Treasurers Report October 2007 The September month has certainly been the most active for the Guild, especially in terms of Guild participation. As you'll see below, contributions have increased massively! Thanks to everyone who has pitched in, it helps improve our Guild, and make us a more attractive prospect when we finally begin recruitment! Firstly however I would like to go a little off just coin, and mention Faction. Faction can be earned by speaking to the Kurzick Komandant in the Guild Hall and fighting in the large PvP battles. These are a lot of fun and you can pick up Faction very quickly, which can be exchanged for crafting materials, faction skills or most importantly faction for the Guild itself. You can contribute doses of 5,000 Faction which goes towards a grand Guild total, representing our dedication and being a sure symbol to new members that we are active in PvP. However Faction decreases by around 500 per day so it requires a decent number of people adding to it a few times a week in order to make it count. So get over to the Hall now and start playing in some Alliance battles! These also affect the PvE map for Cantha, which you'll see when you make it out of Kaineng City. Back to the issue of the Guild fund, we have acquired to new assets this month being the Priest of Balthazar, and the Skill Trainer. Both very useful additions however there are issues to be raised around how these came about. The first Guild vote for how we should spend our money was held a few weeks ago, and all votes came up that we should hold onto our money and keep saving, the general consensus being around acquiring a Skill Trainer. However just a few days later we reached the total needed (100 platinum), rather than wait for up to 3 weeks for the process of voting for etc our Guild Leader and both Officers held an emergency vote to acquire the Skill Trainer immediately, the result being unanimously in favour for. The Priest however was an independent purchase for 10 platinum by Guild Leader Andrew Townley. Whilst this is an appreciated addition, it is strongly urged that players do not purchase Guild Hall additions separately and that we represent as much as the Guild as possible by holding separate participatory votes. The following reports all economic activity in the Guild funds for the month of August 2007. IN - 96,949 (96 platinum, 949 gold coins) OUT - 100,000 (100 platinum) TOTAL - 12,000 (15,051 carried over) The contributors for September were.... Mike Brandon Simon Gray Andrew Townley 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000   Contributions over September have risen massively compared to the August donation figures.... The primary aim of the treasury of course, is to encourage member participation by contributing PvE earnings to the guild treasury, thereby improving the experience for all members with the increase in amenities available in the Guild Hall. Therefore decisions need to be made as to what to acquire next, this will be done by every fortnight asking whether or not the Guild should purchase a new tradesmen etc for the Guild Hall at the present moment in time via a vote open for 3 days on OGChat. If the vote is No then another vote is taken 2 weeks later, or rather the first and third Fridays of every month. If the vote is Yes then a list of all available purchases will be open for a vote, lasting 3 days.  Guild Hall Status Xunlai Agent 10 Crafting Material Trader 100 Rune Trader 25 Skill Trainer 100 Merchant 2 5 Dye Trader 50 Rare Material Trader 100 Scroll Trader 50 Priest of Balthazar 10 Weaponsmith 10 Remaining costs – 325,000 (325 platinum)  Completion – 32.29% All time contributions. . . . Aug Sep 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 100000 Mike Brandon Simon Gray Luke Greensmith Andrew Townley 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000