The Initiative continues!
It was fun being near the front of Draenei RP again, speaking and roleplaying. =]
Another month till the next cycle, a month to sort people out, and perhaps find some context/structure for all these meetings IC. I am glad it will be on the actual vindicaar next month! As much as I love Exodar, it and the Vindicaar are very different; also MAH IMMURSHAN x]
I spoke at length at the meeting regarding the draenei people as a whole, and while generally well received by everyone, OOCly, I do look forward to the opportunity to work with others, and even present, or attend, joint guild events or perhaps forming a Draenei war council later down the line for campaigns like we have done in the past. =]
You are right, Zehkokan. The reason for the Exodar-usage was explained and reasonable enough, at least for a first get-together. Noone knew how many of us would show up and now that we have a sort of grasp of the numbers, ranging from 40-70 people, we can at least set up warlock teleportation means for lower leveled characters.
Regarding plans for the 2nd meeting, this is for everyone:
big update following probably this weekend
please inform Draenei who are not on the discord once new information is made public
please try to make people aware of the Draenei discord or of this thread
The Hour of Light II:
Information regarding the 2nd meeting and location can be found here:
Try to think about what shapes our race, what is unique to us and what your character specifically would enjoy showing to the other races of the Alliance.
It could be anything from âhow to tame an Elekkâ over âI can cook these very delicious biscuitsâ to âcrystaline weapon forgingâ.
We would love to talk in depth about the festival during the Gathering II.
INFO
DATE:
End of July (31.07. and 01.08.)
Day 1: 2020-07-31T17:30:00Z - Friday
Day 2: 2020-08-01T17:30:00Z - Saturday
LOCATION:
Vindicaar (most likely IC Vindicaar and OOC Vindicaar, Legion), this time we should have Warlocks available to teleport people.
Little reminder that the meeting this time will be held on the actual IC Vindicaar (Legion)!
It would be great to see people present little or big ideas for the festival, but also bring their personal thoughts and questions to the Gathering of All! We are here to listen!
The Festival of Light
1.) Structuring the festival
2.) Brainstorming
3.) Deciding on events
4.) Sending out word to other Draenei
Open mic
Questions and Answers
Open end with food & drink and talking of many things (21:30+)
You wish to speak of matters that may concern all Draenei? Feel free to message Vyâluun (Vyluun) ingame, on the discord or here on the forums, or simply organize your speech in a way where it wonât take up more than 10-15 OOC minutes so that a proper discussion can follow.
This one goes out to all the single Draenei, all the single Draenei.
Updates will follow. The Gathering of All is restarting at the end of September with new ideas, designs and a cleaner structure for the event(s) to come!
Meeting of the Draenei Community with a more social twist
Purpose:
To meet up casually, eat and drink, but also to share news of current events which can include but are not limited to:
News and announcements Causes for celebrations such as promotions, births, or even not so great news such as a passing of one of people so that we can have a moment of reflection. This would also be a good time for anyone who has ideas such as the beacon system (or any other community-centered ideas) to announce their intentions or plans.
â creates RP for those who are interested
Guild campaigns, plots and events Announcing that for example Guild A are heading off for a campaign against a particularly nasty Lich who is hiding out with a sizeable force of undead. They announce they are dealing with this and for others to remain vigilant for similar threats cropping up.
â creates community spirit
Possible Topics to be Discussed
Calls for assistance
Using the above example, they may want to open up their grand finale to 5 people, this would be a chance to invite those people along.
Cross guild initiatives
If perhaps Guild A and Guild B want to do an event together, this would be a good forum to be able to do so.
Cross group initiatives
Examples
For example, the mage community/discord that regularly meet up are seeking a competent artificer to assist them on a project, they would approach someone in this community to make the announcement.
Another example, the paladin community/discord are fighting off an undead threat and require the assistance of some of the Draenei community that are not in the paladin discord.
The Hour of Light - Formal Meetings
Purpose:
to voice important political, social or economic matters, and to inform others of military actions, etc.
Pre Meeting
People are required to message their points they wish to raise to the host who makes the announcement on the forums, ingame or the discord. An agenda is put together, but not necessarily disseminated if you donât want to.
That way we have a list, and a rough idea of how many points we have to cover. If there are any points that are similar then we encourage people to work together on that point instead of repeating. That means that the two people still get to have their point made instead of the first one speaking and the second one feeling they should not go up for fear of repeating the point and boring people.
Meeting
People speak as succinctly and promptly as possible so that we can get through the list and everyone has their chance. There is not a strict âcut offâ for how long people can talk but we use common sense and politeness that there may be others wanting to have their turn. The host can advise when they have the agenda put together.
That way we have a list, and a rough idea of how many points we have to cover. If there are any points that are similar then we encourage people to work together on that point instead of repeating. That means that the two people still get to have their point made instead of the first one speaking and the second one feeling they should not go up for fear of repeating the point and boring people.
For those not in the discord or those who did not read the forum post or who happen across this meeting quite late, there is a space at the end for âany other businessâ before we conclude the meeting. Again, they are reminded to try and get through it as quickly as possible.
No questions or queries are raised at this point. People take the information, digest it, and think on it.
Post-Meeting
This is the forum for discussion and (hopefully) collaboration to happen.
People interested in a topic go to the person who brought it up and they can talk further on it.
This encourages live and organic RP as people are actually able to talk instead of stand in silence for 3 â 4 hours (sometimes more) which is incredibly boring no matter the topic. If people are interested in more than a few topics then theyâll just have to wait them out as best as they can as no plan is ever perfect.
Example
How a meeting could play out
The post-meeting will allow for more people to be able to talk in smaller, more topic-oriented groups!
An Artificer brings up an idea regarding upgrades to Lightforged technology such as barriers.
A Rangari brings up an idea about a small intimate hunting event for a few people.
Some people may not be interested in hearing a discussion about sorting out a hunting event, so would instead be interested in working with the Artificers. Even if they arenât one, they can assist in some way.
On the flip side someone may think they want to get involved in the hunt event.
They go to that person and have a discussion with them that is live, instead of an audience waiting patiently for the next topic to come up so they can stop standing in silence.
Regarding plans for the 2nd meeting, this is for everyone:
The Gathering of All - Social Meetings 
Pre Meeting
Meeting
Post-Meeting