July 11th, 2014 -

This isn't gonna be fun,

The title of this report will likely have your interest, however there is plenty to go through before I make it to that announcement. So let's wade through some general news before I bring up my awkwardness.

In Darkness We Trust

Dark Brotherhood Wide

Fading Light: ACC Tournament

Unfortunately this round seems to be the furthest Tarentum will go in the ACC Tournament. With myself being DQ'ed for posting over the word limit (why didn't I hit that preview button! grrr...) and Farrin putting up a great fight against Halcyon but was edged out; this means Tarentum is out of the tournament. Nonetheless, I think each of us that participated did well and I hope you guys are as proud of their contributions as I am.

Family/Shared IP Registration

As you guys may have seen on the mailing list in an email from Scion, the Chamber of Justice is currently updating its list on shared IPs. In an effort to combat cloning, IPs used at the site are the best tool the JST and his staff have so its important that if you do share an IP with a family member or roommate or whatever, you need to let Scion know so he can submit Tarentum's list to the JST.

Quick Bits

• Val released some GMRG news
• The Headmaster had a bunch of news out this week, check his report for the latest
• A Short report about the Forums
• And the Voice sent out a reminder of his travel this month which will take him away from IRC for awhile but gives some means to contact him

House News

Run-On Continues

If you read my email to the mailing list you will know that I've given an extension to the Run-On. Keep posting and watch for my posts and new instructions.

Ravaged Events

Besides the Run-On, the rest of the Ravaged events have wrapped up. The graders and I will be wrapping this up in time to announce the winners once the Run-On is completed. Once all the winners are announced, there will be another fiction update to wrap up any lost ends and plot us towards our next mark.

My Resignation

Oh boy, the fun stuff. :/

As of today, I'd like to announce my resignation from the position of Aedile; despite how much it pains me. My reasoning for this is kinda long and complex but I do believe Tarentum deserves to know.

To begin with: for the past three years I have been living at my parents house after returning there upon completion of university. I can't explain how grateful I have been for my parents being there for me and providing a safety net while I struggled to find full-time employment that merits the cost and effort of my degree. However, while I was able to find meaningful work for a local college that did merit the university degree, I have been in contract after contract position many times only able to get part-time or not quite full time hours. To make up for this, I had returned to my farm boy roots and had been raising hogs for market on contract to supplement the part-time hours provided by the college I work. This has been a messy affair, with many weeks requiring 55-60 hours of work however I somehow was able to make it work to also take on an Appeals Panel role now two terms ago, a Professor role with the SA for over a year, and holding unit leadership roles for two and a half years now in first HOU and (now) Tarentum . However, the good times (as they were) now have to end while I move on to the next stage of life; or at the very least I must leave the rural area I live in.

My contract with the college is progressively lessening my work hours as funding leaves my department. Hogs have been only marginally profitable in Ontario for 13 years now and the contracts I had been getting are no longer available. Add to these facts that I also have a beautiful girlfriend who I've been dating for 3 years now, who for the past 2 years has lived an hour away and I am only able to see on weekends - placing great pain on our relationship. I recently have had to come to the decision that if I want full-time hours that uses my education and I can afford to live on my own with, plus maintain and even improve upon my relationship, that I need to leave my little farming community and move to the city and I have decided to achieve this at the very least by the end of September.

What this means is that any spare time I have over the next couple months needs to go towards preparing for my move as well as job searching in my future location (I will be looking to move to London, Ontario - for anyone in the area that wants to help a brother out ;D ). Furthermore, since I will be keeping all options open and am willing to take part-time retail to fill in for the lack of hours at the college until I find full-time work; this means I am unsure I will have the finances to have internet immediately upon arriving in London and it may take a couple months of bumming around internet cafes until I have a dedicated connection.

Given that I will need several months for the move, and I am unsure of having internet upon arriving in London; I don't think I would be doing any services to Tarentum by remaining Aedile. Hence why today I have announced my resignation.

Moving Forward

I spoke to Scion about this a few days ago and we have a plan in place to move forward from this hiccup. Expect a report later today from Scion on finding a replacement for my role. The new person will have access to all my notes, documents, and projects to carry on with/abandon for something better/or modify. Ravaged will continue, uninterrupted. I will stick around as an advisor on the storyline (which has the next 3 chapters and conclusion all plotted out on paper already). And for me personally, while I will be withdrawing from the DB to a causal standing until I am set up in my new location I will be remaining as a member here in Tarentum for the times when I'm tired of looking for jobs and apartments - and of course for my eventual return when I am all settled in.

In Darkness We Trust

~RK~