Message posted on Stardate 07010.4 at 0019 hours
Posted by Fleet Admiral Sarah Hemenway (President).
Edict #19
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
One of the first issues that I encountered upon taking office was one of Fleet Commanders and their Assistants. Jack and I managed to come up with a group of Fleet Commanders who have served the club wonderfully in their positions; however, within the first week, I had three FComms come to me with concerns that there was no one experienced or active enough in the fleet to fill the Assistant role.
Over the past few months, I’ve also had around ten members come to me with concerns that the club is overstretched and members are overworked. While decommissioning ships is something that we may look at in the future, it isn’t something that Jack and I want to do right at this moment, but this did get us thinking.
Additionally, with the decommissioning of the Nautilus in Fleet 2, Fleet 2 was brought down to four ships, while other Fleets have either five or six. This is unfair to the Fleet Commanders, given that some have more of a workload than others, as well as hurts Fleet 2 by not allowing it to have the full complement of ships that other fleets have.
Andrew Robinson’s departure as Fleet Commander of Fleet 5 brought the issue up again when there was no one to replace him. Two of the Fleet 5 COs weren’t active enough to fill the role, two of the COs were already cabinet members elsewhere (and we didn’t want to disrupt everything by moving them from positions they were doing very well at), and the last CO was brand new to the command chair. Fortunately, Geoff was willing to step in as aFComm-5 while we got this situated (i.e. sent a whole lot of e-mails <G>).
Therefore,
The USS Polaris is hereby relocated from Fleet 7 to Fleet 2.
The USS Rogue is hereby relocated from Fleet 7 to Fleet 2.
The USS Brandywine is hereby relocated from Fleet 7 to Fleet 3.
The USS Curie is hereby relocated from Fleet 7 to Fleet 5.
Fleet 7 is hereby decommissioned.
This brings the totals to a consistent six ships per fleet.
Since the decommissioning of the fleet eliminated the relevant FComm position, Joe Fahey is reassigned as Fleet Commander of Fleet 5. Joe, please have your assistant appointed in Command within the next two weeks.
IDept, please coordinate with Joe and the appropriate COs to have the moves completed within the next two weeks.
Folks, please note that the decommissioning of Fleet 7 is purely an administrative change designed to consolidate talent so that more support can be provided to new COs by experienced COs. As someone who “grew up” in Fleet 7, it isn’t pleasant for me to be writing this edict; however, the above concerns were continuously echoed as Jack and I communicated with the COs and FComms involved. We appreciate the unwavering support that Joe, Kat, Kenson, Ton, Chris, and Catt have provided to make this happen.
Finally, last but not least, one individual stood out in this entire process, helping Jack and I with the administrative details that needed to be worked out, writing e-mails to COs, and just generally being a pleasure to work with. This person has been a member of STF longer than I have and he is a friend and supporter to many, an outstanding role-player, and a reliable government participant.
Joe Fahey is hereby promoted to the rank of Fleet Captain with all the somewhat imaginary rights and privileges that comes with that. Actually, the privilege he did get was picking the title for this Edict. ;)
Congratulations, Joe.
- Sarah