Regarding Potential Applicants
Hi all,
Just a detailed reminder that ALL members of Stormwind University are empowered to assist potential applicants in locating our website and providing some answers to any corresponding questions they may have. :) If there's something you aren't sure about or know how to properly answer, please refer to the /o chat channel (our OOC chat) and ask a fellow guildie or, if applicable, any present Officer for assistance.
Prior to contacting myself or another Officer in regard to someone asking questions about the guild, please make sure to find out the nature of their question(s) first. If they are contacting you for the express purpose of joining the University (IC) / the guild (OOC), then refer them directly to our forums site here at www.stormwind-university.com and mention the brief IC/OOC application and process!
Also, on a personal note, I rarely - if ever - will meet with a potential applicant in person and ICly, unless I myself have been involved in the RP and/or approached by said person. That venture is far too early for me to put aside precious spare time in order to address and accommodate someone personally for the purpose of something every member of this guild is capable of doing themselves.
I don't mean to sound uppity or snobbish, but I tend to have plans for logging on just like everyone else does. I don't appreciate that time being imposed upon or having a potential applicant dumped on me, just because I'm the GM and that's evidently "my job" to take care of. This guild is a team effort, from top to bottom, and I empower my members in such ways as part of that pact because I trust our fellow guildies to be smart and responsible about it.
Despite this, most of us (if not all) have at least a couple of different ways to contact me directly, in the event of something that absolutely requires my attention as GM and leader of Stormwind University. I urge everyone to utilize those avenues if such an urgent "emergency" situation arises. If I'm not on WoW, then chances are that I still have Battle.net and Skype online and available for contact at any given time. (When I'm either working or sleeping are the two main exceptions!)
If I am personally unreachable, then your next Points of Contact would be:
- Lestuu
- Garryb
An extremely reliable non-Officer Point of Contact is Caniell, who incidentally is great at contacting any one of us ASAP should the urgent need arise.
Thank you all in advance,
~Amara~
Last edited by Amaranthaea on 2017-03-15 3:22 pm; edited 4 times in total
How to Handle It - A Potential Applicant Primer
OOC Approach: (Feel free to use some, or all, of this "script" in your responses!)
Suguildie whispers: ((Please visit our guild forums at www.stormwind-university.com to fill out a very brief IC/OOC application! Once that's submitted, our GM and Officers will look it over and get back to you via IC in-game mail once they've made a decision. The process usually takes 48-72 hours, but please note that it can sometimes take a bit longer! Please make sure to check in on your application regularly, in case the Officers have any questions that might require a direct response.))
IC Approach: (Example script; Feel free to put your own IC flair on it! Make it yours!!)
Suguildie says: Well, you're in luck, Interested! Our Dean's Executive Assistant, Miss Inkbinder, happens to provide the faculty with copies of our parchment application for situations exactly like this one!
Suguildie fishes around inside of their shoulder satchel for several moments, then provides the necessary three-page application to Interested.
Suguildie whispers: ((Please visit our guild forums at www.stormwind-university.com to fill out a very brief IC/OOC application! Once that's submitted, our GM and Officers will look it over and get back to you via IC in-game mail once they've made a decision. The process usually takes 48-72 hours, but please note that it can sometimes take a bit longer! Please make sure to check in on your application regularly, in case the Officers have any questions that might require a direct response.))
Suguildie says: Feel free to look the application over at your leisure. Drop it by our Campus Main Office postbox, and the Administration will look it over and mail you a response! It usually takes a few days, though. Anyway, I'm off to go teach my next class! It was nice meeting you. Maybe the next time we meet, it'll be as colleagues? Take care!