August 12, 2018
There was a quorum of members. Perseus and Lia were not able to attend.
Fennik led the meeting. He thanked the members for their hard work in helping make GT a level 20 guild with a nearly completed Stronghold. All that is left to complete are support structures which will be built as resources are made available via coffer donations. Guild members will be asked not to contribute influence to our coffer but instead donate it to the new helm guild, RC.
Fennik noted that GT has stepped down as the Alliance helm guild and RC has taken our place. Therefore, the Alliance is now known as the Ruathym Corsairs Alliance. GT now has a gauntlet position. Discussion ensued as to why InSanes left the Alliance. Fennik reported that their guildmaster, Ishtar, was not happy with the direction in which the Alliance was moving in organizing itself as a more efficient and effective council. Xerxes reported that Ishtar contacted him about their leaving and suggested that language problems and cultural differences were also part of the reason why they left. Xerxes noted the need for GT members to be sensitive to cultural differences and language barriers by speaking slowly on TS and by not using colloquialisms in written and spoken communications.
Fennik reported that GTBank is functioning well and that the guild has many resources and Astral Diamonds on hand. He requested that Xerxes continue to use his luck in opening lockboxes using the daily VIP key.
Mrs Toons, guild banker, noted that the guild bank is often difficult to keep clean as she can only move a certain almount of articles from one repository tab to another in any given day. Therefore, Fennik will change the bank settings so marshalls will be able to move or remove more items each day.
Dusk was thanked for his consistent service to the guild as a Battlemaster.
Xerxes noted that he stepped down as co-Grand Master for personal reasons. However, he will continue to serve the guild as needed as a Marshall by maintaining the guild blog and other duties as requested by the guildmasters.
Elections were held in which Dusk and Haelirin were elected by unanimous vote as co-Grand Masters along with Fennik. Fennik requested that the new GM's promote their own alt characters to rank 7 status to avoid the accidental promotion of other toons which could place the guild in jeopardy of being hijacked by an outsider.
Xerxes noted that the guild is very active with a full roster of active members. He will continue to maintain the roster and recruit new members. He reported that the New Member Code on the guild blog has been effective in introducing new recruits to the blog and in learning how to participate in a dragonflight. Xerxes requested that new members be of 10K+ IL and that they have "good" gear; meaning that they have their enchant slots filled, have appropriate artifacts and artifact gear, etc. Fennik expressed concern that we do not become an "elitist" guild. Xerxes noted the need to make sure that interested players are not bots or "merchants" as they usually do not have good gear and a higher item level. The members agreed that we will not become an elitist guild; however they approved this proposal.
Xerxes also noted that the guild calendar only contains two daily dragonflight events. He suggested that the calendar show the weekly events that are usually conducted by the guild. Dusk and Haelirin agreed to work with Xerxes in developing the guild calendar as a way to show new members that we are indeed a very active guild and so that members may plan for these events in advance. The MOTD will announce daily events to enhance participation.
The meeting ended with all Council members congratulating Dusk and Haelirin on their election as guildmasters.
The next meeting is Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 2PM EDT.
Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes
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Tuesday
MINUTES OF THE ALLIANCE COUNCIL
July 2, 2018 at 4PM EDT
A quorum of guilds was present. Leaders were shown where to find the last meeting minutes on the TS server channel and on the Ghost Templar's website at neverwintertemplars.blogspot.com
The members discussed guidelines and protocols for running the Alliance effectively and efficiently. Both Feygorn and Iceman had prepared documents for this purpose. The members unanimously agreed that Feygorn and Iceman are both to discuss and merge the two documents for presentation to the Council at the next meeting.
A lengthy discuss ensued about guild inactivity and the ways the Alliance could monitor member guilds activity. It was unimously agreed that all member guilds are to post their Guild Activity Log on the TS server in the appropriately indicated channel. Fennik is to post the method for preparing and posting the logs which are to be posted on the 1st and 15th of every month before the monthly meeting.
A few members noted that some players have been abusing Alliance chat by making inappropriate comments and using inappropriate language for a family-friendly chat channel. Guild leaders are to monitor the chat channel and if they see an infraction of the policy they are to contact that person and/or his or her guildmaster.
Feygorn discussed the creation of the Explorer boon structure at Neverwinter Geeks to promote the masterworking professions of Alliance members. As agreed at the June 4th meeting, guild leaders are to encourage their members to donate Heroic shard and other needed resources to the Neverwinter Geeks coffer. 1,900 Heroic shards are needed.
The next meeting of the Council is on Monday, August 6th at 4PM EDT.
Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes
A quorum of guilds was present. Leaders were shown where to find the last meeting minutes on the TS server channel and on the Ghost Templar's website at neverwintertemplars.blogspot.com
The members discussed guidelines and protocols for running the Alliance effectively and efficiently. Both Feygorn and Iceman had prepared documents for this purpose. The members unanimously agreed that Feygorn and Iceman are both to discuss and merge the two documents for presentation to the Council at the next meeting.
A lengthy discuss ensued about guild inactivity and the ways the Alliance could monitor member guilds activity. It was unimously agreed that all member guilds are to post their Guild Activity Log on the TS server in the appropriately indicated channel. Fennik is to post the method for preparing and posting the logs which are to be posted on the 1st and 15th of every month before the monthly meeting.
A few members noted that some players have been abusing Alliance chat by making inappropriate comments and using inappropriate language for a family-friendly chat channel. Guild leaders are to monitor the chat channel and if they see an infraction of the policy they are to contact that person and/or his or her guildmaster.
Feygorn discussed the creation of the Explorer boon structure at Neverwinter Geeks to promote the masterworking professions of Alliance members. As agreed at the June 4th meeting, guild leaders are to encourage their members to donate Heroic shard and other needed resources to the Neverwinter Geeks coffer. 1,900 Heroic shards are needed.
The next meeting of the Council is on Monday, August 6th at 4PM EDT.
Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes
Saturday
New Templar Happenings....
Meeting of the Council of Templars
For both Ghost Templars and Spirit Templars
Friday, September 1, 2017 on Teamspeak
Xerxes opened the meeting at 2:10PM by asking Fennik to give a Stronghold Report. Fennik, who gave an Alliance seminar on Stronghold Development on August 6th and 20th, indicated that we are currently working on the Rank 16 guildhall which should be ready to be upgraded by September 10th. He noted that we will most likely become a level 20 guild in late 2018.
Concerning recruitment, John noted that we are not actively recruiting at this time; however, both ST and GT will accept members who request admittance. Ghost Templars must leave room for Spirit Templars who request a transfer to GT. Xerxes said that there are approximtely 142 Ghost Templars and 88 Spirit Templars.
In his Report on the Spirit Templars, Haelirin requested help in completing the ST rank 6 Guildhall. The Council agreed to help ST finish the guildhall once GT reaches rank 16. To permit acceptance of new members into ST and lessen the flow of transfers to GT, Xerxes suggested that GT once again have an item level requirement for admittance to GT. The Council decided not to act on the matter. Haelirin suggested that the ST bank be reformatted according to character level and the Council agreed to do so.
Perseus reported that the daily 1:30PM ET Dragonflight is well-attended and that Dusk has been organzing impromptu daily Dragonflights at 7:30AM and 11:30 AM ET. The Council agreed to make these events offical Templar Dragonflights whereby the Templars will now have three daily activities. Haelirin reported that he will continue to arrange Marauder Events throughout the week so members can farm Influence for Stronghold development.
Concerning the Alliance, Xerxes gave the schedule of Alliance Seminars: Sept 3rd - Warlock Builds; October 1st - Devoted Clerics; November 5th - Hunter Rangers and December 3rd - Control Wizards. After discussing some etiquette issues within the Alliance, the Council agreed to ask the Alliance Council to add two new Etiquette Guidelines: 1) Persons who promote dungeon or skirmish runs in public chat must accept any Alliance member who wishes to join the party that meets the official Cryptic event requirements; and 2) Persons on Teamspeak may not use vulgar character names - a guideline to be enforced by Xerxes, the Server owner.
As Dr Death was not present, a report was not given on the crafting program. However, Xerxes reported that Thyra is sending all the CraftieBank items to him, Dr Death, and Fennik. He also reported that Craftie Bank has over 354K Astral Diamonds. The Council agreed that this AD is to be used to purchase Strongbox keys. Xerxes and Fennik will meet with Dr Death to discuss the implementation of the New GT member gift program.
As there was no new business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:45PM ET. The next meeting of the Council of Templars is on Friday, October 6th, at 2PM ET.
Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes
For both Ghost Templars and Spirit Templars
Friday, September 1, 2017 on Teamspeak
Xerxes opened the meeting at 2:10PM by asking Fennik to give a Stronghold Report. Fennik, who gave an Alliance seminar on Stronghold Development on August 6th and 20th, indicated that we are currently working on the Rank 16 guildhall which should be ready to be upgraded by September 10th. He noted that we will most likely become a level 20 guild in late 2018.
Concerning recruitment, John noted that we are not actively recruiting at this time; however, both ST and GT will accept members who request admittance. Ghost Templars must leave room for Spirit Templars who request a transfer to GT. Xerxes said that there are approximtely 142 Ghost Templars and 88 Spirit Templars.
In his Report on the Spirit Templars, Haelirin requested help in completing the ST rank 6 Guildhall. The Council agreed to help ST finish the guildhall once GT reaches rank 16. To permit acceptance of new members into ST and lessen the flow of transfers to GT, Xerxes suggested that GT once again have an item level requirement for admittance to GT. The Council decided not to act on the matter. Haelirin suggested that the ST bank be reformatted according to character level and the Council agreed to do so.
Perseus reported that the daily 1:30PM ET Dragonflight is well-attended and that Dusk has been organzing impromptu daily Dragonflights at 7:30AM and 11:30 AM ET. The Council agreed to make these events offical Templar Dragonflights whereby the Templars will now have three daily activities. Haelirin reported that he will continue to arrange Marauder Events throughout the week so members can farm Influence for Stronghold development.
Concerning the Alliance, Xerxes gave the schedule of Alliance Seminars: Sept 3rd - Warlock Builds; October 1st - Devoted Clerics; November 5th - Hunter Rangers and December 3rd - Control Wizards. After discussing some etiquette issues within the Alliance, the Council agreed to ask the Alliance Council to add two new Etiquette Guidelines: 1) Persons who promote dungeon or skirmish runs in public chat must accept any Alliance member who wishes to join the party that meets the official Cryptic event requirements; and 2) Persons on Teamspeak may not use vulgar character names - a guideline to be enforced by Xerxes, the Server owner.
As Dr Death was not present, a report was not given on the crafting program. However, Xerxes reported that Thyra is sending all the CraftieBank items to him, Dr Death, and Fennik. He also reported that Craftie Bank has over 354K Astral Diamonds. The Council agreed that this AD is to be used to purchase Strongbox keys. Xerxes and Fennik will meet with Dr Death to discuss the implementation of the New GT member gift program.
As there was no new business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:45PM ET. The next meeting of the Council of Templars is on Friday, October 6th, at 2PM ET.
Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes
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TEMPLAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
AUGUST 4, 2017
Xerxes began the meeting at 3:05 PM on Teamspeak noting that Haelirin will be late, Perseus is on vacation, and Dusk had to sleep. Thyra has resigned from the Council for personal reasons. The guild is greatly indebted to her for her long service as Guild Crafter and Marshall since the Guild's Founding.
John gave a report on recruitment efforts indicating that we are at max capacity when one considers the number of current GT and ST recruits. Xerxes noted that 72 members of Spirit Templars are level 70; however, many of these toons are alts of GT members.
Mrs Toons was not able to attend the meeting so Fennik reported on the bank as he has been very involved in raising funds for the Stronghold development by selling off Craft Store, GTBank and Bank holdings. Fennik stated that we have 1,000 Zen and 200K AD in the bank. There is a very large amount of shards and explorer scrolls in the bank as Fennik used the guild AD to purchase Stronghold strongboxes during the Double Shard event. The shards will be used for future Stronghold upgrades and the scrolls will be used to gather resources for the guild crafter.
Concerning Stronghold development, Fennik indicated that we are ahead of schedule as we continue raising resources to upgrade the guildhall to rank 15. Our major bottlenecks are gems and influence.
Xerxes noted that Fennik will be giving a seminar on Stronghold Development on Sunday, August 6, at 3PM ET before the 4PM ET Regular Alliance Meeting. He reported that the Alliance is at capacity with 13 member guilds. He noted that the Alliance is very active as indicated by the number of Dragonflight and Marauder events; the well-attended monthly meetings; and the on-going monthly educational seminars.
Fennik, who is the guild Battlemaster, reported that the daily Dragonflight is being conducted at 1:30PM ET with the help of our dedicated battlemasters: Dusk, Perseus, Fennik, Raz, and Haelirin. Haelirin volunteered to conduct a weekly Marauder's event so members can get weekly 600 influence alottment.
Haelirin reported that the GTST channel is functional. This past week he sent a guild mail to ST members inviting them to the channel and will do so with GT members asap. Members will receive a rank 7 enchantment on becoming a channel member.
Xerxes reported that the blog and teamspeak are both very active at various time periods in response to specific happenings, i.e., a new article or seminar. He was glad to report that every Marshall uses Teamspeak.
Xerxes reported that Dr. Death graciously volunteered to become the new Guild Crafter. He will work closely with Thyra in gathering the guild's crafting resources. Xerxes will produce a new Crafting Program page for the blog with input from Dr. Death and John.
The Council conducted Elections. Besides Thyra's resignation, Xerxes noted that the term of office of Ebb and Flow and Brandis has expired and that they will be returned to normal guild rank. The guild is grateful for their service. Haelirin and Dr. Death were unanimously elected Marshalls.
As the Council had no additional business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 4:15PM ET.
The next meeting of the Council of Templars is on Friday, September 1 at 2PM ET (after T3's).
Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes
AUGUST 4, 2017
Xerxes began the meeting at 3:05 PM on Teamspeak noting that Haelirin will be late, Perseus is on vacation, and Dusk had to sleep. Thyra has resigned from the Council for personal reasons. The guild is greatly indebted to her for her long service as Guild Crafter and Marshall since the Guild's Founding.
John gave a report on recruitment efforts indicating that we are at max capacity when one considers the number of current GT and ST recruits. Xerxes noted that 72 members of Spirit Templars are level 70; however, many of these toons are alts of GT members.
Mrs Toons was not able to attend the meeting so Fennik reported on the bank as he has been very involved in raising funds for the Stronghold development by selling off Craft Store, GTBank and Bank holdings. Fennik stated that we have 1,000 Zen and 200K AD in the bank. There is a very large amount of shards and explorer scrolls in the bank as Fennik used the guild AD to purchase Stronghold strongboxes during the Double Shard event. The shards will be used for future Stronghold upgrades and the scrolls will be used to gather resources for the guild crafter.
Concerning Stronghold development, Fennik indicated that we are ahead of schedule as we continue raising resources to upgrade the guildhall to rank 15. Our major bottlenecks are gems and influence.
Xerxes noted that Fennik will be giving a seminar on Stronghold Development on Sunday, August 6, at 3PM ET before the 4PM ET Regular Alliance Meeting. He reported that the Alliance is at capacity with 13 member guilds. He noted that the Alliance is very active as indicated by the number of Dragonflight and Marauder events; the well-attended monthly meetings; and the on-going monthly educational seminars.
Fennik, who is the guild Battlemaster, reported that the daily Dragonflight is being conducted at 1:30PM ET with the help of our dedicated battlemasters: Dusk, Perseus, Fennik, Raz, and Haelirin. Haelirin volunteered to conduct a weekly Marauder's event so members can get weekly 600 influence alottment.
Haelirin reported that the GTST channel is functional. This past week he sent a guild mail to ST members inviting them to the channel and will do so with GT members asap. Members will receive a rank 7 enchantment on becoming a channel member.
Xerxes reported that the blog and teamspeak are both very active at various time periods in response to specific happenings, i.e., a new article or seminar. He was glad to report that every Marshall uses Teamspeak.
Xerxes reported that Dr. Death graciously volunteered to become the new Guild Crafter. He will work closely with Thyra in gathering the guild's crafting resources. Xerxes will produce a new Crafting Program page for the blog with input from Dr. Death and John.
The Council conducted Elections. Besides Thyra's resignation, Xerxes noted that the term of office of Ebb and Flow and Brandis has expired and that they will be returned to normal guild rank. The guild is grateful for their service. Haelirin and Dr. Death were unanimously elected Marshalls.
As the Council had no additional business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 4:15PM ET.
The next meeting of the Council of Templars is on Friday, September 1 at 2PM ET (after T3's).
Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes
Sunday
Monthly Meeting of the Council of Templars' Minutes
Meeting of the Council of Templars Meeting
July 14, 2017
On Teamspeak
The meeting was called to order at 2PM EDT by Xerxes.
Xerxes reported for Stronghold Director Fennik that the Stronghold development is going ahead as planned. In order to reach our goal of having a rank 16 goal by the end of the year, we will not upgrade the barracks further but instead build an animal pen and upgrade it to rank 7.
We will complete our contract with Tornado of Souls for an exchange of Influence for strongboxes of power within two weeks.
John reported that recruiting has been excellent with GT having 148 members. Xerxes will clean out the roster soon to make room for more transfers from ST.
Xerxes noted that Mrs. Toons was not able to attend for personal reasons. He reported that Fennik has been selling off bank items to raise AD for the stronghold progression. He further noted the gracious donations by guildies to the guild bank, coffer and for TeamSpeak.
Xerxes reported that Thyra was unable to attend for family reasons. The guildmasters have decided to suspend the Crafting program for six months or until Thyra is able to begin her work once again. All the items in the ST and GT banks will be sold on the AH; the AD being used for VIP, strongbox keys and strongboxes of power.
Xerxes reported that the Alliance is sponsoring seminars twice per month. The Tanking seminar was a great success. The seminar schedule thus far is: August: Healing; September: Stronghold Progression; October: Hunter Ranger. He noted that the Alliance is now complete with the addition of 3 new guilds to the Alliance. Ghost Templars is committed to developing strong ties between member guilds.
Haelirin, an ST Guildmaster, was asked to report on Spirit Templars. He noted that the morale is good. He encouraged better communication between GT and ST and suggested the GTST game chat channel be promoted further. Therefore, in the upcoming weeks, a member who signs up for the channel will receive a rank 7 enchantment. Haelirin noted that he'd like to have ST sponsor a dragonflight during the open 11:30AM EDT time slot occasionally.
John suggested that ST members be taken on Experience Bear Runs in the stronghold. He will make a video on how to run such an encounter. Perseus volunteered to run some of these events.
The meeting ended at 3PM EDT.
Respectfully,
Xerxes
July 14, 2017
On Teamspeak
The meeting was called to order at 2PM EDT by Xerxes.
Xerxes reported for Stronghold Director Fennik that the Stronghold development is going ahead as planned. In order to reach our goal of having a rank 16 goal by the end of the year, we will not upgrade the barracks further but instead build an animal pen and upgrade it to rank 7.
We will complete our contract with Tornado of Souls for an exchange of Influence for strongboxes of power within two weeks.
John reported that recruiting has been excellent with GT having 148 members. Xerxes will clean out the roster soon to make room for more transfers from ST.
Xerxes noted that Mrs. Toons was not able to attend for personal reasons. He reported that Fennik has been selling off bank items to raise AD for the stronghold progression. He further noted the gracious donations by guildies to the guild bank, coffer and for TeamSpeak.
Xerxes reported that Thyra was unable to attend for family reasons. The guildmasters have decided to suspend the Crafting program for six months or until Thyra is able to begin her work once again. All the items in the ST and GT banks will be sold on the AH; the AD being used for VIP, strongbox keys and strongboxes of power.
Xerxes reported that the Alliance is sponsoring seminars twice per month. The Tanking seminar was a great success. The seminar schedule thus far is: August: Healing; September: Stronghold Progression; October: Hunter Ranger. He noted that the Alliance is now complete with the addition of 3 new guilds to the Alliance. Ghost Templars is committed to developing strong ties between member guilds.
Haelirin, an ST Guildmaster, was asked to report on Spirit Templars. He noted that the morale is good. He encouraged better communication between GT and ST and suggested the GTST game chat channel be promoted further. Therefore, in the upcoming weeks, a member who signs up for the channel will receive a rank 7 enchantment. Haelirin noted that he'd like to have ST sponsor a dragonflight during the open 11:30AM EDT time slot occasionally.
John suggested that ST members be taken on Experience Bear Runs in the stronghold. He will make a video on how to run such an encounter. Perseus volunteered to run some of these events.
The meeting ended at 3PM EDT.
Respectfully,
Xerxes
Thursday
New Guild Goals
Templars:
The following list of goals approved by the Council of Templars shows where we expect the guild to be at the end of the year. We thank you in advance for being part of the journey and helping us achieve our destination :)
Six Month Goals (June 1 - December 31)
1) Become a level 16 guild;
2) Serve at least ten members per month via the Crafting Store;
3) Increase Teamspeak usage with ten new users;
4) Increase the number of posts to the blog to at least one per week;
5) Recruit fifty new members;
6) Increase member item level so that 10% of the members have Hero rank (12,000 IL);
7) Offer two educational seminars (on healing, class builds, etc.) to the Alliance and members; and
8) Increase the number of Stronghold boons to nine.
We can do it!
All the best,
Fennik and Xerxes
The following list of goals approved by the Council of Templars shows where we expect the guild to be at the end of the year. We thank you in advance for being part of the journey and helping us achieve our destination :)
Six Month Goals (June 1 - December 31)
1) Become a level 16 guild;
2) Serve at least ten members per month via the Crafting Store;
3) Increase Teamspeak usage with ten new users;
4) Increase the number of posts to the blog to at least one per week;
5) Recruit fifty new members;
6) Increase member item level so that 10% of the members have Hero rank (12,000 IL);
7) Offer two educational seminars (on healing, class builds, etc.) to the Alliance and members; and
8) Increase the number of Stronghold boons to nine.
We can do it!
All the best,
Fennik and Xerxes
Friday
On Cheating and Botting...
Templars:
There have been some recent developments within the Neverwinter gaming community that deserve our attention and response.
Many players have been banned from the game for cheating. Buying astral diamonds and in-game resources from third party vendors and botting are the main ways people cheat on Neverwinter.
Just recently two major guilds had their ranks and leadership decimated due to permanent bans being placed on some of their members who were caught cheating.
We do not want this to happen in the Templar community!
Therefore, the Council of Templars (the Marshalls and Guildmasters) revised the guild guidelines under section 3 on Respect to read:
"We are a respectful guild. Vulgarity and inappropriate behavior is not acceptable. Cheaters and botters will be kicked from the guild."
Have a great time playing the game!
All the best,
Fennik and Xerxes
There have been some recent developments within the Neverwinter gaming community that deserve our attention and response.
Many players have been banned from the game for cheating. Buying astral diamonds and in-game resources from third party vendors and botting are the main ways people cheat on Neverwinter.
Just recently two major guilds had their ranks and leadership decimated due to permanent bans being placed on some of their members who were caught cheating.
We do not want this to happen in the Templar community!
Therefore, the Council of Templars (the Marshalls and Guildmasters) revised the guild guidelines under section 3 on Respect to read:
"We are a respectful guild. Vulgarity and inappropriate behavior is not acceptable. Cheaters and botters will be kicked from the guild."
Have a great time playing the game!
All the best,
Fennik and Xerxes
Wednesday
New GT MOD 11B Ranking Structure
Templars:
The Ghost Templar's Council of Templars has changed our item level based ranking structure to account for the new gear score system in MOD 11B.
The new item level achievements for the following ranks are:
6,000 IL Rank 2 Templar
9,000 IL Rank 3 Squire
12,000 IL Rank 4 Hero
Please place your new item level next to your name on the guild roster.
Thank you and enjoy the new content.
All the best,
Xerxes and Fennik
The Ghost Templar's Council of Templars has changed our item level based ranking structure to account for the new gear score system in MOD 11B.
The new item level achievements for the following ranks are:
6,000 IL Rank 2 Templar
9,000 IL Rank 3 Squire
12,000 IL Rank 4 Hero
Please place your new item level next to your name on the guild roster.
Thank you and enjoy the new content.
All the best,
Xerxes and Fennik
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