Chris Wilkinson and Daniel Taylor leave AJJE Games

Two more players have left AJJE Games; making the total eight since the start of the month and seven since 8 July.

Two senior members of SGU have left. Chris Wilkinson was a Military Command member and former Vice-President Support; Taylor had formerly run SGU-3, as well as USS Resolution and the Klingon vessel IKV Vindicator over at SFHQ.

Chris cited dissatisfaction over the leadership as the reason for his departure; Daniel refused to give a reason.

The resignation of Chris Wilkinson leaves SGU without an Election Coordinator in the midst of elections.

New VP Appointments

New Vice-Presidents Appointed

AJJE Games President Jeannette Giesbrecht is pleased to announce the following appointments:

Euan Reid has been appointed to VP of Development.

Euan has been with AJJE Games since 2008 and is involved in all four clubs. He's served in several positions with different clubs, and brings this experience and perspective to the role of VP of Development.

Kevin Diamond has been appointed to VP of Support.

Kevin has been with AJJE Games since 2009 and currently plays in three of the clubs. During his tenure as Support Services Director, he showed great enthusiasm and dedication, and his promotion to VP of Support is well-deserved.

Please join me in congratulating these members on their new positions.

Welcome to the team, Euan and Kevin!

Jeannette Giesbrecht
President
AJJE Games

Daniel Taylor named Public Relations Director

Vice President of Support Chris Wilkinson is pleased to announce the
appointment of Daniel Taylor to the position of PR Director. Dan is replacing
Gemma Holden, who has had to step down due to RL pressures.

Daniel Taylor has been with AJJE Games since 2007. He is very enthusiastic, experienced and I believe he
will be a wonderful addition to the Support team.

Congratulations, Dan!

Chris Wilkinson
Vice President of Support

Matt Forbes becomes Fundraising Director

The Board of Founders has oversight over two autonomous departments in addition to the AJJE Roleplaying division: Server Management and Fundraising. The Fundraising group is defined in the AJJE GP as the group that manages the Marketplace, Google Ads, and Paypal donation pages for AJJE Games. The Board hereby assigns Matt Forbes to the position of Fundraising Director for the Fundraising Division. Matt's task will be to review and evaluate the current programs in use, as well as generate proposals on how to elevate each program. Although Matt is new to AJJE Games, he has shown to the Board an ability to look at current AJJE functions in a new light, and new angle. We are excited to assign him to this position and hope that everyone will give him the support he needs in the coming weeks.

Thanks,

Alex Verdusco
Jud Bennett
Jamie Chamberlain
Edgar Cramer

Design AJJE Games's T-Shirt!

Update your graphic programs, break out your pens and get your creative juices flowing. AJJE Games is looking for designs to put on T- shirts, hats, coffee cups and anything else we can think of to help spread the word about our fabulous site. The designs must be original, with original artwork (if used) inspired by the shows upon which our clubs are based. The designs should also include (but certainly not be limited to) the following:

1) The name AJJE Games
2) The URL ajjegames.com
3) The phrase 'RPGs that Ride the Edge'

After that, it's all up to you. The winning design(s) will be chosen by the AJJE Games senior leadership on June 1, 2010.

Please submit your designs to either your club's administrative leader, AJJE Games President, VP Support, VP Anchor Clubs or VP Development.

Latest RPing News 2

The latest low-down on what's going on in the RPing world of AJJE.

Leaf on the Wind
Freedom of Wealth: The Freedom of Wealth is full of mystery and intrigue. Our chief purser has been shot by one of his assistants and his other assistant is dead in the infirmary, foul play is suspected. The engineering team has also found a device attached to the engines that was apparently designed by the XO's corporation to alter our course installed with the help of one of the black gang.
IPS Dakota: After a prison ship transporting Hashim, the purported head of the criminal organization known as the Syndicate goes missing, the crew of the Dakota is sent to Athens to discover the fate of the ship and re-apprehend Hashim. Little do they know that the Raug'Moss, which also has ties to Hashim, is docked at Athens. They will be getting more than they expected.
Shadow: After successfully hijacking the Tain Bo Cuailnge on Akers Bluff the pirate crew of the newly christened Shadow have arrived at the pirate controlled space station True Port to recruiter and upgrade the ship to better suit its use for piracy.
Claudia: After a narrow escape from Reavers, the battered Claudia – low on fuel, parts and supplies – has found her way to Regina, where the crew is hoping for a job. But why are so many pirate ships surrounding the moon?
Elemental: A salvage vessel - an older model - crewed with misfits and the rudderless lost, eking out a living as best they can between the Core and the raggedy edge. Currently refitting as a mercenary band of vigilantes for hire, turning the ship's sensor suite and powerful salvage arms to finding and taking down the badguys...
St. Michael: While picking up the pieces in Shatytown after the fire, a small posse including the Dockmaster and members of the Governor’s staff are out to shut down a child slavery ring. Meanwhile the folks from the electronics shop narrowly escape capture after killing the lowlife that set them up. Rick tries to coerce Virgil into a risky raid on the Blue Sun facility at Rocky Hollow.
Raug'Moss: A damaged ship seeks mechanics, but other things are coming too... that want the ship.
Prinz Eugen: The Fire Team is currently on Haven attempting to assist the rebels there as they conduct an uprising against the Corsair King. The Prinz Eugen herself is just beginning a high speed chase through the Black, as we pursue the Corsair King's personal vessel.
Independence Camp: The Independent forces were responding to a distress call off planet. Due to the vanishing of our GM for the length of time, I took it upon myself to drop the plot and go with a ship in distress (us) idea. We were hit by a chunk of debris, myself knocked unconscious, and am currently relying on my unreliable crew to keep the plot going. We are falling through atmo with a hull breech and precious little posting to keep us from being Reaver-bait.

Ride The Edge
Covert-81: A new thrilling tale is about to begin as Chameleon have to win an auction and Section 91 must infiltrate one of the most heavily-defended areas on Earth...

Starfleet Headquarters
USS Resolution: The crew of the Resolution aborts their planetary survey to rescue the first officer who was transported to a distant world. The young crew and their reptilian captain must overcome their difference to ascertain the potential threat by an advanced alien culture.
IKV Vindicator: While arriving on a Federation ship, the crew of this Klingon vessel encounter a Cardassian attack. The Cardassians are encountering something else...


Stargate Universe
SGU-2: Major Wuthering 'Worthy' Summers has assembled a large team of crack personnel for exploring the Milky Way. Encounters have included Anglo-Romans with guns, astral projection, spiritual manifestations, and a kraken at a beach party.
SGU-3: It is a sim that has been restarted after almost being shut down, due to non activity. The sim can be now called the Experimental Unit, they use this unit as Guinea Pigs, so come & be part of the great experiment.
Argos: The crew tackle the moral dilemma over whether to intervene in a planetary war.

Jamie Chamberlain elected to Board of Founders

Over the last few months Board Member Edgar Cramer has led a search for a replacement for the open Board of Founder spot which resulted from Jessica McClary's retirement from AJJE Games. The Board wishes her well in all she does and took the task of replacing her seriously. Almost a dozen potential candidates were reviewed. Of those, a half dozen or so were given a set of questions by the Board of Founders and in some cases asked follow up questions.

We are pleased to announce that Jamie Chamberlain has been elected to the Board of Founders effective immediately. Jamie joined AJJE Games in April of 2006, almost four years ago. Jamie was one of the original players to join his home club, LOTW, when it had its grand opening in March of 2006. Since that time he has served as a CO in LOTW as well as one of the Operational Leaders of the Operations Team in LOTW.

In accordance with the AJJE Guiding Principles, the 20% ownership in AJJE Games that was once held by Jessica McClary shall transfer over to Jamie Chamberlain and he shall have one vote in all situations requiring a Board of Founder vote.

Please join us in welcoming Jamie to the Board of Founders.

Regards,

Alex Verdusco
Edgar Cramer
Jud Bennett

Alex Verdusco honoured by Simming League

One of AJJE's Founders and past president Alex Verdusco has been awarded the 2009 Simming League Prize by The Simming League.
He was recognized 'for his distinguished work, founding AJJE Games in 2005, serving as its president until 2009, and establishing AJJE Games as a leading member of the simming and online role-playing community.'
Congratulations, Alex! This is well-deserved recognition.

AJJE 2009 Awards: Winners

* Department of the Year - Support Services (Kevin Diamond)
* LOTW Sims of the Year - Akers Bluff (Slow), Prinz Eugen (Regular)
** Third victory in a row for the latter.
* LOTW Player of the Year - Mike Palmer
** CO of Prinz Eugen
* SGU Sims of the Year - SGU-1 (Slow), SGA-2 (Regular)
* SGU Player of the Year - Michael Ives
* SFHQ Sims of the Year - Atlantis NX-05 (Slow), USS Independence (Regular)
* SFHQ Player of the Year - Silent Hunter
* RTE Sims of the Year - Order 66 (Slow), The Great Hall (Regular)
* RTE Player of the Year - Euan Reid
* Club of the Year - Leaf on the Wind

New VPs announced

Jeannette Giesbrecht, President Designate for AJJE Games, is pleased to announce the following appointments:

Ash Leighton Plom has been appointed VP Anchor Clubs, replacing Lyndsay Jarvis, who left due to RL pressures. Ash has been with AJJE Games since 2006, and has served in the administrations of LOTW and SGU in a variety of capacities, including Parliament Leader of LOTW and Senate Leader of SGU. He has also been an active role-player in RTE and SFHQ. He has been in the senior government of AJJE for awhile, most recently serving as VP Support, and was instrumental in helping bring social media such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter into the AJJE Community. As VP Anchor Clubs, it will be his responsibility to oversee AJJE's three anchor clubs: LOTW, SFHQ and SGU. He will ensure that AJJE guidelines are followed, AJJE policies are enforced, and AJJE standards are met. As well, he'll serve as the first point of contact between other divisions and the Anchor Clubs, and for the Ops and Admin teams of AJJE's anchor clubs. In addition, he will serve as a resource to ensure that smooth transitions are made from one elected administration team to the next and one operation team to the next.

Chris Wilkinson has been appointed as VP Support, replacing Ash Leighton Plom. Chris is another veteran player, who's been with AJJE Games since 2007, and has served as Election Coordinator and Assistant Member Support Director for SGU and as the Council Chair in SFHQ. As VP Support, it will be Chris's job to oversee the departments of Support Services and Public Relations, and to appoint people in those positions. Chris will also be the first point of contact between other divisions and the support-focused departments. In addition, he will create and carry out a general direction for overall support functions of AJJE Games and shall use the departments under his jurisdiction to drive AJJE in that general direction.


Both of these members have shown themselves to be capable administrators, dedicated players and well-deserving of the opportunity to serve in senior government. Please join me in congratulating Ash and Chris in their new positions.


Jeannette Giesbrecht
President Designate
AJJE Games

Kevin Diamond becomes Support Services Director

Dear all,

It is my distinct pleasure to appoint Kevin Diamond to the post of Support Services Director. Kevin joined AJJE Games in January, and has been expanding his character base across multiple sims and clubs, contributing in government discussions, and generally adding to the standard of excellence with his own genuine brilliance. From designing ship deck plans to enhancing MOTDs to refining initiatives in the government pages, he has displayed a range of skills which will certainly add to the fine work outgoing SSD Angela Austin achieved on such initiatives as the Community Pages hub. Angela's input won't be forgotten, and I am confident Kevin will build great things on the foundations already in place.

Congratulations Kevin!

Ashley Leighton Plom
VP for Support

Watch this space...

Want more from your AJJE experience? More fun? More information? More interaction?
Something’s happening on August 1st that’s going to give players another choice when they log in.

Watch this space...

Deborah Leighton Plom
PR Director AJJE Games

AJJE Games on Twitter!

AJJE Games has a Twitter feed. This way you can keep up with all the latest AJJE news, as it happens!

Site Downtime Issues

I've been asked to relay the following.

Once a month, during the early evening California time, the site goes down for about an hour. This is during the UK peak time. This is due to server maintenance by our hosting company.

If you can't get on, check back in an hour or two. Use that time to come up with new ideas to make our site great!

Silent Hunter
RPG Development Director

Server Management Division created

Hello Everyone,

Effective July 1st 2009, I hereby create the Server Management division of ajjegames.com. This division will operate independently from AJJE Games proper. The main function of this division will to take over several functions that are currently performed by the AJJE Webmaster Director. These functions include managing the domain and sub domain index pages, space management, server backups, FTP access, mail forwards, maintainance, PARS, and general webhosting issues.

I will serve as the head of the Server Management division in the role of Senior Webmaster. I am lucky to have Alexius Pendragon also come aboard as a Webmaster in this new division. Alexius has assisted me prior to this during past injection code attacks. He has a wealth of knowledge and I look forward to what he will bring to the table.

The short term goal of this division is to distinguish and organize functions it will be handling, as well as create the tools neccesary for AJJE Games to maintain local behind the scenes functions independent of Server Management. Long term goals will include the automating of key maintaince functions as well as any other future tasks requested by the President Elect.

Server Management will reside on the below address http://www.ajjegames.com/servermanagement/ and any other future developments will be displayed in the "Current News" section.

Alex Verdusco
President, AJJE Games

All Good Things Must Come To End... Alex Verdusco to step down as AJJE President

Hello Everyone,

On October 1st 2005 I became the first president of AJJE Games... and since then it has been a wild ride.

For almost four years I have watched as AJJE grew from one roleplaying club to four. I have watched as our player count increased from thirty players to well over two hundred. And I have watched as people all over the globe came together to form a community around this thing we call AJJE Games. There were good times, and challenging times, but overall, we came out okay in the end. I also firmly believe that AJJE Games has a long and fruitful journey ahead of it, and I would love to be at the helm of it for many years to come. However... I also believe its my most important role as the first president of AJJE Games is to establish precedents. A blue print if you will for the future.

And that is why, I will set the precedent that an AJJE Games President shall only serve a single four year term.

Therefore, effective October 1st 2009, I will be stepping down as the President of AJJE Games. In order to establish a smooth transition, I will also establish the precedent that the President Elect shall transition into the Presidency over the final three months of the current Presidential term. The President Elect will begin to take over management of the day to day operations during this time period, as well as install her team of Vice Presidents.

With that said, it is with great pleasure that I announce Jeannette Geisbrecht will be taking on the role as President Elect. Jeannette has been with AJJE Games since late 2006. Jeannette has served as a previous Vice President of Operations, and more recently as Vice President of Development. During her tenure as VP of Development she personally drove the transition of RTE from Martial Law to a full fledged club.

It was a challenging task, but I think everyone will say she came out of it with high marks. I believe under Jeannette's leadership, we will see a different style and approach then my own, and I am looking forward to the outcome.

As my last act as President, I will be creating a set of Guiding Principles for AJJE Games as a whole. These principles will set in stone some of the basic framework and policies that are currently in use by the AJJE Games government today. It will have a large section focused on the operations of the AJJE Games Senior Leadership, a section mandating the continuance of core AJJE programs, particulars of a license agreement between myself and AJJE Games for the use of PARS, and the establishment of a Board of Founders that will be the equivalent to a Board of Directors for a corporation. I believe a solid framework will not only smooth the operations of future presidential terms, but also set the bar for them as well.

In conclusion, even though some parts of my four year term were unbearingly challenging, I have no regrets, and would do it all over again. I still remember late night chats with Jessica McClary and Edgar Cramer about SFHQ, as we dared to dream it up. I still remember the awe as the clubs grew into an entity all their own. We have come a long way since then, but I believe the core principles are still strong and true.

So I hope to have everyone's support during the transition and you will hear from me again!

Alex Verdusco
President, AJJE Games

Donation Recognition Page

"AJJE Games is pleased to announce the creation of the Donor Recognition Page - to honor those who have made donations to AJJE Games. AJJE also recognizes its newest donor, Jamie Chamberlain, and thanks him for his contribution in the tough economic conditions many of us face today.

The Donation Recognition Page can be seen linked to the Intranet, or at http://www.ajjegames.com/donations.html

Alex Verdusco
AJJE President

AJJE Games Webmaster Vacancy

AJJE Games is currently looking for candidates to serve as a site wide Webmaster.

Required Skills: PHP, MySQL, HTML
Pluses, but not required: Previous work as Club Level Webmaster

Please send applications in the first instance to Deborah Leighton Plom - publicrelations@ajjegames.com and put Webmaster Position in the subject line.

Thanks,

Alex Verdusco
Webmaster Director

SciWorld Online Convention

Hello all,

The annual SciWorld 2009 online convention will be held next week by the Simming League.

It’s running from Tuesday to Thursday with three nights of sims, games, chats, and trivias open to you and everyone. This year is extra special, as it is the 10th anniversary of SciWorld!

There will be discussion on the new Star Trek film, a debate on alternative methods of gaming – Twitter, blogging etc etc. There’ll be trivia quizzes, and real time simming opportunities oin the Star Trek and Stargate genres. AJJE Games will be hosting a few chats, including one on Firefly gaming and one on Star Wars in Ride the Edge. If you want to come along and hang out with other like-minded gamers then Sci World out check it out here

The opening ceremony (tux and evening gown compulsory!) is at 6.30pm Eastern US Time, on Tuesday May 12th, and the rest of the week’s festivities are between 7 and midnight (ish) over the three days.

To find out how to join in just go to Sci World 2009 to sign up for a free account and get involved.

See you there!

Deborah Leighton Plom
PR Director AJJE Games

New Public Relations Director appointment

ANNOUNCEMENT

It is my sad duty to accept Jon Stapely's withdrawal from the office of Ajjegames Public Relations Director.

However, I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Deborah Crawford Leighton to the position of PRD. Deborah first registered with AJJE in January 2007 and has become a well-liked player and well-respected CO in two clubs, leading Akers Bluff in LOTW and O66 in RTE to ever greater heights. She has held the position of Member Support Director in LOTW for a term, and is currently serving as Technical Support Director, as well as contributing to that club's administration in several other capacities.

Her experience of PR in real life and her many contributions to the site make her an ideal choice for AJJE's Public Relations Director.

Her first projects will be generating a forward plan and updating the club homepages (http://sfhq.ajjegames.com/, http://sgu.ajjegames.com/, http://leafonthewind.ajjegames.com/, and http://ridetheedge.ajjegames.com/). Once the Community Pages go live, the Support team will be drawing our initiatives together to actualise a central AJJE facility for blogging, networking, news, photos, publicity and recruitment.

The best is yet to come.

Ash Plom
VP Support