Recruit some Quality PEOPLE:
The ONLY type of people you
want in your clan are friendly, helpful
people, that are loyal, reliable, honest, and
never cheat (100% of the time). You do NOT
want "clan-hoppers". Members should
compromise occasionally, as needed for the
good of the clan. They should regularly help
and participate in your clan's work and
Events.
ONLY let in "friendly"
people into your clan, do NOT let in guys
that are jerks, just simply because they play
good or have a server. You want people that
are loyal, reliable, honest, and never cheat
(100% of the time).
RECRUIT RECRUIT RECRUIT, (but
don't SPAM). Have all your members help
recruit in games and open forums 2 or 3 times
a week. In our clan, we call these people
"recruiters".
GUESTS:
If you meet someone and
talk to them on RW and they are ok, tell them
to put a [-G] GUEST tag on there name.
NOTE:
Actually, our clan makes people hang
out around our clan a few days and
study our RULES page, then we also
give them a little "[-G]GUEST
QUIZ" (about our clan rules).
Our clan is REALLY hard to get into,
you might not be able to be so picky
with your new clan or you might never
find any new recruits.
;-) |
Once a NEW GUY says he/she
wants to JOIN your clan:
- Get the new guy to
pick (1) and only (1) game name to
use on RW, ICQ, and in the game (if
they are using more than one game
name.) This makes it easier to keep
track of people and for everyone to
meet the new guys and not get
confused by one person using several
game names (especially once you get
20+ members.)
- Make sure they are not
in any other clans.
- Get their contact
information (their email, address,
and or ICQ#, etc).
- Give them your email,
ICQ #, and the clan web page address.
- Get them to download
and install the FREE "Roger
Wilco" www.rogerwilco.com software program (if that
is the voice program your club uses.)
"RW" is the most popular
voice communication software (there
are others).
- Get them to download
and install the FREE "ICQ" www.icq.com, it's the most popular
instant messenger software (it's the
most popular amongst gamers). They
should get their own ICQ# if they
don't already have one.
- Ask them to post a
message on your clan message board
introducing themselves to your clan.
They should use their game name and
should list their hobbies and their
favorite games and where they are
from (State/Country, but not street
address ;-).
- After they do the
above steps, tell them they are
OFFICIALLY a GUEST of your clan and
tell them that they can put a [YOUR-TAG-G]
in front of their name. (Example:
"[yW-G]" was the GUEST tag
we used in YoungWARRIORS.)
TRY OUTS:
| In
our clan, we are EXTREMELY HARD to
get into. Your new clan might not be
able to be so picky at first, or your
clan might die because of lack of
recruits. We like to have people hang
out around our clan for a while
before we spend the time giving them
a "TRY OUT" for our clan.
We make new people wait at least 3 months before a TRY OUT, but we are a
3+ year old clan with 50 members and
bunch of servers.;-) |
You might want to make sure
people come around your clan for at least 3
days as "[-G]GUESTs", before you
spend your time giving them a TRY OUT. You
can see if they are good guys or
troublemakers. You should hang out on RW with
them to get to know them and so they can get
to know the clan's members.
"TRY OUTs" are
where a COUNCIL Members gets together with
the new guy and some current members for
about an 1 hour or 2, to all play on the same
game server to see how well the new guy plays
as a TEAM member over Roger Wilco. This is to
see how well the new guy uses RW to tell
everyone else were the enemy are, where the
enemy attackers, defenders are at, what class
he is playing, offence-defense, etc, etc. (Note:
here is where a clan server and rcon really
helps out.)
Once people pass a TRY OUT
and are initiated, then add their info to
your Roster page (if you have one). Keep
track of the new guys' ICQ and email info and
post a message on the message about the new
guys to let everyone in the clan know you
have a new guy in the clan, and what his/her
game name is.
In our clan, only "MEMBERS"
are allowed to attend clan meetings, "GUESTs"
are not allowed, you might want to make your
clan a little more open then ours at first,
until it grows to about 15-20 reliable active
members.
INITIATIONS:
"Initiation Ceremonies"
can be a lot of fun for everyone. When you
give "TRY OUTS" to new guys, if
they pass the try out, part of their
in-processing should be an "Initiation
Ceremony".
The "Initiation
Ceremony" of new guys being made a clan
member goes like this is:
- (Half-life TFC is very
good to give Initiation Ceremonies in.)
- After the TRY OUT,
everyone gets on the same team.
- Everyone goes to the
same respawn room.
- The COUNCIL Member
sprays the clan's logo on the floor.
- The new guys stands on
the clan logo.
- Everyone else gets
against the wall.
- Everyone gets their
crowbars out.
- The COUNCIL Member ask
the new guy if he/she "Promises
to always be loyal to your clan".
- The New Guy must say
"YES".
- The COUNCIL Member
says "You are now OFFICALLY a
Member of the [insert-your -TAG]Clan,
Congratulations !!"
- Now EVERYONE starts
crowbaring one another and throwing
grenades, the respawn room goes
insane for about 10 minutes !!
- Then a COUNCIL Member
should issue the new guy the clan's
passwords.
- Then a COUNCIL Member
should post an "OFFICAL Message"
on your clan message board annoucing
the "OFFICAL New Member",
so they guys that were not there,
will know about the newest Member.
- A COUNCIL Member
should then add the new member's name
to the Roster page (if you have one).
MEMBERS AND
MEMBERSHIP:
Your clan should be
designed so that not only members, but
everyone values a "Membership" in
your clan. You should promote and reward loyalty and pride in your clan's name and [Tag].
Keep your clan's reputation clean, and
everyone will respect your clan. Your clan's
members should not do stupid stuff to embarrass
their clan and shame it's [tag]. Membership
in your clan should have it's privileges and
offer some extra benefits. Only give rcon
passwords to your clan's hardest workers.
Keep a list of all members and their ICQ#
numbers and email addresses, eventually you
will want to make a "Roster" page
that lists all your members.
Clubs/ The Clan
Leader's Bible page #10/
