Hello everyone,

Thank you to Steve and Tom for nominating me. I am really pleased to say that Amdirgol has kindly agreed to run with me as the vice president. Steve’s been a great VP during this term, but unfortunately has said he’s wanting to take a step back.

I think, by now, most people will know (or know of) me. However, as a quick recap, I first joined the club in 2003, and have enjoyed both RPing across the club, and also contributing back to STF by volunteering to help in government. I’ve been lucky enough to be President over the past term where we’ve set up the first Task Force, and had constructive discussions in Command around the fleets; in particular, ship health and how we support COs to ensure the ships in the club are the best RPing environemnts that we can make them. As part of that, we’ve also established the Academy XO spot as a mentoring spot. We have also produced a few Command Reports to give the wider club an understanding of what government is doing to improve their experience.

There are still areas where we can improve (that will never change), and some of the discussions I hope to have last term haven’t happened because these things take time, and RL always gets a vote. Both Amdirgol and I want to press forward with empowering the club, initially through task forces; the focus will be on reinvigorating the COs Handbook, and also looking at a task force for the decorations work that Amdirgol has been working on over the last couple of terms.

We also want to maintain clear and open communication with the club, for example through the Command Reports. Whilst I aspirationally wanted to do one every month, it feels more realistic to write one every 2-3 months. We are also committed to ensuring the fleet reports continue to be relevant and not waste time.

At the last election we talked about making sure we recognised the size of the club has reduced over the past 20 years, and that government needed to catch up. Whilst not the priority for the last term, we do need to look at the approach we are taking and whether it meets the needs over the club.

Finally, across all of this, we need to improve our member retention and outreach. Part of that is making sure STF feels an inclusive environment to everyone, and that the right support is available when needed.

We know we won’t be able to achieve all of this within a term, but with your support, we can continue to improve the club and move it toward being the most fun, exciting, and vibrant Star Trek based role playing environment.

Yours,

Jack

Jack & Amdirgol
Improving STF Together