Greetings, Cestus. Just checking in through the abyss of no website to give you a brief report.

I know it's tough right now with the site down and activity subsequently dropping to a near absolute zero. It's still good to see many of you frequenting IRC, which shows me that you're still willing to chill with the clan. However, until the site goes up, I wanted to figure out plans to entertain ourselves before things go back to normal. After all, we now have over a month to prepare for the GJW, which was pushed forward to March 1st.

Currently we have plans to rejuvenate the Tarentum website so it can serve as a useful haven for us, especially when the site is down for such an obscenely long time. I have no idea when the main website's coming back up, but with back-ups like a fresher Tarentum website and the DJBWiki as well as gmail, we can keep going in our activity.

No one submitted to the clan-wide competition I had out, which makes sense, as I dealt with family issues and never really reminded anyone of the deadline. Besides, with the DJBWiki back up, the idea was slightly irrelevant. However, if any of you have suggestions for competitions we can have to spend some of our time waiting for the site's restoration, Kaz, Vai, and I can see if we can be rewarded for them. Any ideas submitted as a reply to this e-mail is greatly appreciated - of course, keep in mind that the mailing list is moderated.

Other than that, yes, I have been very busy. Unfortunately, I have not seen Kaz around as much, though I spoke with my fellow House Summit members just recently, catching up on what we've been up to. I am currently preparing to return to college for my spring semester, and I think, ironically, I will have more time then to focus on the Brotherhood.

Hope you guys have a great weekend and let's not lose hope in the site just yet!

-DJK Ronovi Tavisaen (Obelisk)/AED/Cestus of Tarentum