As some of you may have heard, after large amounts of deliberation, both the Barrens and Sand Dunes council have decided it would be best for us to merge and form a new council that looks after both districts. I know this may have some of you a bit worried, but rest easy knowing we are always open to suggestions and are trying to make this as simple and easy as we can for everyone. Keep in mind we are still trying to preserve the identities of both districts, not just all becoming 'The Barrens'.

I'll go over the details we have in place so far;

• The Council will be structured very closely and run nearly the same as the current Sand Dunes Council, the changes are as follows;

  • Two new positions are to be opened up, Head of Dunes and Head of Barrens who cover the responsibilities of Vice Chair and Master of Diplomacy. People elected for this position must live in their respective district.
  • Council Chair stays very much the same, but passes some responsibilities down to the previous mentioned positions.
  • Vice Chair and Master of Diplomacy are no longer positions on council.
  • Master of Events stays as is.
  • 3 more general council positions will be available, making the total number of General Council Members 7 and total number of people on Council 11.

• The new council will meet at the Sand Dunes Guild Plot and the Barrens Town Hall, alternating from week to week.

• Meetings will take place in Local Chat similar to the Sand Dunes meetings.

• While we are still in the planning stages, we believe to be adopting the Sand Dunes constitution into the new council.

• Elections will work in a similar fashion to previous Sand Dunes ones.

• The council will have a fancy name, which is still not confirmed. So if you have any suggestions feel free to send them our way!

• In terms of Subreddits, at the beginning we will continue to use both, the Council meeting posts will be done on the sub in which the meeting is taking place (Alternating every week, will match with the location). If we see the need to move to one central subreddit, we will do so.

TL;DR: Everything will work pretty much the same as the Sand Dunes currently unless stated otherwise.

We may be voting for this in the council meeting on the 22nd, so make sure to be there!

If I have forgotten anything, you have any suggestions, or are concerned about the changes, leave a reply, message me or talk to any of the Sand Dunes and Barrens Council in game!

We are looking forward to your feedback!

EDIT: I'd just like to express fully that at this point in time this is only a proposal and nothing is set in stone. Dunians and Barreners alike are more than welcome to come to the Dunes Council Meeting to discuss the matter, we really appreciate all your feedback, positive and negative alike. If you are unable to get to the meeting, just contact us at any time.