Editing History of Signal Cartel (section)

== The Credo ==
Presciently, prior to the formation of Signal Cartel, Johnny and G8keeper recognized the unique opportunity to start with a clean slate and to incorporate ideals they wanted to see become manifest in the new corporation.<ref name="Johnny" /> In the beginning, G8keeper worried more about logistics and the organizational structure, while Johnny concentrated on what the new corporation would look like and how it would feel.  Due to Johnny's past experiences with other EVE corporations, he wanted to experiment and to try something different compared to the EVE norm.  This led him to write the original bullet points that became the framework for the Credo. Johnny then gave the bullet points to Mynxee who fleshed them out to their current form.<ref name="Talking in Stations - 8 April 2018" /> After further minor refinements between the three of them, [[Policy:The_Credo|our Credo]] was born which has remained largely unchanged.<ref name="Hydrostatic Podcast HP23" /><ref name="Talking in Stations - 8 April 2018" /> The Credo aims to be actionable with expectations clearly defined while still allowing for personal interpretation of its scope.  The hope is for Signal Cartel members to internalize the spirit and intent of the Credo and use that to guide their conduct rather than having to adhere to a strict set of rules and acting like drones.<ref name="EVE Vegas">[https://youtu.be/y1x5DXdQ0wg EVE Vegas 2016]</ref> According to Johnny, "the Credo's main purpose is to help the alliance and service maintain a neutral standing in New Eden. It was also tailored to align with the spirit of traditional explorers. Finally we wanted to have a community that we actually enjoyed being a part of."<ref name="Johnny" /> Thus, Signal Cartel's corp culture has been shaped from the beginning by the Credo.

[https://evewho.com/character/96079190 Thrice Hapus], Signal Cartel's eventual second CEO, had a very good take on the Credo.  He basically said that the first sentence of the Credo is really all you need. "Signal Cartel is a service corporation to all of New Eden." All the subsequent details aren't really necessary as long as you get the spirit and intent of the Credo.<ref name="Talking in Stations - 8 April 2018" />