Hello kin and kith!
My first letter/post as leader! Where to begin?
First, I want to thank you all for your support, not only that which you've given me as I stepped up to the leadership position, but also that which you gave Briallan as she led us through the past year, and as she decided to step down and focus on RL stuff. And more especially that which you've been giving one another, helping each other with questing, crafting, exploring, leveling up, gaining reputation, attaining better gear, and learning the mechanical underpinnings of how the game works. All of this sharing is what makes our kin a wonderful community here on Landroval, not just us kinnies, but also our friends who also hang out with us, too!
Now on to other things: Officership, special projects, and upcoming events...
Currently, our officers are as follows: My alt, Meghanne, and these wonderful folks: Pinestro (Diaspora, Jestrona); Malvy (Dalie, Melhildan); Panphidhren (Torgorvund); Briallan (Lindalosse), Albertine; and Sunflowerr (an alt of Perizota). It would be nice to have one or two more new officers from the active membership join our ranks, so if anyone is interested, please let me know! As for what officers do:
Officers are generally available to help with recruitment and promotion of new members or current members' alts, along with making MotDs or kinmail announcements on the behalf of members who need information to be shared kin-wide. Some officers focus on specific areas, such as Briallan who is band leader for the Remediators. Perizota also served as one of the TAs for when the Coursera class was in session. And now on to special projects:
Pinestro has been keeping track of those of us who are fully maxxed or guilded crafters. Hopefully, soon, we will be able to share a roster of who's who in crafting, so that we can all think about developing our crafters to round out the roster and ensure that as a kin, we have as many resources available as possible. Please get in touch with Pin if you are a maxxed or guilded crafter and let him know!
I've been working on developing two toons on a F2P account, Courserie and Courseric. Yes, they're named after this wonderful kin of ours! My intention is to have them serve as quartermasters for the kin, in order to store and make available to kinnies some of the rarer items we've collected, such as class quest items, reputation items, rare cosmetic items, and LI materials. I'm pleased to announce that thanks to the kindness of Pin and Saavo in providing reputation items, and then with Saavo's alerting us to the Mithril edition being on sale, Courserie was able to remove the currency cap. As soon as she's level 15, she'll get a house which will help with storage. Briallan's alt, Linebras, is currently our treasurer, but that may be moved to Courserie. All in good time.
Kudos to Willamae for her hard work in bringing Celondim Comedy to the stage last month! A stellar example of a special project brought to full fruition!
Are any of you planning an event , working on a special project, or pursuing a big goal? Please do share. Talk with an officer if you need help making announcements via MotD or kinmail in-game, or post to the forum. We've got the Yule Festival coming up on the 18th, so that will be good for a lot of hijinks (I can't wait!). And Winterstock II is next month (Go, Remediators!) Again, if you've got a special project on the side or have goals that we can help you attain, let us know!
Forth, Courserrim!
Bredhe :)