Weekly Meeting - 10/10/2009

[Kastrenzo Benelli]

[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: All right, let's get started.

[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Welcome everyone. Thank you all for joining us. Do we have a volunteer to grab a log of this week's meeting?

[18:01] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: Euro Zapatero

[18:01] Kastrenzo Benelli: I'll get it

[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.

[18:01] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Euro Zapatero (1): h

[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Let's get started.

[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Statistics for this week. 266 members, up two from last week. 15 cadets.

[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 11 new reviewed applications. 3 additional waiting review. 7 denied. 1 approved. 2 sent to Curia. Bringing the total number of Curia review pending apps to 3.

[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: A total of sixty defenses. A sharp increase from last week.

[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: 7 offenses.

[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: 3 allied assistance deployments.

[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Busy, busy. Diplomacy: no major changes. SH's new region is open. MBC . . rumored to have a new region. Black Mamba seems to have fizzled out.

[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Very little activity from RR. CATI, Delta Force, and now. . "501th" rather active.

[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: 2142 surprisingly quiet. 39th poking their heads out a bit. We defended and engaged them a couple times.

[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: (Yes, that is their name. 501th.)

[18:06] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Chronus entry:

Name: Asturias Nightfire

Organisation: (Un)afiliated Friendly

Threat level: 2

Division: No

Listed rank: Info -

[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Iron Symphony meeting tomorrow, so I'll have some notes on that afterwards for everyone.

[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: All in all, good week. Unit reports?

[18:07] Lestat Umarov raises hand

[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Umarov, for Terra.

[18:08] Lestat Umarov: This week has been focused mostly ont he Terra restructure and the Armatura rebuild. Both of which are mostly complete and should be implemented soon along with the updated Terra handbook. Combat has been frequent, development is flourishing, and we're steadily gaining new members. Now, onto unit reports.

[18:08] Lestat Umarov: From Keller from Invictus: "A rather quiet week from Invictus, though we spent most of it playing around with the new dropship (many thanks to Garion & WolfShaman). Currently looking to fill a recent vacancy, but otherwise, Invictus continues its heretic killing as usual."

[18:08] Lestat Umarov: From Zerowinged for Antesignani: "Working heavily in tangent as of late with Fulminata, we exchanged our training routines with them as well as a few of our training times for Co-op squad training. Welcoming a new XO by the name of Desereck Creeggan and a new/old member by the name of Endra Ashbourne. Development is good on all fronts; No complaints or internal issues."

[18:08] Lestat Umarov: From Zrazor for Fulminata: "Fulminata has acquired training materials and developed some of its own. The purge/re-recruit effort was largely successful as member activity is way up so you should see a lot more people with hammers running around. A training/meeting schedule has been laid out, and the first weekly meeting will be held Sunday, followed by immediate regular training on Monday. It is the opinion of the Commanding Officer that Fulminata has returned to full operational status."

[18:08] Lestat Umarov: From myself for the Adiutor staff: "All is well with the staff. We're working on standardized unit inspections among other things and are making some decent progress. In terms of development, the stuff is coming, be patient."

[18:09] Lestat Umarov: That concludes my report for Terra. Any additional reports can be given at the discretion of the imperator.

[18:09] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Lost contact: Detox Exonar

[18:09] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: Detox Exonar

[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Umarov.

[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Next?

[18:09] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.

[18:09] Anlysia Gregoire raises a hand. :v

[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Demar, for Astra.

[18:09] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Detox Exonar (1): sling

[18:10] Sosarin Demar: This week was eventful for Astra. Compliments to Ethan Schuman for hosting more successful Astra specific raids, particularly the joint Ordo and Merczateers venture against CATI. I also extend thanks to Euro Zapatero for hosting an Astra tournament this week, which had a large turnout and was fun to participate in. There was also a few impromptu dogfighting exercises hosted by multiple Astra personnel. Finally, Astra got to see some air time off base in places like Thorium. All in all, this is the level of activity that makes me proud. Good work.

[18:10] Sosarin Demar: Garion Lowenhardt completed the scripting for Terminus' dropship earlier this week. Initial flight testing shows promise, but I would like to see it deployed to its fullest in a combat exercise involving Invictus' droppods as well as Astra assets attacking/defending it like a real scenario. When that occurs, a final assessment will be sent to Garion for any final tweaking and the like. Thank you Wolfshaman, Mark, and Garion for your efforts to provide us this vehicle.

[18:10] Sosarin Demar: I hope that we can maintain this level of activity next week if not improve upon it. In addition, extensive dropship testing should take place. I'll talk to some peeps to see it through. Euro plans on hosting a tournament weekly, and it will be at the same time (5PM SLT Thursdays). That concludes this week's report for Astra.

[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: That's very good to hear. Thank you, Mr. Demar.

[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Ms. Gregoire, for Munitorum?

[18:11] Trevor Russell raises hand.

[18:12] Anlysia Gregoire: Munitorium had a meeting today, again. As usual it was punctuated with divergences and random bouts of retardedness. However we went over some good info. Subforums will be being set up for projects and testing, so things can be better organized. It'll be similar to the TI tech support forum. Also, you've probably seen the post I put up looking for testers. It's still open. Paperwork is mandatory so that'll make most people go >:|. The form for people who have projects will be done when I get a chance to do it instead of being lazy, so that'll be soon. That's about all.

[18:12] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Chronus entry:

Name: Asturias Nightfire

Organisation: (Un)afiliated Friendly

Threat level: 2

Division: No

Listed rank: Info -

[18:13] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: Heather McKay

[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, I look forward to reading the log after this meeting.

[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Russell?

[18:13] Trevor Russell: Zrazor and I are working towards improving Tactica. We are going through the roster and garunteeing activity. Both he and I have been a bit busy this week, but stay tuned for some new and inderesting information coming out of our think tank! As always, any interested members may contact either myself or Zrazor to apply. For those that don't know, we are a thinktank focused on tactics and strategies in battle.

[18:14] Trevor Russell: (that is all)

[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.

[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report this evening?

[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent. Thank you.

[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: On to old business. Any previous topics to bring up for discussion this evening?

[18:16] Agares Tretiak raises his hand.

[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Tretiak.

[18:16] Agares Tretiak: (How does he see me raise my hand! D:)

[18:17] Agares Tretiak: The Carta PRaetorian is finalized, those interested can view it in the ORdo General Discussion forums.

[18:17] Rendy Miles is Online

[18:17] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: Rendy Miles

[18:17] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: Kytec Switchblade

[18:17] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: Chase Quinnell

[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Tretiak.

[18:18] plops Magic is Online

[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Are there any other old topics to bring up this evening?

[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: (42, yay!)

[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent. Moving on to keynote discussion this evening. I have a couple topics to bring up before I open to general session.

[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: First up-- an easy question. I noticed I have been neglecting giving holidays off as of late. I apologize, that was oversight on my part. Halloween will be a closed/off day, per the request. Are there any other days this month I should be thinking about scheduling as a "casual/closed" day?

[18:20] Genesis Ronmark: Canadian thanksgiving this monday?

[18:20] Agares Tretiak: Columbus day?

[18:20] Agares Tretiak: (both monday)

[18:21] Vincent Lucerne: National Pisachio Day

[18:21] Vincent Lucerne: i think theres a t in there..

[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: . . hm. By a show of hands, who would like me to set Monday as a casual-dress/stand-down day?

[18:21] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Lost contact: Czyrek Essel

[18:22] Keystone Gray raises hand.

[18:22] Anlysia Gregoire: .o/

[18:22] Agares Tretiak raises his hand.

[18:22] Williamca Zenovka raises hand.

[18:22] Vincent Lucerne: \o

[18:22] Trevor Russell raises a hand.

[18:22] Karlhockey Forte: o/

[18:22] Desereck Creeggan: o/

[18:22] Keystone Gray: \o/

[18:22] Detox Exonar: ditto

[18:22] Liana Pera: \o/

[18:22] Johann Wilberg raises hand.

[18:22] FireFox Breed: \o/

[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Okay, that'll do, haha.

[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Ok!

[18:22] Vincent Lucerne: xD

[18:22] Vincent Lucerne: \o

[18:22] Zerowinged Vasiliev: >_> o/

[18:22] Vincent Lucerne: >.>

[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: We'll make Monday a casual dress day.

[18:22] Vincent Lucerne: ¯\(º o)/¯

[18:22] Euro Zapatero: Sweet.

[18:22] Crash Silverfall: Monday i have a day off \o/

[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: And we'll use it to just kind of hang out and relax. Done and done.

[18:23] Lurdan Huszar is Offline

[18:23] Keystone Gray: FINALLY, A NO-WORK DAY.

[18:23] Keystone Gray: YES.

[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Please keep in mind, casual dress must be tasteful, and not heretical.

[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: In any way.

[18:23] Keystone Gray: I'm going to run around Chronus in a fucking dog avatar.

[18:23] Desereck Creeggan: Can we request CLOTHES. So firefox cant run around nude?

[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: It has to be clothed, yes, lol.

[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Ok, moving on.

[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Now for a big topic!

[18:23] Aryte Vesperia clears his throat, shuffles his e-papers.

[18:23] Lurdan Huszar is Online

[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Over the last several months, the Ordo has experienced an exciting and rapid acceleration in development. Our technological and structural additions are innovative, progressive, and all around excellent.

[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: The clamor for rearrangement is not a foreign concept for the group, but the assertion of change generates a sense of chaos into the equation. It is a natural sensation.

[18:24] Woofie Khandr (COM): b ack x-x very sorry had to help my mom with some things IRL >.>

[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: The unknown outcome is always an intimidating factor. To be sure, I have the utmost confidence in the pending shifts—Praetorian, Terra, promotions and otherwise—the design and forethought behind each is backed by a great deal of experience. I foresee very good things from every project.

[18:25] Woofie Khandr: ty

[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Although our structure, policies, and population constantly evolve, the core values and accomplishments of our establishment remain. The Ordo Imperialis stands and will always stand as a brotherhood; a family of those aligned underneath a single banner: a banner of hope, professionalism, and military expertise.

[18:26] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Lost contact: Tenaki Kupferberg

[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Allow me to share with you all a bit of blunt truth.

[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: The military community is and has been in a state of disrepair. Second Life’s atmosphere is even more so. Security is laughable—it is impossible to truly be rid of someone when they intend to do harm. Socially, disrespect is a paradigm, rather than an exception. I do not like this game in a whole: not at all.

[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: What I do like, or rather, love, is the Ordo.

[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Without this organization, I would have spiraled and quit long, long ago. The Ordo is more than family to me. It is a bastion—a little island of (relative) sanity, respect, honor, and wondrous progression. I have said it before and I will say it a hundred times over: this group, you all, makes this game for me.

[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Every effort is made worth while and every attack on our integrity is washed away, when I consider the incredible good that fills this group.

[18:28] Vincent Lucerne: We love you sir :D

[18:28] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Chronus entry:

Name: Asturias Nightfire

Organisation: (Un)afiliated Friendly

Threat level: 2

Division: No

Listed rank: Info -

[18:29] Masamune Anansi is Online

[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: We are not perfect, nor will we ever be. But the Ordo is one of the finest institutions I have ever experienced and we will never pause our striving for greater heights.

[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Trying times have befallen us within the last couple of weeks. Bumps in our road have presented themselves. All have been taken in stride, stepped over, learned from and squared away.

[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Trying times will no doubt face us again in the future. From every wound, we only grow. It is the nature of the Ordo to be so resilient and adaptive: insidious attack strengthens our resolve, rather than generate stress.

[18:30] Kraton Foxtrot: Here here.

[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Over the course of my career in the military community, I have seen groups crumble and die under the weight of external pressure. The Ordo simply pushes back, rearranges, and dismantles the issue. I have seen soldiers abandon their group for promise of rank and prestige. In the Ordo, it is more common to see soldiers decline offers and retire from the group years later as a successful veteran.

[18:31] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: plops Magic

[18:31] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: Woofie Khandr

[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: There will always be rough spots and moments of difficulty. There will always be the opportunity to jump ship and run to another group. There will always be those who seek to do us harm. There will always be hate and disrespect.

[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: But beyond all that, there will always be the Ordo Imperialis and the many wonderful people who fill its ranks.

[18:32] Proteus Hand is Online

[18:33] Lestat Umarov is Offline

[18:33] Masamune Anansi is Offline

[18:33] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Lost contact: Lestat Umarov

[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: We are less than a month away from beginning our fourth year of existence. Many of you are quickly approaching your first anniversary—others, your second, maybe even your third. For those of you looking up the structure with wide eyes: stick to it.

[18:34] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Lost contact: Renji Bikcin

[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: You will always find comrades and family here. Our reach and our impact stretch far beyond any single community or entity. To say in the least, somewhere around sitting at the same dinner table celebrating my birthday last July with eight other Ordo I would not have otherwise known, that impact becomes very clear.

[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Your presence, your faith, and your assistance are deeply valued. As I have promised before, I will be here so as long as you all are. All we need now . . . is a bit more time. So please, keep up that admirable patience you have all exhibited. Soon, our revisions will come full circle . . . aaaand I won’t be drowning under hundreds of pounds of homework.

[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Questions or comments at this time?

[18:37] Zerowinged Vasiliev raises hand

[18:37] Anlysia Gregoire: Can I have a hug?

[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Vasiliev.

[18:37] Zerowinged Vasiliev: Fuck yes, that is all.

[18:37] Vincent Lucerne: XD

[18:37] Kraton Foxtrot: lol

[18:37] Desereck Creeggan: We love you Aryte!

[18:37] Desereck Creeggan: <3

[18:37] Vincent Lucerne: <3!

[18:38] Liana Pera raises hand.

[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Haha. Ms. Pera?

[18:38] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Lost contact: Forefox Rolls

[18:39] Liana Pera: It's notthing big, but some of you may not know that it's Intus and Aelus birthday today. They've been very busy but if you would like to I think they'd appreciate the acknowledgement. Thanks. :}

[18:39] Jayce Iredell: Its on the forums....

[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: I sang to them lethargically at 12:30. Haha.

[18:39] Rendy Miles: Happy Bday to them

[18:39] Anlysia Gregoire: Oh god.

[18:39] Anlysia Gregoire: I remember that now.

[18:39] Woofie Khandr: Happy B-day to peoples i dun know =o

[18:39] Vincent Lucerne: :D! Happy birthday Peter Parker and Evil Twin :D

[18:40] Crash Silverfall: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5289-happy-bday-to-aelus-intuz/ <--- this is the link for forum

[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Hahah.

[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: All right. Thank you all.

[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Any topics to discuss before I move on?

[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Very good.

[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Now then, on the topic of combat this evening.

[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: As per every Saturday, we will be deploying after the meeting. Promptly after merits and such are handed out. Est. 7:30ish. Be sure that you remain on map if you wish to be part of the combat. I will determine a target at that time.

[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: On that note, let's move on to promotions.

[18:44] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Chronus entry:

Name: Asturias Nightfire

Organisation: (Un)afiliated Friendly

Threat level: 2

Division: No

Listed rank: Info -

[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, let me touch on the PRFs this week. If you do not see your name, and you submitted a PRF, please notify your commanding officer. It means they didn't send me your tally. So beat them.

[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck Creeggan, Foxers Fhang, Garion Lowenhardy, Kastrenzo Benelli, Furry Thor, WolfShaman Warrior, Tokeli Zabelin.

[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for participating-- you all received scores above 40.

[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Most of you receceived 50+.

[18:46] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: plops Magic (1): sensor:off

[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Promotions and merits this week:

[18:47] Tung Hotaling is Online

[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: I have been muttering about "omg promotion revamp coming soon, sorry omg omg," well . . that hasn't changed. Armatura will be back in full swing next week (Zero Itamae is awesome). After which, the promotion change up will go through. So please don't be surprised if progression is a bit slow until then.

[18:48] Woofie Khandr: =3

[18:48] Keystone Gray is Offline

[18:48] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: Lost contact: Keystone Gray

[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Detox Exonar - [W-1]

[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Ethan Schuman - [Corona Argentum]

[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Euro Zapatero - [Comrade Support]

[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Foxers Fhang - [Corona Vallaris]

[18:49] josey Bingyi is Online

[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Garion Lowenhardt - [Architect of Unity] * if you have this, let me know. Merit list says you don't, but it lies!

[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Hunter Abrams - [Homeland Defense]

[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Josey Bingyi - [E-4]

[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Kraton Foxtrot - [E-2]

[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Nightgazer Silverspar - [E-3]; [Homeland Defense]

[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Ron Bleac - [Homeland Defense]

[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Sykes Foxclaw - [E-4]; [Marskman]

[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Tokeli Zabelin - [E-3]

[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Williamca Zenovka - [E-7]; [Homeland Defense]

[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: WolfShaman Warrior - [Architect of Eternity]

[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Congratulations and thank you, everyone.

Edited October 11, 2009 by Kastrenzo Benelli

[ribena Homewood]

Fuck yes, Detox.

Fuck yes.