Hello again folks,

No, I didn't fall off the face of the earth. I was however away on vacation from Thanksgiving until a few days before Christmas. So there was not only the Holiday rush, but the crush for the Merelew Fest. Thankfully all of that is now behind us, and I'd like to get back to the Shop that was mentioned that will be carrying various Order related items.

Originally we had asked for new designs for a Crest thinking to make it something fun for all of you, but mistakenly not realizing how many of you already had set designs in place. So that idea was scrapped, and a few Speakers sent me the descriptions for the actual crests for their Orders. Sadly I have a very few. So....

I'd like to ask that each of the Speakers send me a detailed description so that the shop can push ahead and get opened for everyone to enjoy.

As to the many sanctions questions that popped up during my absence, Jarle gave a very accurate response. Unfortunately the documentation still needs a major rewrite. I feel it really needs to be simplified, at least language wise to make it much more readable and easily workable for all of us.

In the meantime I've always suggested for the many of you waiting to by all means go ahead and get organized and put all your ideas together so that it will be a smoother and easier process to transition from Unofficial to Official once we're able to take new additions.

I hope this addresses at least a few things that have been on your minds.
GM Olarra