Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-3076045-20130206213434/@comment-7153552-20130813205205

I think overall equality is great, but we have to keep in mind that a particular hierarchy is required for the success of guilds. Even within the regular members there are those that are revered above others as being more creditable, trusted, capable, etc. I think members like that deserve recognition and should be allowed (if they want it) a certain amount of responsibility within the guild. AzuraKnight comes to mind as one that has proven himself a trusted and very active member of the wiki, he did not want the responsibility of Forum Moderator and yet he continues to do all the things he did before there was ever a position to do it. Members like this have the potential to fill a small gap between officer ranks and regular membership. A rank such as this is normally used for event coordinators and the like. So your overall structure looks something like this:

[1] Trial Member [2] Member [3] Coordinator [4] Officer [5] Guild Leader [OPTION] There is sometimes a small council of members between the officers and the guild leader.

Something simple like this has the elegance of a chain of command without a convoluted structure that becomes confusing for non-founding members.