Science Guild constitution

From Scienceguild

This is where we decide what the Science Guild is fundamentally all about.

The guild members Policies and Responsibilities will be laid out here.

Science Guild constitution:

     Article I:

      A. NO NINJAS

     Article II:

      A. Be excellent to one another.

1. What sort of people are Science Guild members?

The name says it all. The Science Guild is a home for...

--Scientists (of any kind) who inhabit online game worlds, including World of Warcraft, EVE, Everquest, etc.

--Academics (of any kind) who do research in and on these game worlds

--And all people who are players in these worlds and want to hang out with scientists, talk about scientific ideas, etc.

2. What is the purpose of the Science Guild?

--A virtual lounge where scientists and science-loving people from all over the world can hang out, talk about science (broadly defined), and slay monsters at the same time

--A networking venue for scientists to get to know each other in a (rather unique) context

--A platform for organizing scientific conferences / meetings within virtual worlds like World of Warcraft

--And ultimately, if enough active researchers join and use it, a virtual scientific organization for the study of online game worlds (i.e. the psychology, sociology, economics, etc. of MMOGs)

Reference: paper writing

3. What is the Science Guild not for?

--Profit, i.e. it's not the place to promote any commercial ventures

--Boring behavior, ...

4. What is the leadership structure of the Science Guild?

Application to Science Guild is easy and fun. Create a horde toon on Earthen Ring (US). Make yourself a wiki bio with content of your choosing. You may want to include an image of your toon, toon name, what attracted you to this guild, and your WoW/virtual world history. You are encouraged to tell us about your real world self and affiliations, too, but it isn't necessary for an invite. [We strongly discourage minors from disclosing any real life information.]

Next, peruse the Guild Officers pages and the Guild Master's page. Select one you find to be interesting and send that toon an in-game mail introducing yourself and asking for the guild invite.

• Assistant:

Candidate members come in as Assistants. The Assistant is checking out the guild and seeing if it is a good fit. During this time, the guild is under the candidates review.

• Post-doc:

If the Assistant decides they like Science, the inviting officer promotes them to Post-doc.

• Researcher:

This is a full member of the guild. To become a Researcher, the Post-doc must have a real world identity on his/her wiki page. There can be exceptions made but they are granted on a case-by-case basis. If you feel you need an exception, please discuss this with your sponsoring officer.

• Officer

Any Researcher can run for Officer during guild elections. Rules, qualifying number of votes, and other terms are set forth before the elections begin.

• Council

Currently there are no Council members. This designation has yet to be fully defined.

• Guild Master

Currently our Guild Mistress is Gonzorina.

Special roles will be defined by those who propose them and have the interest and time to undertake them.