Andrea, nope Alliance can't see or talk to Horde toons and vice versa. And you will only see the toon name, not the account name.
I think the plan is to start the guild next week or maybe this weekend. Right now Son has 2 year old child here who keeps him too busy to do anything.
Missilo, yep your times will be a bit different but I'm sure we can find some overlap, if only on the weekends.
I'll be joining with Owlsong I think--a very low level druid (leather working and skinning), but at some point I'll make a DK and play her out of the starting area and she'll join too.
But don't forget, just because the other toons are not in the guild doesn't mean they can't help out on quests or do run throughs on instances.
Not sure which toon Soot will bring to the guild, but possibly his DK who is mining and blacksmithing I think.
My other toon on Draka is Snowowl (alchemy and herbalist, hunter). She is a level 67 and Soot's is called Sootwow. He is also 67 and is a Pally (enchanting and tailoring).
They will stay in the guild they are in, but will always be available to help or use their skills.
I think Soot and I will be able to kick a little money in so we can have a bank tab, and we'll just have to float ideas for a tabard.
Asha is more experienced with all the nitty gritty so I'm volunteering him to take care of the details

Just noticed this topic is 21 pages, so I'm going to close it out and start a new thread for us.
