Gateway Comm System: OPEN
TO: All Gateway Personnel
FROM: Alisdair Buchanan
RE: Retirement
Greetings Dear Friends,
As you all know, I have been on indefinite leave for some time. I have been considering whether to continue on with my responsibilities, and as most of you know, I have decided to retire from Gateway leadership. Mr. Charles Dee will be taking on the responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer, and I hope you will show him the same dedication you have shown me.
Allow me to formally - if belatedly - express my sincere admiration and appreciation for each of you and your efforts since reorganizing the company some time ago. I have greatly appreciated your hard work, dedication, and loyalty both to the company and to me. I am humbled by that and am very honored to call you all my friends.
At this point, my retirement from Gateway leadership does not mean my retirement from trading. I'll not be lounging on Curacao, as tempting as that might be. I have started a small firm of my own called Independent Trade Services. We are an organziation of expert traders, each of whom affiliates with a different major trade organization for the purposes of sharing trade expertise and knowledge as well as assisting those organizations with whom we affiliate. I will, of course, be maintaining my Gateway affiliation. I have rechristened my Shire the ITS|Trafalgar. You may see others of our firm out and about under various affiliations as well. As always, feel free to call upon us at need, and I will be particularly watchful of Gateway vessels.
I hope to keep in touch with you, and even to see you in space. Until then, may the solar winds be at your backs, and may you continue in safe and fruitful travels.
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