Duties / Requirements for all officers:

Here is a brief overview the duties you will have as an officer and some of the expectations we have looked for in the past when appointing them. We are moving into unchartered teritory as the guild grows. Areas that none of us have really gone in our previous EQ lives. This is going to take a lot of work and commitment on all officers no matter what title you hold. It will require decision making in crisis situations, keeping a cool head and being able to keep those around us cool as well. Also as with your regular play time RL always comes first. But by taking an officer position you also are commiting yourself to 70+ other people. Your game for the most part is no longer your own. If you are not there for the guild you put excess stress on your fellow officers but also lose faith from the membership. The key is finding that balance so you don’t burn out.

Because of where the guild is heading and where the officers want to see it grow to I want to make sure all of you understand what is expected of you as an officer before you decide to move forward with the elections. Many of us spend several hours outside of game as well as inside of game doing the duties that this job requires. I am going to break this down into two catagories. One is general officer duties the other is the specific position duties. Again these are BASIC outlines. This will give you an idea of what we expect of those officers that hold the positions but its not the be all end all of the duties.

(The above paragraphs were written by Kailiee, with minor edits made by myself)

1. Must be a full member for a minimal of 2 months and understand the guild charter, code of conduct, raiding policies and guild goals/direction.

2. Must be an active, vocal member in the sense of you are current on the boards everyday and be willing to voice thoughts and opinions on issues in a constructive way. Both in and out of Gsay.

3. Must be willing to realize being an officer you are subject to critism of the guild and realize that you need to handle it with a cool hand. Read between the lines and work constructively with the persons issues.

4. Realize that being an officer is much more than in game. Its reading boards, reading quests, studying zones and mobs. And the in game part meaning that you have to be available to talk with members when needed.

5. Can be fully trusted with guild money and spells.

6. Can be fully trusted to not abuse his/her officer status/powers and game commands. (ie detag someone because you don’t care for them or before following proper proticol)

7. Watch the boards EVERYDAY and throw your 2cp in on issues.

8. Be willing to handle difficult issues for example, diciplinary action on an initiate or member, a member that has a conflict with another, a member with a complaint or about to detag. And while dealing with these issues remain objective, calm and logical. But also sympathetic when needed. Basically…you are a crisis manager.

9. Be willing to negotiate, we don’t always agree but sometimes it’s a compromise. Be willing to say even though I think my idea was the right way but I was outvoted so will follow what has been set.

10. Be in officers channel at all times during in game time.

Leader:

Guild Leader:

*The Guild Leader is a jack of all trades, he/she does a little bit of everything:

*In general, the Guild Leader is responsible for:
(a) Upholding the guild rules and charter.

(b) Keeping the guild leadership working.

(c) Inter-guild communications with friendly and hostile guilds.

(d) Applying disciplinary actions to the officers and or members of the guild if the occasion unfortunately arises. (ie. detag the member or officer, give out warnings, hold disciplinary meetings)

(e) Filling in for the other officers duties if said officer is gone for an extended period of time, leaves, is burnt out, or is dismissed.

Raid Officer (Cat Herder):

The raid officer is responsible for the scheduling and execution of Forsaken Circle's raids. They are responsible for using and maintaining the event calendar as well as ensuring our adherance to TP guildlines set out for calendar abiding guilds (which we are).

As the discharging of these responsibilites is very similar to herding cats, they have also been given that title as well.

Hybrid Liason Officer:

*Willing to have about 2 alts to house the guild spells.
*Willing to spend time handing out Hybrid spells to members.
*Willing to spend time updating the Hybrid spell list on the Vault once a week.
*Willing to make time to get spells to a sale mule in the bazaar if they become an overabundance in the bank or make your own sales mule.
*Willing to take the time to hash out who is where on what epics and coordinate with the raid officers in planning said raid to accomplish said task for the epic if the member has earned the guilds help.
*Have a good knowledge of the Hybrid caster armament and some of Hybrid caster needs in general.
*Have a expert knowledge of at least one Hybrid class (ie have played the class to at least mid 40’s)

Wisdom Caster Liason Officer:

*Willing to have about 2 alts to house the guild spells.
*Willing to spend time handing out Wisdom spells to members.
*Willing to spend time updating the Wisdom spell list on the Vault once a week.
*Willing to make time to get spells to a sale mule in the bazaar if they become an overabundance in the bank or make your own sales mule.
*Willing to take the time to hash out who is where on what epics and coordinate with the raid officers in planning said raid to accomplish said task for the epic if the member has earned the guilds help.
*Have a good knowledge of the wisdom caster armament and some of wisdom caster needs in general.
*Have a expert knowledge of at least one wisdom class (ie have played the class to at least mid 40’s)

Intelligence Liason Officer:

*Willing to have at least 2-3 alts made for holding Int caster spells
*Willing to spend time handing out pure Int spells to members.
*Willing to spend time updating the pure Int spell list on the Vault once a week.
*Willing to make time to get spells to a sale mule in the bazaar if they become an overabundance in the bank or make your own sales mule.
*Willing to take the time to hash out who is where on what epics and coordinate with the raid officers in planning said raid to accomplish said task for the epic if the member has earned the guilds help.
*Have a good knowledge of the pure Int caster armament and some of pure Int caster needs in general.
*Have a expert knowledge of at least one pure Int class (ie have played the class to at least mid 40’s)

Melee Liason Officer:

*Willing to take the time to hash out who is where on what epics and coordinate with the raid officers in planning said raid to accomplish said task for the epic if the member has earned the guilds help.
*Have a good knowledge of the Melee armament/weapons and some of Melee needs in general.
*Have a expert knowledge of at least one Melee class (ie have played the class to at least mid 40’s)

Recruitment Officer:

*Willing to spend time talking to new recruits at anytime someone should send them your way.
*”Poster child” for FC, you are the window to the guild and sometimes one of the first people a new recruit comes in contact with.
*Understand the charter, rules, recruitment policies in full.
*Know what FC is looking for in its members and know when to recognize that someone may or may not be a good fit for us.
*On the message boards work in making sure people are given access to the proper sections on the boards when needed. Making sure that new recruits get posted on voting thread in an expediant manor and guilded as soon as they have met the recruitment policies (ie 48 hours & sponsor) And after a person is guilded follow through to when they become full member making sure we are not “dragging our heels” and timely on these.

Webmaster:

* Responsible for the maintenence, modification, and administration of the Forsaken Circle website, message boards, and any other internet based medium deemed necessary by the officers and/or overall guild needs.
* See to the safe and organized backup and storage of all files related to the Forsaken Circle website, message board and any other internet based medium.

Off Hours Officer:

The off hours Officer tends to the overall health and well being of the guild during non peak hours. This officer, like the Guild Commander, is called upon to fill many roles as the need arises, and is for our non peak hours players, their only officer contact.