if you aren't going to raid yourself, don't impose your raiding rules. Heck, don't even make suggestions.
Appoint a couple leaders here and there, and let them do the work. Otherwise, you'll just make all the bad decisions.
1000 members, don't change ANYTHING.
As said before, since you're getting everything you want from the guild (perks, and free gold from members activity) why fix somethign that ain't broke?
Just keep advertising yourself as an open level 25 levelling guild, and you'll see a constant flow of lowbies joining, and hibies leaving, with a small core of hi leveles sticking there because they now know each other and do stuff together.
I guess now that you're in a level 25 guild, you're going to level REALLY quick aren't you. particularly if you take a new (3rd?) RAF. *giggles*
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