1st things 1st.. best wishes to you and your faction
happy to see another caring guild leader in game.. eagerly awaiting other guild leader's response..
<- guild leader of ALTS but its a new guild and this is my first time being guild leader in this server and i have never faced any of these serious challenges yet and hope i don't face it ever..
personal plans for my guild in future: (initial criteria - active members which your guild has already met)
during the time the first three steps are accomplished the leader has to be extremely active.. with complete confidence no matter how many join / leave / make drama / get bad reputation etc., you will be the only pillar in guild.. must never give up or lose your cool head.. do not rush the process take it slow and steady
so here are my personal ideas below..
1. get to know guild members behind the screen.. introduce yourself thread on guild forum..and members thread (not many guilds have this thread atm.. say a list made by leader or director with below details..
a.member name in real life
b.characters available in guild
c.favorite in game activity
d.when they'll be playing mostly ( details on time)
this gives transparency to guild and builds trust between members over time..
2. identify active officers who are loyal to guild and identify their interests in game like PK / NW / TW / WS / TT etc
and allocate each officers separate roles in one or more fields according to their convenience.. to form guild parties to do these activities together..
3. find most trustworthy director for he/she has access to kick members outside guild..
Primary skills for director -
a. Most loyal to guild
b. remain cool headed and not get provoked by trash talkers etc.,
c. leadership qualities to make right decisions during situations
d. Managing abilities to be able to assign right jobs to right officers from time to time and monitoring their actions on how they are performing the assigned activities ( leader and director must not keep their hands full by doing the actions personally their actual role is to manage the other officers to whom they split the responsibilities)
when you have such a director you can take short breaks by retaining leader position or long breaks by passing the leadership to director temporarily..
Now for fun part in guild for in game guild activities alone are not fun and it makes us into machines thus losing interest in game or guild over time in my opinion..so
4. Keep the forum alive and make sure members check from time to time and make sure interesting threads are posted from time to time (by identifying members talents in real life can assign their personal corners in forum say arts, music, information outside this game that members recently learned or stumbled across, guild events during players birthdays (adds personal touch to the guild build real online friendship), other events, etc.,
that is all i have planned for my guild for now.. but taking it slowly.. just to make sure members are not here for rewards etc., but even without it they should find it to their liking.. once they do the real entertainment shall be introduced inside ALTS
Once again best wishes to you and your guild.. happy gaming have a nice day