Since his last Clan activity recognition, Kalon has continued to be an invaluable part of Clan Plagueis’s success. Over the last three months, I’ve watched Kalon step into the role of Aedile of Karness Muur and then Quaestor of House Ajunta Pall like he was born for the positions. He’s forged bonds with both his superiors and subordinates, helping knit the community of Plagueis together. Both in the realm of personal activity and leadership he’s made his presence felt, especially in our recent Between Dark and Light feud with Clan Odan-Urr.
On the level of personal activity, he has participated in twelve competitions while placing in two of them to earn a ruby and a sapphire crescent. Of those competitions, eight of them were part of our recent clan feud as was the ruby crescent award (for his second place finish in week two graphics). In addition to that, he also scored a further five top-ten placements to earn points towards our Clan’s eventual victory: Three fourth places across round one graphics, round two fiction, and multimedia, an eighth place finish in week two gaming, and a ninth place finish in week two puzzle. He’s also ten clusters of fire in gaming along with a pair of clusters of ice in the fiction arena.
Far outshining even his excellence as a competitor is his contributions as a leader to Clan Plagueis. The time he spent in Karness Muur helped us pick up the slack when Darkblade left us as Aedile, building a bridge to our current Aedile Laren Uscott. Kalon’s efforts there helped bring a focus to the position that had been lacking, and he helped Laren get his feet underneath him when it was time to take up the mantle. Since handing off HKM Aedile, however, Kalon has truly shown off his ability to shine as a leader. This isn’t his first rodeo leading a house, and it shows. He helped continue the progress in Ajunta Pall and lead his house to fifty-eight entries during our recent clan feud, an event with so narrow a margin of victory for Plagueis that ever entry was needed for us to triumph. Additionally, he has been almost single handedly responsible for a return of the Plagueis “Skype Cave”, recurring Skype-based group calls that take place several times a week between the leadership and members of Plagueis. Over the years it has become clear to us that these sorts of community building activities, while they may not show up on the assessment ledger, are absolutely necessary to building the kind of environment that leads to success in the Brotherhood, both competitively and from the standpoint of unit and overall club health. Seeing and hearing other members as real human beings instead of text on a screen forges ties that make a Clan more than just a roster of names.
Now, allow me to take off my Proconsul hat and put on that of the Wiki Tribune. Kalon has been an absolutely invaluable member of my staff since he came aboard on the first of this year. The first quarter of 2016 saw some major changes to the Brotherhood, and the wiki was not alone. Unlike many of the more mind numbing tasks that we’ve been able to farm out to Windos and his auto-bot in years past, these changes required the human touch: changing the timeline, references to non-canon events, etc. Kalon’s assigned task was to go through the entire Brotherhood timeline and the articles for each and every in-character decade and update every single date that appeared there to the new timeline, an unforgiving task he executed with quickness and quality. In addition, he’s provided invaluable additions to discussions amongst the staff relating to the front page redesign and done his duty in approving wiki articles for JM4 promotions throughout the brotherhood, helping the newer folks get the guidance they need to meet the “quality wiki page” requirements”. There is no question in my mind that my job as Tribune would be much, much harder without Kalon’s efforts.
Serving as my support on both the Wiki and in Clan Plagueis, Kalon has demonstrated the best qualities of a Brotherhood leader, showing a zealous drive for success and great skill at leadership that make him especially deserving of this recognition.
Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2016-04-29 02:47:46 UTC