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Ranks and Promotions

Guild Rank Minimum Requirements Responsibilities and Comments
Initiate Breathing (lol) Learn your basic skills, and make the best of advice people give you. You are not expected to contribute, however if you would like to, what we could most use is you refraining from complaints about the amount of walking in this game. We already know. We all do it too. Thanks.
Associate Level 4 You have responded well to guidance and shown that you will become a contributing part of the community soon.
Member Level 8 You are becoming a contributing part of the community and take initiative where possible. You contribute through ideas and support of other members in guild chat as well as through contribution of raw materials when possible.
Kinsman Pass 2 Tests. Exhibit mature outlook. You are beginning to step into the Guild Leadership on occasion. You may be asked to lead projects or take on roles within the Guild which place you in charge of other people. No one needs to explain to you what contributions are appropriate because you have seen that already from watching others, or you know to ask for guidance in specific matters if needed.
Fellow Consistently exhibits mature outlook and perspective. Demonstrates leadership. While you are firmly in Guild Leadership, you may have many other concerns that prevent you from being extremely active. That's fine, we're just glad to have you around when you can help out.
Patriarch Chosen at the discretion of the Elders You are a 'back up' Elder. Once all Elder slots are full this is the highest anyone else will be able to advance. Patriarchs are expected to abide by the Elders' Code as well, in as much as it applies to them. You model what this guild is all about. You are expected to be quite active.
Elder Chosen at the discretion of the other Elders The Leaders, and ergo Servants, of the Guild. Must abide by the Elders' Code. Final responsibility for everything that happens. Should demonstrate what this guild is about in their daily lives.

Guild Rank	Minimum Requirements	Responsibilities and Comments
Initiate	Breathing (lol)	Learn your basic skills, and make the best of advice people give you. You are not expected to contribute, however if you would like to, what we could most use is you refraining from complaints about the amount of walking in this game. We already know. We all do it too. Thanks.
Associate	Level 4	You have responded well to guidance and shown that you will become a contributing part of the community soon.
Member	Level 8	You are becoming a contributing part of the community and take initiative where possible. You contribute through ideas and support of other members in guild chat as well as through contribution of raw materials when possible.
Kinsman	Pass 2 Tests. Exhibit mature outlook.	You are beginning to step into the Guild Leadership on occasion. You may be asked to lead projects or take on roles within the Guild which place you in charge of other people. No one needs to explain to you what contributions are appropriate because you have seen that already from watching others, or you know to ask for guidance in specific matters if needed.
Fellow	Consistently exhibits mature outlook and perspective. Demonstrates leadership.	While you are firmly in Guild Leadership, you may have many other concerns that prevent you from being extremely active. That's fine, we're just glad to have you around when you can help out.
Patriarch	Chosen at the discretion of the Elders	You are a 'back up' Elder. Once all Elder slots are full this is the highest anyone else will be able to advance. Patriarchs are expected to abide by the Elders' Code as well, in as much as it applies to them. You model what this guild is all about. You are expected to be quite active.
Elder	Chosen at the discretion of the other Elders	The Leaders, and ergo Servants, of the Guild. Must abide by the Elders' Code. Final responsibility for everything that happens. Should demonstrate what this guild is about in their daily lives.

NOTE: A paid account in good standing is required for ALL ranks above Initiate.
You must spend a minimum of one Real Time week at the rank of Initiate before you may be promoted. You may receive a maximum of one promotion per week, but it is rare for anyone to be promoted that quickly; this would indicate they have been due for promotion for some time. (Please note, we have mostly frozen promotions while we have been working on this policy, so once it is initially passed, there will be a time period where you are more likely to see this occur.)
Minimum means you have to have these qualifications before you will even be considered for promotion. It does NOT mean that once you have these you are "due" for promotion. It means you are eligible to be promoted when it is decided that you have earned a promotion.
In general, you will be considered to have earned a promotion when you are demonstrating the characteristics of people at the next rank. For example, when a Member passes 2 tests, and exhibits a mature outlook, he/she is eligible for promotion. If he/she then takes on leadership on occasion and demonstrate that he/she is a contributing member, it is likely he/she will be promoted soon.
If you leave the guild and then return, you will return as an Initiate and work your way up again, unless prior arrangements are agreed to in advance.
You may have your mules in the guild if you wish. Their rank will be the same as yours. If you leave, they must leave immediately as well.
You are responsible for any actions taken by your avatar. This means that if your brother logs you in and does something against guild policy, you are responsible for that. If your spouse is logged as you that is also true.
If your spouse is thrown out of the guild, you are welcome to remain. However, keep in mind that you will be responsible for anything your spouse does while logged on as you.

One final note: While there is no formal activity requirement for any rank below Patriarch, please note that to be promoted you do need to be logging in and participating in the guild somehow. If you are up for promotion but then absent for a while, your promotion will come some time after you have returned. Thanks. :)

Demotions

You may be demoted immediately by any Elder for:

Rude or hateful behavior or speech in guild chat. This includes but is not limited to calling another guild member names.
Failing to cooperate with an Elder (or, in the absence of any Elders, the highest ranked guild members present) when asked to stop a conversation, series of actions, or anything else that, in that leader's opinion, is causing serious problems in the guild chat.

While it is possible that you may be reinstated after further review, whining about it is not going to help your case. Calm and respectful discussion is most likely to get you what you want.

Repeated offenses may result in expulsion.
Extremely severe offenses may result in immediate expulsion. Example: Threatening violence to another guild member.
Creating a drama in guild chat over personal issues which should have been resolved in private may result in immediate expulsion. Everyone deserves to be free of this sort of nonsense and we are not tolerating it, not even if you are right.

Removal due to Inactive Account

At any time when one or more of the following conditions are met, a person can be removed from the guild.

Have a trial account and have not logged into it for 14 days
Have a paid account and have not logged into it for 60 days
Had a paid account, now expired, and is open to DPPRA status
- If at any time you are removed from the guild due to an Inactive Account status and come back, you will be welcomed, and retain the rank of Initiate
- If in the event you are going on holiday, vacation or need time away from the game, and we know this in advance of time, you will retain your rank at the time you departed.
  - If you are late coming back from holiday that will be handled on a case by case basis depending on a variety of factors, including if we need room for newcomers in the guild, what we last heard from you, whether you have gone into DPPRA status, and other things as the Elders see fit.
  - If you are concerned that your account may go into DPPRA status while you are on holiday and you would like to arrange to protect your belongings, please contact a guild Elder. If you guild everything to us, we can arrange it's protection an return to you when you come back.

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