Presidential Edicts

April 3, 2015 to December 1, 2015

Every president must have a motto


Introduction

On April 3, 2015, Kat Dedul took office as the President of STF, succeeding Jack Dipper.

Summary of Edicts

Edict #1
  • 12 April 2015
  • Cabinet appointments.
Edict #2
  • 22 April 2015
  • Rechristening of the USS Ark Angel.
Edict #3
  • 11 June 2015
  • Sam Bibb appointed Personnel Director
Edict #4
  • 13 June 2015
  • Rob Jones promoted to Captain and assigned CO of USS Viking
Edict #5
  • 20 July 2015
  • USS Chernov charter
Edict #6
  • 20 July 2015
  • Krys McLean assigned CO of SS Bonaventure
Edict #7
  • 9 August 2015
  • SS Bonaventure charter changed.
Edict #8
  • 11 August 2015
  • Jack Dipper released as Coder, Joe P appointed.
Edict #9
  • 13 August 2015
  • Steve Johnson appointed Infinite Fleet Commander
Edict #10
  • 26 August 2015
  • Sam Bibb appointed CO of USS Asimov.
Edict #11
  • 29 August 2015
  • TECH Established.
Edict #12
  • 15 September 2015
  • Charles Gilmore promoted to Captain, assined CO USS Olympic.
Edict #13
  • 27 September 2015
  • Steve Sigle appointed FComm-5
Edict #14
  • 30 September 2015
  • Julia K assigned CO USS Endeavour
Edict #15
  • 30 September 2015
  • Odin changed spec to Mythology Class
Edict #16
  • 3 October 2015
  • Terry Sullivan promoted to Captain, assigned CO USS Vanguard
Edict #17
  • 4 October 2015
  • Thomas Bates assigned CO USS Crusader
Edict #18
  • 4 October 2015
  • USS Crusader rechristened USS Ulysses
Edict #19
  • 20 October 2015
  • Daniel Lerner appointed EC, Gene Gibbs appointed AEC
Edict #20
  • 2 November 2015
  • Adam W appointed Vice President
Edict #21
  • 28 November 2015
  • Harry Shires promoted to Captain
Edict #22
  • 28 November 2015
  • Thomas Bates promoted to Commodore
Edict #23
  • 28 November 2015
  • Julia K. promoted to Commodore
Edict #24
  • 28 November 2015
  • Lindsay Bayes commended for work in Academy and GMD
Edict #25
  • 28 November 2015
  • Emily England commended for work as XO Bonniventure
Edict #26
  • 28 November 2015
  • Samuel Bibb commended for work in PDept
Edict #27
  • 28 November 2015
  • Matthew Kleinman commended for work in PDept
Edict #28
  • 28 November 2015
  • Daniel Lerner promoted to Rear Admiral
Edict #29
  • 28 November 2015
  • Steve Johnson promoted to Rear Admiral
Edict #30
  • 29 November 2015
  • Thank you edict

Summary of Bills

Bill #1
  • 7 May 2015
  • Amendment to CADET - Vetoed by EGO
Bill #2
  • 18 May 2015
  • Amendment to CADET
Bill #3
  • 12 August 2015
  • The Technical Board, replaces SCSI and CODE
Bill #4
  • 29 October 2015
  • Amendment to LEGOE to account for TECH

Full Text of Edicts

Edict #1:

Posted 12 April 2015 - 8:30pm by Katherine Dedul

Edict #1

'I am not wise, but I can always learn.'

I'm sure we've all been eagerly awaiting the cabinet announcement (at least I've seen some comments to that effect in IRC today lol). So without further adieu these are the people I've suckered into serving in cabinet this term. :)

Fleet Commander 1 (The Foremost Fleet) - TJ Morgan (Appointed)
Fleet Commander 3 (The Pioneer Fleet) - James Harrison (Appointed)
Fleet Commander 5 (The Meridian Fleet) - Luke Ronayne (Appointed)
Fleet Commander 6 (The Black Fleet) - Julia K. (Appointed)
Fleet Commander 8 (The Infinite Fleet) - Harley Cartee (Appointed)

Academy Commandant - Daniel Lerner (Appointed)
Engineering Director - Rob Archer (Retained)
Gamemaster Director - Lindsay Bayes (Retained)
Internet Director - Thomas Bates (Appointed)
Personnel Director - Jack Dipper (Appointed)
No changes to the Executive Assistant positions.

All the previous members of cabinet are sincerely thanked for their service. Everyone, please have your assistants named no later than April 19th. If you require more time, please let Dan and I know.

-Katherine Dedul
--President

Edict #2:

Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:46pm by Katherine Dedul

Edict #2:

"No can always be changed to yes, but it's very hard to change yes to no."

On the recommendation of the CO of the Ark Angel and consent of the Fleet Commander of the Foremost Fleet, the USS Ark Angel NCC-2014-E is hereby rechristened the USS Ark Angel NCC-98729.

This change is to move away from using a registry number that exists in canon.

-Kat
President

Edict #3:

Posted 11 June 2015 - 10:05pm by Katherine Dedul

Edict #3:

"I believe in deeds, not words."

As everyone no doubt is aware, Jack Dipper has resigned as Personnel Director and I have of course accepted his resignation. Daniel and I discussed it and realized we had an ideal candidate who was even recommended by Jack as his successor.

As such, Sam Bibb is hereby appointed Personnel Director.

Congrats Sam!

-Kat
President

Edict #4:

Posted 13 June 2015 - 2:46pm by Katherine Dedul

Edict #4:

"Commanders have an eye not just for what they do, but for what those around them do."

Based on the recommendation of the Fleet Commander of the Infinite Fleet, I hereby promote Rob Jones to the rank of Captain and assign him as Commanding Officer of the USS Viking, Infinite Fleet.

Congrats Rob! Enjoy the center chair!

-Kat
President

Edict #5:

Posted 20 July 2015 - 9:00pm by Katherine Dedul

Edict #5:

"There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders. I want to build, not destroy."

SUPERCEDENCE OF PREVIOUS EDICTS

Edict Herr #34 is hereby rescinded and superceded by this edict.

USS CHERNOV CHARTER

Based on the recommendation of the Fleet Commander of the Meridian Fleet and the current Commanding Officer of the Chernov, the Kurtzman-class USS Chernov, NCC-1790 is hereby recommissioned as an alternative roleplaying area in the Meridian Fleet. The Chernov shall be a starship based on the alternative timeline created by the 2009 Star Trek film directed by JJ Abrams, informally known as the 'Abramsverse'.

DEFINITION

The Chernov is set 249 years from the present day.

Missions and characters should adhere as closely as possible to the canon of the time period with respect to concepts including, but not limited to:
- Technology
- Known Races
- elationships between the United Federation of Planets and other known powers

CONDITIONS

If the USS Chernov should deviate from the following it shall be decommissioned:
1.The Chernov must maintain an active and healthy roleplaying environment.
2.The Chernov must continue to function as an Abramsverse ship.
3.The Chernov must employ a specification deemed appropriate for the era and universe by the Engineering Department.

CREW

The USS Chernov shall have a crew structure in line with its "Abramsverse" nature. Both the positions of Commanding Officer and Executive Officer shall exist as they do in Standard RPG areas, and count toward established limits. New members are allowed on the USS Chernov, provided they make a specific request to the Personnel Department to be on an 'Abramsverse' ship. A member's role-playing rank on the USS Chernov shall count towards the member's membership rank.

The ship shall have the following Department Head positions as they exist in Standard RPG areas:
- Chief Engineer
- Chief Medical Officer
- Chief Science Officer

The Chernov shall also have the following period-specific positions as Department Heads:
- Navigation Officer
- Weapons Officer

The Weapons Officer shall be the equivalent of the Chief of Security in Standard RPG areas.

The Commanding Officer may create additional period-specific positions that are part of the Chernov's 'Abramsverse' nature.

The Executive Officer shall concurrently hold one of the Department Head positions with a main duty station on the Bridge.

The Chernov shall have positions for Junior Officers in Engineering, Medical and Science as they exist in Standard RPG areas. It shall also have Junior Officers in Security, reporting to the Weapons Officer.

Edict #6:

Posted 20 July 2015 - 9:38pm by Katherine Dedul

Edict #6:

"Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?"

Based on the recommendation of the Fleet Commander of the Foremost Fleet, I hereby appoint Krys McLean as Commanding Officer, USS Bonaventure.

Welcome back to the center chair Krys!

-Kat
?President

Edict #7:

Posted 9 August 2015 - 10:02pm by Katherine Dedul

Edict #7:

"Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense"

The Fleet Commander of the Foremost Fleet and the Commanding Officer of the SS Bonaventure have agreed to the following changes to the Bonaventure's charter.

SUPERCEDENCE OF PREVIOUS EDICTS

Edict Herr 1 #34 is hereby rescinded and superceded by this edict.

SS BONAVENTURE CHARTER

The SS Bonaventure NCC-01 is hereby recommissioned as an alternative role-playing area in the Foremost Fleet. It is recommissioned as an Enterprise-Era, Bonaventure-II Class frigate. Its missions are expected to be predominantly exploration in nature and biased toward Enterprise-Era and canon historical issues and plot lines, and its crew staffing is expected to reflect the Enterprise-Era in posting, available races and tech utilization.

The Enterprise-Era is defined as the period of 2149 to 2161, as this takes into account the launching of the SS Bonaventure, the Enterprise Season 1 to 4 and the Season Finale of the series.

The Bonaventure is already in active service and is hereby confirmed to be successful as an Enterprise-Era frigate. It will continue to be judged by the following criteria:

-The Bonaventure must maintain an active and healthy roleplaying environment.

-The Bonaventure must continue to function as an Enterprise-Era frigate.

As the Bonaventure is already an established RPG Area, it will not be required to pass a trial period. It will therefore remain a permanent addition to Foremost Fleet, but if at any time it deviates from the criteria set in this edict, it must be decommissioned.

The Bonaventure shall have a command structure similar to Enterprise-Era vessels, including all standard departments, rank structure, and chain of command. As such, RPG Ranks on the Bonaventure will count toward Member Rank the same as on Standard Ships, and CO and XO positions on the Bonaventure will count fully towards any limits in place.

There are changes to the names of the Department Heads as following:

-Chief Security Officer = Armory Chief

-Executive Officer = Executive Officer and Comm Officer

Additional Swing personnel will be possible at the CO's discretion, including but not limited to the following:

-MACO (Marine Specialist)

-Shuttle Pilot

-Linguist

-Recreation and Morale Officer

-Master Mess Specialist Coordinator

The current CO and crew of the SS Bonaventure are retained in their current positions aboard the ship. The CO may be removed at some later date in accordance with the rules of the site, without penalty to the Bonaventure herself.

-Kat, President

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CHARTER CHANGE LOG (Not for archiving as part of the edict, but for information only):

- Removal of the second paragraph (single sentence) which states: "if for any reason it should change her class, it must be decommissioned".

This was removed because it was redundant language on the basis that one of the criteria for the Bonaventure to continue to exist is that it must continue to operate as an Enterprise-era frigate.

- Inserted in place of the second paragraph (single sentence) is a new paragraph that clearly defines the Enterprise-era as being between 2149 and 2161 and the reasoning for this change.

- Reference to USS Bonaventure, in the last paragraph, changed to reflect the ships name of the true name of the ship, SS Bonaventure, instead.

- First sentence of the first paragraph and second sentence of the fourth paragraph changed to reflect the Bonaventure will continue to operate in the Foremost Fleet as the First Fleet no longer exists as per Bates Edict #9. Other references to Fleet 1 within the edict are changed to Foremost Fleet as well.

Edict #8:

Posted 11 August 2015 - 12:20am by Katherine Dedul

Edict #8:

"That's all this job is, trying to please everyone and pleasing no one. And it will only get worse, not better."

I had hoped that I wouldn't need to write this. Ultimately I have to.

For the past few months I have been trying to understand Genesis and mainly how come it's taken as long as it has (December this year will mark the three year point to when Jack Dipper was appointed under Joe P.'s administration).

I have recently attempted to broker some form of compromise between the Coder and those club members who have publicly and openly expressed their concerns with no effect. The current coder believes this is the *only* option for the club and is not interested in seeing any other options that may or may not work. I don't believe this is the right way to do business and it openly discourages people from offering alternatives that may be easier to maintain than a Symfony based platform.

I do not believe that Genesis is the right direction for this club. The coder has failed to convince me of the viability of it based upon the fact that in June 2014 (http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/637731) there appeared to be about 80 hours of work left. Yet we somehow gained another 45 hours of work in June 2015 (http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/710716). If the coder cannot adequately and consistently report on how long this thing is going to take, I can't in good conscience allow it to continue.

As such, Jack Dipper is hereby released as Coder.

Joe P. is hereby appointed as Coder for the remaining transition period until the enactment of TECH as there will be a transitional period that will involve selection of the first board and establishment of the same for approximately two weeks as well.

-Kat

Edict #9:

Posted 13 August 2015 - 12:09am by Katherine Dedul

Edict #9:

"When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh."

With real life unfortunately swallowing up Harley Cartee, that has left a vacancy in my cabinet.

I am please to announce that Steve Johnson is hereby appointed Fleet Commander, Infinite Fleet.

Congratulations Steve!

-Kat, President

Edict #10:

Posted 26 August 2015 - 10:09pm by Katherine Dedul

Edict #10:

"Why, I'm just as true and honest as dirt. And I'm even more charming than dirt."

Based on the recommendation of the Fleet Commander of the Foremost Fleet, I hereby appoint Samuel Bibb as Commanding Officer, USS Asimov. As Samuel is already a Captain, no promotion is needed.

Congrats!

-Kat?
President

Edict #11:

Posted 29 August 2015 - 1:39am by Katherine Dedul

Edict #11:

"Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside."

I am pleased to announce the appointments of the first Technical Board (TECH).

Joe P., Thomas Bates, Luke Ronayne and Levon Johnson are hereby appointed to the TECH Board. With this appointment, the board is officially formed.

Luke Ronayne is hereby released as FComm-5. As the Internet Director and Coder positions are dissolved as of the posting of this edict, no release is necessary.

Congratulations! TECH must now see to the tasks outlined in the "Transition" section of the bill.

-Kat, President

Edict #12:

Posted 15 September 2015 - 9:16pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #12

?Reflect as if you have all of time, even when time is short.?

Based on the recommendation of the Fleet Commander of the Black Fleet, I hereby promote Charles Gilmore to the rank of Captain and assign him as Commanding Officer, USS Olympic.

Congrats Charles!

-Kat Dedul, ?President

Edict #13:

Posted 27 September 2015 - 1:42pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict 13:

?He liked me to help him when he did things. He explained what I didn't know, warned me when to stand aside, never told me to get out of his way because he could do it faster, and thanked me for helping.?

With Luke Ronayne joining TECH he was required to step down from his FComm-5 position. As that has left a hole in my cabinet, I began the search for the new fleet commander. I'm pleased to announce that I have found that individual.

I hereby appoint Steve Sigle to the position of FComm-5 or Fleet Commander of the Meridian Fleet.

Congrats Steve and please have your assistant picked within a week.

-Kat, President

Edict #14:

Posted 30 September 2015 - 7:11pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict 14:

"Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes."

With the resignation of Linds Bayes from the Endeavour, that has left a hole in our command staff in the Academy.

Based on the recommendation of the Academy Commandant, Julia K. is hereby assigned as Commanding Officer, USS Endeavour.

Congrats Julia!

-Kat, President

Edict #15:

Posted 30 September 2015 - 7:12pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict 15:

?If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.?

I'm pleased to announce that the USS Odin is rechristened the USS Odin, Mythology Class, registry number NCC-88752-A

Enjoy the bubble wrap Steve!

-Kat, President

Edict #16:

Posted 3 October 2015 - 3:21pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict 16:

"We're on a hunt. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever it takes."

With Daniel Lerner's resignation from his role playing positions in the club, that has left a hole in the command of the Vanguard.

On the recommendation of the Fleet Commander of the Black Fleet, I hereby promote Terry Sullivan to the rank of Captain and assign him as Commanding Officer, USS Vanguard in the Black Fleet.

Welcome to to the big comfy centre chair Terry!

-Kat
President

Edict #17:

Posted 4 October 2015 - 9:00pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict 17:

"Maybe you were going to fall off that razor's edge before, but not today. Today we're doing to jump."

Based on the recommendation of the Fleet Commander Meridian Fleet, Thomas Bates is hereby assigned as Commanding Officer, USS Crusader. As Thomas is already a Captain, no rank promotion is required.

Welcome back to the centre chair Thomas!

-Kat, President

Edict #18:

Posted 4 October 2015 - 9:02pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict 18:

"You get too excited over big flashes."

At the request of the Commanding Officer, USS Crusader, and with the consent of the Fleet Commander, Meridian Fleet:

The Pendragon-class USS Crusader NCC-86286 is hereby rechristened the Discovery-class USS Ulysses NCC-87126.

This change is effective immediately OOC, and as soon as possible IC. The Technical Board is directed to make the appropriate changes to effect this change as soon as is possible.

Enjoy the new ship smell Thomas!

-Kat, President

Edict #19:

Posted 20 October 2015 - 8:06pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #19:

"Funfunfunfunfun!"

I hereby appoint Daniel Lerner as Election Coordinator and Gene Gibbs as Assistant Election Coordinator for the upcoming Presidential election.

-Kat Dedul, President

Edict #20:

Posted 2 November 2015 - 11:07pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #20:

?Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.?

With Daniel Lerner's resignation to be the next EGOist, that has left me without a Vice President.

For the balance of the remaining presidential term, I hereby appoint Adam W. as Vice President.

Congrats Adam!

-Kat, President

Edict #21:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 6:57pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #21:

"You mean there has to be a reason for the masters to give us hard work? I thought that was their idea of fun."

I certainly don't envy the GM department, they have faced numerous personnel shortages and the like, but they seem to handle it in stride and carry on. This individual is part of the GM Department and has done a rather good job in helping the department keep above water. This individual has been part of the department for about three terms now and it's for this reason, I'm shining a spotlight on him.

On the recommendation of Linds Bayes, in her capacity as GM Director, I hereby promote Harry Shires to the rank of Captain with all the rights and privileges therein.

Congrats Harry!

-Kat

Edict #22:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 7:39pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #22:

"He has artistry. Because that's what it takes to blow things up."

There were a few people who recommended this individual for promotion and I have to agree with all of them. This term may not have accomplished everything I set out to do as President, but it did establish something that I think was of great importance to the club, that being TECH. Which as we all know, completely changed how we manage our technical infrastructure.

It is for this reason that Thomas Bates is hereby promoted to the rank of Commodore with all the rights and responsibilities therein.

Congrats Thomas!

-Kat

Edict #23:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 7:40pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #23:

?Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.?

My next promotion is for an individual who has worked tirelessly at the fleet command level. Some may not have agreed with her efforts, but nobody can argue she wasn't present in her position of Fleet Commander. As her first assistant this term stated, she is always willing to step in and help her ships in need and make sure they have the resources they need to become and remain healthy.

For this reason, I hereby promote Julia K. to the rank of Commodore with all the rights and responsibilities therein.

Congrats Julia!

-Kat

Edict #24:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 7:44pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #24:

"You'll see. I'm as good as any boy. I'm better."

Linds Bayes is hereby commended for both her work in the Academy and the GM department. For her work in the Academy, the Academy Commandant specifically stated:

?After serving five years as CO of the USS Endeavour, Lindsay stepped down in October 2015 so she could focus on new and exciting real-life developments. Five years is an amazing amount of time to serve as CO of an Academy ship. As all current and former Academy COs can attest to, being an Academy CO can be a very stressful role in STF ? and almost all Academy COs are usually COs of a main fleet ship at the same time. Lindsay held that position for five years straight. During that time, she trained many new members how to RP in STF, mentored new DHs so they could learn how to be mentors themselves, and became one of the faces most associated with the Academy. Her presence will be missed in the Academy, but we only wish her the best with everything. Congratulations (for everything) from the entire Academy!?

For the GM Department, I can say that she is a tireless worker and has worked hard to chip away at the GM shortage (We still have some shortages judging by her last report, but I firmly believe that we are moving in the right direction to move past the stortage).

Congrats Linds!

-Kat

Edict #25:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 7:47pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #25:

"We're too desperate for good commanders to let one slip away."

Emily England is hereby officially commended for her work as XO on the Bonaventure in the Foremost Fleet. The Fleet Commander of the Foremost Fleet indicated that Emily went above and beyond to keep the ship running whilst the command situation was figured out. She also has thrown herself into being an active member of the Foremost Fleet. It is for these reasons that she was recommended for commendation and the reason why I am commending her. It can be a very rough go trying to handle a ship that wasn't the picture of health at the time, but she fulfilled (and them some!) her responsibilities as aCO between the time that the previous CO was removed and the new CO was appointed and continued on as XO under the new commander.

Congrats Emily!

-Kat

Edict #26:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 7:48pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #26:

"If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish."

The personnel department was in need of a bit of TLC at the beginning of this term. This individual took over after the resignation of my original PDir and he continued to work at the department and truly provided what I feel that department desperately needed, a firm and steady hand. It is for this reason that I hereby commend Samuel Bibb for his work in the personnel department this term.

Congrats Sam!

-Kat

Edict #27:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 7:48pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #27:

"Don't you ever get tired of asking questions?'
'Never. They're mother's milk to me.?

Another personnel department individual for this one, but also extremely well deserved. This recommendation came from the current PDir himself and I fully agree that this individual has greatly assisted in providing consistency and steadiness to the Personnel Department.

For this reason, Matthew Kleinman is officially commended for his work this term in the personnel department.

Congrats Matt!

-Kat

Edict #28:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 7:50pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #28:

"Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers."

This individual could not have done enough for the club this term. I sat down honestly and the list was quite long. This individual stepped into the Academy Commandant role with enthusiasm and eagerness. He was also my ear for much of the term and provided much needed advice and opinion. He's also served as election coordinator for this latest presidential election, a job that's really more a necessary evil than a "fun job".

For his tireless service in the club, both this term and in previous terms, Daniel Lerner is hereby promoted to Rear Admiral with all the rights and responsibilities that come along with that promotion.

Congrats Dan!

-Kat

Edict #29:

Posted 28 November 2015 - 8:01pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #29:

"I wish I could say 'have fun', but I can't see how anyone can have fun learning to be a knight."

Another upstanding individual and a long overdue promotion. He's served as Election Coordinator, EGOist, FComm and he's been President before?.probably among the less than ideal circumstances one can become President from to boot!

For extensive service to the club, I hereby promote Steve Johnson to the rank of Rear Admiral and give him the rights and responsibilities of that rank.

Congrats Steve!

-Kat

Edict #30:

Posted 29 November 2015 - 12:35pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Edict #30:

"The hardest lesson any of us must learn is there?s only so much we can do"

A lot of people helped this term. I'm probably going to forget people and for that I apologize. We have an excellent volunteer spirit in this club and I hope that continues for a good long time.

I would love to thank Joe P., Luke R. and Levon J. for their contributions to TECH.

I would like to thank my cabinet and EAs, everyone pulled their weight and more and every single one of them are fantastic volunteers and I hope they continue to do good work within the club, if not in the same capacity (since I know at least one can no longer hold a cabinet post as he was elected!) in another.

In no particular order: Rob, Linds, Dan, Adam, Sam, Jack, Amber, TJ, James, Steve, Luke, Julia K., Harley, Steve and all your assistants throughout the term. A job well done folks.

I'd also like to thank everyone who ventured into Command and tried their hand at the various issues of the day. It takes courage to put yourself out there and I appreciate those who did it. There were a lot of you, which is promising for the future. We may not have ultimately agreed, but that's how debate runs at times and there's nothing wrong with that.

Thank you all and farewell!

-Kat


Full Text of Bills

Bill #1:

-- VETOED BY EGO --

Bill #1:

The ?Academy Fleet Command Structure? section of the Central Academy Directives for Education and Training (CADET) bylaw is hereby amended replacing the following sentence:

?Each standard department (Engineering, Medical, Science and Security) can hold a maximum of three Cadets.?

with the following:

?The maximum number of Cadets each standard department (Engineering, Medical, Science and Security) can hold shall be determined by policy set out by the Academy Commandant, balancing the needs of the Personnel Department in placing new Cadets with the ability of the ships to properly mentor their current Cadets.?

Changes:

-Amends the portion of CADET that defines the maximum number of cadets per department as three, thereby permitting Academy staff to change the maximum number based upon the demand for Academy ships and the ability to reasonably mentor cadets.

-Kat
President

-- VETO 1 --

I'm afraid I have to veto this. It was not discussed in command prior to being issued as required by BABE and doesn't include the proper paragraph/section references required therein as well.

Jen

-- VETO 2 --

I have to second the veto on this bill, Dedul Bill #1, as well. As EGO we have discussed this and we are unanimous in our decision. As Jen previously mentioned, as laid out by in BABE (Bills and Bylaws Edict) "Any Bill must first be presented as a proposition to the Membership within Command for discussion." Additionally the section/paragraph is not referenced in the bill.

Regards,
Steve Johnson

-- VETO 3 --

Thirded, just for the sake of completeness.

Joe

Bill #2:

Posted 18 May 2015 - 8:07pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Bill #2:

The ?Academy Fleet Command Structure? section of Central Academy Directors for Education and Training (CADET) is hereby amended by replacing the ninth paragraph that reads as follows:

"Each standard department (Engineering, Medical, Science and Security) can hold a maximum of three Cadets. Cadets who serve on the Academy ships shall hold the member rank of Cadet and are not eligible for rank promotion while they take part in their training. Due to the high demand for Academy spots, Cadets on the training vessels (who have not graduated, or are not in the process of graduating) can only be transferred or offered a position on another ship with the consent of the Academy Commandant."

with the following:

?The maximum number of Cadets each standard department (Engineering, Medical, Science and Security) can hold shall be determined by policy set out by the Academy Commandant, balancing the needs of the Personnel Department in placing new Cadets with the ability of the ships to properly mentor their current Cadets. Cadets who serve on the Academy ships shall hold the member rank of Cadet and are not eligible for rank promotion while they take part in their training. Due to the high demand for Academy spots, Cadets on the training vessels (who have not graduated, or are not in the process of graduating) can only be transferred or offered a position on another ship with the consent of the Academy Commandant."

Changes:

-Amends the portion of CADET that defines the maximum number of cadets per department as three, thereby permitting the Academy Commandant to change the maximum number based upon the demand for Academy ships and the ability to reasonably mentor cadets.

-Kat?President

Bill #3:

Posted 12 August 2015 - 9:19pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Bill #3:

The Technical Board (TECH)

#Supersession of Previous Bylaws
?The bylaws known as SCSI (Edict Dipper 1 #31) and CODE (Edict Hemenway #26) are hereby rescinded and replaced by this bill.

All references to the Internet Department, Internet Director, and Coder in other bylaws will be reviewed as they are encountered and revised to refer to TECH. Any responsibilities delegated to the Internet Department or Coder in other bylaws shall now be the responsibility of TECH

#Establishment of the Technical Board
A body is hereby established, known as the Technical Board (TECH).

TECH is responsible for the designing, developing, documenting, deploying, and maintaining all application code utilized by STF. It also manages all of STF's real-world technological infrastructure, including but not limited to servers, domain names, and other network or technological constructs.

#Composition?
TECH shall be constructed of four members.

New members shall be selected from open application followed by an interview with three members of TECH. This interview may take place either in a three-on-one group interview, or multiple one-on-one interviews as the situation demands. TECH may choose to subject applicants to a skill-based evaluation to determine the applicant?s technical competence. All new members of TECH are subject to Presidential consent.

TECH may also select an under-experienced member in as a Probationary Member of TECH. Probationary Members are described in the section, ?Probationary Members.?

#Restrictions
?Members of TECH may not serve as Departmental Directors, Fleet Commanders or be President or Vice President. Members of TECH may hold Assistant positions, such as Assistant Departmental Director or Assistant Fleet Commander positions. They may also hold Executive Assistant and Executive Government Oversight positions.

#Practices and Internal Policymaking

##The Chairman?
The Chairman is responsible for TECH?s administrative tasks, including delivering reports to the President, at least one major report per year to the membership on system infrastructure and activity, and regulating server security access.

The Chairmanship shall be put to an internal vote every six months. Every member of TECH shall vote among the body to select a Chairman to serve the next six months. No person may serve as the Chairman two terms consecutively.

If for any reason a consensus cannot be reached, the President shall select a member of TECH to carry the role for the term, or remainder of the term as the case may be.

In the event that the Chairman is AWOL or otherwise not performing the duties of the position, TECH may vote to remove him or her and will immediately vote upon a replacement.

##Development of Software
?TECH shall be responsible for creating, maintaining, debugging, and supporting STF?s Software.

All work on the Software must be tracked and documented on an official STF Source Code Repository, which shall be defined and maintained by TECH.
Major changes to the Software, such as a complete site redesign, or a change in the site?s platform, shall be voted on internally by the TECH board, with the prior notification of the President. Any changes affecting the the user experience, such as a site redesign or changes that would be visible to the end user, will require the consent of the President and notification of the membership before being implemented.

##External Software
?Any member may submit software suggestions to TECH, however all submissions will be declined unless the submitter can demonstrate that the benefit to the users will outweigh the added complexity that comes with supporting additional code.

Should TECH decide to consider software being suggested, that software must be audited. TECH reserves the right to modify any submitted code to account for security and fit within the TECH Development and Documentation Standards. TECH reserves the right to decline any software for any reason.

Any External Software utilized by STF, including but not limited not limited to frameworks and templates, must be under a license which permits modification of the code and non-commercial use. Some examples of licenses like these are: GNU GPL, LGPL, MIT, and MPL.

##Policies
?TECH shall have the authority to issue titled policies regarding the practices relating to the technical aspects of the club, including, but not limited to: TECH Training, MOTD Development, Privacy, Development Standards, Source Control, and any Style Guides.

Policies may be proposed by any member. Proposed policies are discussed publicly and will require the approval of the majority of TECH to be enacted.

##Development Standards
?TECH shall write all code to the standards defined by internal policy, and keep all STF technology as secure as possible.

TECH shall, in order to maintain the operational integrity of the system, keep any changes to the Software off of the server until all members of TECH are satisfied that the code is ready for production use. Changes to the Software made live on the server are acceptable only in cases of an emergency, and must be reflected on the relevant repository branches as soon as possible. Any emergency changes shall be immediately reported to the other members of TECH and the President.

##Documentation Standards
?All code produced and approved by TECH must be documented to a point where anyone with a basic knowledge of the relevant languages may accurately debug the code.

Any undocumented code submitted to TECH, be it from an internal member or an external source, will be rejected outright.

##Release Standards
?Upon completion and deployment of new features, the Chairperson shall publicly post announcing changes. Feature posts will include the names of all contributors and Release Notes documenting the features.

Non-feature releases, such as bug fixes and optimisations, shall be denoted in monthly reports, and will include a list of all contributors.

##Mandate for Internal Training
?TECH shall maintain an active training program at all times. How this program runs will be decided by internal policy.

##External Utilities?
TECH will administer all external utilities, including but not limited to:

##E-mail
?TECH shall maintain the e-mail forwards utilized by STF.

##Chat Platforms
?TECH may establish official real-time chat venues, such as IRC channels. TECH shall have exclusive authority over these venues, including the regulation of assistant administrators such as IRC Operators. These venues, unless otherwise stated, are considered public and open to all STF members who have not been banned from them specifically.

Any and all STF Terms of Service shall apply, in addition to any additional rules published by TECH.

TECH has no authority over chat venues created by other STF members, so long as they do not operate under the guise of an official STF resource.

#Administrative Access
?All Administrative Passwords to official STF Resources, including but not limited to the STF Server, Official Chat Venues, and any Software, must be held at all times by the Chairperson, President, and at least one other individual selected by the Chairperson. That individual need not be the same for all passwords.

At least the Chairperson and one other holder of the relevant password must agree in order to change the password, and it must be provided immediately to all other authorized holders, unless the change was specifically made to address a security issue.

Other government officers may request administrative access to various STF resources if they can show that it is necessary for the performance of their duties. These requests may be rejected if the Chairman is not confident in the requestor?s ability to maintain the security of the resource.

The Chairman is the final authority on who may or may not have administrative access, and no one but the Chairman may authorize additional individuals to hold administrative access for any reason. A recommendation from the President to consider providing access to a certain government officer should be given due consideration.

TECH will have access to all web applications installed on the server.

At no point may the password for any official STF resource be held by fewer than three people, but should at all times be kept only to those authorized by the Chairman and President.

#Resignation and Replacement Procedure
?Should a member of TECH tender resignation, the Chairman - or in the case of the Chairman?s resignation, any other member of TECH - shall post an open call for applications.

Applications chosen as candidates for the position will go through the same process as described in ?Composition.? When an applicant is selected, they will be given all appropriate flags and access required.

Previous members of TECH need not undergo an official interview, but are not guaranteed selection.

In the event of multiple resignations or any event in which TECH is reduced to fewer than three members, the Chairman may directly install the number of members required to fill TECH back to its standard four members, with the authorization of any existing and active member of TECH, or the President if there are none. Past members of TECH should be considered before the Chairman may install new members to TECH, but they are not required to be selected.
In the event that TECH is fewer than three members, without a Chairman, and the remaining member(s) cannot come to a consensus on who shall be the Chairman, the President may select one directly.

TECH may not operate at a deficit of four members for any longer than 45 days. At the end of 45 days, if TECH has not returned to its required four person quota, the President will directly appoint, using whatever criteria they may, the number of members required to fill TECH.

#Probationary Members
?Any member brought into TECH whom is not adequately trained or experienced will be referred to as a Probationary Member.

The ?Probationary? title will last for six months while the other members of TECH train them. The ?Probationary? title may be removed at any time with the unanimous approval of TECH. At the end of the initial six month probation period, TECH will evaluate the probationary member. If it is decided that the member has learned enough to forgo the title, it will be removed. If the member has not made enough progress, TECH may decide to either extend the probation period an additional six months, or remove the member from TECH.

Probationary Members hold the same voting rights and access as other regular members of TECH, but may not hold the Chairmanship, and must have their contributions audited by a more experienced member as they train.

#Accountability?Members of TECH may be removed by unanimous internal vote.
TECH may, by unanimous vote, formally request that the President bar someone from re-entering TECH. This action, handled entirely by the President, should only be requested for cases where the person in question has demonstrated a danger to the site's systems, but has not behaved in such a way that deserves a temporary or even permanent ban from the club as a whole.

If a member of TECH violates the Terms of Service or any other STF Law while performing their duties as a TECH member, the Chairman will refer the issue to the President and offer a complete report on the incident. The Chairman will also remove any access from the violator until the situation is resolved.
The President has investigative authority over TECH when ToS and STF Law violations arise, and may enlist the help of other members of TECH as necessary to complete the investigation in an educated way. If the investigation can demonstrate negligence or malicious activity, only then may the President directly remove someone from TECH.

In the event that the Chairman is the perpetrator, the Chairman shall have all administrative access revoked and the title removed and given to an interim Chairman selected by the President.

Violations punishable by a temporary or permanent ban result in an immediate removal from TECH and a revocation of all administrative access.

#Transition
?Upon this bill?s enactment, over a period of two weeks, the President will openly accept applications for the four spots on TECH. In consultation with the outgoing Internet Director and Coder, the President will review all applications, interview any potential candidates, and assemble the first Technical Board.

The Internet Department and Coder shall be dissolved with the formation of TECH. The Internet Department Board will be depublished and replaced by the TECH Board within seven days.

TECH will perform a site-wide Access Level check within seven days of establishment to ensure all necessary changes have been performed.

#Review
?TECH shall be reviewed thirteen months after the date of this bill's passing. The review will take the form of a public discussion held within Command, with the President having the final ruling on whether or not TECH has been operating in a successful manner. The discussion must run for a minimum of two weeks. The review criteria is to include:

Has TECH been operating according to its structure?

Has TECH succeeded in providing timely, accurate reports?

What projects has TECH accomplished in its founding year?

Is the state of the club's systems in significantly better or worse shape than the year before the bill's passing? Has it remained the same?

Should TECH be found to be failing any of these criteria, the President will then decide to amend the bill to address the issues raised, or if the issues are so numerous and large, discuss an all out replacement to TECH.

Should TECH be found to operate as expected and planned, it shall be considered a facet of the club and will continue operating indefinitely.

-Kat, President

Bill #4:

Posted 29 October 2015 - 6:36pm by Katherine Dedul (President) (Katherine Dedul)
Bill #4:

The bill known as Legislative Edict Governing Official Elections (LEGOE) is hereby amended.

Under the section entitled "Election Coordinator and Assistant Election Coordinator", the third paragraph shall be replaced in full with the following:

"The Election Coordinator may not delegate any tasks unless specific assistance or expertise is required, subject to the requirements under this Edict for the Assistant Election Coordinator to perform the Election Coordinator's tasks. TECH is required to provide the Election Coordinator with whatever access to the STF server and system resources are required in order to fulfill his responsibilities and provide assistance in using them as needed. Such resources may include, but are not limited to, server shell access, file upload access, IRC operator status, and member account information.

For the duration of the Election Season, the Election Coordinator, is responsible for ensuring the security of the election process, by any means necessary, including restricting all other individuals to any access to the voting mechanisms. Should the Election Coordinator find that the President is too involved in any campaign, any access necessary to ensure the security of the election process will be removed for the duration of the Election Season and given to the next member in Presidential succession (as defined in the GO bylaw or its replacement) who is not too involved in any campaign. Should the Election Coordinator find that the designated member of TECH is too involved in any campaign, any access necessary to ensure the security of the election process will be removed for the duration of the Election Season and given to another TECH member agreed upon by the Election Coordinator and TECH Chairman."

-Kat, President