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The One Called Sketch Vice Captain
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 Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:11 pm
((This thread is dedicated to putting any new and exciting guild news - the good and the bad in one easily accessible location. Enjoy!))
January 26th, 2010
Well, it's finally happened, fellow Guildmates.
As of 0338 this morning, I have been promoted to Vice Captain of our Guild. And I actually am very grateful to all of you for having the faith in me, even after a long departure, to recommend me for the position.
I will try my best to breathe some new life into this now dying guild.
We face a tremendous obstacle here, boys and girls.
When we first started, we couldn't keep the activity to a minimum even if we wanted to. Now the mountain we must climb is getting that air of excitement and activity pumped back into our illustrious ranks.
The difficulty isn't in getting the offers made best for everyone involved. The difficulty lies in obtaining enough of a voice for our little movement to matter, and for that we need to "kick it up a notch."
Anyone with further ideas on the matter is encouraged to make a thread in our main forum. Contests are always a sure winner. Let's hear some creativity.
Once again, thanks guys. It means alot to me that you regard me with such esteem.
Now and forever your servant,
Jack "IceColdHaterade" Feuchtinger Jr.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:06 pm
Our current numbers:
1,503 members
2,612 signatures
Fusty Inhabitant has taken over the guild captain position
Oh, and I have officially taken the position of resident cat-girl. 
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:20 pm
la dentelle Update: at last check (half a minute ago), the member count is at 929 and the signature count at 2,064.
Unfortunately, our guild and/or topics have yet to be featured in any way. As protest/petitions have been spotlighted in the past, I sort of doubt that gaia is keeping us out of the public view.
That being said: we need to get the offer information threads into the spotlight. It's the easiest way to attract more people. I'm making a Protest SoS Art Shop Maybe that will help...?
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:25 pm
Wings-of-Ash la dentelle Update: at last check (half a minute ago), the member count is at 929 and the signature count at 2,064.
Unfortunately, our guild and/or topics have yet to be featured in any way. As protest/petitions have been spotlighted in the past, I sort of doubt that gaia is keeping us out of the public view.
That being said: we need to get the offer information threads into the spotlight. It's the easiest way to attract more people. I'm making a Protest SoS Art Shop Maybe that will help...?
sounds like it would to me. (I'd love to help with the shop, BTW. I draw decently)
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:26 pm
la dentelle Wings-of-Ash la dentelle Update: at last check (half a minute ago), the member count is at 929 and the signature count at 2,064.
Unfortunately, our guild and/or topics have yet to be featured in any way. As protest/petitions have been spotlighted in the past, I sort of doubt that gaia is keeping us out of the public view.
That being said: we need to get the offer information threads into the spotlight. It's the easiest way to attract more people. I'm making a Protest SoS Art Shop Maybe that will help...?
sounds like it would to me. (I'd love to help with the shop, BTW. I draw decently) I'll PM you a Link when i'm done Setting Up.
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:47 am
Maybe in the next newsletter you can post the highlights of our latest Live Protest? We recruited about a dozen people from zOMG alone, just by talking about it. It was especially interesting because a lot of the poeple didn't even know what the offers system was, or how it worked, but they were fully on board with us when they learned. We described the good and the bad of the offers system, and they still agreed.
We also took a few screen shots, just to show our numbers. Many people asked for signs to show their protest, and sat with us immedietly to help us protest, completely dropping what they were doing on zOMG.
I thought it was rather impressive. There were a couple of people who insisted that the scam offers and such where only bad at the fault of members who where "stupid enough to try". Perhaps we can come up with a more convincing way to explain it to members who think like that?
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:53 am
Teif
Maybe in the next newsletter you can post the highlights of our latest Live Protest? We recruited about a dozen people from zOMG alone, just by talking about it. It was especially interesting because a lot of the poeple didn't even know what the offers system was, or how it worked, but they were fully on board with us when they learned. We described the good and the bad of the offers system, and they still agreed.
We also took a few screen shots, just to show our numbers. Many people asked for signs to show their protest, and sat with us immedietly to help us protest, completely dropping what they were doing on zOMG.
I thought it was rather impressive. There were a couple of people who insisted that the scam offers and such where only bad at the fault of members who where "stupid enough to try". Perhaps we can come up with a more convincing way to explain it to members who think like that?
One thing that might help is to analyze the terms for each offer. Does anyone speak legalese? because if we have proof that the offers aren't being honest about what's involved in completing them, we'll have concrete proof that there are scams, viruses, and hidden charges.
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:04 pm
la dentelle Teif
Maybe in the next newsletter you can post the highlights of our latest Live Protest? We recruited about a dozen people from zOMG alone, just by talking about it. It was especially interesting because a lot of the poeple didn't even know what the offers system was, or how it worked, but they were fully on board with us when they learned. We described the good and the bad of the offers system, and they still agreed.
We also took a few screen shots, just to show our numbers. Many people asked for signs to show their protest, and sat with us immedietly to help us protest, completely dropping what they were doing on zOMG.
I thought it was rather impressive. There were a couple of people who insisted that the scam offers and such where only bad at the fault of members who where "stupid enough to try". Perhaps we can come up with a more convincing way to explain it to members who think like that?
One thing that might help is to analyze the terms for each offer. Does anyone speak legalese? because if we have proof that the offers aren't being honest about what's involved in completing them, we'll have concrete proof that there are scams, viruses, and hidden charges. *raises hand* Hello? Helped negotiate two union contracts here! Alas, folks, we're looking at this the wrong way. The thing here is, boys and girls, we don't need to dress our speaking voices in legalize to prove what we already know. What Gaia already knows. What the "company" proposing these "offers" knows. We really don't need to prove anything at this point. The key at this stage in the battle is education. In light of recent events concerning Gaia Towns, zOMG seems like a good place to start a live protest. Wait about a week. By then we'll be fully organized, our motives and goals clear, and nearly 90% of all regularly active Gaians* will have shown their support by either joining the guild, signing the petition, carrying the SoS picket signs, or any combination of those things. * Statistic based on a calculation of number of most active gaians (including mules) and some math magic involving statistics already available in our petition and member count.
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The One Called Sketch Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:18 am
This is your pilot speaking....
we're all going to die.
If it counts as news, the arena's open to voting, so you can vote for my protest avatar now:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/arena/gaia/cosplay-avatar/vote/?entry_id=101464479#title
Thank you for listening...
Hold on for your lives.
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:23 am
The Chipmunk Scourge This is your pilot speaking....
we're all going to die.
If it counts as news, the arena's open to voting, so you can vote for my protest avatar now:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/arena/gaia/cosplay-avatar/vote/?entry_id=101464479#title
Thank you for listening...
Hold on for your lives.
I'll add both the arena entries to the my guild directory.
i might have to make it it's own topic.
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:13 pm
Wings-of-Ash la dentelle Wings-of-Ash la dentelle Update: at last check (half a minute ago), the member count is at 929 and the signature count at 2,064.
Unfortunately, our guild and/or topics have yet to be featured in any way. As protest/petitions have been spotlighted in the past, I sort of doubt that gaia is keeping us out of the public view.
That being said: we need to get the offer information threads into the spotlight. It's the easiest way to attract more people. I'm making a Protest SoS Art Shop Maybe that will help...?
sounds like it would to me. (I'd love to help with the shop, BTW. I draw decently) I'll PM you a Link when i'm done Setting Up. Hey, I'm not too bad of a drawer myself! may I help w/ the shop?
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:15 pm
Also, I wish I could help and be a spokesperson but that probably wont happen, anyway if there's any way I can help just say so (like PM or something?)
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The One Called Sketch Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:49 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:12 pm
Yesh, I should put my sign back on now. I'm really looking forward to discussing and getting together a goal plan and maybe moving this forwards a bit.
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:37 am
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