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The Dojo is Omni-Tek School of Martial Arts. We devote ourselves into improving our expertise, and progressing on the Path to Enlightenment. All levels of MA are welcomed in the Dojo. As a school, we are open to low levels, to guide their first steps. But the Masters of high level not only help younger members, they also devote their time to increasing their expertise in martial arts. In this course, no Master is all-powerful, and the shared knowledge is an infinite source of improvement for everyone.
"Rules should not limit the individual, but by bringing order and harmony, help him thrive in the community" Ranks: The org has 6 in-game ranks used (1 unused). The Sensei ("President" in game): leads the Dojo and runs the weekly assemblies The Council members ("General" in game): see below The veteran members ("Squad Commanders" in game): Anyone can become veteran in time, but the Council looks for ppl who have proven their dedication to the Dojo before promoting them. For the time being, this rank brings little more than recognition of high-quality members. Don't expect to become a veteran members before at least 1-2 months as an org member. The recruiters ("Unit Commanders" in game): Members of House Gassho who are placed at this rank in order to fufill their recruiting duties. The members ("Unit members" in game): standard member. To be promoted to unit member, you need have spent about 1 week in the dojo, and have posted your introduction in the forums, and of course be approved by the Council. The applicant ("applicant" in game too): Just recruited. You have limited rights in the Dojo. You are not supposed to actively participate in the assembly - only listen (you can always voice something through a member). There are 4 requirements to becoming a full member: 1. Post your intro on the members presentation board - pls include the name of the recruiter who invited you, 2. Be in The Dojo at least 1 week after posting your intro 3. Ask any council member to be promoted , 4. Be approved by the council. Rank 3 ("Unit Leader") is not used at the moment. Recruiting/promoting: Recruiting is done by House Gassho members (see Houses). The Council decides on promotions / demotions. House Fudoshin enforces Council decisions Sensei: Chronita is in semi-retirement, Thaylia is the current sensei. Functional Houses: Specific Houses with dedicated roles (recruiting...). see here The Council: The council now has a varying number of members based on member interest. Prospective Council members are to submit applications during the first week each month to be reviewed by the current council and President. Accepted Council members serve as long as they wish based on activity. Inactive council members who do not step down willingly will be forced to after a vote by the remaining council. Major org decisions are still approved by full assembly, but the council helps members and devotes time to develop the Dojo / organize events (in particular by heading the functional Houses) etc. It also has specific functions such as discipline. Members are volunteers. Lvl is not a criteria, but you need be full-member to become Council member. Assembly: We have a weekly assembly, usually on Saturday evenings (10pm CET, 8pm GMT, 4pm EST, 1pm PDT). During these assemblies, we discuss current issues and make decisions regarding the Dojo. All members are welcomed to join. Current location is Rome Red. Dress code: During formal events (eg Assemblies), members are required to wear an Oriental Suit/Organic Suit, reflecting their titlelevel (not rank). Purple suit (called 'blue oriental suit' I dont know why) for initiate, blue suit (just called 'oriental suit') for apprentice, red for monks, and black ('kung fu') for masters, and members of the council. We allow for limited exceptions for overequippers, based on (i) ppl doing their best efforts (ii) ppl wearing a coat of similar color to the suit they should be wearing. See illustration here Guild House: Highrise 3 in Trade! (North Wall in the middle - right next to the grid!) Hang out there when you have nothing better to do! And buy your appartment here too! Support: All members should try help each other as much as possible. This includes trying to rescue members in difficulty, answering questions, and donating common equipment to lower level (very rare pieces of equipment can be excluded from this rule: you do not have to donate you 500k cloak...). Applicants are not formally entitled to support. Org Channel: We have a private channel open to all members. Do not overflow it.(see below) Behavior (esp. on guild chat): It is important to have a good behavior as a member of the Dojo, and especially in the chat channel (but also toward external members etc...). Inapropriate behavior is the main cause for being excluded from the Org. The Council has a very firm stance on it. We excluded some members in the past, and are ready to do it again if necessary. The council will also prefer in doubt to exclude members behaving innapropriately. (See "discipline" below). Rules should be common sense, but let's make an illustrative list (will be updated with experience):
Discipline: Any disciplinary issue should be raised to House Fudoshin, or alternatively, directly to a Council member. Fudoshin members may try to settle the issue while it has limited consequences, but its main role is to report the issue to the Council. Only the Council has disciplinary power. Disciplinary decisions by the Council are then enforced by Fudoshin. The decision process of the Council is simple:
Important: When Fudoshin acts immediately on a rules violation in-progess, the Sensei has final say on that matter at that time. The member in question then must agree to both a) confirm that their action was against org policies and b) confirm that they will not continue the behavior (at least until the other Fudoshin member is contacted and a final ruling rendered if there is a challenge). If they do not agree to these two items, then they are viewed as standing in direct opposition to Dojo law and enforcement thereof, and are in jeopardy of an immediate kick from the org. Greeting: We usually greet ourselves using /pray "Friends of the Dojo": We have created this sister organization at the beginning of 2002. All secondary characters of members of the dojo are automatically admitted in FOTD if they want to, whatever the level or the profession.
On November 17th 2001, Nikh, RK2 Omni MA, decided to gather some fellow MA to create the first Martial Art school, and in effect, one the first profession-specific org. After having identified a first group of 6 friends (wakedogg, flupper, druhil, tenchin, gehro and elariah - now kashuya) ready to gather and put the first stone of the School, The Dojo was created on November 25th. Its success was immediate, and the first group quickly evolved into a larger org. All were rapidly convinced by the value that The Dojo could bring to them, as an ever greater source of knowledge and friends.
The Dojo is MA-only (almost). This has sometimes been criticized, mainly because "hunting groups limited to MA are not in the spirit of the game", and supposedly "not efficient". To this we can answer the following:
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