The position of Training Officer is open for applications. I've posted the details on the TIE Corps site news page and they will also be posted in the next EH domain update. It goes without saying that Training Officer is one of the harder jobs in the Command Staff, with the additional job perk of me breathing down the next of the successful applicant, making sure they don't destroy my little baby. :P Until the position is filled, I'll be processing tests and competitions. In addition, some IWATS positions are open and details are also on the TIE Corps news page and later in this report.

I've gotten a whole load of reviews for Attack of the Clones. Twelve in total so far. When sending in your review, try to remain objective and give a score at the end (out of 10 or out of 5 stars, whatever suits you). Any AOTC-related articles or items for the newsletter are encouraged, as the next newsletter will be based arounnd the movie. On another Newsletter-related note, I'm still accepting applications and will probably be making my decision around the middle of next week.

Membership seems to be exploding at the moment in some sectors of the EH. Just this week, the TIE Corps has gained 100 extra members. The DB acceleration seems to have slowed to just 50 or so members this week, while most other subgroups are experiencing positive growth. If the TIE Corps continues on its current trend, it will pass 2,000 members in a fortnight. At the moment, the total membership is sitting around 4,400.

There are currently three open IWATS positions - TIE Mission Design, TIE Tactics and AIM. TIE Mission Design requires a high level of skill in TIE Fighter mission and battle design. In addition, you need to have passed the course and provided at least two examples of your mission/battle creation skills. TIE Tactics requires passing the course and a high level of skill and experience with the game. The AIM professor position requires a person with experience with AIM and have passed the course. All three positions require consistancy for marking the tests on a regular basis. Applications should include 3 references (at least one being a current or former superior) and be addressed to jpboyce@indigo.net.au

And on an ending note, I've switched over to Mozilla. For those who don't know, Mozilla is the "open source" successor to Netscape (open source is where people freely share, develop and provide the source code for the programs). The program recently entered version 1.0 Release Candidate 3. This means it's pretty close to being a final production. The package contains a browser, email component, HTML editor and IRC-capable chat applet. The browser is pretty good (as long as the page has been coded within standards), the email component is competent and doesn't suffer from the rash of security holes that Outlook Express suffers from. The only minor point of complaint is it's slower than IE, but if you're looking for something a bit different from the IE/OE combo it's not that bad.

Subgroup Person of the Week
There's none, because noone's sending nominations in. Bad! :P