This is a Trial Promotion point system as well as Elections system Trial Promotion Points System

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This is a trial system for a comprehensive promotion system overhaul. The system itself is not up for debate at the moment, but feel free to comment on aspects of the system.

This is still a work in progress, but it will be used for promotions as of right now, rather than the promotion system in place on our web page. One thing coming, in this system, is to include factions somehow... you are likely to get bonus points for doing things that relate to your faction.... for instance, look for Fire Faction to get more points for PKs than a Water Faction member. As such, the promotion levels may seem a bit hard to reach at this point, but they should become a bit easier if you choose a faction that fits your play style. Members will be able to switch factions as they wish during this trial.

The percentages listed on the promo points table is the maximum percent you can earn from a specific category. For example, you may not earn a promotion entirely from donating gold.

This system can (and probably will) be used to determine inactivity. The current thought amongst Jennie and Cartman is that clan members will be expected to gain at least 1 promotion point in any calendar month. if they cannot, they will be symbolically demoted one level each month they score 0 points, and can be outcast if they score 0 points while at the Learned rank (at the Leaders' discretion). Once they score points again, they will be returned to their earned rank.
Elementalists and Master/Mistress ranks would have more expected from them under this system, and would likely need to score 5 or 10 points monthly to maintain their rank. Scoring less would likely trigger an election (see lower on page).

Jennie has always held that Real Life was always more important than Aardwolf. If for any reason a member would be away for a long period of time, that person would be encouraged to contact the leaders. If they do so, they would be able to hold their rank while away... although higher level members would be encouraged to resign from any leadership positions if they would be away for more than a few weeks.

All points figures since 1 FEB 2007 or since joining whichever is later, except exploration, which is figured from 50% for everyone. Table Updated 23 APR 2007. Removed some of the previous changes as points required changed.

+--------------- (+) FIRE (+)--------------- |
+ 1 pt for pk
+ 1 pt for war win
+ 1 pt for 5 war kills
1 pt for gq win (replace regular category for fire only)
1 pt for 5 duel wins (new category)

+-------------(+) WATER (+) -------------- |
+ 1 pt per 1k qp earned (new category)
may earn more than 40% points from quest category (?)

+------------- (+) EARTH (+) ---------------- |
+ 1 pt per 50 pups

+ all earth members earn 15 pts for successful defense earth members participating still get regular points .
(under consideration - pts for donation)

|----------------- (+) AIR (+) ------------------- |
+ 5 pts per interview with a well thought out note
+ 5 pts per event ran

+ may earn more than 40% points from levelling category

As most of you know, Jennie and Cartman have wanted the Elementalist positions to be elected from the general clan population and any Master/Mistress positions to be elected from the current Elementalist list. This system will be the basis for those elections.

We will run this system approximately 3 months. Unless we encounter unresolvable problems with it, we will use it to seed Elementalist elections in early July. The current plan is to move everyone currently at Elementalist rank to the rank they earn using this system, then create a ballot using everyone ranked Magus or higher. We will have 4 week-long election periods, with the 4 winners becoming Elementalists. If necessary, we will follow that with an Election using the 4 newly elected Elementalists for any open Leader spots.

In an attempt to be fair in this system, we have set all current members ranked Magus or higher to the base points for Magus (500)... in a brainstorming session, Pooky noted that thats about what he qualified for anyway. Mordsith was left as an Adept due to her much longer tenure in the clan (way back to the long, long ago). FireFox is in a similar situation... if he should become more active, he'd likely find himself with some bonus promotion points, although not enough to rank him up. Other members were set to the base points for their current promotion level (250, 100, 0).

From that point, Jennie and Cartman applied the stats from Jennie's Newsletter as well as from other notes taken by them. The net result is that this system is retroactive to 1 FEB 2007, and updated through Jennie's 1 APR 2007 posting. Cartman will try to keep the following table updated throughout this trial.

Essentially, no one will be forcibly demoted in this system, as current Elementalists are guaranteed to be in the running to keep their spots.

Any changes made to the above promotion points table in the trial period through the 1 JULY 2007 newsletter will be made retroactive to 1 FEB 2007, although if anyone scores enough points to rank up during this trial, they will not be demoted if their score falls back below the promotion level.