SGA-2 Closes

Appointment #67/Announcement #1

After much deliberation and thought, it is with a sad note that we members of Military Command announce the retraction of Appointment 66 (Michael Parks re-instatement to Commanding Officer level) and uphold the decision we have stated in Appointment #65. This also coincides with the closure of the SGA-2 sim.

This decision did not come about lightly. We at the Military Command had to discuss this issue at length. SGU's Guiding Principles charges us members of Military Command with the responsibility of the overall health of the clubs. At the same time, it protects Team Leaders/Commanding Officers from unwarranted removal by laying out the conditions for removal, namely the persistent violation of the sim's Absence WithOut Leave policies or an absence of thirty days.

SGU's Policy #1 expands upon the Guiding Principles with the creation of the review process and the conditions and timelines for reviews, again based upon the Absence WithOut Leave violations. In response to this, we put Michael Parks on a three-month review period, just like we did Daniel Taylor, who was the previous Commanding Officer of SGU-3. Out of those three months, two were in review, which would have added to our grounds for a demotion of command. As we believe in giving anyone a second chance to prove themselves that our decision in promoting Michael Parks wasn't misplaced, we at Military Command have decided to demote him and place him under a mentor instead.

The closure of SGA-2 did not come as immediate as it may sound. It was gradual. With its previous Team Leader/Commanding Officer Christopher Wilkinson informing us at Military Command of his relinquishing of command, we at Military Command thought to give the sim to Michael Parks to see if he can handle the reins of command. Thus, Appointment #66 was made. However, upon observing the mass exodus of SGA-2's members to another sim, we deemed it appropriate to close an otherwise unproductive sim and rescind Appointment #66.

Anna-Lyn Signey
4 July 2010

Daniel Taylor replaces Michael Parks as SGU-3 Team Leader

Appointment #65

I believe that this is one of the hardest appointments I had to write without sounding harsh. We at Military Command had come to decision regarding the fate of SGU-3: Michael Parks has been removed from command and demoted to Second-in-Command of SGU-3.

We have not taken this decision lightly and it has taken us some time to agree on it. But Ash, Chris, Will, and I came to this conclusion as we believe that Michael required more time as a 2IC in order to gain command experience. We also found that his posting to be insufficiently committed to that of a CO level. We have agreed that after some time, if we note an improvement then we will be happy to look at placing him as a CO once more.

In light of this, SGU-3 will not only have lost a CO but also gained a new CO. Daniel Taylor has agreed to once again take over command of SGU-3 team will all the rights and privileges forthwith.

Apologies, Michael, and congratulations, Daniel.

Anna-Lyn Signey
6 June 2010