(06-26-2013, 09:05 PM)Nate is Blue Wrote: I think I'm going to have an unpopular opinion here, but I don't see the big hullabaloo about the need for "transparency." Â They are not the RP Police. Â It's been pretty clearly stated that they aren't here to enforce or make rules, only to facilitate communication between Linkshells. Â So why do people feel the need to know everything that goes on between meetings? Â
Personally, having been a guild leader in the past, I don't particularly care about what's discussed, so much as the negative perception that publicly announced, private meetings tend to generate. If a group of RP LS/FC leaders announce they're having secret meetings organized by this site, there'll be a not inconsequential number of people raising the "conspiracy" and "clique" flags. True or not, that perception looks bad to them and makes the community as a whole look bad.
Also, transparency helps defuse any claims that this group of LS leaders are in fact angling to be the RP police, trying to enforce rules, or (worst of all to many RPers) specify and enforce a particular take on the lore and a direction to the plot. Since that last part has actually happened in RP communities in other games (Blood Elves on Moon Guard in WoW, as a recent example), some people are going to be a bit concerned about it.
So, it's a perception issue, really, that helps engender trust and communication. That's especially true if some LS or FC in the future refuses to be part of the meetings or is refused access to them for some reason. If they've been open and forthright up to that point, it'll be harder for the claims of conspiracy to take root.
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