First things first let me apolgize for not getting back to you last week. I got pulled away for real life business and was out on the ship and off island for a few days. At any rate emails are being answered as we speak and thus..here is your report as well.
So here it is, the first step in what is sure to be a sweeping change for the House and hopefully the Clan. I will be personally hand picking 1 or 2 individuals who have the desire to hold leadership positions in the future and a wish to better themselves.
The academy in and of itself will not be some rehash of the SA leadership exams. This will be a hands on type workshop that will take place over the course of several days/weeks. This will get you accustomed to the various things you will be doing in your respective roll as well as learning to utilize all your assets and people to their full potential.
This academy will be the first stepping stone in a new command model that will allow members who do not have an "official" position to take on active leadership rolls to gain experience and play an important part in maximizing our efforts.
Those of you who are interested in this contact me at [Log in to view e-mail addresses] or if you catch me on IRC send me a PM. This will be for Journeymen only.
In an attempt to bring out the best in HMR I will be hosting a competition of competitions. It's very simple really...instead of doing fifty trillion differnt comps I am hosting one overall gig. The rules are simple. Submit to me any format...fiction, poetry, graphics, music, animation, movie, heck..game screen shot for that matter.
Now in the traditional sense the best submissions will get the nice crescents, but in the not so traditional sense submissions worthy enough will be used in the HMR make over that is currently going on.
Now here is the catch..you may win the comp and get the crescents but if even 1st place is not found worthy...it will not be used...however if it is found worthy...even if you have not placed in the competition it may be used and there may be something more valuable than a crescent involved.
So get thinking and put some real effort into it. The competition will be submitted either later today or tomorrow officially.
We are underway here and starting with baby steps. Want to know how to get involved? Well technically you already are! But here are some ways to get your hands dirty.
First, check out #disciples_of_ragnos in IRC. This will be our hub for DOR live interaction. Bring your RP mask though because anything out of character might be considered rude and could result in terrible punishment :)
Second, give us your ideas. You don't have to be a graphic wiz, or a fiction novelist to contribute. If you got half a brain and an interest then send us your ideas. Also a little tip here...I have had several emails asking if there is anything for people to do. I appreciate it but as it is on our end there isn't anything that we don't have covered. Now...if YOU come up with an ingenious plan then we have something. So what I am saying is...if you want to help out...think of something, give us suggestions, get your hands dirty and show us what you came up with. The entire DOR system was originally conceived in this way. It was the Journeymen coming up with ideas on their own and submitting it to the summit. So get the brain juices going and email us some ideas and suggestions and so on.
Third, read up on what the DoR is. Get familiar with it and start making it a part of your character. This alone is valuable and enriches the rest of us and will encourage the people around you to get involved.
Novice Nix Graves is promoted to Acolyte
Apprentice Arack Tavar is promoted to Novice
Fremoc passed Enemy Starfighter Eng/Tech, and his Test of Power.
Nix Graves passed Lightsaber studies.
Arack Tavar passed Force Philosophy.
Keep up the good work everyone and start getting ready for the House Feud coming up. It should be a real good event.
Also if there is ever a concern to be had about something whether its another member, the way something is run, or just anything you don't fell 100% right about. Don't be afraid to talk to myself, Jade, or either of your BTLs. Chances are.. whatever it is that's bothering you can probably be solved very easily without shaking up the entire Dark Council and making an official mess.
You would be surprised just how simple things can be solved if you are honest and straight forward about your concerns with the people working right around you.
Remember everyone the primary focus here is about having fun...once that is no longer the case you need to step back and take a look at why you are here...and don't be afraid to talk to us about that either. I can promise that at least from me you will not get any animosity.
Once again good job.
Zaxen Isradia
Aedile House Marka Ragnos
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