Structure

Officer Duties

 * Official working hours for officers are 12PM-8PM server time. Any issues brought up in non-working hours will be shelved for the next working period so that all officers may respond and give input. No concrete decisions will be made/announced during off-hours except in case of emergency.
 * In addition, no potentially controversial news will be announced on a raid day, and will be shelved until the next.
 * The Loot Council (when needed) is made up of the Role Leads + PS/RL as tiebreaker votes if needed.
 * Recruitment: while the Recruitment officer is responsible for posting threads and getting initial responses, all GM + Officers are responsible for reviewing and voting on guild applications. Applications will be accepted if/when all these conditions are met:
 * 1) at least 2/3 of officers have voted OR the application is at least 24 hours old
 * 2) there are at least 3 more "yes" votes than "no" votes overall
 * Officers may assist each other or handle more than one set of roles and duties, but all officers must hold at least one role and be ultimately responsible for seeing that the corresponding duties are fulfilled. For Loot Council purposes, the PS, RL, and the Role Leads must be different individual players.
 * Raid-Only roles are non-officer volunteers that work with the RL, but may act as officers during raids. These are official positions and should be filled, but allow volunteers to help off-and-on without needing to go through the election process every time. Also, more than 1 person may fill these roles at one time (e.g. multiple RL understudies are possible).

Elections

 * General elections will be held every 3 months. During these, nominations/elections for officer roles 3-11 will be held.
 * If an officer should choose to step down mid-term, a snap election will be held to vote in an "acting" officer until the end of the current 3-month term, after which the acting officer may nominate themselves again for a full term if they wish. (Exception: a Raid Leader understudy would automatically take over and become acting RL.)
 * There will be 5 days of nominations, 5 days for introductions and campaigning, then 5 days for voting.
 * Raiders may nominate themselves or other Raiders (with permission) to any of these roles.
 * All elections will be held by the Party Secretary through anonymized Google forms.
 * Elections will be ranked choice voting by default, or a confirmation vote if there is only one nominee.
 * If only one nominee, they will be confirmed if the "yes" vote is above 85%.
 * If the confirmation vote fails to pass:
 * A new round of nominations will begin.
 * The original nominee will have the option to review and address (anonymous) concerns.
 * Another round of voting will begin.
 * For the Party Secretary and Raid Leader roles, for the sake of guild/raid stability, slightly different rules apply.
 * 1) Every 3 months, during the general elections, there will be a commitment/burnout check.
 * 2) If the current PS/RL feels they are good to continue with their duties, a confirmation vote is held.
 * 3) If the confirmation vote passes 85%, the PS/RL continues on for another 3 months.
 * 4) If the confirmation vote fails to pass, a regular election is held (wherein others may be nominated).
 * PS will be limited to a maximum of two full terms in a row.
 * There are no term limits for other officers.
 * After each election period, Officers will then vote for who among them will be the "Vice PS" who will be the "acting Party Secretary" should the PS be unavailable for whatever real-life reason. This role is conditional and will only kick in if the PS is unavailable.

Voting

 * All those of Raider rank or higher have a duty to vote - even if voting "No opinion/Abstain" (which will always be an option).
 * All Raiders may vote for Role Leads, but the vote distribution of Raider mains presently within each respective role will be considered first if there is a large disparity for some reason (e.g. zero active healers vote for Heal Lead nominee A, even if enough non-healers vote to elect them over Heal Lead nominee B, whom all the healers prefer).
 * All Raider mains vote for the Recruiter, Treasurer, and Event Organizer officer regardless of class/spec.
 * Raid Organizers are a volunteer position and do not require votes or confirmation.

Guild Ranks

 * Guild Leader - self-explanatory.
 * Officers - self-explanatory.
 * Raid-Only Officers - those that only act as officers during raids.
 * Raider - dedicated raider mains that are part of our 25-player raid team(s) or bench.
 * Raider alts - alts of Raiders that sometimes are called to raid to fill gaps in raid comp and are dedicated to being available.
 * Social - casual/social players or alts that want to hang out, but aren't dedicated raiders.

Guild Bank

 * With limited space, the guild bank itself will be used primarily to support and sustain raids and Raiders.
 * The Treasurer will be responsible for distributing consumables, mats, et cetera to Raiders as needed.
 * The suggested donation for taking items for alts is 50% AH price, but is not mandatory.
 * Social players will be able to access some of the guild bank (e.g. basic mats and profession items), but not all of it.