I believe that part of the problem here is that some people who are posting on behalf of the SCoY are using words a bit too lightly. For example, someone said \"elite guilds\" earlier, and i had to explain that they didn\'t mean \"elite\" by any means.
I don\'t think Zorbels meant that we are combatting evil guilds seeing as how anyone can see that in the charter there is no mention of the council combatting evil. We do wish to limit the amount of overall disruption within the realm by providing a diplomatic forum for parties to discuss their problems with eachother if need be. Whether or not that has to do with \"evil\" guilds or not does not matter. Disruption does not have to come from evil vs good... as we all saw with the Xillix affair.
Zorbels, if i spoke wrongly about anythign you said, please correct me, i simply stated my interpretation.

Stay Safe,
Easton Ghent
*edit*
Originally posted by Anfa
hmmm it seems to me it would make more sense to have SCoY more open so that guilds that are not members can see what it is they are doing and what they are accomplishing to better understand why they would want to be apart of it.
Having secret meetings can give the wrong impression to your intent.
Secret meetings can be seen as having something to hide or having an elitists attitude...
I understand this is not the message you are trying to send but unfortunatly it is the message some are receiving. Perhaps you should rethink this approach?
Just my 2 trias worth,
Anfa [who was never good at following the crowd]
Off of the SCoY charter:
Spokesperson - this person is in charge of the publicity of the council. He or she will post on the forum the official thoughts and stances of the council on certain public issues as authorized by the council. There will be public notification of the council\'s decisions on issues. Now, since i know you are going to ask about the part that says \"certain public issues..\" i will address that now:
That is merely a safeguard. If there happens to be an issue, for whatever reason, (i can\'t think of one, but we must prepare for the unexpected right??) that only the council members should know about, that is our disclaimer. But we will not keep anything from the general public, it would not be in our interest.
Stay Safe,
Easton Ghent
Please avoid posting two or more successive posts before others have replied, even if you\'re addressing different people. Just edit your last post to add new information
Thanks! --Karyuu