CSS Meeting Minutes April 2014
May 5, 2014 8:56:22 GMT
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Section 47 Command Staff Meeting
26th April 2014
Voting Members in Attendance
Section Admiral Paul Drew
Fleet Admiral Magellan Lin, Site Executive Officer
Admiral Carl Torek, Site Second Officer and Advancements Officer
Rear Admiral Gheskori, Personnel Officer
Rear Admiral [Hon] Sovat, Fleet CO
Apologises
Vice Admiral Steven Smith, Recruitment Officer
Rear Admiral Matthew Reynolds, Commendations and Bios Officer
Captain [Hon] Jamey Gaz, Chief of the CCS
The meeting was called to order at 19:40 by Section Admiral Drew
Item One: Fleet Status
Review of the monthly activity of the fleet
Rear Admiral [Hon] Savot presented the fleet reports that had been received to date, it was noted that there was a general improvement across the fleet in activity levels and that the recent surge of new members was having a beneficial result. It was noted that not all ships had yet submitted reports and it was agreed to chase the COs of those vessels to submit the required reports.
Rear Admiral [Hon] Savot informed CSS that the first meeting of the Fleet Captains would take place on Sunday 27th April. Initially this meeting would just be attended by the Fleet CO and the Captains, but it was agreed that future meetings would be extended to include the Fleet XO and Ship XOs.
There was some initial discussion about command rules and procedures, but Section Admiral Drew reminded CSS that this was a separate agenda item for later in the meeting.
Item Two: Selection of CO for the USS Rainer
At the March CSS meeting Commander Daya was appointed by the Personnel Officer as Acting CO as an interim measure, CSS will review Commander Daya’s performance and take a view as to if to make the command official for a standard 6 month trial.
There was some discussion on possible candidates for command of the USS Rainer. It was genuinely agreed that there was currently a shortage of members ranked below Captain level who were ready to assume command of a sim. It was agreed to start working on a development scheme for members who were showing promise with the intent that there would be a wider pool of candidates to consider for the next command.
Section Admiral Drew stated that he was content with Rear Admiral Gheskori’s executive decision as Personnel Officer to name Commander First Class Daya as Acting Captain of the USS Rainer for a six month trial period with immediate effect. The matter was taken to a vote with the following results:
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0
Result: Motion successful
Item Three: Joining Process
Suggestion by Rear Admiral Gheskori to include ERA options on the join thread and highlight that area of the site to new members.
Rear Admiral Gheskori highlighted that the new join form did not include an option for era simming, all present agreed that this was an omission and that the option to join era would be included on the join form.
Item Four: Ship and Simmer of the Month
In addition to select this month’s winners, RA Gheskori has suggestions for how to better promote the scheme.
The nominations for simmer of the month were:
Alex Watson, USS Raven
Katie Jamison, USS El Salvador
Saryn, USS Enzio
The posts of all three members were viewed and Katie Jamison was selected as this the Simmer of the Month.
This was taken to a vote:
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0
Result: Motion Successful
Next CSS discussed Ship of the Month, which as the non-ship CO in CSS Section Admiral Drew nominates based on the ship reports. Admiral Drew nominated the USS El Salvador, this was also taken to a vote.
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0
Item Five: Review of Command Procedures and Processes
An area highlighted during the February Open Table CSS meeting was the current command procedures for COs and XOs. Discussion on the current processes and anything new that CSS needs to address
CSS agreed that the command procedures agreed last year were still in effect. These require all Ship COs to post a minimum of once per week, submit monthly progress reports, include crew manifests on their ships board and set a minimum posting level for the crew. Any COs who fail to do this will be contacted in the first instance by the Fleet CO, if no improvement after a month by the Section Admiral and finally if no improvement the Section Admiral will seek CSS’s approval to place the Captain on a Probation period which could ultimately lead to the Captain being removed from command. This applies to every Ship CO, regardless to rank or position within the site.
Item Six: Section 47 Constitution
CSS are reminded that the Section 47 Constitution requires review and re-approval during May. Any CSS members who have suggested changes for the Constitution are asked to submit this to the CSS mailing list prior to the May 2014 meeting.
Admiral Drew asked CSS members to submit any suggested changes to the Site Constitution over the CSS mailing list prior to the next meeting in May.
Any other business
Admiral Torek reminded CSS that the wiki was now live and asked CSS members who were able to register for the site to help in creating and maintaining pages.
Section Admiral Drew raised a concern about the low attendance at CSS meetings and the problems this was causing for conducting business. It was suggested that a new CSS position be created to boost CSS numbers, with some suggestion that this new post could perform a function to the similar former role of Fleet Rep, but without an election. It was agreed that all CSS members present would consider further a suitable role and it would be discussed further at the next meeting.
Section Admiral Drew also reminded CSS that 7th May would be the 14th anniversary since the foundation of Section 47. It was agreed that the occasion would be celebrated by all active members being awarded a Section 47 14th Anniversary Award and that there would be three tiers of award – Bronze, Silver and Gold. CSS members were asked to review the boards and nominate members for the appropriate categories.
The meeting was closed by Section Admiral Drew at 00:01 28th April.
26th April 2014
Voting Members in Attendance
Section Admiral Paul Drew
Fleet Admiral Magellan Lin, Site Executive Officer
Admiral Carl Torek, Site Second Officer and Advancements Officer
Rear Admiral Gheskori, Personnel Officer
Rear Admiral [Hon] Sovat, Fleet CO
Apologises
Vice Admiral Steven Smith, Recruitment Officer
Rear Admiral Matthew Reynolds, Commendations and Bios Officer
Captain [Hon] Jamey Gaz, Chief of the CCS
The meeting was called to order at 19:40 by Section Admiral Drew
Item One: Fleet Status
Review of the monthly activity of the fleet
Rear Admiral [Hon] Savot presented the fleet reports that had been received to date, it was noted that there was a general improvement across the fleet in activity levels and that the recent surge of new members was having a beneficial result. It was noted that not all ships had yet submitted reports and it was agreed to chase the COs of those vessels to submit the required reports.
Rear Admiral [Hon] Savot informed CSS that the first meeting of the Fleet Captains would take place on Sunday 27th April. Initially this meeting would just be attended by the Fleet CO and the Captains, but it was agreed that future meetings would be extended to include the Fleet XO and Ship XOs.
There was some initial discussion about command rules and procedures, but Section Admiral Drew reminded CSS that this was a separate agenda item for later in the meeting.
Item Two: Selection of CO for the USS Rainer
At the March CSS meeting Commander Daya was appointed by the Personnel Officer as Acting CO as an interim measure, CSS will review Commander Daya’s performance and take a view as to if to make the command official for a standard 6 month trial.
There was some discussion on possible candidates for command of the USS Rainer. It was genuinely agreed that there was currently a shortage of members ranked below Captain level who were ready to assume command of a sim. It was agreed to start working on a development scheme for members who were showing promise with the intent that there would be a wider pool of candidates to consider for the next command.
Section Admiral Drew stated that he was content with Rear Admiral Gheskori’s executive decision as Personnel Officer to name Commander First Class Daya as Acting Captain of the USS Rainer for a six month trial period with immediate effect. The matter was taken to a vote with the following results:
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0
Result: Motion successful
Item Three: Joining Process
Suggestion by Rear Admiral Gheskori to include ERA options on the join thread and highlight that area of the site to new members.
Rear Admiral Gheskori highlighted that the new join form did not include an option for era simming, all present agreed that this was an omission and that the option to join era would be included on the join form.
Item Four: Ship and Simmer of the Month
In addition to select this month’s winners, RA Gheskori has suggestions for how to better promote the scheme.
The nominations for simmer of the month were:
Alex Watson, USS Raven
Katie Jamison, USS El Salvador
Saryn, USS Enzio
The posts of all three members were viewed and Katie Jamison was selected as this the Simmer of the Month.
This was taken to a vote:
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0
Result: Motion Successful
Next CSS discussed Ship of the Month, which as the non-ship CO in CSS Section Admiral Drew nominates based on the ship reports. Admiral Drew nominated the USS El Salvador, this was also taken to a vote.
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0
Item Five: Review of Command Procedures and Processes
An area highlighted during the February Open Table CSS meeting was the current command procedures for COs and XOs. Discussion on the current processes and anything new that CSS needs to address
CSS agreed that the command procedures agreed last year were still in effect. These require all Ship COs to post a minimum of once per week, submit monthly progress reports, include crew manifests on their ships board and set a minimum posting level for the crew. Any COs who fail to do this will be contacted in the first instance by the Fleet CO, if no improvement after a month by the Section Admiral and finally if no improvement the Section Admiral will seek CSS’s approval to place the Captain on a Probation period which could ultimately lead to the Captain being removed from command. This applies to every Ship CO, regardless to rank or position within the site.
Item Six: Section 47 Constitution
CSS are reminded that the Section 47 Constitution requires review and re-approval during May. Any CSS members who have suggested changes for the Constitution are asked to submit this to the CSS mailing list prior to the May 2014 meeting.
Admiral Drew asked CSS members to submit any suggested changes to the Site Constitution over the CSS mailing list prior to the next meeting in May.
Any other business
Admiral Torek reminded CSS that the wiki was now live and asked CSS members who were able to register for the site to help in creating and maintaining pages.
Section Admiral Drew raised a concern about the low attendance at CSS meetings and the problems this was causing for conducting business. It was suggested that a new CSS position be created to boost CSS numbers, with some suggestion that this new post could perform a function to the similar former role of Fleet Rep, but without an election. It was agreed that all CSS members present would consider further a suitable role and it would be discussed further at the next meeting.
Section Admiral Drew also reminded CSS that 7th May would be the 14th anniversary since the foundation of Section 47. It was agreed that the occasion would be celebrated by all active members being awarded a Section 47 14th Anniversary Award and that there would be three tiers of award – Bronze, Silver and Gold. CSS members were asked to review the boards and nominate members for the appropriate categories.
The meeting was closed by Section Admiral Drew at 00:01 28th April.