Training Office Report #17

Admiral Keldorn Cochrane Reporting – 19^th July 2003

http://www.emperorshammer.ca/

I had an eventful – if somewhat tiring – leave of absence, and finally managed to trawl through the incredibly number of e-mails you all sent me. As of this moment all outstanding IWATS submissions, pending Competitions and Shadow Academy Apprentices have been processed.

The small Training Office and SubGroup competition ‘Apostasy’ will begin on Friday 25^th July 2003. The work of most SGCOMs has been to a good standard, and to those that did a sterling job early-on; apologies for the delay in launch.

Vice Admiral Reb Crush, formerly of the Corporate Division, has resigned the position of Eggdrop (BOT) Professor; my thanks for his short tenure of office. The position is now open for applications (details below).

Applications for Training Office Assistant (TOA) are still open – but only for a short period of time before I make final deliberations.

The first of the Training Office’s IRC colloquia (sponsored by the Senate’s Imperial University) will begin on Sunday 27^th July 2003 at 17:00 GMT (Timezone converter; http://greenwichmeantime.com/gmt-converter.htm?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=3)  promptly in #Emperor’s_Hammer (on UnderNet). The first colloquium shall be solely conducted by myself on the topic of “A Brief Introduction to Shakespeare” and will most likely take the form of a keynote speech (varying in length) and then an open-ended conversation between all parties interested in discussing a relevant topic. Some of you may consider this bland. Those of you whom do are misguided. Despite the modern connotations of Shakespeare (thanks primarily to unimpressive teaching methods employed in Secondary Education) he remains arguably one of the greatest authors of all time with his one of his works being performed somewhere in the world every 6 minutes.

Colonel Master, Professor of Rebellion Tactics, has informed me that the RT Course Notes are undergoing an overhaul (HTML and PHP) by Captain Amadeo.

The Training Office is now accepting Course proposals. I am open to many diverse and innovative ideas, these can range from matters of real-life relevance to those of Star Wars canon (and indeed, our own non-canon). The Courses under consideration so far are:

• Cascading Style Sheets.
• Sound Processing/Editing.
• General Multiplayer.
• Star Wars Galaxies.
• Advanced TIE Mission Design (TM/2).
• Advanced TIE Tactics (TT/2).
• Networking Basics.
• Tactical Staff.
• X-Wing Mission Creation.

Training Office Assistant (TOA) Open for Applications

Due to the reluctant removal of Major Taralis from the position of Training Office Assistant, the position is once again open for applications. The successful applicant will be duly considered for elevation to the position of Command Attaché in the future. The requirements are:

• An active member of the Emperor’s Hammer.
• Holding at least the rank of Commander (or equivalent).
• No serious HCI convictions within the last 12 months.
• A high-level of online activity (IRC, Fast e-mail turnaround).
• Above average talent & experience in creating/managing websites (HTML).
• Excellent grasp of the English language.
• [Optional - Desired] Knowledge of ASP.
• [Optional – Desired] Knowledge of PHP.

Applications should be sent to me (to@emperorshammer.org) with the subject “TOA Application”.

Dark Brotherhood ONLY: Sith Apprentice & Sith Doctrine Pontiff Open for Applications

Due to the resignation of SW Kyle Katarn, the duel position of Pontiff of the Sith Apprentice and Sith Doctrine Studies is hereby open to applications from members of the Brotherhood. The requirements are:

• An active member of the Dark Brotherhood holding at least the rank of Acolyte (ACO) in the Sith Order.
• A member of the Brotherhood for at least 5 months.
• Extensive knowledge of the history of the Sith (or the access thereto).
• Be able to grade exam submissions within 24 hours.
• Keeping accurate Graduate Counts (total and per month).

Applications should be sent to me hm@darkbrotherhood.org with the subject “Sith Pontiff Application”.

Graphics (GFX) Professor Open for Applications

The requirements are:

• An active member of the Emperor’s Hammer holding the rank of Lieutenant (or equivalent) or above.
• Extensive experience in the creation and manipulation of graphical imagery (preferably with modern versions of both Jasc Paint Shop Pro and Adobe PhotoShop)
• Be able to grade exam submissions within 24 hours.
• Keeping Graduate Counts (total and per month).
• Maintaining/updating the Course Notes (basic HTML knowledge necessary; or a good WYSIWYG editor).

Applications should be sent to me (to@emperorshammer.org) with the subject “GFX PROF Application”.

Eggdrop (BOT) Professor Open for Applications

The requirements are:

• An active member of the Emperor’s Hammer holding the rank of Lieutenant (or equivalent) or above.
• Extensive experience in the installation, management and programming of Eggdrop ‘bots’.
• Be able to grade exam submissions within 24 hours.
• Keeping Graduate Counts (total and per month).
• Maintaining/updating the Course Notes (basic HTML knowledge necessary; or a good WYSIWYG editor).

Applications should be sent to me (to@emperorshammer.org) with the subject “BOT PROF Application”.

Imperial Weapons & Tactics School Staff Roll

·         High Admiral Priyum Patel; Professor, Squadron Management [spellfire@btinternet.com]

·         High Admiral Ari; Professor, Visual Basic Script [ari@tiecorps.org]

·         Fleet Admiral Ender mBind; Professor, OPTing Course [mindb_ender@hotmail.com]

·         Fleet Admiral Aiden Cantor Karias; Professor, Computer Basics [io@absolutek.ca]

·         Fleet Admiral Darkov, Active Server Page [Darkov00@aol.com]

·         Fleet Admiral Bevel Leeson; Professor, PHP [skinner@axelero.hu]

·         Fleet Admiral Marcin Szydlowski; Professor, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Mission Creation [pbmike@go2.pl]

·         Vice Admiral RogueWing; Professor, X-Wing: Alliance Mission Design [roguewing25@yahoo.com]

·         Rear Admiral Tomaas Banys; Professor, Linux [incomtech@wp.pl]

·         Colonel Master; Professor, Rebellion Tactics [slavelet@iinet.net.au]

·         Colonel Philo; Professor, TIE Fighter Mission Creation [cnwilde@pacbell.net]

·         Major Lohr Zadash; Professor, ICQ [LohrZadash@isdrelentless.org]

·         Captain Alec Qarni; Professor, AOL Instant Messenger [oneblah2@cs.com]

·         Captain Ace; Professor, Flash [ace003_bla@yahoo.com.au]

·         Captain Aeolus; Professor, JavaScript [zexipher@yahoo.com]

·         Commander Gandalf; Professor, TIE Fighter Tactics [delpieropadova@yahoo.com.au]

·         Lieutenant Tek Selkirk; Professor, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Tactics [tek_selkirk@hotmail.com]

·         Lieutenant Orrimaarko Reeft; Professor, BitchX [orrimaarko_reeft@hotmail.com]

Admiral, Krath Priest Keldorn Cochrane

Training Officer, Dean of IWATS, Headmaster & Minister of Education

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