13:05: [The Dojo] Chronita: Ok, let's begin the assembly now, as always, with a /pray :) 13:06: [The Dojo] Chronita: Now for the mandatory “Rules of the Assembly” speech. . . ;) 13:06: [The Dojo] Chronita: I will be moderating this Assembly. This is not to prevent you from expressing yourself, on the contrary, but rather to try to keep it organized. Until I open a topic for discussion, comments in the org channel should be kept at a minimal. 13:06: [The Dojo] Chronita: If I open a discussion, you may freely contribute to the discussion (without standing up), until the discussion is closed. If I ask for any new topics and you have one you would like to raise, please stand and I will recognize you so you can state your topic, then we will have a discussion. 13:06: [The Dojo] Chronita: When discussing, pls respect the others, and stick to the topic currently being discussed. Applicants are requested to limit their posts, and cannot take part in votes. 13:07: [The Dojo] Chronita: If someone from outside the org disturbs our meeting here, the best policy is to just ignore him/her. A council member or myself can tell them the meeting is in progress and ask them to leave, otherwise we should limit our contact with them. In the past it has been proven time and time again that the “zen” approach is best :) 13:07: [The Dojo] Chronita: End of Speech :) 13:08: [The Dojo] Chronita: Just a couple items for today, then we will hold a special all-in-one yalm signup & drawing :) 13:09: [The Dojo] Chronita: First I'd like to talk about the reasoning behind the mandatory meeting for today. . . 13:09: [The Dojo] Chronita: Mainly I wanted to see what kind of turnout we would have if I required people to actually be here. 13:10: [The Dojo] Chronita: Based on the numbers here and the people who posted reasons they could not come on the forums, our actual number of "active" players is about what I figured earlier. 13:11: [The Dojo] Chronita: Another reason for the mandatory nature of today's meeting is concern for the future, and that leads me into my second topic. 13:11: [The Dojo] Chronita: Next Wednesday is the scheduled day for the pre-SL patch. 13:12: [The Dojo] Chronita: The coming of SL will mean many changes for everyone, not just those who order SL. 13:13: [The Dojo] Chronita: There will be many changes directly facing MAs, and many decisions to make about the future course of our organization (whether to allow the Shade profession as part of the main Dojo for example). 13:13: [The Dojo] Chronita: Because of this, it will be important that everyone attempt to attend our assemblies in the near future. 13:15: [The Dojo] Chronita: I don't really like requiring people to attend, but basically with the turnout of the past few assemblies, I really do not feel comfortable taking a "general" org opinion, or having org votes, etc. with the small number of people present. 13:16: [The Dojo] Chronita: So I can choose either to change how things are done (holding votes on the forums - which arent attended much either, or maybe just making all new decisions myself or within the council. 13:16: [The Dojo] Chronita: Again, I'd rather not do this, and would like to keep the importance of assemblies. 13:17: [The Dojo] Chronita: So for now, I will say that next week we will have assembly as usual, and focus the conversation around the new pre-SL changes 13:19: [The Dojo] Chronita: This assembly will not be mandatory, but if the turnout is poor, I will then make the change to mandatory assemblies, and perhaps reserve some of our org privilages for those who attend as they should or keep me informed of conflicts, etc. 13:20: [The Dojo] Chronita: I really dont want to do the later, but I'm having to make decisions now in order to keep our org "active" and exciting as it has been in the past. 13:21: [The Dojo] Chronita: SL should stimulate a lot of re-interest in the game, and that may prove the boost we need, but I am making my own plans to boost things in case SL flops ;) 13:22: [The Dojo] Chronita: So just be ready in the next month or so to contribute what you can to our discussions and help steer our org smoothly through the upcoming changes and the recent quiet times :) 13:23: [The Dojo] Chronita: Enough of the serious stuff tho :) Now it's time to show why it's *really* a good thing to come to assemblies - the yalm drawing! 13:24: [The Dojo] Chronita: Let me review the rules here first. . . 13:24: [The Dojo] Chronita: Anyone with "unit member" or better rank who does not already own a yalm is eligible to enter. .. 13:25: [The Dojo] Chronita: Usually we spread the drawing over 2 weeks, with sign-up only the first week, but today I'm happy to shorten the process to reward those who attended when I asked them to ;) 13:26: [The Dojo] Chronita: The prize is 5 mil credits, drawn from the /org bank, to be used to purchase your low-req yalm when/if you find it in the right shop ;) 13:26: [The Dojo] Chronita: Also, this is open to Dojo members only, FotD people need not apply ;) 13:28: [The Dojo] Chronita: So, with that said, anyone who meets the requirements I just stated and would like to enter the drawing please state so by saying "I" in the org channel now :) 13:28: [The Dojo] Nadaline: i 13:28: [The Dojo] Blacktyger: I 13:28: [The Dojo] Jeathean: I 13:28: [The Dojo] Najla: I 13:30: [The Dojo] Chronita: Ok thusfar I have Blacktiger, Nadaline, and Najla (Jean you have to be a unit member to enter) ;) 13:30: [The Dojo] Chronita: Anyone else? 13:30: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Ivilz) Aye =P 13:31: [The Dojo] Chronita: Ok, in the order I listed then we will hold the drawing (rolling 1-3) 13:31: [The Dojo] Chronita: And the winner is. . . 13:32: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: Chron is trying to hold the suspense =) 13:32: [The Dojo] Chronita: Najla! Congrats!! (verify - /tell helpbot verify 2167) 13:32: [The Dojo] Nadaline: Gratz :) 13:32: [The Dojo] Akidoe: congrats 13:32: [The Dojo] Thaylia: Congratz :-) 13:32: [The Dojo] Saathi: gratz 13:32: [The Dojo] Spipac2: gratz 13:32: [The Dojo] Blacktyger: woot! Grats Najla :) 13:32: [The Dojo] Jeathean: gratz 13:32: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: Grats! 13:32: [The Dojo] Joeynamath: Grats. 13:33: [The Dojo] Akidoe: :) 13:33: [The Dojo] Arrilorde: grats! 13:33: [The Dojo] Najla: Thank you :) 13:33: [The Dojo] Chronita: You can collect your prize after assembly :) 13:34: [The Dojo] Chronita: And as a reminder, we will begin the next yalm drawing phase next Saturday, so be sure to attend :) 13:34: [The Dojo] Xiahang: sorry i got to go rl calls i'll bbl also going to shampoo my carpet 13:34: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: \ 13:34: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: oops 13:34: [The Dojo] Kidz: im not a member so i guess im not alowed 2 b here :) 13:34: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: bye Xia 13:34: [The Dojo] Tabataia: Cya 13:34: [The Dojo] Thaylia: sure you are 13:34: [The Dojo] Akidoe: bye xua 13:34: [The Dojo] Najla: Bye ... take care 13:34: [The Dojo] Thaylia: see you, Xia :-) 13:35: [The Dojo] Chronita: Ok, thats all the official topics for today - time for open topics 13:36: [The Dojo] Chronita: If you have a topic.question you would like to offer up, please stand now and be recognized :) 13:37: [The Dojo] Chronita: ok, starting to my left as always we have Saathi first, Saathi? 13:37: [The Dojo] Saathi: k.. 13:37: [The Dojo] Saathi: i just want to say that, if you do choose to let only the council make all org decisions, you will not be able to make the best decision for everyone in the org, that is all i will say 13:38: [The Dojo] Chronita: that's why I don't want to have to do it, yes :) so let's hope everyone will help out and do their part when we need to make the important decisons :) 13:39: [The Dojo] Chronita: thank you Saathi, Killa, something to say? 13:39: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: yep yep :) 13:39: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: Was wondering how often we elect council members 13:39: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: havent seen an election in forever 13:39: [The Dojo] Chronita: good question 13:40: [The Dojo] Chronita: we no longer elect council members in assembly 13:40: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: ahh I see 13:40: [The Dojo] Chronita: we now accept applications for council. .. 13:41: [The Dojo] Chronita: these applications are able to be submitted at the first of each month. . . 13:41: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: ooh, I see 13:41: [The Dojo] Chronita: after a week or so the current council (and some ex-council too) reviews the applications and decides on new members 13:41: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: where do we need to send them in to? 13:42: [The Dojo] Chronita: there is no longer a static number of council seats because of this policy btw - we have only as many council members as truly want the job and meet the criteria 13:43: [The Dojo] Chronita: Monday will be the 1st, so we will accept applications at that time. 13:43: [The Dojo] Chronita: There are threads started in the "Offline Assembly" forum for ppl to post their applications. 13:43: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: cool, thats all then :) 13:44: [The Dojo] Chronita: They are open for a week, then closed and reviewed. 13:44: [The Dojo] Chronita: So, anyone interested in council should look into that thread later this week 13:45: [The Dojo] Chronita: There is a sticky thread in the forum also reviewing what all council does so you can be certain of your interest in it. 13:45: [The Dojo] Chronita: And thx for reminding me about that Thakilla5 ;) 13:45: [The Dojo] Thakilla5: :) 13:45: [The Dojo] Chronita: Aunfire, a question/topic? 13:45: [The Dojo] Aunfire: Just a comment... 13:47: [The Dojo] Aunfire: I just want to say thanx for the opportunity at being in this org, you guys are awesome and have a great thing going, I helped run a 600+ mbr alleg in AC2, I know its not easy. That's all. 13:47: [The Dojo] Chronita: very glad to have you here Aunfire, and thanks for the kind words :) 13:48: [The Dojo] Chronita: Najla, a question/topic? 13:48: [The Dojo] Najla: A suggestion :) 13:49: [The Dojo] Najla: In view of your concern regarding teh affect of SL, would it be helpful to add another forum group especially for discussion of this ? 13:49: [The Dojo] Najla: It might lead to more considred comment than just the Assembly. 13:50: [The Dojo] Chronita: Might be a good idea yes - besides mechanical stuff, there will be plenty to explore, and any discoveries could be posted there as well :) 13:50: [The Dojo] Chronita: Would take me only a minute to set up too, so that will be something to look for around SL release time :) 13:51: [The Dojo] Chronita: any other topics/comments today? 13:51: [The Dojo] Chronita: ok then, we will end the assembly here with a /pray :)