Bylaws

Other Games, and Forming a Sanctioned Scarab Chapter

We support our members in their desire to play games, and therefore, Scarab provides secure message boards for other games for which there is sufficient interest level. Scarab members in another Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game can petition the Inner Circle to become an officially sanctioned Scarab presence (in that game) by following these provisions. While we certainly do not expect all Elder Member playing games to form a chapter, wherever there seems to be an interest in a game a guild chapter should at least be attempted before Elder Members begin tagging in other guilds.

• At least (3) three Elder Scarab Members are intending to play the game.
• The in-game world would logically support a guild of Scarab’s nature, belief and rules.
• Follow the Code of Conduct and the Code of Chivalry stated in the Charter.
• Created a basic list of rules for that chapter that includes what the approach to crafting, raids, recruitment....
• One of the Elder Members in the guild agrees to serve, and is elected by simple majority, as Guildmaster for the game.

If approved by the Inner Circle, the active players in that game would be welcome to:

• Use the moniker “Scarab” with their names.
• Begin recruitment of additional players from the game to join the guild as Regular Members.
• Have a General, Secure and Officer Message board started for members of that game.

To assist with our membership in their enjoyment of online gaming it may become necessary to remove an official Scarab sanction from a game. The rules governing this are as follows:

• Three or fewer Elder members are currently maintaining active accounts.
• The Inner Circle has voted and passed the motion to remove the guild sanction with a 75% vote.

Defining "Scarab Presence"

The Inner Circle as a whole shall define what the Scarab Presence means for a particular game. Some of the basic rules governing this will be:

• Type of Servers available in a game.
• Type of Playstyles available in a game.
• Factions of characters and how they interact.

For example - Scarab at the time of this update (June 16, 2008) maintains two different presences in World of Warcraft. The first is on a Player versus Enviroment (PvE) Server playing the Alliance Faction. The second is a RolePlaying (RP) Horde Faction presence. No Elder Member may be in a different guild unless that guild is on a Player versus Player server (PvP).

Complaints

We will treat a complaint from any Recruit, Full or Elder member in the following way:

• The person lodging the complaint (complainant) will send either a Private Message to the Guild Master (GM) of their game or to the Inner Circle Leader (ICL). This message should contain a general idea of the complainant’s problems.
• The GM or the ICL will review the complaint and contact the member to ask questions and to gain a greater understanding of the problem.
• The GM or the ICL will contact the accused and ask for their side of the story.
• The GM or the ICL will post the complaint and all details on either the Officer Board or the Inner Circle Board.
• The in-game officers or the IC will debate the problem and issue a decision.
• The decision will be sent to both the complainant and the accused, as well as posted in the message thread. The thread will be locked on the message boards but retained in case of future disputes or problems.
• The case will be considered closed.