A new term, a new department (ish). I was made Gamemaster Director and I’ve appointed Matt Evans as Assistant Gamemaster Director. The Archivist role is likely going to need to be filled, but we are just waiting for confirmation.

Matt has been trained in the Archive and is ready to go on that front. TECH is working on the permissions issue with the Archive that is prevent many GMS (and others) from accessing and submitting to the Archive, so for now we are asking anyone who cannot view/submit entries to send them directly to the GMD via our forward.

We have one GMT currently (Sam), and though there were a couple issues on the ship that needed sorting, the sim is still progressing and she’s doing great learning how to manage the ins and outs of GMing.

Plans for the department are to update and post/share PSAs (Public Service Announcements) so that those who deal with the GMD in any way have all the important information they need and no one can say “Oh, I didn’t know”. Beyond that we hope to encourage more people to take the exam and attempt a GMT. Matt has some interesting ideas on how to facilitate training in a slightly different way, but we’ll discuss that in the days to come on the GMD board.

As always, if anyone has questions about GMing, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re here to mentor and answer questions.

~Linds, GMDir