December Wrap-Up

It also means that it's time for the Feast of Lights, both the charity drive as well as the event hosted by the Outreach Activities Team. Something that's been a little out of the ordinary this December is the insane amount of raisings that have happened (11, the most since June!), which are always exciting things for the community.

As I mentioned, this month is when our annual Feast of Lights Fundraiser happens, where we sponsor an international charity. This year, we chose Room to Read, suggested by Leora Sedai, our Glorious Keeper. Room to Read is a charity that focuses on the importance of education and literacy, who believe that all children should have an opportunity to learn. I think it sounds like a pretty awesome charity for a bunch of booknerds to sponsor, don't you? Something pretty awesome happened this year, though. We had an anonymous donor pledge to match any donation made between December 20th and December 25th, up to $1,000! Whoever this anonymous person is, you, sir or madam, are totally made of awesome.

Some of you might have noticed that for a long time, our boards were really slow, especially when you tried to look at member pages. However, we got our servers upgraded, so the 3-minute loading times are a thing of the past! Thanks, tech team!

The Department of Marketing hosted a baby clothing contest for the TarValon.Net shop! There's a post in General with more details.

A couple of North American Event details were released, such as the announcement of Fall Ball 2012 in New York City and the 11th Anniversary Party forum being opened! Yelenia's also looking for bids for 12th Anni in 2013, so go see her post in Site Announcements for more information on how you can propose a location.

If you're someone who ventures into our main chat channel, #wheel, any time, then you'll be interested in seeing the take the test and then post your results in the thread for everyone to see!

And now, here's our customary list of everything else that's happened at the Tower:

RAISINGS:
Nov 30: Roheryn Galghandhrei raised to Novice
Nov 30: Theolyn Maryash raised to Novice
Nov 30: Arista Belak raised to Novice
Dec 1: Imzadi Hopewind raised to Accepted
Dec 8: Chalisea Ridgedawn raised to Novice
Dec 16: Lauraine al’Berryn raised to Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah
Dec 16: Hanajima al’Cere raised to Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah
Dec 17: Pol Rohanson raised to Soldier
Dec 18: Taelinn Dolivras raised to Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah
Dec 19: Dieda Eriu is raised to Novice
Dec 19: Gollaith Sang’reall is raised to Recruit

ASPIRATIONS:
Dec 2: Willow al’Meana (re)aspired to the Red Ajah
Dec 4: Myralin al’Ser aspired to the White Ajah
Dec 6: Jas’yn Al’Dragoran aspired to San d’ma Shadar
Dec 17: Sikozu O’men aspired to the Yellow Ajah

BONDINGS:
Dec 6: Sean al’Dragoran of San d’ma Shadar and Vivianna L’antreau of the Blue Ajah
Dec 31: Baryd al’Syeen of Mahdi’in d’ma Dieb and Jenalla Selar of the Green Ajah

HIRINGS:
Dec 1: Writers for the Tar Valon Times (applications closed on the 26th)
Dec 4: Captian of Soldiers (applications closed on the 24th)
Dec 4: Company Commander of San d’ma Shadar (applications closed on the 24th)
Dec 5: Merit Minions (applications closed)
Dec 9: OA Team Members (applications closed on the 26th)
Dec 10: Chat Ops (applications closed on the 16th)
Dec 13: Forum Mods (applications closed on the 20th)

NEW POSITIONS:
Dec 1: Miya Kiyoshi announced as new OAGC
Dec 26: Hanajima al’Cere announced as the new Marketing Project Manager

EXEC BLOG:
Dec 2: Spotlight On: Jeral Mazur
Dec 6: Farewell to Darrell K. Sweet, 1934-2011
Dec 20: Spotlight On: Xylina Tyloredrid, Outreach Activities Coordinator
Dec 20: Coming Together as Friends and Family
Dec 31: Spotlight On: Loira al'Ramoidra, Moderator & Sitter