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Thank you for visiting Murloc Parliament. This blog is inactive since the authors have stopped playing WoW.
However, the blog will continue to be hosted for a while because, while outdated, some information may be useful. The site will be taken down once Mists of Pandaria is released, because at that point all information here will be obsolete.
Guild Leadership Archive
Effing Officers
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 14 CommentsSo, what happens when a guild without officers swells to almost 2 10-man groups? All of a sudden, Alas has more than she can reasonably handle. Every little QQ is...
When Husband and Wife Fundamentally Disagree (about raiding policy)
Posted on June 13, 2011 | 20 CommentsArcaneTinkerTank (otherwise known as Gnoble, Husband, and He Who Sleeps On Couch) is dead wrong. Now what? It all started when Gnoble announced that he was going to start tracking...
Conflict, Grudges, and Personal Responsibility – In-game and out.
Posted on February 16, 2011 | 16 CommentsHas this ever happened to you? Person X: “This thing that I don’t like happened/is happening in guild. I want it to stop.” Person Y: “Thank you for bringing it...
No Officer Chat? No Officer Forums? Unpossible!
Posted on January 24, 2011 | 27 CommentsSince the beginning of time, guilds have dealt with the problem of “us versus them” mentality with officers versus members. (For example, Saga’s recent troubles.) Right now, Eff the Ineffable...My Ideal Guild Officer
Posted on December 29, 2010 | 30 CommentsI went to respond to Alas’s post and I realized I was going to go off on my own long-ass tangent about generalities and shit that pisses me off, so...A Peon Retrospective
Posted on November 24, 2010 | 6 CommentsAh a trip down memory lane. At around this time last year, husband was GM of a guild, I was in charge of all things recruitment, and it seemed we...
Coming soon, the progress gap
Posted on November 10, 2010 | 3 CommentsThis happens every expansion. The expansion hits and you have those couple people in your guild who take three days off of work and next thing you know they are...On "Poaching"
Posted on May 20, 2010 | 7 CommentsDon’t blame and villainize the poacher. Folks, it takes two to tango. Someone who poaches your guildies to another guild cannot poach the unwilling. Soliciting your guildies away is kind...Guild Leader 101: The press release
Posted on May 18, 2010 | No CommentsOne of the important roles of the guild leader is to keep guild notified of the rules. If there is a new policy coming into effect, a change to existing policy, or a removal of a policy, it is your responsibility to make sure that as many people in the guild know about it.Bein’ a Peon
Posted on May 13, 2010 | 7 CommentsLook, it almost rhymes. For those of you following my SQUEES of delight on Twitter, husband stepped down from GM-ship and I stepped down from Recruiting Officer. Meaning, now that...