I have asked my Praetors to remain non-Clanned over the course of my two terms as Grand Master. This selfish request ensures that the Praetors remain focused on tasks that I provide them, but it also harms them in terms of the visibility of their accomplishments. Fortunately, my current Praetor, SBL Montresor, contributes to our clubs in ways that are easily quantifiable and easily recognizable by the membership.

Over the past 13 months, Montresor has authored and created two major projects that are now staples of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood's administration panel. The first project, Leadership Reports, is an XLS snapshot of the activity of every positioned Dark Councilor and Clan Leader in the Dark Brotherhood. This quick view provides the Grand Master details on a member's date of appointment, last award, last promotion, date of last report, and total number of reports. This easy to read and color coded document has provided the GM/DGM data to help objectively review and award our club's leaders.

Monty's second and most recent DJB wide project is the creation of the Objective Promotion Assessment. Created over a period of days in response to a direct request from the Grand Master, Montresor created a document that provided objective data on recordable member statistics. Unhappy with the XLS version of this product, Monty worked with Kalen and James to create an administration panel on the website that displayed the same data. This project has already impacted promotion reviews and will save our leaders and members countless hours of research in the future. It will also provide the MAA and our leaders with a common snapshot to discuss potential awards and promotions. This very promotion request is using data from this project!

In addition to these two large DB projects, Montresor has also provided support to the GM on (1) the tracking, participation, word count, and placement of all GJW Run Ons. He created the participation tracker used by the DC for grading the event (total time: two hours of work, countless hours saved for the DC). (2) Montresor has reviewed and recommended the winner of the best DC and Unit Reports Competition for the past 6 months (total time 30 minutes each week). (3) Montresor graded ACC Tournament matches, specifically matches the Combat Master could not (Taldryan). Montresor also reviewed all of the final eight matches (Total time: 4 hours). (4) Montresor provides D3 gaming feedback to the fist on a regular basis in order to ensure CF balance. As our best D3 player, speed runs are timed off of his activity (Total time: 30 minutes per month, for the past five months). (5) Montresor proof read and corrected the last year of Vendetta fiction (Total pages exceeding 120. Total time: 8 hours). (6) And then the standard, non-quantifiable work a Praetor does that I can't remember. The hey you, check this, read that, do this type jobs (2 hours a month).

Monty has served in the position of Praetor for me for his entire run as a EQ3 and he has shown that he is capable of not only serving as a Core DC member, but as a future DGM/JST/GM. Thanks for all your work and for your dedication to a Star Wars club, despite not knowing the difference between an Ewok and a Wookie.

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2015-04-11 22:58:21 UTC

Prior to becoming Justicar, I had not had the pleasure of working with Montresor extensively. Though I had heard many good things about him, we had simply not crossed paths. And so I was pleasantly surprised when Monty applied for the open position of Left Hand of Justice. His application showed that he understood the position and he had an approach that differed from the other applicants. Hoping that the good words about Monty were right, I added him to my team.

I learned quickly that it is, indeed, a pleasure to work with Montresor. He is at all times humble, respectful, hard working, committed and insightful. The position of Left Hand of Justice is not an enviable position. Monty is tasked with defending the members of the Brotherhood that come before the Chamber. Often, those cases are open-and-shut cases; that is, charges are generally not brought unless the case can be won by the prosecution. That makes defenses often untenable. Nonetheless, Monty has worked hard to ensure that each case is evaluated on its individual merits, and that each defendant get a fair chance.

Most Hands do not see a single case during their tenure. Monty dealt with eight within a week of being appointed. There is no handbook for the Hand positions, and so Monty had to learn through fire, digging through masses of records and working with me to redevelop a process for notifications and trials that was fair. Monty was able to give adequate information to all of the defendants and worked with each on their plea. Even more impressive was Monty's work on the trial that occurred, where he guided the defendant through the briefing process. In the end, Monty helped the defendant gain a not guilty verdict, one of only a handful of times in the CoJ history that has occurred. I was impressed during the process at how well Monty argued the Covenant, citing to specific provisions, and how well he delved into the details and nuances of the facts. I also appreciate that he understands and is committed to the process. He was proactive in all stages of the caseload as well.

In terms of quantifiable effort:

• Monty worked as defense counsel on 7 cases resolved at the plea, with approximately 1-2 hours of work per case, including investigation, review, and communications with the defendants.

• Monty worked as defense counsel on a case that went through a full trial, likely amounting to 5-6 hours of work, including communication with the defendant, briefing, investigation, and CoJ debates.

• Monty has assisted with various investigations and Chamber considerations, including an extensive review of a Disruptive Member Policy action, for a total time of approximately 4 hours.

• Monty has been in frequent communication during Chamber discussions, assisting with various matters and giving his opinion on projects and policies, for a total time of approximately 2 hours.

I look forward to continuing to work with Monty. He has a very bright future in this club.

Jac Cotelin, 2015-04-11 22:58:12 UTC