Posted by Tom Hillman in Office of the President - Bill #1

Posted by Vice Admiral Jack D (President) in Office of the President - Bill #1
Bill #1

“It’s best not to dwell on such minutiae.”

Conventionally, when bills have been published, there has been no background provided to the change. Whilst the change may make sense at the time, not having the full background when it comes to ensuring compliance has meant that it is possible that the spirit of the change is missed. For that, we rely on the more long-in-the-tooth amongst us to remind us what the change was about.

Providing the full background to the bill is, perhaps, overkill. So instead, I’m going to provide the link to the original discussion as part of the bill. I’m also going to put in place an implementation paragraph. This is similar to the ‘transition’ paragraph used in Dedul Bill #3, and sets out those immediate changes which don’t materially affect the bylaw.

In time, we can look at whether BABE needs to be updated to mandate/recommend these. For now, I am proceeding on the basis that BABE doesn’t prohibit these additions.

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Subject Bylaw: Member Order and Organisation (referred hereafter as ‘the Bylaw’)

Link to Command Discussion: https://www.star-fleet.com/core/command/command/posts/252499/

Changes

Paragraph 7 of “Promotions Guidelines” of the Bylaw is changed from:

A member may receive by Presidential Edict only single-step promotions in Member Rank. Upon receiving a promotion in this manner, the member becomes ineligible for further Member Rank promotion in the same manner for a period of eight months.

to:

With no restrictions, the President can promote a member to the rank of Captain via Presidential Edict. A member may receive further promotion above the rank of Captain via Presidential Edict, but only in single-steps and after a period of no less than 8 months since the previous edict awarding promotion.

Implementation

Amdirgol S was promoted to Commander on assignment to Commanding Officer, USS Wolverine on 16th June 2024. Conventionally, new Commanding Officers are promoted to Captain, however the previous wording of the Bylaw prohibited this. Whilst the change above corrects the wording of the Bylaw for future promotions, this change should also be applied to Amdirgol’s promotion.

Therefore, Amdirgol holds the rank of Captain, taking effect from 16th June 2024, and is eligible for subsequent promotion 8 months from that date (16th February 2025).

Jack

President

15th August 2024

Congratulations! Very well deserved!

Tom

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Zoo Shenaningans to follow soon!

Cmdre Ward, Academy Commandant