Training Office Report #1
Vice Admiral Keldorn Reporting – 2nd February 2003
First and foremost, I wish to extend my most profuse gratitude to SA Astatine and GA Ronin for appointing me to the position of Training Officer; it’s been a long wait, but I’m certainly glad to be here. I’ve only held the position for 7 hours, but I’m already getting the feel for the job, and have just about managed to get some items up-to-date – I can now understand the sheer workload that previous Training Officers’ have had to work with, and I commend them for it.
All 25 Competitions awaiting review have now been processed; most were approved, but several require more information or approval from another Office. One fact that I’d like to remind you all of is that Merit Medals (Imperial Security Medal etc.) can never, under normal circumstances, be bestowed as an award for a Competition placement. The Operations Office undoubtedly has further details regarding this, but the general rule is that all Competitions, if they require a Medal as a reward, should follow the Iron Star series (or the SubGroup equivalent).
The IWATS Staff listing will be updated shortly, reflecting those that departed their positions previously, leaving the Staff count at approximately 18-19; depending on the outcome of several queries I’ve sent out. There is currently only one vacant position on the IWATS Staff, that of Computer Basics Professor; I have made some inquiries and am considering an amply qualified candidate for the post.
SA Astatine has brought to my attention the slightly dwindling participation in IWATS Courses; there could be several reasons for this, avenues I will be exploring within the next few weeks – trying several possible remedies. I have spoken to President Trow and Deputy Grand Master Mairin about including advertising for IWATS Courses in either their SubGroups’ enrolment e-mails, or to more actively promote IWATS after their new members have completed the SG’s own training requirements. I will shortly be contacting other SubGroups about following similar actions, if they do not already do so.
I have spoken to Admiral Leeson, and he has agreed to develop a small online database for Professor’s to log their Course Graduates into. In the past, obtaining Course Graduate Counts has proven a difficult task, but, hopefully, once this system is complete, Professors’ will be able to keep their graduate details updated, and I will be able to access the details without having to go through the laborious task of chasing up some Professors.
Herein ends my first report as Training Officer; it will indubitably be one of the smaller examples. Until next week.
Vice Admiral Keldorn
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