Originally Posted by PMY in QCA-IL

Our guild has a get-together with new members for about 15 - 20 minutes before meetings, usually a member of the board heads this up. We tell about the guild, what is currently going on, and try to answer any questions. This at least gives new members a person to come to with questions or concerns. (At least we used to do this - this changes with each new board, but it's a nice thing to do.)