We've got a new batch of recruits that were recently upgraded to member status.  Three cheers for you all!   

Vadil - Aion
Kibeth - Aion
Nozzletoff - WoW
Madcowfeet/Broomhelga - WoW
Mikey/Benvolio - WoW
Emerald - Aion

That’s right – we did it again! Come celebrate with us for free* during our Welcome Back Weekend from January 21st through January 25th and see why critics are naming The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™ the Best Expansion of 2009.
Discover for yourself all of the exciting new updates to LOTRO including the new Skirmish System - action in Middle-earth has never been so intense! The Skirmish System offers endless action on demand for 1, 3, 6, or 12 players. With the Skirmish Join feature, you and your friends can instantly travel to the fight from anywhere in Middle-earth**. Plus, you can lead your own customizable soldier into battle for more thrilling adventure than ever before!

DETAILS

We've had a great many new recruits updated to the status of member since December and we still seem to be receiving a fair share of applications on a weekly basis.  So, what I plan to do is roughly once a month, post a roster announcing all of our newly promoted members to make it a little easier to keep up with everyone.  So, here are our latest promoted members!  (I apologize to anyone promoted to member before December, that was my stopping point to keep this list from being a mile long. )

Thespia183 (Aion)
Melkiana (WoW)
Elisaren (Aion)
Elesdee (Aion)
Angelmedic (Aion)
Mysticsstar (Aion)
Ashenshugar (Aion)
Hecatea (Aion)
Bloodling19 (Aion)
Stardager (Aion)
Marlyna (Aion)
Madikus (Aion)
Dwarvish (Aion)
Fordaorm (WoW)
Soulsunder (WoW)
Cara (WoW)

Congrats to everyone!  

We have had a few changes to officers here and there, including an addition to the KS staff.

New officers/team leads have been put in place for Aion.
Yadirol is the new recruiter.
Ammerdawn and Sethanon have both taken on team lead roles.

Please visit Gren's post for a full run down: Aion Changes

New guild wide recruit coordination officer.
Fieryopal will be taking on the role of a guild wide coordinator for applications. She will take the time consuming task of recruit management on the site here. Information for these procedures have been updated on the team lead and officer boards. If you are an officer/team lead, please review them.

Congratulations everyone on giving yourselves more work!

Thanks everyone for attending our 4th Anniversary! Hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

I believe the Quizinart was a success, and plan to keep that as an Anniversary tradition from now on.
Now the info everyone has wanted to know....

Yadirol was our winner of the Quizinart contest, just barely beating out Koberek.
He won the following:

$25 gift certificate to ThinkGeek.  - Yadirol must of course let us know what he gets.... they have quite a few interesting items.

Such as: