Quote: “There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.” – Gen. James H. Doolittle
Edict #3:
December 14th 2021
So as the quote highlights above, STF is a club founded and ran by volunteers. We work and play hard together for the enjoyment of our community that we ourselves have built and run since 1991! That is 30 years of blood, seat, tears, joy, and any other number of ranges of emotion. In that time we as a community have grown, shrunk and grown again, and while obviously the club numbers today are not quite as large as they were in times past at the heart of it all we have continued to all I hope have fun and grow together through the selfless sacrifice of volunteers within this club.
It is with this in mind that we need to remember that from the newest cadet to the oldest Admiral in the club as a member we must recognize and reward hard work and service to our community at large. That is why I would like to highlight this person’s accomplishments for the past almost 2 years of service that I feel has proven they are ready to be rewarded with their next step up in our community.
This member currently holds the club rank of Lieutenant Commander, for 2 years this member has served in a variety of roles within the club, including but not limited too XO of the Chimera in Pioneer Fleet, and a department head lieutenant position on the Genesis within Black Fleet. Furthermore, in this time they have held the role of Assistant Fleet Commander in that fleet learning under others the ins and outs of assisting the fleet in their day to day/month to month tasks of running. Furthermore, this member within the past term has demonstrated that their lessons had not gone unheeded or learned! They ran Black Fleet in my view and from what I have been told superbly to the best of their ability. This member reached out to others with more experience in time of need for help and mentoring when their knowledge came up short, further they were a reliable reporter of our monthly reports for Black Fleet which is important for the president each month to get a better understanding of what is going on in each fleet and their ships. They were also approachable to many CO and XO’s within this fleet helping them run their ships, working to get any issues settled, helping to fill positions that were open and generally just being there for everyone where they could be.
It is with all this and more in mind that is my great humble honor to promote AJ Paulson to the rank of Commander! May you continue to help this club maintain and grow in the coming future!
Thank you again AJ!
Robert Archer President