It is my pleasure to mention Gui Sol once more for an Odan-Urr award. Since he has returned to our unit almost 4 months ago, he has been both an active member and an active leader. When I hired him, I wasn't sure what I'd be getting but all I have to say is wow.

As a regular member, he has participated in 31 competitions, 3 ACC battles, 21 PvP matches, 3 PvE matches, 4 fiction activities worth 1,220 words, 1 run on post worth 926 words, 22 Shadow Academy courses, 2 news posts, and 4 news post comments. While doing the above he earned 1 Crescent with Diamond Star, 3 Crescents with Ruby Star, 2 Crescents with Amethyst Star, 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 3 Crescents with Emerald Star, 1 Crescent with Quartz Star, 1 Pendant of Blood, 191 Clusters of Fire, 17 Clusters of Ice, 9 Clusters of Graphite, 1 Scroll of Indoctrination, and an Anteian Cross for activity. Moreover, his activity has been consistent each month since he joined Odan-Urr. He also has participated in 3 of our weekend community events, which is a great way to build community and usually last a few hours. Lastly, he has organized 5 competitions for the club, giving our members things to do as well as keeping himself busy.

As a leader, he has served as the Rollmaster for Odan-Urr for almost 3 months, during which time he has undertaken a variety of ambitious projects for the clan. To be clear the Odan-Urr RM’s responsibilities are unique to this club. Their primary duties are not to manage roster but rather to head up recruitment, social media management, and the initial new member experience (to include the master-student program). First and foremost he has done a wonderful job with recruitment. He has built up our social media community from scratch, taking time out of his day to actively recruit new members to the clan. This requires a lot of time and includes tasks such as initial reach out with prospective members, consistent contact with potential new members, and posts to our social media pages. Once he was able to recruit these new members, he helped walk them through their first new experiences. This included a personal touch at times, which I can tell you from personal experience takes a few hours per person. To manage the new member pipeline, Gui rejuvenated the Master-student program. This involved recruiting a fresh batch of masters and improving communication by managing the masters from one shared chat. I’ve seen first hand his consistent outreaches to masters and have heard from students of his attentiveness. In total, this member focus takes a lot of work. Truly talking to people and connecting with them to bring them into our community, which takes a while even after they join, takes a lot of work. Estimates are hard for stuff like this but given my past experience with this, I’d say it's at least a part-time job.

Equites often mark themselves as moving towards a dual consumer/producer role and giving back to the community. Gui Sol has embodied this heart and soul, being both an active member and a strong contributor to the Odan-Urr summit. For all his contributions above, it is my pleasure to recommend that Gui Sol be promoted to the rank of Equite 1.

Congratulations my friend. I’m incredibly proud of the work you’ve done. Thank you so much. Welcome to the Equites!

Aura Ta’var
Consul, Odan-Urr

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var, 2020-05-13 23:26:56 UTC

I've worked with something like nine COU RMs over the years. Although the basic tasks of the Rollmaster position are simple and easy, even to the point that some have advocated scrapping the position, it is incredibly difficult to do the job well. Only a handful of Rollmasters have really managed to move the needle on the clan's recruitment and retention. While Gui has only been in his current position for less than three months, I think he's very likely to be remembered as one of our effective RMs.

Gui immediately impressed me with his personal, direct engagement with me and with my fellow Odanites. If I learned one thing during my years in unit leadership, it's that forming and maintaining those personal connections is what builds communities and wins wars. Although it is easy to tell junior summit members to do it, it can be very difficult to train them to do it habitually and effectively. If the only thing Gui did were build those bonds of affection within COU, he would still be a valuable addition. His is an active and energizing presence in the clan's Telegram channels and a reliable participant in all forms of activity.

While I was very skeptical of "social media engagement" as a recruitment tool, I have to admit Gui has impressed me there as well. As with existing members, he focuses on making a connection and building a relationship instead of attempting to flood the clan with terminal NV2s. He has quickly and unerringly paired new joins with established and active masters and routinely checks in with the masters several times a week. I feel like I not only have support in introducing my own apprentice to everything the club has to offer, but like I'm in a position to offer informed support to both fellow masters and their apprentices.

I'm looking forward to seeing Gui do great things for Odan-Urr, both as our Rollmaster and in future positions in the years to come. He has proven himself as someone worthy of the title equite.

Welcome to club, Kid.

Vez Hirundo
Consul Emeritus, Master

Moff Alethia Archenksova, 2020-05-13 20:38:00 UTC

Unlike the pronunciation of his name, one thing that is absolutely clear is how deserving Gui is for this elevation to EQ1. Gui is one of the most self driven, ambitious, friendly and just all around decent members we have in this Clan. When given the position of Rolemaster, he took it and ran with it. His efforts in setting up the Clan FB account has proven effective as we have had a consistent stream of new joins and inquiries into who and what we are. His activity on our Discord have brought new people in, many of them still around, active and making a name for themselves. Once they do join, he continues to guide them through the Master/student program with the same tenacity that he used to recruit them. Taking his pairings seriously, he assigns based on his set of standards, or dark magic rituals, that are designed to foster the best relationships between Master and student. He checks in constantly and requires updates on how everyone is fairing to make sure that both get the absolute most they can out of the program.

Even with his attention going into so many directions, Gui is still able to find the time to be a general member. He doesn't let his duties distract him from what makes this club fun as seen by his continued competition activity and his newly acquired Dark Maven - Combat degree and the 25 other courses he has passed since his last award.

Thank you Gui for all of your efforts. You have more than proven you deserve this elevation to the Equites.

Revak Kur
Quaestor, Sunrider/Odan-Urr

Ambassador Revak K'Urr, 2020-05-13 23:24:59 UTC