Before, above, and beyond anything else in the fleet, your first duty is to your sim.
Award nominations:
-When due: 7th of the month, with the exception of post counts, which should be the 1st of the month.
-How to present them: Refer to Submission Rules page.
-E-mail them to: IDFleet_Captains @ yahoogroups.com
-Note: CO's are ineligible for fleet awards other than the Genesis Award.
The purpose of the Captain's mailing list:
-Discussions of and/or announcements of varying topics relevant to and/or of interest to the commanding officers of IDF
-Also, a forum for IDF's Admiralty to make fleet announcements to be distributed to the fleet at large.
-The address is IDFleet_Captains@yahoogroups.com, as a CO you will automatically be added to the list by the DFO.
Add the newsletter address to your sim's mailing list:
IDFleet_Admiralty@yahoo.com is the address. Once it's added, edit it's membership so that it's message delivery choice is No Email. This address is used only to send the fleet's monthly newsletter to your crew.
{Answer provided by Admiral Seldon periodically on the Captain's list}
Make sure your sim's archive is linked to directly from your sim's website.
{Answer provided by Admiral Seldon, 1/9/02}
On the Division Director:
The DD's responsibilities are listed here.
The sim CO gets assistance from the DD By Asking.
On the Division Deputy Director:
The DDD's responsibilities are listed here.
{Admiral Star, 11/28/02}: This person should also sim on all the different sims in the division (going from one to another, not all at once) to help foster better posting/simming.
Recruitment rules:
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER give out IDF or your website's URL in the first email. This can be considered spam, and web service providers may shut down your site as a result.
Once a person responds back positively saying they want more info or just that they're interested you can direct them to the site, they've asked for it (even if in a roundabout way).
{Answer provided by Admiral Seldon, 1/9/02, and Admiral Star, 2/17/03}
Kind of an unwritten rule in the simming community at large: _NEVER_ ask someone who's already simming to join another sim. That'll piss off other people (CO's, admirals, etc) quicker than anything.
Exception: If an experienced XO/AXO is needed. And then you should speak with that person's CO first. It's just a good rule to live by to keep yourself and IDF out of trouble.
If someone on another sim e-mails you directly on their own stating they want to join, then they can. But do not try to persuade them to quit their sim and join yours. And if you are going to recruit, do not recruit out of other active sims/fleets.
If someone asks you to join, that's okay. But you are _never_ to ask them to join in that situation (players are already known to you as members on a sim, any sim, whether or not it's in IDF). IDF has gotten several hate emails over the course of its existence from other fleets when someone in IDF invites a member or two of theirs to join. It can be a very big deal.
{Answer provided by Admiral West, 8/31/01, and Admiral Star, 2/17/03}
