Here is the new official policy:
There will be no Unattended Combat Macro's (UCM) period. Attended combat macro's (ACM) are allowed in areas of low population where you will not be disrupting some one's game play.
This also allows for attended combat macro's in dungeons that have a low frequency of players.
While your ACM, should the dungeon or land block you are in become populated and your macro vulns or fires upon others kills you must stop running your macro and return to normal fighting, or leave the area until the population has reached a level you will not be griefing to anyone.
In order to minimize the chance third party utilities from vulning or attacking someone elses kill, your range must be set to an area relatively close to you. This does not mean it will encompass the entire radar. We want to ensure that there is no chance of vulning off radar range monsters in which macro's can do.
New UCM Procedure for Chain Members
If someone is found to be UCMing, instead of waiting and trying to track down the offender, which is extremely difficult when they are not at the keyboard, we will have them removed from the chain without notice. This will not be done without solid proof. We will require solid proof from credible sources to resort to this, but it will preserve the integrity of the chain and more than likely force the "offender" to find us as opposed to the other way around.
If at that time, the offender agrees not to UCM, he/she can (up to the chain managers) be placed back in the chain at the lowest level possible.
This decision was a collaboration between the High Council and the Chain Managers.
Keep in mind, this will not be done if we are just "told" about it. There will have to be enough proof to convince both the HC and the Chain Managers.
So, if you find yourself out of the chain, for what seems like no reason, you may now have that reason.