Posted 28 December 2010 - 11:41pm by Anthony Martin
Edict #14
The following URLs are examples of the actions that I am responding to in this Edict. It is not comprehensive.
http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/341629
http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/341635
http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/341646
http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/341649
http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/341654
Without going too much into what I personally think about it all, I must note that I am more than a little disappointed in the actions of… I could say “nearly everyone” if I wanted to broaden it enough. However, for the scope of this Edict, I am addressing the actions of three people specifically - all of whom are members of my government, and two of whom are both Cabinet members and flag officers of no small repute.
In short, several people lost their cool in a bad way, and individuals who should know far better than to drag Command down into a mire of personal scratching and clawing, experienced a serious lapse in judgement. No one is perfect, and I would not expect perfection from anyone, but all the same, it rests with me to provide some consequences for what was said in the above, and other related, posts.
Rear Admiral Katherine Dedul acted in a manner so contrary to her better judgment, that IRC records even exist to show her declaring her intent to stop participating in the thread in question - which was followed within minutes by a post, from her, in the thread in question. However, given her long history of calm, controlled behaviour in Command and elsewhere in STF, I have decided that this reprimand, existing for posterity in the Edict Archive, will suffice.
Rear Admiral Jack Dipper, quite simply, failed to follow the “semi-written” rule of Command, instructing us to wait before replying to a post that upsets us, and a further break before posting a written reply, and, implicitly, as many other breaks as are necessary to prevent exactly what ended up happening in the Command board this evening. Ordinarily, I would say that his wrongdoing was on the same level as Katherine’s, if to a greater degree.
However, Jack was Vice President of the club at the time, and furthermore, since I hadn’t truly returned from my LOA, he was indeed acting President. It stands to reason, therefore, that he must be held to a higher standard.
Captain TJ Morgan, however, was as far as I am concerned the biggest player in the problem, if not the first one. While, to the best of my observational ability, it was Jack who first began to unravel, it remains that TJ is solely responsible for his own reprisals, which in my opinion did the greatest part toward prolonging this unwanted and unnecessary bickering.
Jack’s posts, while not excusable, strike me as the posts of a man who is trying to set records straight - but simply too wound up to remain calm about it. TJ’s posts appear largely to be based on assumptions and very incomplete information.
With all that said, all three have posted apologies in Command, and I have taken that into account.
Captain TJ Morgan is hereby suspended from posting in Starfleet Command for the balance of today, and for a further fourteen (14) days; he will next have posting privileges on January 12, 2011.
Rear Admiral Jack Dipper is hereby suspended from posting in Starfleet Command for the balance of today, and for a further seven (7) days; he will next have posting privileges on January 5, 2011. An exception exists in this case; should he assume the Presidency of Star-Fleet before January 5, 2011, his suspension shall be lifted at the time he takes office.
Fleet Admiral Anthony “Cerberus” Martin
STF President
December 28, 2010