You have multiple people handling DKP, not every single GM/assistant GM/officer + their two best friends needs to always sit in for every single encounter, its rediculous to even suggest that you are above and beyond everyone to be around for as spot that could benefit others greatly.
We have 1 person who will actively run dkp in a night due to only being able to have one session open at a time but we have 3 people who are capable of running it 2 of which myself and bash help raid lead ( yes raid leading takes a huge toll on your performance and patience and does get to be way to much for one person to handle. It does get really stressful at times and having to deal with anything that could arise. I very much disagree with this statement above i sat myself for the first 3 bosses last week and yes each one has significant upgrades for me boots helms necks... to give you trials your spots so you could get in get some heroic gear etc and guess what were not doing those bosses anymore. I try to rotate people in and out as I NEED as a raid leader I've been more then lenient enough getting you 3 trials in over the past raid weeks even on progression raid comp bosses rotating you guys in and out. Officers should also know the classes they play and abilities, I was a crappy trial sat and have been spewing suggestions and ideas for various encounter trouble spots from the side lines, I shouldnt be doing this.
I totally disagree with this statement regarding that even if your sitting on the bench your not expected to contribute you are very much expected to be listening giving active advice and not complaining about above i require input from all 30 raiders to make the guild run the way it does everyone`s insight is so important to me It never has been a one person show if were working on progression or even farm bosses and we could be doing something better even if your actively not in raid i expect to hear about it. Im only one person and I can`t come up with everything neither can the other officers and yes some of my great ideas have come from regular raiders telling me to change something because they can see things i can`t.
Raid spots should be earned, and rotated. Side grades and no upgrade bosses should be sat out for people in need. Don't be selfish. you gain nothing, and they lose everything. Trials should only be tested on farm bosses (assuming room can be made). The flip side to trials being sat all the time is they are set up for failure later on unless people share resources. Gear shouldn't be sharded, it should be distributed.
Anyway, I have more thoughts on everything, but I had very little time.
Raid spots are fair people offer to sit and i bring people in but at the end of the day the things i have to look at is how is group comp who benifets more are we going to kill the boss who is holding back the raid on the current fight etc. If i was to test trials on only farm bosses you guys would be seeing alot less content ie the first 3 bosses and maybe jugg and galkras because the rest require great execution to be done. I try to bring you in on those fights also to see what your capable of but as the raid goes on things change and i can`t always keep to things as planned and our raiders know this for a fact and its not something you can take personal.
I know your still not happy with the choice i made for sitting you for dark shamans but at the time it was what was best for the raid group and as you can see that boss is still hard for us and I`m going to do what i thinks best in the long run to make it easier on 24 other people in no way am i saying i don`t need you in raid i just needed people who were more familiar with said fight and reduced our chances of wiping. Yes i would make that choice again if i need to and its one of the hard parts of being raid leader I can`t make everyone happy but i will try and make the group the most efficient as it can be I really do require alot of help when raid leading and i couldn`t do it alone... At the end of the day i view it as what`s best for everyone else`s time.
I tried to explain everything the best i could but i never have been the best for talking.... and I`m always down to explain how we think and why theres a reason for everything we do.