Major General Oliver Savander SR RRO R2 Region 2 Flag Officer of the Year, 2011 Office of the CS I flew out to Fresno, California the weekend of my birthday (October 18th) to enjoy the Region 4 Summit. Chrissy Killian and Larry Barnes put together a fantastic event! I had a wonderful time and enjoyed meeting several members of Region 4! BIG thank you to Chrissy and Larry, along with their staff, for their hospitality and for hosting a great weekend! I also want to welcome Chrissy to the Historian’s Department. She brings a wealth of knowledge with her to the department and I am glad to have her helping with this project. I would also like to thank David and Craig for all that they did over the weekend (from trying to kill the taxi at the airport when picking me up to looping around in circles so I could get pictures on my last day)! I had a blast!! The event raised over $600 for their charity…the STARFLEET Scholarship fund. This was a great fundraiser for our scholarships and something that other Regions might think about for future Summit charities (hint, hint). J I am happy to announce that our IC Liaison, Marian Murphy, is back in Texas and just as feisty as ever! She says she knew it was time to come back home and is glad to be back (I personally think the medical professionals in Rockford got together with some pitchforks and torches, but the photographs I asked for as proof haven’t arrived yet…LOL!). Speaking of IC…we are still working on closing the books on IC2014. Every time I start asking questions with our point of contact at the host hotel, they either quit or they are released before we get any answers. I think I am on my fourth contact right now. I’m hoping this matter can be resolved soon, as I am not sure they have much staff left to lose! It has been brought to my attention that some members have not received the IC2014 T-shirt or the Registration Packet (to help support the event) that they ordered and paid for; I want to make absolutely sure we get this taken care of as quickly as possible. If you have not received your merchandise, please contact me directly at [email protected]. Are you curious to see what the Admiralty Board has been meeting about and discussing? We have added additional AB Meeting Minutes to the website for you to review. We started this process earlier this year and mentioned it on the lists. Since then, we have added additional sets of minutes as we continue the process of transcribing and documenting all AB Meetings into official sets of minutes. For those members who are interested in the financial records and reports, please remember that these can be found in each issue of the Communique (which can currently be found online). [The printing of the CQ is discussed below in the Communications section.] On a personal note: I have finally moved into my new apartment (well, I am in the apartment…the moving and unpacking saga continues!). I currently do not have Internet at my apartment (I am on the waiting list to have the service connected). I am using the Internet at work and my cell phone until the one and only local ISP gets to my name on the list. Office of the VCS Hayden Segel and his team have been working to get the VCS Office caught up in their various activities. I am happy to report that the Denver MP Team had another packet party last Sunday (which spilled into Monday) and processed and mailed a large number of packets. For those of you who have been waiting on your packet, please keep an eye out for yours. The list was based off of the last pull date from Membership Processing, as well as information that I have received from members (through emails, Help Desk tickets, MSRs, RSRs, etc.). If I received notification that you were missing your packet, you were on the list provided to MP. If you have not received you packet by the end of November, please submit a new Help Desk ticket (helpdesk.sfi.org) so that we can track the issue. For those of you who missed the original posting, we have a new Membership Processing address. Please use the below address for all membership processing mailings: STARFLEET PO Box 2706 Denver, CO 80201 The Help Desk has received a lot of traffic lately, so I would like to thank the Help Desk Team (Melissa Hadley, Michael Garcia, James Ortega, etc.) for all of their hard work. Robin Woodell-Vitasek, Chief of Staff to the VCS, has been busy assisting with transcribing the AB Meeting Minutes to keep us in compliance with North Carolina statute. All of the 2014 meetings have been transcribed and have either been approved and are available on the website (as mentioned above) or are being finalized to go before the AB for approval. All of the recordings from 2013 are next on the list. Office of OPS Robert Westfall and his staff have been receiving MSRs and RSRs for October and are preparing them for entry into the Database (once that piece is back up and operational). I would like to extend my thanks to all Chapter Cos/Reporting Officers for their patience and cooperation during this time. I would also like to thank the Regional Coordinators who are assisting with report compilations during this timeframe. Your dedication to your members and to STARFLEET is much appreciated! Robert would like for me to remind everyone to please NOT enter your October or November MSRs into the Database – even when the MSR section is back up and operational. The Operations Department will make an announcement once Chapters are cleared to enter November MSRs in the Database. Jumping the gun and entering a MSR prior to that announcement will cause a duplicate entry to be created and thus cause problems when it comes to record-keeping, therefore OPS will handle entering MSRs covering the month of October. If you have any questions about this, please contact Robert at [email protected]. Office of COMMS So, the million-dollar question on everyone’s minds is, “Where is my CQ?” That is a good question. Here is the answer. We received notification from the United States Postal Service that our Postal Permit was no longer valid. This caused the printing and mailing of Issues #177, #178, and #179 to be stopped. I had reached out to the Postal Service for clarification on the situation, while Bran Stimpson, Head of Membership Processing and man on the ground in the Denver area, reached out to the Mailing House that we use. Bran discovered that the current Mailing House has not been using our mailing permit anyway, so there should not be any delays due to this as long as we removed our postal permit verbiage from the CQ. I notified Liz and Michael about this situation and asked for them to remove the postal permit verbiage and to update the MP address on the CQ files, then resubmit them to our printing company for processing. This did not happen. In the mean time, I continued trying to work with the Postal Service and am happy to report a MAJOR UPDATE!! On Friday, I finally heard back from the US Postal Service (rather, the right person with the US Postal Service). There were issues with our permit, which I am happy to state were fixed! I was so happy over this that I jumped up and did a happy dance at work…which caused my boss to inquire if I had completely lost my mind! After getting this information from the Postal Service, I reached out to our contact at our printer. They stated they did not have the files for Issues #177, #178, and #179, so they would need to be resubmitted. I went over the current situation with them and they provided me the information on submitting the files to them for printing. The files were worked on this weekend to have the necessary modifications made to them, per my discussion with the USPS. Issue #177 has been finished and submitted to the printer. Issue #179 is being edited as I type this. I have reached out to Liz over Issue #178, as I need some information from her. We are hoping to have these two completed and submitted within the next couple of days. Once all of the modifications have been made and the files have been submitted, I will reach out for an ETA on each. This information will be relayed to the membership as soon as I have it. I must now announce that I have accepted Liz Woolf’s resignation as Chief of Communications, STARFLEET. Liz’s work schedule has gotten increasingly hectic and, as such, she isn’t able to continue providing the hours of attention the Communications Department needs. I am saddened by this, as Liz and I have worked together for years in various areas of Fleet and have previously served on the EC together (many, MANY moons ago!). She actually discussed this with me a few weeks ago. I was under the impression from our conversation that she was going to make a post, but it appears that there was a misunderstanding in that communication. That is why the announcement is being made now. Michael Garcia, Vice Chief of Communications, is in a similar situation as Liz with work and other ever-increasing responsibilities; therefore he has also submitted his resignation. I have gotten to know Michael within the past several months, and he is a very eager member who loves helping wherever he can. He is also learning, unfortunately, that as much as we want to help with everything all the time…there are times when we must pick and choose what we can do and what we have to pass on to others. He helps in several areas of STARFLEET, from the chapter level to the International level. Add his family and his career to that and you have a mile-high plate…and one person can only do so much. Liz and Michael both have agreed to stay on and assist with Communications until a new Chief of Communications is selected and confirmed by the Admiralty Board. I wish them both the best in their travels and I know we will all be seeing them around Fleet helping where they can and when they can. At this time, I would like to announce the position of Chief of Communications, STARFLEET is now open for applications. Per the Membership Handbook: The Chief of Communications (COC) is the fourth in command of STARFLEET and is responsible for the timely publication and distribution of official Fleet communications materials. The COC is also responsible for overseeing the triennial STARFLEET election process for Commander and Vice-Commander of STARFLEET, and usually serves as Election Coordinator. At the discretion of the Commander, STARFLEET, the COC may be responsible for the publication of other Fleet documents or publications. The COC is appointed by the Commander, STARFLEET, and shall report at least once per month to them. The Chief of Communications shall be at least 23 years old. While the position of Chief of Communications, STARFLEET is traditionally a managerial position, we need to make sure that this person can also assist with (or, if need be, produce) the Communique. The Chief of Communications will need to be able to ensure all materials are processed appropriately through the Copy Editors all the way through layout editing. A background in newsletter design is greatly desired, whether professionally or as a hobby. The Chief will also serves as the point of contact for our printing and mailing vendors, ensuring that materials are printed and mailed in a timely manner. The Chief of Communications, STARFLEET is responsible for serving as the Chief Moderator of the SFI-L, TenForward-L, and SFI-Announce-L lists, as well as overseeing the Social Media aspects of STARFLEET. They work directly with our Director of Public Relations to ensure marketing and PR opportunities are not missed. This individual will also be required to attend scheduled EC Conference Calls and vote on promotions and award nominations. The Chief of Communications, STARFLEET serves as the Election Coordinator for the triennial STARFLEET election for Commander, STARFLEET and Vice Commander, STARFLEET. This places this individual working closely with the Inspector General, STARFLEET, throughout the election process. If you are 23 year old, are a member in good standing of STARFLEET, and you are interested in serving STARFLEET in the capacity of Chief of Communications, STARFLEET, please submit your application directly to me at [email protected]. All application emails must consist of a letter of intent for the position, your real-life resume, your STARFLEET resume, a synopsis of any newsletter/layout experience, and examples of your newsletter/layout experience. The deadline for submitting your application is Wednesday, December 31st. This will ensure we have enough time to review all applicants, make a decision, and submit the candidate to the Admiralty Board for their confirmation during the January AB Meeting. If you have any questions about this position, please let me know. Office of SFA Peg Pellerin and company have been keeping busy as usual with the Academy. All graduates have been added to the Database, so there should not be any backlog in this area. If you are missing a course in your Database transcript, please contact the respective Director and they will be glad to get this updated for you. Office of COMPOPS We have several updates in this department, as Laura Victor and her team have been very busy for the last few weeks. First, I want to make sure everyone knows that, contrary to what you might have heard, the government of Iran did not hack our website nor did they infiltrate our database records. A hacker who wanted to have a few kicks hacked into the website and was able to temporarily change the front page. Laura acted quickly and corrected this issue, resetting passwords and ensuring our data was secure. At no time was the member database information accessed and only the front page of the website was affected. The Database Team is working diligently to get the entire Database back online and operational for our members. I know some of you are seeing “gibberish” at the top of some pages. That is visual code and permission logic that is helping the team with their troubleshooting and code changes. This is not a permanent situation and once the code changes have been made this will no longer be visible. Laura and her team are presenting information on a potential new provider for our infrastructure, which will allow us more capabilities than Dreamhost and without the many issues we are currently facing. We are still reviewing this information, but this is a situation that CompOps management has as High Priority. Migration plans are being laid out to get our services separated from Dreamhost as soon as possible. Office of CFO Linda Olson has been processing Quartermaster requests as quickly as she receives them. She has also been looking at potential new stock for both SFI and the SFMC. She has been doing a fantastic job keeping track of finances, both coming in and going out the door. The annual 990 Report has been completed and was submitted to the IRS on time (yay!!!). My eyes have been crossed for quite some time over this report, so I am very, very happy that this has been balanced, completed, and submitted! That is what has been happening with the EC. The good…the bad…and the ugly! It has been a non-stop roller coaster ride and there are days that honestly never end, but the team has not stopped working for our members. We continue to work, continue to fix problems, and continue to get as much accomplished as possible. We are here and we are working to get services back on track. There have been a few members that have stepped up to the plate and volunteered to help. I truly appreciate that and we are looking how best to utilize their talents appropriately. If you are interested in helping in a specific department of STARFLEET, please reach out to the respective EC member and they would be glad to accept your help. As always, if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, etc., my door is open. I am here to serve (which means I am going to continue working 18+ hours a day…every day [if necessary] until these issues are cleared up and resolved). Now, back to work I go! In Service, Wayne Fleet Admiral Wayne Lee Killough, Jr., SFMD Commander, STARFLEET Commanding Officer, Retribution Station, SFR-1202 Director, College of Medicine, STARFLEET Academy Toll Free: 1-888-SFI-TREK (734-8735) ext. 701 [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Rro-l mailing list [email protected] lists.sfi.org/listinfo.cgi/rro-l-sfi.org
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