Okay.  I am busy this weekend by-in-large due to fbrown towns/recital season.  However, feel free to host an Æ server on your own.  I have no problem with members running their own servers and representing Æ.  Just put the [Æ] tag before the rest of the title so users can identify it.
I think I came up with the basic criteria for skill ranking, this being the following.  Feel free to make any amends if you think something was missing or superfluous.
Bronze:  Display high proficiency in default events.  Some VCE or other external experience.
Silver:  Display high proficiency in default and other events.  General knowledge of VCE.
Gold:  Extensive experience in most or all events.  High profiency in VCE required.
Also, for any of the builders we also have in the clan, I think it could be neat to have a clan HQ/Training Center build, featuring offices, labs for eventing, auditoriums, lecture halls, classrooms, etc.  How does this sound to everybody?