Posted April 1, 2021, 8:47 a.m. by Vice Admiral Sarah Hemenway (President) (Sarah M)
Edict #26
April 1, 2021
When I returned to STF, a wise person told me that this person and I would work amazingly well together or we’d kill each other and there was really no middle ground. For the first few months, it looked like we were going with the “kill each other” option, but we managed to jump tracks and head the other way instead (with a touch of meddling from that wise person and a lot of pandemic-induced drinking). I’ve come to count on this person for his thoughts on many matters, as well as his willingness to tell me to chill out and calm down about the latest new idea. Now, that doesn’t even begin to touch on what this person has contributed to the club as well. Even though the pandemic has forced many of us to work from home at our computers, he has spent countless hours during his off-work time at his computer, developing and implementing new Exodus features, like the new GM archive, the ability to mark posts as read, the ability to read posts from the first new post, and (finally) the ability to edit posts. He’s dropped everything to find out what’s going on when the site comes to a screeching halt, typically caused by Calé or absurdly high posting Challenger cadets. When he has the time and the energy to devote to it, he creates some of the more entertaining but realistic role-playing I’ve seen.
It is my pleasure and my honor to promote Joe P. to Cadet.
Wait, what?
I… guess the rank array went back to the beginning?
Nevermind, then.
It is my pleasure and my honor to award Joe P a Presidential Commendation for his continued development work and support of Exodus.
Additionally, I award a Presidential Commendation to Sidney Parker and a second Presidential Commendation to Joe P in recognition of their ten years of continuous service as CO of the USS Brian A. Olinski and the CO of the USS Europa, respectively. Sidney’s Commendation is a bit overdue, as he was promoted to Captain and appointed CO of the USS Entente (which was later renamed to the USS Brian A. Olinski) on 18 December 2009 by President Jen Herr. Joe P was promoted to Captain and appointed CO of the USS Europa on 24 April 2011 by President David Wonderly. Thank you, both, for such dedicated service to the club. Being a CO of a ship can have its ups and downs and that you have both stuck with it for such a long time is admirable and appreciated.
Finally, a thank you to everyone who has supported me over the past term as President, whether directly as a Cabinet member, in Discord as a kind ear, or on Zoom (ask me if, ten years ago, I ever thought I would video conference with STF members as someone who had palpitations thinking about talking with them on the phone). The Cabinet members this term were: Daniel Lerner (Vice President and Personnel Director), Calé Reilly (Fleet Commander and Academy Commandant), Robert Archer (Vice President), Nicholas Villarreal (Engineering Director), Sam Pennington (Gamemaster Director), Melissa Aragon (Fleet Commander), Matt Evans (Fleet Commander), Geoff Joosten (Fleet Commander), Rob J. (Fleet Commander) and Ray Branch (Fleet Commander). We were supported by an amazing set of EAs: James Sinclair (SOX), Sharon Miller (SOX), Lindsay Bayes (CMM), J. Ridgley (CMM), Calé Reilly (EC), and Joe P (Librarian). While I can’t commend you all, again, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. This has been a challenging year worldwide and you took the time out of your disheveled lives to try to do some good for an old Star Trek RP club on the Internet.
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