"Are your silver medals hot?"

-Saitou on IRC

Competitions

Gladius and Cestus finished up their joint venture, and the rewards should be coming soon.

I have submitted award requests for the Murder Mystery event and "Those of the Other Realms."

Tridens is currently running their competition, though I believe the run-on still has to start. Talk to Odin and Elols, though I'm trying to help, too.

Great Jedi War

Sarin's last report confirmed a lot of what we (the leadership of the clan) suspected about the next GJW, especially regarding the events. This is good because there's plenty of stuff there that we can excel in.

One key component is definitely the run-on. I'm convinced that a good run-on in the last GJW would have bumped Tarentum into third place. I'm still working on the details, and I'll be contacting members in a bit, but we're going to have a core team guiding the run-on, perhaps even to the point of pre-reading any posts before you post them. I haven't fully decided, though, as I don't want to hurt chances for you to explore your character and maybe offer a new idea to the overall story line.

Remember, our goal is to do better than the last GJW, with my highest goal being first place. Wouldn't you love to wipe the smirks off Taly's face? I would, and the GJW is our chance.

As I've received virtually no specific information on other clans playing the rules, or specifics on "biased judging," I'm just going to tell you here and now that we're going to have to play by the rules they lay out. Everyone else does, and while we will be on the lookout for issues, I'm done trying to hunt them up.

The Great Jedi War will be coming in January, probably starting later in the month.

Recruitment

I want to address an issue that has been brought to my attention, though I'll admit that I don't know a lot of details about it. In short, a few members in this clan have been recruiting members of other clans. This has caused some concerns in the other clans, namely because there is a general stigma from recruiting active members from other clans. Basically, it is considered poaching.

Now, official policy only says we can't offer rewards and promotions for transferring. And we never will.

Here's the deal: don't actively recruit members of other clans. If they're having trouble with the current clan, or want a change of environment, it is ok to make the suggestion they consider Tarentum.

In short, don't offer up the world, and don't act as if you're recruiting someone from the Rogues.

IRC Issues

To touch on what Dranik mentioned in his e-mail, let me add this: each and every one of us makes a choice every time we're on IRC about what we say, how we take things, etc. We can choose to ignore what is said to us/about us.

Make no mistake about it: #tarentum has a lot of strange conversations, and topics that certainly aren't kid-friendly. However, that does not mean we cannot be civil to one another. IRC should be a place where members can get together and have fun.

Moderators can establish guidelines as they believe are necessary, and they do have the power and authority to enforce things. If they get out of hand, then you e-mail Dranik and myself and we'll take it. But, I haven't seen that happen in this channel.

Clan Project

Because of real life work (yay for the holidays), I haven't been able to get much done, though some progress has been made.

Promotions

Since my last clan notes, the following members have been promoted

Ronovi to Dark Jedi Knight

Exitium to Novice

Jaron to Protector

Matt Adler to Novice

Clan Arrivals

Since my last clan notes, the following members have joined us:

Doni transferred back from the Rogues

Anton Werik joined House Gladius

Raith Shiin joined House Gladius

DarkAmiz transferred from Taldryan

Matt Adler transferred to Tridens from Rogues

Daray Crevan joined House Tridens

Exitium joined House Tridens

Ziost joined House Cestus

Kayin joined House Tridens

And that's it for this report. To those that celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you all have a great holiday!

~Anshar

(Note: all members received this directly to their inboxes, but I also sent it to the clan mailing list. If you're not on the clan mailing list, let me know)