Colin is a wonderful player. In fact, he is one of the very rare few in this entire organization that I feel can be trusted with anything. Therefore, I have little concern about how he will use this item.
My only true concern is that the MST office is usurping the power of the ST chain. This is one of many instances of this recently. If a player went to any other game, and the presiding ST thought the player should earn an item, it would require approval (possibly only low, but still approval). Yet, in this case, the MST has decided to simply "make it be". Thus, the power of the VST is usurped and instead of an approval, a notification exists. This is NOT in the spirit of organization, the ST hierarchy, or the Camarilla Handbook (even if the letter of the rules allow it).
Sadly, this isn't even the first time this has happened recently. This same usurping of power has been implemented with increased XP caps for convention attendance. Again, rather than make it approval, the MST office has declared it to be a given. I find these actions deplorable and hope that the MST office starts acting more responsibly, soon. This is an insult to the organization, creates bad precedence, and is a bad example to lower level STs.