Trying to reorder 100+ characters can get to be quite cumbersome
While this isn't much of an issue with 10 or 20 characters, even if you have only 20 members, if they make 5 chars each, trying to reorder 100+ characters can get Rose zuly to be quite cumbersome. So, since no one see’s the actual list of ranks, unless one is assigned to a member, you may consider setting up a structure like:
1) Guild-master
2) Temp Officer Rank
3) Officer
4) Temp Vet Member 1
5) Temp Vet Member 2
6) Veteran Member
7) Temp Member 1
8) Temp Member 2
9) Member
10) Newbie Rank
Your newbie rank should have no privileges to talk in guild-say and perhaps not even to read guild-say. All brand new members will get that rank. All of your Temp rank positions are simply placeholders which you can rename later, and promote members to, without having to reorder your entire guild. And no one will see them or know they are there, except the guild-master since no members will yet be assigned to them.
Each rank can have different permissions which we will cover in a later section. But be thinking about how much/how little power you wish each rank in your guild to have.
Can anyone add members? Can anyone promote members? Should anyone be able to set the Message of the Day (MoTD)? Those are good questions to ask you at this stage in the guild creation process.