Long, but important!

[Max Liao (Callandryn)]

Okay, I know I said this before and was able to work around it, but this time really seems unavoidable.

UNTIL I COME BACK FROM MY VACATION (9 Jan 2004), COLONEL KODOSS IS THE GUILD LEADER!

Reasons Why:

#1: Every day that I have 'off', thanks to morale calls, I have to work. (A morale call is an after-hours VTC where the units stationed here in Middle East have time to talk to their loved ones back in the states. With the Holiday season on us, there's one almost every day now.)

#2: My vacation may not be much of a vacation as my step-dad and I are heading towards a confrontation ... in the ancient Sith tradition of master vs apprentice. And I mean this more truthfully than you could know ... except he really was never my master.

#3: I am once again updating the web page. Every time I update it I find a ton of mistakes (spelling, bad links, misinformation, and no one ever seems to find them). Do you all even pay attention to the web page? Do you read the news articles ... hell, one of them doesn't even work and another has information not even related to the caption.

#4: I need to finish up a few SBUs for members of LoM (SWG and WoW).

** When I have the time to play, rest assured that I will. I am NOT leaving the guild or SWG. **

Colonel Kodoss’ authority:

He is bound to the rules and policies of LoM. However, beyond that, LoM SWG is his until I return. However he chooses to run it will be for him to decide and I will not hinder him.

Standing Orders:

#1: Lieutenants Aja and Shayla are to be provisionally promoted to Captain.

I may not agree with everything you two try to do, but I can tell that you both have the guild’s best interest at heart. We already know that one of you will be promoted to the vacant LtCol position, but since you both have strengths and weaknesses that don’t supersede the other the decision has been quite difficult.

Although, in my opinion, you both have a couple of things to work on, of more importance is that you two have been kicking ass in one way or the other trying to improve the guild. I would be in err if I tried to promote one of you right now simply because you both stand out and there’s only room for one.

But let me add this, just because you make excellent Lieutenants and Captains doesn’t necessarily mean that you’d make a good LtCol. There is added overall LoM business to deal with once you become the 2O. I’d suggest that Colonel Kodoss and Captains Aja and Shayla look HERE and take notice of the House of Scions section (to include the individual ranks) to reacquaint themselves with the other responsibilities of being an XO/2O.

After reading through this you may be like me and say, “Awesome! I would love to be part of that!” Or you may look at it and say, “Nope, too much bullshit for me, I’ll stick with being a Senior Officer.”

So, my first test for you both to see who stands out is, which one of you would WANT this?

Now for the provisional part of the promotion. As you (should) know, we have a numerical system in regards to promoting people. It’s hard to see as we are so small, but it’s there. As it stands now:
~ One (1) Major for every three (3) Captains
~ One (1) Captain for every three (3) Lieutenants

Since I still have not removed Lt Allandhra from her position yet ... (she better send word soon or I will. I know you have passed along information, Shayla, but she can come to the message board and say “Hey, I’m alive” or something.) ... we currently have three Lieutenants. A Captain would arise when we have a minimum of four Lieutenants.

This system was put in place to allow for growth. I didn’t want to promote people who joined the guild day 1 and not give higher quality people who may join on day 300 a shot at a position they may deserve more.

Do you see where I am going with this yet?

We need more recruits!! We need more members!! We need more Officers!! If you wish to retain the Captain’s rank, then start offering memberships to people you like and trust. I am currently in the process of editing the webpage to make it less of a hassle. One things about work, I may not be able to play SWG there, but I CAN (and do) check the message board. I can see who is new, who is active, who is LoM material and who isn’t.

Aja, push Mikkel to join. If you know others, get them, too. (Same with Shayla if you have any potentials.) They don’t have to be serious RPers, but they do have to be ‘Star Warsy’ in any public channel and agree to the LoM procedures and policies.

Now, Kodoss is free to make the decision to promote one of you to LtCol as he sees fit. However, he is not required to. If he has not done so by the time I return full to the game, then I will make the decision based on his inputs and what I have seen via the message boards (and in-game when I can). When this happens, if there are no longer enough officers, I will be forced to bump the one who is not promoted to LtCol back to Lt simply because the Captain position will not be needed.

#2: Thorsen has not expressed an interest in being an Officer. I won’t push him into a position that he may not want, but if any of you can get him to take on the Recruitment position (our most needed position) that would be wonderful. I know him from Shadowbane and he was one of the few people who I saw (mostly) eye-to-eye with. I know that he could be a good officer ... IF he wants it; I won’t force him.

#3: Bowe ... ummm ... well ... She’s still a recruit and will not pass that phase until she decides to become at least partially active on the message boards. However, I MUST bear some responsibility in this. Because of the unusual nature of how she was recruited (i.e. rushed into the guild) I never sent her the application reply letter. This is my fault so do not hold this against her. After I type this up she will receive the ARL so start scrutinizing her then.

#4: Keep me informed!!! Like I said above, I will be reading the message boards daily (except during my flights), so keep the info flowing on the message boards either in posts or PMs. And of course, if I’m in game you know I’m there to help as needed!

Okay, this was long ... and although I could make it longer, I won’t. hehe

THANK YOU ALL for your help and support!

[Rooks (Kedryn)]

here is a question for you General Callandryn, should I still vote on things in House of scions?

[Max Liao (Callandryn)]

Until there is a new 2O here, yes.

As you know not a lot happens there - as we don't want LoM to be an overlord (to use Vhal's words) - but until we have a new 20 here, please retain your status on the Department of Commanders.

[Aja]

this all makes sense, and i will try to be more active in a recruitment role.

[Max Liao (Callandryn)]

Oh, and let me add ...

#5: Update your SBUs to reflect your new ranks! Yes, Shayla, I'll update yours when I have Gachine's (WoW) and Thorsen's done.

#6: Okay, you all damn well know that Kodoss deserves an Achievement Ribbon. There's even a thread started for it. I'm not just going to give him a ribbon simply because we all know that he deserves it without seeing the facts in writing. If you don't want to type it up in an 'official' format, fine. I'll do that. But give me some bullets ... some information to use to get this done. PLEASE.

#7: When I announce that the webpage has been updated, please take a good look at it. Thanks to Aja smacking me around a bit over the last few days, many concerns and problems have been corrected with it.

Also:
~ I updated the charter - (note Jedi and Smuggler information).
~ Did anyone notice last time the ribbon behind Kodoss' name? Did anyone click on it?
~ Other edits have been made as well.
~ Aja, I didn't use your pict this time around because I want to make sure everything else that NEEDS to be fixed is taken care of first. I WILL use it for next time ... and I have a pretty good caption for it, too - (I hope).

[Kodoss]

I wish you all the best for real life Cal and hope you can deal with the issues that occurred.
I will not disappoint you and lead the guild in your absecence to the best of my abilities.

Regarding Shayla and Aja:
I ll wait for you two to step up and say that you would like the position as Lt. Col. and prove why you are the person we are looking for.
Until then i will hold back with my personal impressions.
I can only say that i like both of you and that you are 2 completely different characters.

I have spoken with a good friend ingame who is member of a guild named Storm talons.
They have their pa hall located somewhere in tatooine and have around 10 members.
It seems they could be potential allies.
I have yet to find out their pa leaders name and will forward it to Shayla to start negotiations.

Callandryn, i will check the website again for any stuff that pokes my eye.

[Shayla]

Understood General.

FYI those of you that are or were in the Military you will understand this next statement. For the Next week or 2 I will be functioning as the NCOIC for my Clinic, so I will be extremly busy and maybe off and on for the next few weeks, so I appologies if I am not on as much for the next week or so. How ever I may not be that busy and will be on but we will see.

I have read the requirements for being a Lt. Col and I think I will be able to do these.

General I didnt drop the ball on the Col. Award I just have been very busy in RL with the military and havnt been able to type it up yet. Lets just say I am working on 2 other awards at work right now and a few NCO duties.

Thought you should know this.
Shayla

[Azurewyrm66 (Allandhra)]

Okay, you all damn well know that Kodoss deserves an Achievement Ribbon. There's even a thread started for it. I'm not just going to give him a ribbon simply because we all know that he deserves it without seeing the facts in writing. If you don't want to type it up in an 'official' format, fine. I'll do that. But give me some bullets ... some information to use to get this done. PLEASE.

Ok, here's some for you.
1. The PA hall-accumulated funds, got the architect, and finally placed on Dantooine, giving us a true in-game presence.
2. Cries of Alderaan-devoted personal time to collect data disks for all members of LoM so that they could participate in the story arc.
3. Equipment-either gave or pointed in the right direction armor, weapons, and other equipment to improve the effectiveness of individual members.
4. Leadership-because of consistency of play, dedication to the guild, loyalty to its members and leadership, knowledge, and overall good character Kodoss has twice been entrusted with the overall leadership of the guild.
5. Character-always helpful, freely gives of his personal time to improve the guild, friendly and patient with fellow players and leadership. Overall, no one here can say one negative thing about him or what he's done for the guild.
6. Indispensibility-everyone here must admit that if it weren't for everything Kodoss has done for the guild and its members, chances are we wouldn't be where we are now, or even here at all.

Good enough, or do you need more?

[Shayla]

Max said:

Okay, you all damn well know that Kodoss deserves an Achievement Ribbon. There's even a thread started for it. I'm not just going to give him a ribbon simply because we all know that he deserves it without seeing the facts in writing.

Ok here goes!

1. Spearheaded the locating and purchasing of Players Association (PA) hall.
2. Gave of self; donated over 200K in funds to the guild or to fellow Legion of Myth (LoM) members in need.
3. Assisted in the training of new personel insuring that continuity of training requirements and high calabur members are alowed into LoM.
4. Recognized by peers; was the first LoM member to obtain an AT-ST and was the October Legionare of the Month.
5. Stout-hearted; defended the honor of the empire by protecting the Imperial citizens of the empire in Theed from an overwelming Rebel assult.
6. Recognized by supperiors as an Expert in tactical prowess; and recomended as instructer for LoM Tactical Ops. training.
7. Personally assisted in the capture of Imperial plans stolen by Reble Spies, and insuring that they would never fall back into there hands.

Here is a few of the top of my head that I could come up with. I hope between what Allandhra has provided and what I have added should be enough. If not I will think of some more to assist you in this Honor that was over looked.
Shayla