A whole bunch of newsletters has been released recently. They are:

* NL 89 (Online - http://www.ehnet.org/nl/89/ Zip - http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer89.zip, 6mb)
* NL 90 (Online - http://theholo.net/nls/eh/90/ http://www.ehnet.org/nl/90/ Zip - http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer90.zip http://theholo.net/nls/eh/zips/hammer90.zip, 2.8mb)
* NL 91 (Online - http://theholo.net/nls/eh/91/ http://www.ehnet.org/nl/91/ Zip - http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer91.zip http://theholo.net/nls/eh/zips/hammer91.zip, 3.3mb)
* NL 92 (Online - http://theholo.net/nls/eh/92/ http://www.ehnet.org/nl/92/ Zip - http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer92.zip http://theholo.net/nls/eh/zips/hammer92.zip, 7.3mb)

NL 93 will be January this year, while 94 will be February. I"ve posted on the message boards about looking for writers and the like for content in the NL, such as regular columns, reviews, etc. This has been one area that's been a bit missing lately. Full details are available at http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=4608

I sent an email last week about reports and rosters. Specifically to SGCOMs, it was about how reports aren't in the format that is required in some cases, such as a lack of roster count at the top (or at all) and so on. Also, the database dumps I'm supposed to be getting had totally dried up. Just a reminder that these rosters are due at the end of each month, in comma delimited format.

An issue that has popped up this week is one of people using achievements in one subgroup to back up their application for a position in another. This is okay in theory, but in the case of the one that popped up, the person in question hadn't been properly vetted. So, while their history in one subgroup seemed good or okay, their career in the TIE Corps was rather woeful and inconsistant. Implementing the sort of tracking, such as on the TC database's historical records can help, but also not blindly relying on a couple recommendations is a good idea. You can never check too much about an applicant's suitability for a position.

In other things, I'll be looking at increasing the number of automated competition systems for the TIE Corps and EH in general, such as a new EH Ladder code base that integrates with the TC roster and an automated version of the squadron league. The idea with these is to allow them to be easily setup for repeated executions and free staff to make other competitions.