I'd like to remind ALL guild members (and potential guild members) that it is a requirement for everyone to read and agree to our guild rules.
On the whole, I believe these to be fair and common sense .. however, just because I think they are, doesn't mean everyone else does!
The guild rules are split into two main sections .. the first is about how the guild itself works, the second about how we organise and run raids, including loot rules, standard raiding times, etc.
We ask people to read these before they join so that there are no surprises (well, not too many anyway ... and certainly not any important ones). Members who join via a different route other than filling in an application form, we ask to read the rules just after they join. We can therefore work on the assumption that everyone in the guild knows the rules and knows where to find them should they need to refer to them again (which we all should do .. I do so regularly) .. so if anything happens that goes against these rules, we can point to them and say "ignorance is no excuse".
The rules are there for all of us. They have evolved over the years, and many of the "rules" have occurred because different people have had different ideas about what is "common sense" .. which is why they're fairly extensive. In effect, the rules have actually roughly stayed the same for years ... they have just grown as I've had to explain further what is meant in certain sections.
For example, one of these rules is in respect of the guild vault, it's use, access to it and it's function.
The guild vault is one of the core parts of our guild. If you start a new guild, it's there, day one. It grows with you as your guild grows. It adapts as the guild changes. It is critical that the integrity of the vault is maintained .. that people use it fairly and correctly, that it is there for the good of all, relative to your rank in the guild, and that it is administered well.
Now I can't claim to administer the vault perfectly .. sometimes things pile up and I have to have a clear out .. sometimes we're low on raiding consumables and I need to organise for it to be topped up ... but generally I think we have it ticking over quite nicely.
I would like to stress, however, a point in the guild rules:
The guild is happy to accept donations which can be deposited in the relevant slots in the Vault (or if you do not have access to the relevant slot, you can either mail to an officer rank with a request to place in the correct slot, or place in a tab you can access, for future movement).
Within the guild rules, under the section regarding the guild vault, the word "donation" is used many times. Everything placed in the guild vault ... regardless of what it is ... is viewed as a donation.
If you place something in the guild vault by accident, and are unable to retrieve it, please talk to an officer or myself as soon as possible after the event - if the item is still there, and the guild log confirms what happened, then we can possibly return it. Please note, however, that the log is not very long and the more often a tab is used, the sooner the log is overwritten. For some tabs this could be months .. for others (such as the money log) this is only days. Having said that .. there is no requirement for us to do this. Item placed in the guild vault, either on purpose or by accident, are viewed as having been donated to the guild as a whole.
I will, at some point in the near future (after giving you guys time to read it as it currently is) try to expand the rules further, specifically this section, to make it more obvious what is meant by a donation.
Having said all the above .. and waited patiently for you to come back from reading the mahoosive guild rules page ... if anyone has any suggestions or comments regarding the rules, or any questions, please let me know. As the rules are fairly long (due to the whole "growing as we grow" thing) there are no doubt parts that makes sense in my head, but when someone reads them make no sense whatsoever. Although I would hope that out of an entire guild of people who have, of course, read them in the past, someone would have noticed any glitches by now 
I would also like to think that, if anyone objects to any of the guild rules, or doesn't understand them, they would ask about them. As mentioned above, it is a requirement that guild members read AND AGREE to the guild rules. If you do not agree to the guild rules (and the bit you don't agree with is not just a typo!) unfortunately we're not the guild for you.
*waits for the thunder of feet as everyone flees*
