using the alliance pool

how are others using the alliance pool? are u using for medals, for prestige building of alliance members, for military buffs? for incentive to bring players both new and established to your alliance? how are u adding prestige to the pool? are u requiring people to put in daily their daily login prestige, are u requiring an alliance fee to join or even to stay in the alliance, are you having a few well heeled members feed your alliance pools? is it changing how your alliance is playing, more specialize accounts, such as resource producing accounts, military accounts both offensive and defensive? in what ways is the prestige pool changing the way your alliance is playing? please stay on topic and please no attacking the writers or others ideas, please no attacking whether the concept of alliance pool is good or bad for the game, but actually how ur alliance is using it for game play