“Stare in the morning shroud and then the day began
I tilted your cloud, you tilted my hand
Rain falls in real time and rain fell through the night
No dress rehearsal, this is our life”
Edict #12
Due, in part, to ongoing RL work, Cale Reilly is stepping down as Fleet Commander for the Meridian Fleet.
Some may scratch their head at this. In approximately five to six weeks, a new cabinet will be appointed. Couldn’t the current AFComm just handle things for a month? However, one of the reasons Cale wanted to step down is to ensure that credit can be given to the person who has been holding down the fort at the Meridian Fleet this past term.
Steve Sigle has been Cale’s AFComm this past term. While Cale’s RL issues were expected this term, and everyone involved felt that the fleet could be administered effectively between Cale and Steve, the fact remains that Steve has had to take on a significantly larger role this term than a typical AFComm. In fact, Steve has been quietly working in the FComm role for a number of terms now. Prior to this term, Steve has been the Fleet Commander for the Meridian Fleet for the past three-and-a-half terms. He is also a prior Personnel Director for the club.
I should also add that this term (as with the prior term), while doing this expanded work as AFComm, Steve was the co-coordinator for the Awards. This is normally a very thankless task at the best of times, but Steve worked with Kate this term to make significant improvements to nomination and voting for the awards.
During all of this time, Steve has been a mentor (including an Academy mentor), showing others how to RP and become more comfortable in STF, while being a CO and an excellent RP-er himself. All while he has been one of the longest serving Fleet Captains…
So I think Cale was right that it makes sense to give credit to Steve’s work this term as the fleet’s Assistant Fleet Commander by letting him wrap up the term as the Meridian Fleet’s Fleet Commander, a role he has held for so long now.
Therefore, Steven Sigle is promoted to the rank of Commodore and appointed as the Fleet Commander of the Meridian Fleet.
Daniel Lerner
President