Meeting 17 - March 30th

[drazzl]

It's been a struggle to rebuild the guild since the split mid-last year. We lost a lot of our core community and many of the remaining members were either disaffected by how things played out or have become too busy with real life. Mirannah has found it difficult to be in game and follow through on the agenda we set up when we took back the guild. I've tried to keep things going myself but have known for some time the best I could do was slow the rate of decay. Our base community is still largely unmotivated and we're not really able to recruit effectively. Without a means to grow and little to hold any new members we do keep, the guild is falling into disrepair. Raiding has been keeping things afloat for some time but the team has been struggling with its roster all expansion. We recently hit a tipping point where the team could not take the field on its own merits and has become dependent upon pugs. 

It is with a heavy heart I must acknowledge the guild is beyond saving at this point in time. We have acquired quite a lot of stockpiled materials and gold over our time and I will be opening up the guild coffers significantly so people can make use of that wealth. No one will be forced to leave, but we are acknowledging we have nothing left to offer as a guild and support anyone's decision to move on to greener pastures.

Thank you all for all the past efforts that made this guild a fun and memorable experience. I'm sorry it couldn't last longer, but guilds come and go, that's the nature of the beast. Should you go, please don't be a stranger and hopefully we will meet again to have more good times.

[drazzl]

*Edit* Important thing I forgot to include here but said at the meeting:

Should anyone wish to salvage the guild by taking over and spearheading their own efforts, that is fine. I've no desire to adamantly insist the ship is going down. I have the GM-ship currently and anyone wishing to take lead can request it, but I will require they have the support of 6-7 other members.

Another tidbit that came up last night was that during the attempts to recruit recently, we were told by someone our guild has an awful reputation and we'd need to reform the guild or change names to shake it. Our only possible explanation was that those who left during the split were not shy about their feelings towards us.

[drazzl]

It's only traveled slowly through word of mouth, but Ketchup (Milk etc.) has taken up the mantle of GM and is attempting to preserve the guild as there are still a lot of people unwilling to throw in the towel. There will be a guild meeting in the next 2 weeks to make a more formal announcement and a discussion will be had as to what steps are necessary to make things work.