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A meeting of the Command Staff was held 15 July 2006 via MSN Messenger. The following are the public version of the minutes. These minutes were written and submitted by Commodore ONE, Corinth Project Manager. 

Call to Order
Section Admiral Duke Nova called the meeting to order at 2:25pm EDT / 18:25 GMT.

Voting Members Present

 * Section Admiral Duke Nova – Site Commanding Officer
 * Admiral Karynn McCormick – Chief of Communications
 * Vice Admiral Paul Drew – Commendations Officer
 * Commodore ONE – Academy Commandant
 * Captain Felix Savali – Bios Officer
 * Commander 1st Class Disasterman - Trivia Officer

Non-Voting Members Present

 * Admiral Magellan Lin – First Fleet CO
 * Commander Semia Cavit - Representing the Ranks Dept. in the absence of a Ranks Officer (arrived late)

Apologies

 * Fleet Admiral Arok – Site Executive Officer
 * Admiral Elron – Personnel Officer
 * Commodore Harrias Jira – Fleet Representative

Item 1: Medals Guide Approval
Admiral Drew had circulated a draft of a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to medals over the CSS email list, and solicited feedback from other members. All present agreed he had done a good job with it, and they approved of what they had seen. The Section Admiral stated that there was no need for a vote, since it was an internal Commendations matter.

Item 2: Project Corinth
Commodore ONE, Corinth Project Manager, had announced to the CSS that Project Corinth was ready to be launched to the membership. Admiral Lin, project team member, had written up and circulated a document explaining the project and the rationale behind it; he also addressed some possible concerns. Several members expressed their appreciation to Admiral Lin for his well-worded explaination. Commodore ONE asked if there were any further concerns; Admiral McCormick raised a few: space on the server, maintainance passwords, and policing the information for accuracy. Commodore ONE pointed out that since information is stored in a database as plain text, the space required is infintesimal compared to other parts of the site. Admirals Nova and McCormick then asked about passwords, and after a brief discussion, Admiral Nova and Commodore ONE agreed to work out the issue privately. Discussion then centered on the issue of maintaining accuracy on the wiki. The philosophy of a wiki was debated, with Admiral McCormick most concerned that very few people know as much about site history as her and Admiral Nova, and they don't have time to police it themselves. Commodore ONE and Admiral Lin defended the wiki's "policed by everyone" policy, and eventually everyone seemed to agree that it was worth a shot. Release dates were discussed, and Wednesday emerged as the best date.


 * Motion: to approve public launch of Project Corinth for Wednesday, 19 July 2006.
 * Ayes - 5
 * Nays - 0
 * Abstentions - 1
 * Motion passed.

Item 4: Academy Personnel Officer Selection
The applicants for Academy Personnel Officer were David Ramsey, Alexander Johnson, and Sonak. Commodore ONE asked for opinions and suggestions. Most members present agreed Sonak was an excellent choice; she knew the Academy well, and was a proven worker. Commodore ONE thanked everyone for their thoughts. He let them know that he would inform Commodore Sonak of her selection, and announce the appointment soon.

Item 5: Adding another Ship to the Fleet
Admiral Lin commented that the First Fleet is almost fully staffed, and pointed out that with membership growing it may soon be time to bring back another ship into the active fleet. The idea was well received, though universally agreed that nothing would be done quite yet. There was light discussion about which ship to bring back, but it was decided this would be left for later. No action was taken, but all agreed to revisit the issue in the near future.

Item 6: Captain's Cross for Zhukarak Hrisvalar
Colonel Hrisvalar was nominated for the Captain's Cross for his performance as CO of the USS Jefferson. It was agreed by all who were familiar with the situation that he has done an outstanding job so far. Concern was raised, however, that it was too soon to award a Captain's Cross. It was suggested that perhaps another medal should be awarded instead at this time, but it was felt that no other award would be as appropriate as the Captain's Cross. It was then suggested that this nomination be posponed to allow Colonel Hrisvalar more time to prove himself, so the medal meant more when he did receive it.


 * Motion: To postpone the Captain's Cross for Colonel Hrisvalar.
 * Ayes - 6
 * Nays - 0
 * Abstentions - 0
 * Motion passed.

Item 7: Question about Polls
Admiral Lin brought a question from Commodore Jira. He wanted to know what happened to the Polls. It was pointed out that there hadn't been a poll in many months. Other CSS members agreed that there should be more polls. The CSS then came up with a list of good poll questions to submit to the Returning Officer.

Item 8: Commendations Advertisement
Admiral Drew commented that the public relations ad he sent out last week about medals and ribbons seems to have worked, as he was receiving more nominations.

Item 9: Constitutional Changes
The issue of continuing with the revisions to the Section 47 Constitution was raised by Commodore ONE, as it was not on the official Agenda published by Admiral Nova. Admirals Nova and McCormick felt that since it wasn't on the agenda, it shouldn't be discussed at this time. Admirals Drew and Lin said they would like to see Admirals Arok and Elron comment on it first. It was decided to postpone any vote.

Item 10: Moving the Diplomatic Corps to Starbase 47
Commodore ONE proposed that Starbase 47, headquarters of Section 47, would be a logical place for the Diplomatic Corps. With the recent move of the 473rd Star Fighter Wing to that base, the two would have opportunities to sim together there. This idea was not well received by most, as they didn't want to take the diplomats away from the Starbase Assailant. Some thought it was mean to those who had built up a history on the base, others thought it would too severely harm Assailant's simming. No formal vote was held.

Item 11: CO for 473rd Star Fighter Wing
Commodore ONE then asked to clarify who would be the Commanding Officer of the 473rd SFW after its move to SB 47, as the current CO, TWO, is Academy-Only. Several members thought TWO should remain in command. Admiral Nova said he would command it himself.
 * Motion: To allow Duke Nova to head up the Fighter division on SB47 until we can determine a proper CO in the future.
 * Ayes - 3
 * Nays - 1
 * Abstentions - 1
 * With the First Fleet CO in agreement and the Ranks Dept. representative in disagreement

Item 12: International Time
Commodore ONE wanted to briefly alert the rest of the CSS to the issues regarding international time, especially regarding GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and Daylight Savings time. He refered them to an article to help illuminate the subject. He also recommended an online GMT clock.

Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00pm EDT / 21:00 GMT.