Another week in the CHAN Office. My most notable accomplishment is the completion of the Competition and Medal Guide I've been promising for some time now. I apologize for the lateness of it, and I hope it will help everyone in terms of understanding medals and how they should be awarded. You can find the Guide itself at: http://abyss.borkweb.com/guide.html.

Speaking of guides, I've had to reject a few medals this week because of improper recommendations. I don't know how many times I have to say it, but for the Steel Cross and above you must write more than one sentence! You must also include the time the person has been in the position, as well as some background on why the person deserves the award. So, we're looking at no more than three to four sentences. It's not all that difficult.

Here's this week's Medal Highlight:

Medal Requested: Steel Cross (SC)

Requested for: SW Hermann (Sith)

The request was made by: SW Crix Madine (Sith)

Reason given for request:For being Hype's PoM, Sith Champ, and help recruiting for Hype. I figgured I'd give you a SC instead of 3 seperate medals. Hermann has been a FM in Hyperion for 4 months, and has earned almost 700 points for the QUA's Escort by flying (you get 10 points per battle and 2 per free mission flown). -Crixxxie

Congratulations to Hermann! This week has also seen a great deal of new Dark Voice submissions. Remember, they're due in by this Friday, at 12 Midnight! The weekend will be spent compiling everything and Dark Voice 27 should be released on Monday. Starting Tuesday, I'll start accepting submissions for Dark Voice 28. Also, there has been a few problems with the Dark Voice website. They will be alleviated soon and you'll be able to view the current Dark Voice, as well as back issues, through the site. I can already tell you that there has been over double the submissions for Dark Voice 27, which is great! This is also the first time in Brotherhood history that two Dark Voices have been released consecutively.

And finally, I have changed my e-mail. It is now [Log in to view e-mail addresses], so send all e-mails, DV submissions and other things there.

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Chancellor of the Dark Brotherhood
Editor-in-Chief of the Dark Voice
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