Yes, I know it is hard to believe, just imagine that in the past we did this 4 times a year.
Anyway elections are around the corner again, I urge all to give a thought to becoming officers even if you think the current officers are doing a fine job, it will help the democratic process.

As per the constitution we are required to announce the start of elections two weeks in advance.

Elections will start the last week of May with day one being on May 28th and day 15 on June 11th.

For more information on the proceedings you can check the Constitution or ask your friendly neighbourhood officer.

- Your fearless leader.

The proposed date for the Kinship third birthday celebrations is Friday 21 May. Events will include a ride by the entire kinship from Michel Delving to Bree; a Grand Treasure Hunt, open to all players on the server, with a first prize of 30G; and one other to be confirmed.

This is a preliminary heads up, to confirm that most members will be able to attend.

In view of the increasing difficulty and complexity of LOTRO's end-content raids, and following a unanimous decision of the kinship Council, the TWA Raiding Group is to be re-organised as follows. All those members and/or regular participants from the ranks of FOTW who are interested in end-content raiding (currently Barad Guldur) are invited to sign up for the new TWA Raiding Group by adding a post to the relevant thread. To be accepted, you must have at least +115 radiance, be level 65, and undertake to take part in at least one raid a week; TWA currently raids twice weekly, on Mondays and Thursdays. Obviously, force majeure, real life, holidays and so forth are acceptable excuses for non-participation. However, you must also undertake not to raid with any other group or kinship if this will clash with a TWA raid, either because of scheduling conflicts or because of a lock conflict. On the other hand, members of the Raiding Group will have signup priority for kinship raids. Other kinship members will of course also be able to sign up for end-content raids whenever they wish to, as long as there is a slot open.

To sign up, please go to http://www.thewesternalliance.org/index....pic=5089.0

Today the Vol.III/Book 1 patch was finally put online. As it's been ages since Thursdays produced anything in the way of a download, let me remind people that the first time you log on this evening, you'll have a bit of a wait as programs and data are updated...

I'd like to congratulate everyone involved in the past three years with the third anniversary of our kinship! And to celebrate this event, I'm proud to present to you a whole new layout for the site that's been the center of our community for the past few years. I hope you'll like it and that it will support this kinship in the coming years.

The Twins of Barad Guldur (second boss) were taken down in easy mode by a kinship raid tonight, on the third attempt. Congratulations to all the participants!

Durchest killed in HM tonight. Looks like we've got the tactics down pat; we should be able to get him on regular farm, barring fuckups and bad luck....

Just passing along that Mumble will be down this afternoon for emergency maintenance (replacing on of the hard drives that got some fabrication error). So, no reason for panic.

As you have probably noticed already the site got a updated today! There's several mayor changes, so there will be bugs lingering around somewhere. If you find them, please report them, so they can be fixed.

The main features you should be looking for:
- Crafting Information in the memberlist
- Creeps can be listed
- PvMP ranks
- iCalendar link is personalized
- Complete overhaul of the radiance setting for characters
- New version of the forum

This afternoon and maybe tomorrow you might still see some small changes as I'm moving stuff into it's proper place again...

All raiders please consult proposed tactics on http://www.thewesternalliance.org/index....icseen#new. This includes some suggested skills for Burglars, LMs and RKs; if you agree they could be useful, please trait accordingly.