The restoration of the TIE Corps site continues. I've changed the name servers for the emperorshammer.net domain today to point to the new server, thus reducing the amount of URL changing people will have to do. With this stabilisation, we can start looking at new features and additions at some point.

A new survey is on the site, relating to Internet connections. Currently 25% of respondants are on dialup. 37% are on cable, while 27% use some form of DSL. It would be worth keeping this in mind for those making sites for EH use, that a signficant number of our members still use dialup and that bloated sites can seriously impact their ability to use such a site.

The tasks list for Command Officers has been approved by the Fleet Commander. I will be publishing this seperately from my normal report. This list is issued under the context of Executive Orders. This means failure to follow them constitutes a failure to obey an order and will be dealt with accordingly. On the positive side, complying with the tasks provides a metric for myself and the Fleet Commander to measure and reward good performance. The tasks have been developed in consultation with a number of current and former COs and normal members and have been approved by the FC - there should be no excuses or arguing over them.

As always, I need submissions for the newsletter. Send them to my normal email address with an appropriate subject. It's good to include your PIN in the body because it helps me organise the submissions faster. You get a nice shiny medal or two as well.

Going back to the TIE Corps site, I'd just like to take the opportunity to thank the FO for his exceptional job of getting the roster restored with a minimum of fuss.

That's all from me this week.

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