Well, this is a bit like being left home alone for the first time. For those of you who are just catching up, Mako has stepped down as QUA. He will, of course, be sticking around in the House, but no longer at its helm.
I've been in Satele Shan for just over a year now, and in that time I've been lucky enough to have some incredible leaders who got me hooked and made this feel like home. Mar and Seridan, who welcomed me in and nurtured me through the JM ranks. Edgar, who was my master before he was Hoth's AED. Turel and A'lora at the Clan level. And, of course, Mako, who's walked me through just about every aspect of House leadership over the last six months. For those with short memories, that included the destruction of New Tython and the creation of Daleem, the feud with Plagueis, several months' worth of promotions and awards, and most recently the Battle Formations event that he and Arcia put together with help from Edgar and me. He's provided a steady hand in chaotic times and I've learned a ton from working with him these past seven months.
I guess the long and short of it is that, while I have some very big shoes to fill, I also have a pretty good set of examples to follow. However, I am looking for help. If you're interested in serving on the House Summit, check out the AED job announcement.
There's a bit of good and a bit of bad among the announcements this month. First the good, though: everyone welcome Mauro Wynter to Satele Shan! If that name is unfamiliar, you might know him better as Zagro Fenn, a distinguished member of Scholae Palatinae before his recent transfer.
Likewise, Lithar Andaris, the Rollmaster formerly known as Xantros, has decided to join us since stepping down from the Clan Summit. Welcome to Daleem, old friend!
On a more somber note, Aaleeshah has resigned from Battleteam Leader of Ooroo due to demands on her time from RL. If, like me, you've had the pleasure to work under her, you'll be sad to see her go. However, Aalee will be sticking around as an active member of the House. Currently we will be leaving the BTL position vacant while we focus on finding an Aedile, but Operatives should stay tuned for more news on that front.
There's also been a bunch of news since my last report. To wit:
I'd like to spotlight three comps this month. First, our own Daniel 'Seraphol' Stephens is running a debate competition where you submit an opinion piece.
Two things jumped out at me when I was finishing up the trivia comp from Battle Formations. First, it got a lot of attention from our members. Second, a few people had trouble figuring out where to look for answers besides the wiki pages. So I'm putting together a monthly trivia comp. Unlike the last comp, you're given a list of places to look to find the answers, but it should still be more challenging than a lot of 'ctrl+f the wiki page' comps and good training for the next GJW.
Lastly, now the Battle Formations is over, the Legends of Daleem comp is back. The winner will have the option of getting their entry published in the next QUA report.
Juna, Korroth, and Sera deserve some serious credit for an amazing month, activity-wise! Additionally, we saw some activity from old friends we haven't seen much in a while.
That's all for this report, but expect to be hearing from me throughout the month as we select our new Aedile and get to work!
Alethia Archenksova
Quaestor, Satele Shan
You need to be logged in to post comments
Wooooo great first report!
Awesome first report, again thank you Mako for many great months of service, also sorry to see Aalee step down she is on the best BTL's I know!
Oh god, what have you done?
(Congrats, Archen <3)