I'd like you all to join me in wishing our clan a happy 7th year in operation! To celebrate, we're putting this image of a cake on our home page. Exciting times.



Cake
Over the past seven years we've seen action in BF1942, BF:V, BF2, BF2142, COD4, World in Conflict, Insurgency, Operation Flashpoint, BC2, and Battlefield 3. To those of you who have been with us for any of these campaigns, thank you! I say that especially to those of you who were with us from day one. You know who you are.

Cheers guys!

We've re-opened clan recruitment!

So, as most of you know, we here at [ADF] have had our membership closed off to the public for around 4 months.



Today, however, we've decided that it's time to bring on some new talent. If you're interested in signing up, please pop by the recruitment forum and read the sticky threads to get yourself started.

We look forward to hearing from you!

2011 has been a huge year for [ADF] – perhaps the largest in our seven year history. An unprecedentedly successful recruitment campaign has seen our membership explode from less than 20 members to over 80, we've begun hosting our own gaming servers on the back of a successful donation drive, and our scrim teams have thus far dealt a 3-0 blow to the Australian Battlefield 3 community. So, before I get to awarding this year's Member of the Year, I'd like to say thanks. Thanks to every one of you guys who, through your participation on these forums and in-game, have made 2011 a very successful year for [ADF]. I'm proud to have each and every one of you on board here.

Now, down to business. I've been pondering the 2011 Member of the Year medal for some time now (since about September). Perhaps the most important (although clichéd) throat-clearing I have to make, however, is that this was an incredibly difficult decision to make. Deciding a member of the year is never an easy decision to make – mostly because there are always multiple contenders for the award – but this year was particularly hard. We've seen extraordinary time, effort, and money put into [ADF] by a myriad of different members, and choosing just one of them for this award was painstakingly challenging.

For this reason, I am not awarding this medal to just one member this year. I am awarding it to two. So, without further ado, I hereby present the 2011 [ADF] Member of the Year award to [ADF] Chief of Staff SharkyMcShark and [ADF] Chief Officer Hous_Bin_Farteen.



SharkyMcShark has been a fantastic asset to the [ADF] clan this year. His work within the [ADF] Executive Command as an advisor to the President has greatly helped ensure the quality of clan policy since his promotion to clan Chief of Staff. Furthermore, his ability to promote the clan as an ambassador and recruitment officer was demonstrated without question when he recruited a total of 10 new members to our ranks in 2011 – thus winning him our pre-release clan recruitment competition. Also worth mentioning are Sharky's financial contributions to the clan, which have included his generous providing of a clan Ventrilo server and small donations in other areas. Finally, Sharky's work with the ADFINT intelligence corp has helped solidify the quality of our membership base and in-game strategy. Congratulations Sharky, and thank you for your efforts in 2011.

Similarly, Hous_Bin_Farteen has proven himself a fantastic asset to the [ADF] clan in 2011. Through a refined ambassadorial skill-set, Hous_Bin_Farteen has spent 2011 working to ensure that this year's rapid membership increase was met with a parallel increase in our ability to welcome potential recruits, to reach out to new members, and also to discipline new recruits. Furthermore, he has brilliantly adapted to his role as the clan's Chief Officer, and has systematically provided the clan's Executive Command with a wealth of helpful policy advise pertaining to clan rules, citations, ranks, and strategic doctrine. Finally, Mr. Bin_Farteen has also provided substantial financial assistance to the clan since the start of 2011. So to Hous_Bin_Farteen as well, congratulations, and thank you for being such a great asset to the clan in 2011.

Please join me in congratulating these two and thanking them for their efforts in 2011!

Here's to a prosperous 2012,

President OldHomer and the [ADF] Executive Command.