Comments on: Contingency Plans? http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html friendly guildmasters here to help you run a fabulous guild Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:13:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cheetara http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-146 Cheetara Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:58:05 +0000 http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html#comment-146 I need to hear more thoughts and ideas on this! It is killing me that I can't take two weeks off raiding, it is like the second I miss three raids in a row... bam something huge happens! I need to hear more thoughts and ideas on this! It is killing me that I can’t take two weeks off raiding, it is like the second I miss three raids in a row… bam something huge happens!

]]> By: rusha http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-140 rusha Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:06:32 +0000 http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html#comment-140 We don't really have a contigency plan as such. Ive been looking after Conclave for years and my partner knows my account details. I also have another officer who has next level of full guild control. That plus we've had this guild for so long it would just keep ticking along. We don’t really have a contigency plan as such. Ive been looking after Conclave for years and my partner knows my account details. I also have another officer who has next level of full guild control. That plus we’ve had this guild for so long it would just keep ticking along.

]]> By: Eryn http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-130 Eryn Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:07:38 +0000 http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html#comment-130 In corporations, this is called Business Continuity Planning. How to recover the business from disaster? What if X person gets abducted by aliens? Some people use the "What if X person gets hit by a bus" but I find that somewhat morbid. Think of your guild master position the same way. You do have full and unlimited control of the guild in such a way that only Blizzard can take it away from you. This is even more power than people have in a company. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But despite this, you still have to think about who will take over when you aren't around. A good way to handle this is by assigning a Co-GM or some such. For this, it is absolutely vital that you trust this person fully. You should probably have other ways to contact this person... such as cell phone. I was on a ski lift in Colorado when my Co-GM from Texas called me to update me on guild events even though I wouldn't be able to log on again until I got back to Virginia. This person isn't someone you can just promote, they really have to push their way into this position and it will feel somewhat contrary to your authority. Which was really hard for me to deal with... but I don't see any way around it. In corporations, this is called Business Continuity Planning. How to recover the business from disaster? What if X person gets abducted by aliens? Some people use the “What if X person gets hit by a bus” but I find that somewhat morbid.

Think of your guild master position the same way. You do have full and unlimited control of the guild in such a way that only Blizzard can take it away from you. This is even more power than people have in a company. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But despite this, you still have to think about who will take over when you aren’t around.

A good way to handle this is by assigning a Co-GM or some such. For this, it is absolutely vital that you trust this person fully. You should probably have other ways to contact this person… such as cell phone. I was on a ski lift in Colorado when my Co-GM from Texas called me to update me on guild events even though I wouldn’t be able to log on again until I got back to Virginia. This person isn’t someone you can just promote, they really have to push their way into this position and it will feel somewhat contrary to your authority. Which was really hard for me to deal with… but I don’t see any way around it.

]]> By: Kanandi http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-129 Kanandi Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:29:45 +0000 http://www.guildmasterpiece.com/contingency-plans.html#comment-129 Hmm, our guild does not have this sort of contingency plan, but the question inspires me to bring it up with our own officers this week. I'll be keeping my eyes open for further comments here. :) Hmm, our guild does not have this sort of contingency plan, but the question inspires me to bring it up with our own officers this week.

I’ll be keeping my eyes open for further comments here. :)

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