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Lots of threads deleted. [33 of them.] If no posts had been made since mid-April, it's gone. I left a couple here and there that I think will have good discussion later, but other than that, they're all gone.

Hmm... You know what people? I think this guild need something to make it a bit more lively. I know it's easy to say, and I honestly don't have any good ideas myself, but still. I'm sure you already are aware of this and don't need me pointing it out, but still...

Well. Let's see, here's what I've done to make this guild livelier:

1) Guild anniversary party, including contests, giveaways, and such.
2) Created a guild charity.
3) Created two advertisement threads, with Tanya's assistance.
4) Made the guild broader, created sub-forums to attract a wider variety of people, so everyone has somewhere to hang in the guild.
5) Planned a lotto, to gain funds to do more contests for the guild.
6) Am planning a summer solstice party, including giveaways of items, gold, art, and divination services.
7) Am thinking of a guild mall, a price guide, and have created a guide to the guides of gaia, for quick access for guild members.
8] Am planning a very large charity function ball for the guild and the charity coming in October.
9) I have also sent notices to guild members who have not been active, and plan on doing another run through the guild members this week. And one every three months there after. Or, at least, that was the plan. The people who did not become more active after these notices become banned. We want active people, not lumps on a log.
10) Have attempted to post crazy goofy things to get people to chat, have worked on getting more discussion in the guild while culling out the idiocy and arguments, to no avail.

I have created rules and contests, a referral program, and a whole lot more to generate more interest in this guild. The guild has done everything it can to spike the interest of the members. It is the members that sit and do nothing. It is the members of this guild that drag it down and then complain to ME that I am not doing my job.

I am sorry, but I have spent HOURS preparing all kinds of things for this place, have spent MY HARD EARNED MONEY buying letters to buy things for YOU GUYS and for the charity designed to put this guild into the eyes of the public and show we are about more than just magic, to get people to see us as a true and serious guild, and to get more members.

To get insulted, brought down, and complained at. To be told to make a place more livelier and think up more things and work harder to make it better. WHEN NO ONE DOES ANYTHING TO HELP.

Oh yes, I quite agree. It is the guild leaders who must make this place more livelier and work harder when she already has a full time job and is planning on college and a second job to help her mother. Yes indeed. It is quite my fault we are not a lively guild.

I work 8 hours a day, pushing two very heavy carts around, cleaning rooms and taking care of old people who can't take care of themselves. When I get home I am exhausted, both physically and emotionally. To get on Gaia and spend hours attempting to better this guild, for you people. Instead, I get people telling me it's not active enough, or I should do more things, or create something new to make it active. I have tried! You guys just don't seem to care.

Do you know how hard it is, to have people with dimentia and alzheimer's need you at all times of the day, who will cry just because you smile at them and pay attention to them? Several of them say I'm their angel, because I tell them to smile and never offer harsh words. I tell them they're beautiful people and happily join in with their hallucinations, to make them more comfortable. I help keep them calm every day that I work, and sometimes even after I've clocked off, I spend time with them. When some of them die, I help console the ones that are left, convincing them that they don't need to join their fellow residents just yet in heaven. We recently lost 4 residents, all of whom I knew and shared a special relationship with. I carry part of their burdens, so they don't have to, to help them have it easier. And yet you people here get on me for not having a lively guild to entertain you at all times. Every day almost, someone I know and care for dies anymore.

Do you even know how many people showed up to the anniversary party, then complained it wasn't lively enough? 6. Maybe. Out of 200 members. I was told it hadn't been advertised here and no one knew about it. Even though there were at least FIVE threads HERE talking about it, created by myself, each for a different topic pertaining to the party. For over a MONTH prior to the anniversary.

I work my butt off, day in and day out at this guild attempting to make the members post and be active. To make it interesting and entertaining and to breathe life into this guild. Do you know how exhausting that is? You seem to expect me to pour my life and soul into this guild, for people who do nothing in return. Not even post.

i think it's a good plan, my cute freakish little alien. heart

SUB FORUM EXPLANATIONS:

Just for fun:
What is allowed:

+ Person above you threads
+ Contests
+ Discuss games
+ Avatar Rating
+ Tektek Creations

What is not allowed:
+ Just saying good morning.
+ Posting lots of pictures, saying it's "just for fun".
+ Discussions about nothing.
+ Spam. [Nonsense. Things that don't relate to the discussion at hand. Bumps. Just emoticons.]
+ Things that don't relate to games, contests, avatar rating, tektek creations, and the like.

Minishops, Quests, Charities
What is allowed:

+ Your Gaian shops.
+ Your quest pages.
+ Your charities or giveaway threads.

What is not allowed:
+ Linking to your quests, shops, or charities in your own topic.
+ Anything that is not a shop, quest, or charity.

Any questions? PM Feadraug.

Polls Only:
What is allowed:
+ General discussion. You MUST have a poll in each thread. No poll = a warning!

What is not allowed:
+ Spam.
+ Extended discussion where you require sources or proof.
+ Not having a poll in your thread.

Help:
What is allowed:
+ Asking for advice. On anything.
+ Asking for assistance.
+ Asking for spell help. If you want to request a spell, go to Spells & Otherkin.
+ Advice on backlash, paths, and life.

What is not allowed:
+ Flaming. Trolling.
+ Demanding help.
+ Whining.
+ Request of a spell, hex, trick, etc. to harm someone.
+ Spam.

Art & Music:
What is allowed:
+ Quotes.
+ Poetry.
+ Stories.
+ You must credit the writing or art to whoever you get it from and who it is originally by.
+ Art.
+ Discussion on the arts.
+ Discussion on the arts and how they relate to magic.

What is not allowed:
+ Spam.
+ Not putting proper credits on material or artwork you post.
+ Things not relating to the arts, in some manner.

Spells & Otherkin
What is allowed:
+ Sharing of spells. But, you must put a disclaimer, saying where you got it from, possible backlash, and the expected results of the spell.
+ Requests for spells.
+ Discussion on Otherkin.
+ Otherkin, familiars, etc.
+ Discussion on ghosts and spirits.
+ Sharing of rituals. Again, with the disclaimer that posting a spell requires.
+ Holiday discussion.
+ Discuss spellcraft and 'magic'.
+ Discussion of psionics.
+ Discussion on divination.

What is not allowed:
+ Requiring sources, examples, and proof [unless giving a spell or ritual, then you MUST provide the source]. This is not extended discussion.
+ Spam.
+ Spells and rituals designed to cause serious harm to another being or require a physical sacrifice that is endangering another.
+ Don't suggest someone speak to a being they don't understand, know, or have it's consent.
+ Be careful of naming spirits, demons, ghosts, etc. as that may invoke them and leave them with the desire for revenge.
+ Creating topics to post your own spells. Use the BoS for that!

Extended Discussion:
What is allowed:
+ Debate
+ Research topics
+ Discussion where you expect sources, debate, etc.
+ Disclaimers, sources, proof, and intelligence.

What is not allowed:
+ Flaming or trolling.
+ Refusing to cite sources or give evidence to back up your opinions and points.
+ Saying, "Well, it's my opinion." This is a debate forum. Opinions mean nothing here unless you have something to back you up.

"About Me"
What is allowed:
+ Introductions in the introduction thread.
+ Personality quizzes.
+ Discussion about your opinions and points of view.
+ Discuss your path and why you chose it.
+ Things about your life.

What is not allowed:
+ Creating your own introduction thread.
+ Threads requesting advice or help. They have their own forum. Use it.

Spam Away:
What is allowed:
+ Nonsense.
+ Posts of just emoticons.
+ No discussion.
+ Topics about absolutely nothing.

What is not allowed:
+ Flaming or trolling.
+ Yelling at people for sources, this is spam, not extended discussion.

Questions? PM Feadraug!

All people here who have not been on gaia since 3/31/06 and all with 0 posts have been deleted from the guild. Later, I will finish off going through the forums post by post [yes, that's what I am doing], and delete all who have not posted since 3/31/06. Perhaps 3/20/06, though.

Gone through:
Main chat
Spam
About Me

I'll finish the rest later on tonight.

You can hear what you want in what I say, dear, it means little in the end if I had none. ^^ Also, as you are, as far as I can recollect according to the "oldest member" thread, my elder. Thus, the prefix "Mr." is quite accurate and polite when addressing you. Particularly when being serious or holding a discussion. As I don't know you, to me, you are a Mr. Ozzyfan. That is part of the mannerisms my Mother taught me.

Allow me to explain a third time, in simpler terms for you.

When I had mentioned I would step down and give the prize to elfgirl, and someone else voted this showed that there had been no integrity to the poll after my computer had died. Meaning, I can not account for the days that I missed and how many additional votes may have been added.

As to not extended the poll...do you honestly think we have that many members? I am fairly certain, considering the numbers and what I've discovered today, that all the "active" members had already voted.

Only way to have properly extended the poll to get additional votes would have been to either A) get new members equal to the amount of people on the poll, at minimum or B) PM all the members to tell them to go vote.

Quite frankly, I have the patience for neither and as it was an anniversary event and the anniversary was April 27...it would be sort of silly to have it all this month, as well, just to extend it out so I could have a proper poll, with it's integrity intact. Particularly when you consider the fact I had a secondary poll, while, with fewer votes, had not been touched in quite some time as that guild had not really been touched, in quite some time.

*sigh* What do people here not get? For all gaia says we have over 200 members, we do not! We have maybe 20 members that have posted in the past month. And -maybe- 50 in the past THREE months. COMBINED. We are that inactive memberwise. Without active members, that poll could not continue and as each member is permitted ONE vote and we had nearly 20 votes as it was and according to my current findings, in the past month we have had maybe 20 people here in grand total, that means there were none left TO vote.

And please, do not insult me by suggesting I'm "running for President". That's unbearably rude. crying

I'm not like a politician, am I, guys? I thought I was pretty straightforward and honest! Not always lying and filthy. crying