportunistic and join forces. DPWR already has a centralized information repository at its disposal which I would be more than happy to allow your group to maintain, and you guys already seem to have the in-Cavern force needed to keep tabs on everything that's going on.
[edit: details about using avatars, etc. cut]
Anyway, feel free to talk amongst yourselves about this, and ask me any questions you may have about why I want to get involved in this way. Personally, I'm just glad someone else seems to have a desire to record everything that's going on.
