===2005===
* January 6: Eternal Vigilance was [[Founding of Eternal Vigilance|founded]].
* January 12: Eternal Vigilance's [[First EV Website|first website]] was released (Flash-based).
* May 1: Eternal Vigilance's [[Second EV Website|second website]] was released (Mambo bridged with Simple Machines).
* June 16: [[Evolution of Eternal Vigilance|EV 2.0]] guild charter revamp took effect.
* December 26: [[Evolution of Eternal Vigilance|EV 3.0]] guild charter revamp took effect.

===2006===
* February 13: First version of EV-Pedia was created.

===2007===

===2008===
* February 17: [[Evolution of Eternal Vigilance|EV 4.0]] guild charter revamp took effect.
*October 23: [[Star Wars: The Old Republic Portal]] was created.

===2009===

===2010===

===2011===
* November 17: [[Virtual Table RPG Portal]] was created.

===2012===
* March 22: [[Fantasy Sports Portal]] was created.
* April 25: [[Evolution of Eternal Vigilance|EV 5.0]] guild charter revamp took effect.
* November 27: [[Star Citizen Portal]] was created.

===2013===
* July 26th - July 28th: The EV US Meetup v1.

===2014===
* April 10: [[Arma 3 Portal]] was created.
* April 15: [[WildStar Portal]] was created.
* August 8th - August 11th: The EV US Meetup v2.
* December 10: EV-Pedia was recreated.
* December 12 - December 20: EV EU Minimeet.

===2015===
* January 6: Eternal Vigilance's 10th Anniversary.
* April 14: Closure of the [[Arma 3 Portal]].

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==Launch and Beyond==
Eternal Vigilance's permanent forums went up on January 12th, 2005 when we released our [[first website]]. We gradually began to amass members (most of them belonging to the [[Counter-Strike: Source Cohort]]), and we fell nicely into the routine. We encountered our first elections, expanded our cohorts, refined our guild mechanics, and so on - it's been a continual process of evolution since.
On May 1st, 2005 we released a [[new website and forums]] (the ones you see now, with a Mambo backend bridged with Simple Machine forums). This paved the way to a much more customizable website, where we have been able to script custom features such as the [[Cohort Administration Center]] in order to ease daily administration. The customizability of our current website has become an indispensable aspect of the guild, geared towards fostering our community.
On February 13th, 2006 we began developing [[EVpedia]], which has proven extremely useful for understanding the complexities of the guild and its rich history.

===The Five Stages of Evolution===

We have split up the various stages of the guild's evolutions into version numbers. Thus far, it's accepted that we have undergone five significant stages of evolution (EV 1-5). A new stage will emerge when we consider ourselves to have revised the way EV operates significantly enough to warrant a new version number.

====EV 1.0 - Initial Form====
Eternal Vigilance's structure, even in its earliest form, has always been rather complex. In what we consider EV 1.0, the core ranks as we still know them today did exist. The Legionary Council, the Hastati/Principes/Triarii ranks, cohort ranks - all there. What didn't exist until later revisions was the way they now fluidly interact with each other.

=====The First Chain of Command=====
As originally written, this is what we consider the chain of command during EV 1.0:

======Article I - Legionary Council======
The Legionary Council is composed of three members of different titles but equal power: Legatus, Tribunus, and Praefectus. The goal of the Legionary Council is to maintain a sense of overall direction in the organization, run the elections, and appoint various leaders within the organization. Legionary Council members serve lifetime terms, or until resignation. Upon the resignation of one Legionary Council member, he or she will have the option of appointing a replacement or deferring to the remaining two Legionary Council members.

The Legatus is in charge of disciplinary action, disagreements between members or Cohorts, as well as clarification and interpretation of law as this organization has written it.

The Tribunus is in charge of running elections for both the Legionary Executive and Cohort Executive. The Tribunus will also be responsible for maintaining the recruitment system and maintaining application statuses.

The Prafectus is in charge of organizing guild-wide administrators and their duties. The Praefectus will be responsible for maintaining overall guild efficiency, delegating duties and making sure all Executive appointees understand those duties and goals, and maintaining the security of the guild.

======Article II - Legion Executive======
The Primus Pilus is the next highest ranking officer under the Legionary Council. While the Legionary Council chiefly performs administrative and supervisory duties for the guild, the Primus Pilus is charged with being the direct, hands-on leader. The Primus Pilus is to ensure that the guild maintains a pleasurable atmosphere and a high level of activity through deciding upon solutions to problems discussed in the Cohort Council, contributing to the Legionary Council, and organizing guildwide events. Primus Pilus is elected and serves a six (6) month term, with no limit on the total number of terms served. Candidates for Primus Pilues must be of a Triarius of good standing, and may hold the office of Primus Pilus in addition to an office within the Cohort Executive.

======Article III - Cohort Council======
The Cohort Council is the place where Cohort Representatives will both discuss leadership roles and collaborate on guild-wide decisions to be made and enacted by the Primus Pilus. This council will be chairmanned by the Primus Pilus, and its members will include the Centurion and Optio from each division.

======Article IV - Cohort Executive======
The Cohort is the unit that will be allotted to each different game - a game division. The number of officers in each Cohort will reflect the number and activity of members that participate in that game; the Centurion office is always present in any game division officially approved and supported by the Legionary Council. Each of the other offices will be added as requested by the Centurion and as deemed appropriate in the following order: Optio, Tesserarius, Signifer, and Cornicen. Further offices will be allowed at the request of the Centurion only after intensive review by the Legionary Council, Cohort leadership, and Triarii. The Cohort Executive may request a supplemental ranking system within their own Cohort, and the Legionary Council will grant such power according to the appropriateness of such titles in any given Cohort's game.

The Centurion is the highest ranking officer in each Cohort, and is responsible for leading the Cohort. The Centurion is the elected leader of the Cohort, serving a six (6) month term staggered with other elections, with no limitation on the number of total terms served. Candidates for Centurion must be a Triarius in good standing.

The Optio is the second ranking officer in each Cohort and is responsible for recruitment. The Optio is appointed by the Legionary Council.

The Tesserarius is an officer that performs duties defined by the Centurion. The Tesserarius is appointed by the Centurion, serving until the end of the appointing Centurions' term.

The Signifer is an officer that performs duties defined by the Centurion. The Signifer is appointed by the Centurion, serving until the end of the appointing Centurions' term.

The Cornicen is an officer that performs duties defined by the Centurion. The Cornicen is appointed by the Centurion, serving until the end of the appointing Centurions' term.

======Article V - Tribunus Angusticlavii======
The Tribunus Angusticlavii is the group of officers (sing. Tribuni Angusticlavii) who will be appointed by the Legionary Council in order to aid said council in administrative duties, such as website maintenance or recruitment. Tribuni Angusticlavii have no rank or power over the Primus Pilus or Cohort Executives, but will be recognized for their responsibility and contribution of time. Tribuni Angusticlavii may also hold any combination of the offices of Primus Pilus and Cohort Executive.

======Article VI - Legionary Body======
The Triarii (sing. Triarius) are veteran members who have a clear sense of loyalty, duty, and dedication to Eternal Vigilance. Triarii status is granted by the Legionary Council, with input from the Cohort Executive of the branch where each Triarius is active. Triarii will be responsible for keeping the decisions of the Legionary Council in accordance with the goals of the guild and desires of the people.

The Principes (sing. Princeps) are official members who have the right to vote in both the Legionary Executive elections and their current Cohort's Executive elections.

The Hastati (sing. Hastatus) are recruits who aspire to become Principes. Hastati will not be able to vote, as their membership status is not tentative.

====EV 2.0 - Introducing the Progression Process====
Before EV 2.0, the foundation existed - but it depended heavily on the Legionary Council to manually operate on an unsatisfactorily deep level. Leaders would decide based purely on their own opinion who would progress from Hastati to Principes, and from Principes to Triarii.

We mark the creation of the 3-stage progression process as EV 2.0. Prior, there did not exist the Hastati Projects nor the Triarii Entry Elections. We have since tweaked the system since its introduction, but not by much - what exists now is largely its original form.

EV 2.0 is considered to have released on June 16th, 2005.

====EV 3.0 - JRS and Cohort System====
EV 3.0 released on December 26th, 2005 can be read about in more detail [[here]]. To summarize, read this excerpt from the EV 3.0 announcement:
*A clear and FAIR code of procedure to approach code of conduct violations with. This code of procedure will henceforth be known as the 'Judicial Review System' and will be elaborated on further down.
*A slight restructure at the top of the chain of command; the addition of one seat to the Legionary Council, taking the form of a second Primus Pilus. The Legionary Council will consist of five individuals. The Primus Pilus position's duties will be adjusted accordingly to avoid conflict and provide some much needed focus.
*A dramatic restructuring of the cohort system; how we look at cohorts, how we approach the creation of cohorts, and streamlining the system to better support further expansion into the gaming community.
*The addition of the Tribunus Triarius position, aka the 'Triarii Chairman'
*The introduction of the 'nonessential and essential position' concept.
*The gradual renaming of many ranks within the Eternal Vigilance chain of command, so as to be more true to our Roman hierarchical theme. First renaming: Primus Pilus is now known as Consul.
*Clarification of the chain of command, meaning the chain of command will be re-written in many places so as to alleviate any confusion regarding positions... and also for the purpose of updating the document.
*Amendments to the 'Guild Charter'
*Rectification of what we believe to be an issue stunting the progress of our election system at the Hastati -> Principes level of progression.

====EV 4.0====
(to be written)

====EV 5.0====
(to be written)

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== '''Welcome to EV-Pedia!''' ==

EV-Pedia is an archive of information for the multi-gaming guild, Eternal Vigilance. Throughout its pages, you'll discover it to be the definitive source on EV with topics dedicated towards the guild's history, policies, gaming ventures, member information, leadership positions, and how the guild has evolved and changed throughout the years.

This archive is edited by the members of EV, and contains unique perspectives by those that share experiences together as a gaming family - the information contained within is an account of the history of Eternal Vigilance, as well as a pathway to its future...

===Guild History===
[[Eternal Vigilance Timeline|Timeline]]

===About Eternal Vigilance===
EV began its journey in January of 2005 with the original 12 founders whom had all been in a previous guild together. The notion of forming EV was of a very specific idea, a certain type of guild that they wanted to be – one that was transparent and democratic, and in such a way that all members would feel a ‘sense of ownership,’ as opposed to the guild belonging to an elite few.

EV has always been a guild ‘for the people,’ with all of our leaders in place at the behest of our membership through regular elections, and although originally what could be considered very experimental by its design, our overall guild structure has now proven effective after many years of fine tuning (if you take a look at the [http://evcitadel.com/#!/?page_id=25 charter] on our website, you can see there aren't many like us).

From the very start, there was a design decision in EV to look towards the structure of a multi-gaming group - our members recognized the benefits of this style and were very enthusiastic about it. We've always treasured the freedom multi-gaming platforms afford us as gamers, to expand beyond the limits of a single game, and to know that no matter where we go – and for as long as we play games – that we will always have long-term friends at our side. When you enter into a new game with a guild you’ve belonged to for a very long time, you are never truly “starting over” and that is a distinct benefit from which we derive both efficiency and enjoyment.

===Active Portals===
[[Arma 3 Portal|Arma 3]]

[[Fantasy Sports Portal|Fantasy Sports]]

[[Star Citizen Portal|Star Citizen]]

[[Virtual Table RPG Portal|Virtual Table RPG]]

[[WildStar Portal|WildStar]]

===Archived Portals===

[[Age of Conan Portal|Age of Conan]]

[[Battlefield Portal|Battlefield]]

[[Call of Duty Portal|Call of Duty]]

[[City of Villains Portal|City of Villains]]

[[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Portal|Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]

[[Counter-Strike: Source Portal|Counter-Strike: Source]]

[[Day of Defeat: Source Portal|Day of Defeat: Source]]

[[Guild Wars 2 Portal|Guild Wars 2]]

[[League of Legends Portal|League of Legends]]

[[Mourning Portal|Mourning]]

[[PlanetSide Portal|PlanetSide]]

[[PlanetSide 2 Portal|PlanetSide 2]]

[[Star Wars: The Old Republic Portal|Star Wars: The Old Republic]]

[[StarCraft 2 Portal|StarCraft 2]]

[[Tribal Hero Portal|Tribal Hero]]

[[World of Warcraft Portal|World of Warcraft]]

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