Members are required to post a leave request if they are going to be gone for more than 1 day. This is to let everyone else know they will be gone, and to prevent command from thinking the member has gone inactive. If command thinks a member has disappeared and gone inactive, they may remove forum permissions from a person, and departmental rights. UAF needs active members to head departments, because if any were inactive, the whole clan process could be halted until the member decides to come back. This is not fair to the other members. For this reason, we try to make sure only active members run things in UAF. If your position was given to someone else, and you feel it was done by error, please contact High Command, and they will resolve the issue with you and the other person as soon as possible.