Consul Report #8.75

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1. Summit Changes - It's not old, it's retro
2. Next Steps - What comes next

With the conclusion of the Great Jedi War, we have two members of the summit stepping down due to real-life challenges.

Raleien Sonavarret - Has requested to step down while he addressed a medical situation with his family and starts a new job. I cannot say enough great things about Raleien. From helping to manage the day-to-day engagement with the members to being the driving force behind the Great Ewok Hunt, I will miss our blueberry.

The good news is he plans to be back in a few weeks playing along with us again.

Archangel Palpatine - Has requested to step down as he has been focusing on his schooling, work, and several other changes this summer. While Arch had a short tenure as Quaestor I appreciated my conversations with him and some of his ideas will be moving forward in the back half of this year.

Both have decided to stay in House Acclivis Draco and I'm pleased that we'll be retaining both within the clan.

One thing that I'm a huge proponent of is succession planning and I'd like to introduce you to your new Proconsul. Thran Occasus-Palpatine has graciously put a knife to my back and demanded the position.

I mean, umm, reads from the cue card, Thran has been a long standing member of our community previously serving as Consul. He's been a crucial advisor of mine for several months now assisting with our possession rebuild, planning for our recent possession purchases (see report# 8.5).

Thran and I met last night and walked through the key objectives for the clan.

1. World Building - What comes next after Dark Times Saga? Rebuilding on Seraph, new villains, new opportunities.
   
2. Independent Houses - Enabling our Houses to develop their own story lines and activities. Each House will be aligned to a selection of our possession and will be encouraged to find their way in the post Dark Times era.
   
3. Wiki - This needs to become an action after all our key competition/world building activities so there's reference material for everyone. For example: Lanis, a major villain for Dark Times, had no descriptions in the Wiki for reference.
   
4. Recruiting - Growth is a critical component of the Clan and will always be a priority of mine for every leadership position.
   

Thran, I look forward to having your knife closer to my back.

Regarding the open Quaestor position, Thran and I discussed briefly last night and will continue through the weekend (July 9th is my birthday so maybe not to seriously) and have a plan to share next week.

Until next time, good hunting in the Great Jedi War XV!!

As always, I have an "open door" policy, please DM me on Discord at any time.