Issue 87 STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association June / July 1998 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE P A I D TECUMSEH, OK PERMIT NO. 5 Potomac Falls High School May 30-31, 1998 It started off innocently enough. Around early September last year, some Athena members crossed paths with someone named Kathy Reynard. She told us about a fun event called Relay for Life which raised money for the Ameri- can Cancer Society. She said that she thought we would have a good time and would contact us later. Well, in Janu- ary, I received an email from her the day before Athena s annual business meeting (timing is everything). The crew thought it was a good idea and Maria Hester vol- unteered to be the team captain. By our February meeting, we found out there was a catch... our team would have to raise $1000 (for a team of 10) by mid- May. That was an awful lot to ask of a ship that handles about $1000 in a calen- dar year. A representative from the Relay for Life organizers came to one of our meetings and told us more about the campsites, how people have fun, and the more poignant moment such as the lumi- nary ceremony. We decided to give it a try. Every crew member was challenged to think of ideas to raise money. We went through our stash of science fiction good- ies and found a few that would be nice prizes for fundraising challenge. That challenge was issued to all regions of the Fleet. A yard sale was organized and brought in $100. Some of the crazies on board (me included) came up with some rather interesting auction items for the Region 1 Summit, including an Amanduck and Little Duck pair (went for over $300) and a Mikey-Duck Smith (went for about $40). The Dominion even kicked in some money and kidnapped some Fleet notables to raise some extra cash. In the end, we raised $1550 for the American Cancer Society (not including luminaries purchased by the crew). Region One won the STARFLEET challenge without any as- sistance from the Athena. For the next Region 1 auction, the re- gional brass need to decide which item they want to auction: the Patrick Stewart autograph, the TNT special edition B5: In the Beginning framed, matted, autographed picture of Mira Furlan as Delenn, or the autographed book "To the Stars" by George Takei. Raising money was only part of the work done for Relay. During a rather rainy, miserable drive back from the Re- gion 1 Summit, Karen Donnelly and I (a.k.a. The Wondertwins ) discussed ideas for the campsite. Karen presented the ideas and things flew from there. We created a unique campsite consisting of our resurrected Borg ship from First Con- tact), several computer monitors, a com- municator archway, and two Borg drones (Elvis and Nikkita). The Borg were shown as assimilating the STARFLEET monitors, which led to the motto we emblazoned on the shoulders of our Relay shirts: Resis- tance is futile: Cancer will be conquered. Our campsite won second place. USS Athena at Relay for Life Lisa N. Paradis Berkenbilt, CO, USS Athena Lisa N. Paradis Berkenbilt, CO, USS Athena Emissary Blair Learn from the USS Dauntless with his evening "date" the Borge drone "Nikkita." USS Athena campsite at night with our nightwear contestants: "Nikkita" the Borg Drone, Blair Learn (Dauntless), Zelda Gray, Ponch Fenwick, Marty Hester Jr., Karen Donnelly, Lisa Paradis Berkenbilt, "Elvis" Borg Drone, and Mary Hester carrying "Lohootis" of Borg (designation: one of a kind). It was hot day in the upper-80 s and humid. Even through the night it was warm enough to wear shorts (nothing like a 3AM stroll around the track). Even with the heat and humidity, we managed to have at least one, and sometimes up to five, people on the track at all times through the Relay. Athena members also participated in the nightwear competition, but was dis- qualified because we entered as a team rather than sending one of us along as an individual (hey, we entered as a collec- tive!!). I guess that s what happens when a clown is in charge of judging. In the end, most of the crew had less sleep than even the most party hardy get at a convention. The DJ blasted music and the field lights were on all through the night and through breakfast at 6AM. By about 8AM or so, it was time to start pull- ing apart the campsite, sort out stuff and get the cars, vans and trucks loaded with consoles, camping gear and props. USS Athena entered the nightwear competition. Here is the crew pictured with the judge. L to R: Mary Hester, Blair Learn (Dauntless), Lisa Paradis Berkenbilt, "Nikkita" the Drone, clown judge, Marty Hester Jr., Karen Donnelly, Zelda Gray, and Ponch The Relay certainly had its ups and downs, in an emotional sense. We all cheered LTjg Carole McCord when she ran the survivors lap. Several of us walked the caretakers lap, which was difficult and very emotional for those involved. The luminary ceremony was to honor those who have survived cancer and re- member those who lost the battle. It re- ally brought home how many people are affected by this disease. The entire Relay at Potomac Falls raised $108,000 for the American Cancer Society. The USS Athena crew the morning after the Re- lay. Back Row: Marty Hester St., Michael Hester, Ponch Fenwick, Marty Hester Jr., Bryan Laubenthal, Blair Learn (Dauntless), Tom Donnelly. Front Row: Maria Hester, Mary Hester, Karen Donnelly, Zelda Gray, Judy Hoff, Lisa Paradis Berkenbilt.
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Issue 87 STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association June / July 1998
BULK RATEU.S. POSTAGEP A I DTECUMSEH, OKPERMIT NO. 5
Potomac Falls High SchoolMay 30-31, 1998
It started off innocently enough.Around early September last year, someAthena members crossed paths withsomeone named Kathy Reynard. She toldus about a fun event called “Relay forLife” which raised money for the Ameri-can Cancer Society. She said that shethought we would have a good time andwould contact us “later.” Well, in Janu-ary, I received an email from her the daybefore Athena’s annual business meeting(timing is everything). The crew thoughtit was a good idea and Maria Hester vol-unteered to be the team captain.
By our February meeting, we found outthere was a catch... our team would haveto raise $1000 (for a team of 10) by mid-May. That was an awful lot to ask of aship that handles about $1000 in a calen-dar year. A representative from the Relayfor Life organizers came to one of ourmeetings and told us more about thecampsites, how people have fun, and themore poignant moment such as the lumi-nary ceremony. We decided to give it atry.
Every crew member was challenged tothink of ideas to raise money. We wentthrough our stash of science fiction good-ies and found a few that would be niceprizes for fundraising challenge. Thatchallenge was issued to all regions of theFleet. A yard sale was organized andbrought in $100. Some of the crazies onboard (me included) came up with somerather interesting auction items for theRegion 1 Summit, including anAmanduck and Little Duck pair (went forover $300) and a Mikey-Duck Smith (wentfor about $40). The Dominion even kickedin some money and kidnapped some Fleetnotables to raise some extra cash. In theend, we raised $1550 for the AmericanCancer Society (not including luminaries
purchased by the crew). Region One wonthe STARFLEET challenge without any as-sistance from the Athena.
For the next Region 1 auction, the re-gional brass need to decide which itemthey want to auction: the Patrick Stewartautograph, the TNT special edition B5: Inthe Beginning framed, matted,autographed picture of Mira Furlan asDelenn, or the autographed book "To theStars" by George Takei.
Raising money was only part of thework done for Relay. During a ratherrainy, miserable drive back from the Re-gion 1 Summit, Karen Donnelly and I(a.k.a. “The Wondertwins”) discussedideas for the campsite. Karen presentedthe ideas and things flew from there. Wecreated a unique campsite consisting ofour resurrected Borg ship from First Con-tact), several computer monitors, a com-municator archway, and two Borg drones(Elvis and Nikkita). The Borg were shownas assimilating the STARFLEET monitors,which led to the motto we emblazoned onthe shoulders of our Relay shirts: “Resis-tance is futile: Cancer will be conquered.”Our campsite won second place.
USS Athena at Relay for LifeLisa N. Paradis Berkenbilt, CO, USS AthenaLisa N. Paradis Berkenbilt, CO, USS Athena
Emissary Blair Learn from the USS Dauntless withhis evening "date" the Borge drone "Nikkita."
USS Athena campsite at night with our nightwearcontestants: "Nikkita" the Borg Drone, Blair Learn(Dauntless), Zelda Gray, Ponch Fenwick, MartyHester Jr., Karen Donnelly, Lisa Paradis Berkenbilt,"Elvis" Borg Drone, and Mary Hester carrying"Lohootis" of Borg (designation: one of a kind).
It was hot day in the upper-80’s andhumid. Even through the night it waswarm enough to wear shorts (nothing likea 3AM stroll around the track). Even withthe heat and humidity, we managed tohave at least one, and sometimes up tofive, people on the track at all timesthrough the Relay.
Athena members also participated inthe nightwear competition, but was dis-qualified because we entered as a teamrather than sending one of us along as anindividual (hey, we entered as a collec-tive!!). I guess that’s what happens whena clown is in charge of judging.
In the end, most of the crew had lesssleep than even the most party hardy getat a convention. The DJ blasted music andthe field lights were on all through thenight and through breakfast at 6AM. Byabout 8AM or so, it was time to start pull-ing apart the campsite, sort out stuff andget the cars, vans and trucks loaded withconsoles, camping gear and props.
USS Athena entered the nightwear competition.Here is the crew pictured with the judge. L to R:Mary Hester, Blair Learn (Dauntless), Lisa ParadisBerkenbilt, "Nikkita" the Drone, clown judge, MartyHester Jr., Karen Donnelly, Zelda Gray, and Ponch
The Relay certainly had its ups anddowns, in an emotional sense. We allcheered LTjg Carole McCord when she ranthe survivors’ lap. Several of us walkedthe caretakers’ lap, which was difficultand very emotional for those involved.The luminary ceremony was to honorthose who have survived cancer and re-member those who lost the battle. It re-ally brought home how many people areaffected by this disease. The entire Relayat Potomac Falls raised $108,000 for theAmerican Cancer Society.
The USS Athena crew the morning after the Re-lay. Back Row: Marty Hester St., Michael Hester,Ponch Fenwick, Marty Hester Jr., BryanLaubenthal, Blair Learn (Dauntless), Tom Donnelly.Front Row: Maria Hester, Mary Hester, KarenDonnelly, Zelda Gray, Judy Hoff, Lisa ParadisBerkenbilt.
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FROM THE TOPFLEET ADMIRAL MICHAEL D. SMITH, COMMANDER, STARFLEET
Greetings, STARFLEET! Hopethis issue of your internationalnewsletter finds you enjoying thesummer season.
Many, many good things havebeen happening around the ‘Fleet.We’ve had success in securing theneeded affidavit from JeannetteMaddox (even though I had todrive to her veterinary clinic inNorth Carolina to secure it). Andwe have secured the CQ materialsfrom former Editor Britt Sloan(even though I had to drive upfrom Dallas the day before the Re-gion 3 Summit with help from JeffSalamon to secure the data disks).
The affidavit was filed with theIRS office as appropriate. Our newCQ editor Wendy Fillmore has theCQ disks, has completed Issues 85and 86 (which all of you shouldhave received by the time you readthis), and we have timely filed our1997 Form 990 with the IRS.
I recently had the opportunityto visit the members of Region 3during their annual Summit, and Ihad an exceptional time, as always.Region 3, much like Region 1, 2,and 12, have many fine capableSTARFLEET members and it’sgood to see the spirit and enthusi-asm that they bring with them.
It makes me proud to see thisspirit and energy; proud to knowthat the same such spirit and en-ergy came from many STARFLEETmembers who have been helpingto manage this fine Association ofours.
We are continuing to strive toimprove the organization, andstanding before our Administra-tions second IC, I feel that we cansafely say that while things aren’tperfect, that we have a damn goodtrack record to speak of. Commu-nication has improved dramati-cally, Membership processing is
functioning on a consistently highpercentile; questions have beenanswered in timely fashions, andmore.
I can’t thank the members of myteam and their staffs enough for thehard work and effort that they haveall put in, and look forward to con-tinuing to put into STARFLEET.We all work the many long hoursthat we do each week because welove this organization and we careabout the members we serve.
Thanks, and see you in sixty.
SECOND THOUGHTSADMIRAL CHARLES FREAS, VICE COMMANDER, STARFLEET
Greetings, fellow Fleeters. AsI write this my family and I are justback from the Region III Summitin Fort Worth, Texas, where wehad so much FUN!! I want to thankR.Adm. Brad Pense, the entire Re-gion III staff, the STARFLEET Ma-rine Corps, and all of the RegionIII members for putting on a greatSummit. Mary and I had an abso-lutely great time!! We came homerejuvenated, each thinking that weneeded to get out for these eventsmuch more often. I cant wait forthe 4th of July and the 1998 Inter-national Conference in Lubbock!What a party that will be!!
At the Summit, I updated themembers of Region III on Fleet’sI.R.S. status as of May 16th. Here’swhat that status is as of today, May29th. On the whole, it’s very good.The failure-to-file penalty($3,000.00, including interest) from1991 has been completely paid off.There was no penalty for 1993 or1994 because the required formswere timely filed. Mike and I weresuccessful in getting abated the
$3,790.00 in failure-to-file penaltiesassessed by the I.R.S. for tax years1995 and 1996. That means wedon’t have to pay that penalty; col-lection of those fines has beenwaived. The 1997 Form 990,which the law required us to fileby May 15th, was filed on May 13,1998 — two days early.
That leaves only the 1992 fail-ure-to-file penalty of $5,000 plusinterest thereon at 10% per year.We’re still paying that off at $600.00per month or more, for thosemonths in which we can afford topay more. To avoid interest thefinal payment will be made early,around September of 1998. How-ever, on May 1, 1998, I filed a re-quest for abatement of the remain-ing 1992 failure-to-file penaltiesand for a full refund plus interestof all 1991 and 1992 sums paid todate. I thought we had a reason-able chance to accomplish that. Istill think we have a chance, but notas good as I had initially hoped.The case worker in the I.R.S. Ex-empt Organizations office who
handled our ‘95/’96 abatement re-quest is not handling our ‘91/’92request, so we can no longer besure about what that office will rec-ommend.
On a completely different sub-ject, we now have in circulation atotal of $309 in the new $1Fleetwide vouchers and $295 inthe new $5 Fleetwide vouchers.Vouchers have been sent to Re-gions 3, 7, 11, 12, and to variousother localities overseas. Despitelong-running computer difficul-ties, I now have in stock a largesupply of both $1 and $5 vouch-ers. So, if anyone needs any, orderon! The address to order Fleetwidevouchers from is still: Chuck Freas,Vice Commander, STARFLEET,P.O. Box 8942, Amarillo, Texas79114-8942.
I do need to announce a slightmodification of Fleetwide voucherordering policies. In the past fewmonths I have received several or-ders with missing or insufficientpostage. Up to now, I have justpaid for the required postage my
self. However, from now on if anyvoucher order is sent in with miss-ing or insufficient postage, I willdeduct from that voucher order theamount of postage needed to mailyour vouchers back to you,rounded off to the nearest wholedollar. So, please, send in the cor-rect postage on your self-ad-dressed, stamped, return enve-lope. And remember that twenty-four vouchers (of either denomina-tion) weighs one ounce, and costthirty-two cents (for the first ounce)and/or twenty-three cents (for thesecond and all subsequent ounces)to mail domestically.
Finally, I want to wrap this upby thanking each and everyHeadquarter’s Staff member andyou, the loyal members of theFleet, for standing by and helpingthis great organization during itsdarkest days. Now that we see thatbrightly shining light at the end ofthis Administration’s first term, thehonor of standing in that light trulybelongs not to Mike or I, but toeach and every one of you.
next few months, many of the staffwill be involved in moving, vaca-tions and assorted summer happen-ings, but fear not, your membershipwill be processed in an expedientmanner! My Vice Chief, Greg Trot-ter, is in the midst of moving andshould be settling in his new placeby the time you receive the CQ butsince it’s a move across town, themembership PO box will remain thesame. Shortly before he finishesmoving, I’ll be sailing off to Alaskaon a long needed vacation, afterwhich I will meet up with him anda few others at a little gatheringknown as the International Confer-ence! While I’m away, Greg willtake charge of CompOps and hope-fully no one will even miss me.
We realize that many others inthis hemisphere will be using thesummer months to take vacationsand enjoy the warm weather so Iwant to remind you to double checkyour expiration date so your
membership doesn’t lapse whileyour out enjoying yourself. Don’tworry about renewing a early, we’reset up so that you can renew as earlyin advance as you want.
Speaking of renewals, I wantedto remind everyone that CompOpshas a Help Desk, which you shouldcontact with all your questions, con-cerns, and problems. Our Staff Co-ordinator, Liz Woolf (contact info infront of CQ), should be your first con-tact for everything with in the de-partment, except roster request (al-though she will forward those to theright person if they find their way toher). Her top priority is to make surethat your membership problems aretaken care of in a fast, efficient man-ner and will usually respond withina week of receiving your request.Please keep in mind that Liz receivesa large volume of mail in addition toyours and give her at least a weekbefore repeating a request. Many ofthe problems that she receives requireher to check with other members ofthe staff or to forward your
message on to someone who has youranswer. We will try to make sure thatyou know that your message was re-ceived and keep you informed ofwhat’s happening with your query.
We are maintaining a turnaround of less than eight weeks so ifyou have not received your member-ship materials within eight to tenweeks after dropping it in the mail,please contact Liz. There is no needto wait for months on end wonder-ing if we’ve received your applicationand if your packet will ever come.Unfortunately, mistakes happen andmemberships get lost. If this happensto you, we will be happy to send youanother packet, provided your re-newal is listed in our database. If itisn’t, Liz will request a copy of thecanceled check or money order orverification of the credit transaction.Once that is received, she will updateyour renewal and get a packet sentout to you.
As you may have heard,CompOps is making an effort to getthe Starfleet Database on line in a
limited capacity so regions and chap-ters can obtain rosters, members cancheck their status and that we canbegin accepting application on-line.As the first step in this effort, we’veset up a web page at:
http://www.sfi.org/compops/data-base/
where members may check on theirrenewal status. To ensure your pri-vacy, no address, e-mail or phonenumber information is available, onlyyour chapter and expiration date.Please keep in mind that this infor-mation will run 2-3 weeks behind thedatabase in which Greg enters mem-bership renewals. If you encounterany problems with this page or havesuggestions for improvement, pleasecontact the CompOps webmaster,Blair Learn at [email protected].
Well, that’s it from here, see youin two!
Jesse
OCPIt’s been awhile since I have been
able to get current information intothe CQ, but now that it’s back onschedule, I hope to get reports to allof you on a regular basis.
This program is still goingstrong, thanks to you. Last Year, weALMOST exceeded a million dol-lars, but missed it by only 30,000dollars. This year, I would really liketo see this program go over a mil-lion dollars in coupon donations.However, we cannot do that with-out your support.
While I have seen reports fromchapters that are doing a lot morethan last year, there are too manythat either are not reporting theirtotals to me or who are not collect-ing as much as last year. I under-stand that real life does intrude fromtime to time (been there, done that)but I also know how things are
overseas for the families stationedthere. The pay they receive from thegovernment is barely enough to payfor basics. These coupons that wesend to them are a Godsend, andhelps them to make ends meet andallows them to buy more than justbasic foods. I really helps them liveinstead of exist overseas.
So far this year, with reports andcoupons being sent to OCP HQ andmyself, the chapters of STARFLEEThave collected $276,165.58 in cou-pons. Overall, the program has col-lected more than $339,304.08 in cou-pons. This is only about a third ofwhat the program collected last year.
The top STARFLEET chapterswho have contributed and reportedso far this year are:
USS Bennu $ 61,812.29 USS Ohio $ 59,327.16 USS Discovery $ 29,578.90
I know that there are a lot ofchapters that have not reported, orwho only report to me once a year.However, I do need these reports toensure that all chapters who are par-ticipating are recognized for theirsupport of the OCP program.
If your chapter is participating inthe OCP, I need to hear from yourOCP Officer so that I can make sureyour chapter’s contribution is recog-nized. If your chapter is not partici-pating, or if you would like to par-ticipate as an individual, please senda SASE to me at:
Carl LewisSTARFLEET Liaison to the OCP5600 Dorchester RdApt 1205N Charleston, SC 29418(843) 552-1080 (voice mail sys-
tem)
I would like to see the programexceed a million dollars in donationsthis year, especially since the couponsare so desperately needed.
Please remember that every cou-pon you donate helps a military fam-ily stationed overseas. They need ourhelp, please give it.
PLEASE NOTE: The mailing ad-dress for the Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, and17 will be changing in the next fewweeks. I should have the new ad-dress in the next issue of the CQ. Inthe interim, please send your cou-pons to:
Edward Allen P.O. Box 104794 Jefferson City, MO 65110
Again I want to thank everyoneand every chapter who has partici-pated in this vital program. I knowthat it means the world to those sta-tioned overseas.
Thank you.
Capt Carl Lewis
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Greetings All,
Hello from Ops South. LesRickard here filling in for the bosswho is taking a few days off. Thisarticle will thus be short and sweetas I will touch on a couple of is-sues that need to be addressed andlet the numbers speak for them-selves.
MONTHLY STATUS REPORTS(MSR’s) - HOW, WHEN ANDWHERE!
First, where do you send yourMSR’s?
US Mail:STARFLEET OperationsBGen Les RickardP.O.Box 22exington, NC 27293-0022
[email protected](In the event SFI.ORG is down)Note: No Email Attachments willbe accepted.
Second, when do you sendthem?
OPERATIONSBGEN. LES RICKARD, VICE CHIEF, OPERATIONS, STARFLEET
As everyone knows the MSR’sare required to be filed by the 5thof the month following the report-ing period. This means that yousend the January 1998 MSR in byFebruary 5th 1998. Also, filing aFebruary MSR before the meetingdate is not against regs but it ispreferred that they not be filed tillafter the previous reporting periodis up or at least after the first of themonth the report is for.
Third, how do you send them?All MSR’s should be filed in
one of two ways: US Mail or Elec-tronically. US Mail is pretty muchself explanatory, however elec-tronically is a whole different story.If they are submitted electronicallythen there are only two approvedmethods: the Operations MSR WebPage or the EMail MSR Template.If you submit your MSR via emailplease *DO NOT* use attachments.The primary reason is that Mattuses a Macintosh and a lot of theprograms being used he just doesnot have access to nor does he havethe space to add them all just toopen up MSR’s. Also, it makes pro-cessing the incoming MSR’s moretime consuming and much moredifficult. We appreciate your un-derstanding in this area and hopethat it doesn’t inconvenience you.
One final note on the MSR’s.Please fill in all fields that are ap-plicable. All of the pertinent infor-mation at the top of the form is re-quired! From there you can tell usas much or as little as you want.We always like to know what’sgoing on around the fleet.
CQ CHAPTER SUMMARIES -HOW, WHEN AND WHERE
Yes we have been endeavoringto return the chapter summaries tothe CQ since the beginning of theSmith/Freas administration. Wefound the best way to do so was toput someone on staff whose soleresponsibility was to handle this.That person is Cmdr. JC Cohen,Operations Staff Assistant for CQSummaries, and he has been work-ing with them since shortly after the1997 International Conference(That’s what you get for volunteer-ing, JC! <G>).
How we have designed this isif you wish to have your chapter’sactivities listed in the chapter sum-maries section of the CQ then youmust also send a copy of the MSRto him. Again this is not requiredbut encouraged so everyone canget an idea what your chapter isup to. Due to the number of chap-ters and space limitations we canonly place a few lines per chapter
into the CQ. A number of the chap-ters have actually started provid-ing a short summary for JC to usein addition to their full report inthe MSR. This may also be an op-tion for many of you. The MSR’sare due to JC on the same timeschedule as they for Operations.
If you submit your MSRthrough the Web Page MSR JC au-tomatically receives a copy of it aspart of the distribution list. If youuse the email template and wantto carbon copy your MSR to himthen send it to:
[email protected](In the event that SFI.ORG isdown). If you send your MSR’s byUS Mail then send them to:
J.C. Cohen108 Ferris PlaceIthaca, NY 14850
Well, that’s all from this neckof the woods. Now on to Opera-tions by the numbers.
Semper Fidelis,BGen Les Rickard, SFMCVice Chief of Operations,STARFLEET
Dear Communique:
I just wanted to take a mo-ment to wish the membershipand staff of Region 15 - The Spiritof New England all of the best asthey celebrate their 5th anniver-sary as a region.
May the original region credoof “Getting it done and havingFun” live on!
Best,RAdm. Alan L. RavitchFounding RC, Starfleet Region 15
Carolyn DonnerDirector, College of Communications - SFA
Number 87 • June/July 1998 • Communiqué • Page 7
A Brief Look at the Chapters and Regions of Starfleet since 9801.01
CHAPTERS COMMISSIONED OR RECOMMISSIONED 9801.01 - 9805.31:
USS Babylon, Region Three, Commander Colleen Hadley, COUSS Ohio, Region One, Fleet Captain Roger Scritchfield, COUSS Quantum, Region Twelve, Captain David Brower, COUSS Chautauqua, Region Seven, Captain Virginia Winnie, COUSS Sun Tzu, Region Seven, Captain Sanford Berenberg, COUSS Relentess, Region Two, Captain Wade Olson, COUSS The Sullivans, Region Fifteen, Captain Bob McCann, COUSS Galahad, Region Twelve, Captain Brett Price, COUSS Cherokee, Region Two, Captain Tatia Brewer, COUSS Lunar Dawn, Region Three, Captain Debbie Dennis, COUSS Tanagra, Region Seven, Commodore Jesse Smith, CO*USS Arthur C. Clarke, Region Seven, Captain Cheryl Lowe, COUSS Reprisal, Region One, Captain Greg Franklin, COUSS Angeles, Region Four, Captain Janice Willcocks, CO
*NOTE: USS Briza (R7) and USS Transcendence (R7) merged to form USS Arthur C.Clarke.
CHAPTERS THAT HAVE BEEN DECOMMISSIONED OR LEFT STARFLEET9801.01 - 9805.31:
USS Belgica, Region 21USS Paraclete, Region 12USS Highroller, Region 4USS Gemini Dream, Region 1USS Maud’dib, Region 4USS New Horizons, Region 7USS Mirage, Region 12USS Blackheart, Region 7USS Potemkin, Region 7*USS Briza, Region 7*USS Transcendence, Region 7USS Excalibur, Region 2USS Kepler, Region 3USS Ari, Region 7USS Dilemma, Region 1
*NOTE: USS Briza (R7) and USS Transcendence (R7) merged to form USS Arthur C.Clarke.
NEW CHAPTER COMMANDING OFFICERS 9801.01 - 9805.31:
Captain Marcia Waples, USS IDIC, Region 1Captain Suzanne Davis, USS Orion, Region 4Commander Colleen Hadley, USS Babylon, Region 3Captain D. Justin Taylor, USS Alioth, Region 17Fleet Captain David Walker, USS Ranger, Region 12Fleet Captain Roger Scritchfield, USS Ohio, Region 1Captain David Brower, USS Quantum, Region 12Captain Michael George, USS Continuum, Region 2Colonel William Smith, USS Gryphon, Region 13Captain Virginia Winnie, USS Chautauqua, Region 7Captain Sanford Berenberg, USS Sun Tzu, Region 7Captain Wade Olson, USS Relentless, Region 2Captain Bob McCann, USS The Sullivans, Region 15Captain Brett Price, USS Galahad, Region 12Captain Tatia Brewer, USS Cherokee, Region 2
Captain Debbie Dennis, USS Lunar Dawn, Region 3Captain Lew Jones, USS Phoenix, Region 12Captain Christine Jordan, USS Babylon, Region 3Captain Mike Coleman, USS Star Union, Region 2Commodore Jesse Smith, USS Tanagra, Region 7Captain Emma Sue Baldwin, USS Arizona, Region 1Captain Brian Bergman, Troubadour Station, Region 12Captain Cheryl Lowe, USS Arthur C. Clarke, Region 7Fleet Captain Thomas Revor, Station Freedom III, Region 3Captain Greg Franklin, USS Reprisal, Region 1Captain Royce Bullock, USS Odyssey, Region 2Captain Mark S. Roddenberry, USS Oberon, Region 4Captain Ray Seay (acting CO), USS McNair, Region 1Captain Carl Lewis, USS Charleston, Region 1Captain Janice Willcocks, USS Angeles, Region 4Captain Daniel Allgor, USS Trouncer, Region 3
REGIONAL ROUNDUP (REGIONS REPORTING FOR PERIOD 9801):1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17
REGIONAL ROUNDUP (REGIONS REPORTING FOR PERIOD 9802):1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17
REGIONAL ROUNDUP (REGIONS REPORTING FOR PERIOD 9803):1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17
REGIONAL ROUNDUP (REGIONS REPORTING FOR PERIOD 9804):1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17
STARFLEET OPERATIONS REGION OF THE MONTH:
And now the moment you have all been waiting for - the monthly award for BestRegion in Starfleet according to Starfleet Operations. As you may or may not know, thisaward is presented to the region that we at Starfleet Operations feel best represents thetrue ideals, enthusiasm and integrity of Starfleet: The International Star Trek Fan Asso-ciation. May I have the envelopes please? And the winners are...
9801: Region Fifteen, Commodore Joseph Ruttar, Regional Coordinator9802: Region Five, Commodore Kurt Roithinger, Regional Coordinator9803: Region Ten, Fleet Captain Paul Reid, Regional Coordinator9804: Region Fifteen, Commodore Joseph Ruttar, Regional Coordinator9805: Region Five, Commodore Kurt Roithinger, Regional Coordinator
(Selections by Rear Admiral Tom Monaghan, Chief of Operations)
Congratulations to our winners! Keep on sending in those monthly reports. Re-member, your region may already be a winner! Until next time, keep an eye on yourmailbox. Take care and the very warmest of regards from all your pals in StarfleetOperations are extended to each and every one of you. See you all next issue!
STARFLEET OPERATIONS BY THE NUMBERSREAR ADMIRAL TOM MONAGHAN, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, STARFLEET
Page 8 • Communiqué • June/July 1998 • Number 87
Communique Re-mailers has a newaddress. I can now be reached at:
address in your newsletters for your off-line crewmembers, here it is as well:
Tamara CoppleCommunique Re-mailers11415 Grandview Road #1Kansas City, MO 64137If it doesn’t work already, cq-
[email protected] should also be re-routedto my personal e-mail account soon.
Just to review what I can do for you,if you or another member of your chapterhas not received an issue of the Commu-nique during your membership year, I canre-mail the missing issue to you at no cost.
However, there are a couple of cave-ats. First, I cannot re-mail CQs to peoplewho did not change their address withComp Ops and moved while a CQ wasin production or in transit. Second, I can-not start sending out Communiques un-til about 6 weeks after the current issue is
mailed. For example, I won’t be able tofill CQ requests for #85 until about the3rd week of July, assuming it’s mailed nextweek. If you need any issue before that,however (such as #79-84), I can go aheadand mail thoseout.
Also, please keep in mind that I haveplenty of leftovers from all but one batchof CQs, and as a service to chapters, I amauthorized to mail bundles of CQs out tochapters for purposes of recruiting,*while supplies last*. By a “bundle” Imean 15-25 copies of an issue of the CQ.So if you have a recruiting drive comingup, please consider taking some of theseCQs to use. Be sure to allow me plenty oftime to mail them to you. I can’t fill anorder over night, because I have two jobsand am going to graduate school now.Please be kind and give me a couple ofweeks lead time! : )
Greetings, I am Major General Scott A.Akers, SFMC-retired, and your new FleetHistorian.
As head of the Office of the Fleet His-torian, I exist to serve you, the rank and filemembership. The idea for the office grewout of conversations where people keptasking about the “way back when” inStarfleet. Members just like you and mewanted to know where there chapter camefrom, where Starfleet came from, and whoexactly were these people whose name wekept hearing about - Jeannette Maddox,Steve Smith, Eric Stillwell, BryanAckerman, Chris Lotito. On my own I be-gan to look for the answers myself. I seri-ously enjoyed the research and love shar-ing it with people. The more I learned, themore questions I found that needed ask-ing and answering. In light of this FAdm.Smith appointed me to this position, and Ithank him for his confidence in me. Themotto of the Office of Fleet Historian is“Memory is fleeting, History is eternal.”In light of this, the office has decided onthree major projects:
First, the SFI chapter geneology project.The goal here is to trace the lineage of ev-ery chapter and every shuttle of Starfleetfrom shuttle to mothership to mothershipall the way back to the first chapter of whatwas then called Starfleet Central, The USSEnterprise, under the command of Com-modore John Bradbury, the founder of ourorganization.
Sidenote, I recently discovered thatJohn Bradbury lives and works within 30minutes of me, and has done so for years.We had lunch and he is planning to at-tend this year’s IC. His stories and recol-lections of the “early” early years are en-joyable and enlightening.
Second, after getting all the data to ac-complish project one, we will begin writ-ing the Prose History of Starfleet. Just likea history book, we will start at the pre-his-tory and work our way forward adminis-tration by administration. Showing notonly our successes and accomplishments,we will include our failures and black eyes.Why? Not to embarass or point fingers,but to allow future members knowledge ofthe good and the bad. As Churchill said,“Those who do not learn from the lessonsof history are doomed to repeat it.”
Finally, project three, an SFI annual oryearbook. Each year’s annual will haveseveral pages for each chapter. The chap-ters may include whatever they want -
chapter history, photos, diagrams, fictionalhistories, etc. Volunteers for this particu-lar project are particularly excited andhave already begun researching costs.
What do I need from you, the fleet?Your questions. Ask me anything relatingto fleet history; I will probably not knowthe answer...YET!!! However, I will findthe answer and we will all benefit from theprocess. Finally, if your chapter has notcompleted a chapter survey, please com-plete the one below.
1. Name of chapter
2. Region
3. NCC number
4. City of charter
5. Class of ship
6. Commissioning date
7. Shuttle launch date
8. Name and number as shuttle.
9. Mothership
10. Commanding Officer
11. Ship’s USPS address
12. Ship’s e-mail address
13. Ship’s telephone number
14. Shuttle’s launched by chapter,including their number, region,ship they became.
15. Other information you think impor-tant.
Please send your surveys, ship histo-ries, and any research questions to MGenScott A. Akers at 2204 Webster Street,League City, TX 77573; or e-mail to:
Thank you for your time,Scott A. AkersFleet Historian
Fleet HistorianScott AkersScott Akers
This past December, Region 7 re-ceived, in my opinion, one of the busiestCorrey Starships of Starfleet International(SFI). The U.S.S. MATRIX, NCC-72296, aGabriel Class Shuttlecarrier (which wasdesigned by our Chief Engineer, JamesLythgoe, by the way) is an all Internet 24/7 Chapter, which at the time of this letterboasts a crew of 104 members world-wide.The U.S.S. MATRIX is a mixed ship andhas roughly, 30 SFI and 74 Non-SFI. Theship is manned on a daily basis throughthe use of their SFI List Server, with activi-ties and E-Mails being exchanged on adaily (if not hourly) basis.
Our Captain, Joseph Hoolihan, canoften be found on the bridge, trying to re-spond to the growing mound of E-Mail,which he receives. Under his leadershipthe Matrix has actually started havingsmall groups of our membership gather-ing at conventions for face to face contact,as well as having members perform chari-table work for their communities. Someexamples of these activities are: U.S.S.MATRIX crew members volunteered at theMaryland Science Center during the StarTrek Exposition, a meeting at Vulkon (sev-eral of the local members actually attendedthe Region 7 meeting and helped with con-tributions to the Dominion, to get our FleetAdmiral back) and some of our Californiamembers met at the recent Pasadena Con-
vention and distributed U.S.S. Matrix fly-ers. Who knows how many of these smallgroups may decide to spin off and becomeshuttles? If anything, we hope to get moreand more of our members to join togetherto spread the word of Trek Fandom and ofcourse, the importance of SFI, Region 7 andthe U.S.S. MATRIX.
We are very pleased to be in Region 7and we hope to develop a long lastingfriendship with many of members in Re-gion 7. Please feel free to visit our Web pageat:
http://matrix.simplenet.comand see what we have going on. The pagesare constantly undergoing upgrades, soyou never know what you will find. Stopby and say “Hi” and we will be happy tosee you. And keep your eyes open for ourcrew members at the conventions as theyroll around.
Things are moving along at a briskpace at Starfleet Recruiting. I’d like totake this opportunity to bring you up todate on a few happenings and changesand also to make a few clarifications.
Our success with the publicationand distribution of the RecruitingHandbook has been phenomenal. Todate we have gone through three print-ings of the original edition and have is-sued the first of what will be an ongo-ing series of updates. The updated Re-cruiting Handbook is being issued now.However, if you have purchased one ofthe original editions, an update supple-ment is available without having to buya whole new book. For information onordering a Recruiting Handbook orSupplement #1, please contact:
Comm. Jack HopkinsStarfleet Recruiting Office1635 Bright Leaf Rd.Pfafftown, NC 27040
Contributions to the RecruitingHandbook are very much needed. Thishandbook is a book of ideas, both goodand bad, and of strategies and tech-niques garnered from the experiencesof COs and officers from all over the Fleet.I’m REALLY interested in hearing whatyou have to say. You may well come upwith a new idea, or a new take on anold idea, that nobody else has thoughtof. Please take the time to send me thosethoughts. I may be reached at:
Starfleet Recruiting Headquarters331-D West Main St.Lexington, SC 29072
FCapt. Lisa N. Paradis Berkenbiltcontinues to field online inquiries regard-ing recruiting. Additionally, she is work-ing on a downloadable electronic versionof the Recruiting Handbook. This ver-sion will not be posted for general con-sumption, but will be available by con-tacting Lisa directly. I’ll let you knowwhen it’s up and ready. Contact Lisaonline at:
The newest member of the Recruit-ing Staff, and my new wife (I prefer tothink of it as consolidation of resourcesrather than nepotism <g>), is Cmdr. KristiFell. Kristi serves as Recruiting StaffAdjutant. She handles correspondenceand intra-departmental communica-tions. She keeps track of staff and per-sonnel changes and publishes a quarterlydepartment newsletter. All ship and re-gional recruiting officers are encouragedto contact her with information, reportsand other submissions for the newsletterand the department files. Due to her re-cent change in marital status, Kristi is inthe process of changing her online ac-count, so please direct communicationsto her through the [email protected] for the time being.
One more quick note while we’re onthe subject of change: since my recentchange in rank, I have “upgraded” mypersonal e-mail address from“[email protected]” to:
The old address will continue towork for awhile yet, but please do makea note of the change.
Think Fleet!!RON FELLCommodoreDirector of Recruiting, StarfleetRDC-Operations, R/1
Starfleet RecruitingRon FellRon Fell
Hello once again. This issue’s columnis going to be short & sweet. I am just go-ing to recap some of the information fromlast issue’s column, add a little new stuff,and let you all be on your way.
First off, we now have two new vicechief’s replacing the departed Mr. Friesenin ShOC. Those vice chief’s are DenineMalotte, and Tom Rutledge, respectively.Denine will primarily be in charge of ac-cepting and dealing with your shuttle’sMSR’s. Tom will be assisting me locally,with mailings, getting needed correspon-dence and launch packets out, and more.Denine can be reached at the following:
Next, I’d like you to welcome JonathonSimmons as a staff member for ShOC.Jonathon will be helping us out with pub-lications, forms, etc. I have a hunch thoughthat he won’t be stuck doing only formsthough. He is the original author of theSTART & MOM manuals, so his knowl-edge and expertise will be very much wel-comed. :) As soon as I have contact infofor John, I will release it here, and in theCSR.
Lastly, if you wish to contact me, youmay do so at the following:
Dennis Gray3014 Kromer Ave.Everett, WA 98201(425) 339-2038
Due to my work schedule, and ex-penses, if you call me, and I’m not home,feel free to leave a message. But if you re-quire a return call, it will have to be madecollect. Please understand that in ad-vance.
A couple of quick pointers, and I’moutta here. (I’ve been told to keep it short,as space is limited, and I’m late getting thisturned in...*grin*) When you submit aVRR, list ALL your Fleet members on it, oron extra sheets. This way, if you have mem-bers who have expired, you’ll have extrasto meet your requirements.
If you wish to commission on a spe-cial date or anniversary, plan PLENTY oflead time in before submitting your VRR.Preferably, 6-8 weeks is the optimum. Thiswill give us time to handle un-expectedproblems, etc. that may crop up in theVRR’s journey’s through Fleet’s offices.
That’s it for this issue, my friends.Look for more EXCITING news to comefrom ShOC in the very near future. We’reworking on getting set up for web MSR fil-ing, Shuttle listserv, and more! I hope tohave most of the details for you all nextissue. See you in 60!
As ever...
Radm Dennis Gray
SHOCDENNIS GRAY, DIRECTOR, SHOC
Bits and Pieces…
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active entertainment company, an-nounced on May 19th that it expects tolaunch during its December quarter itsnewest Star Trek game, Star Trek: Birth ofthe Federation. MicroProse is a leadingdeveloper and publisher of interactive en-
tertainment software for use on CD-ROM-based personal computer systems, pub-lished under the MicroProse brand name.Products are available nationally and in-ternationally through major distributors,retailers, mass merchants and on thecompany’s World Wide Web site at http://www.microprose.com.
submitted by Chuck Freassubmitted by Chuck Freas
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Greetings from the AcademyCommandant’s office! The springsemester is drawing to a close andmany students have gone home forthe summer. However, all coursesare available in our summer term,so have no fear. In fact, one schoolis just about to reopen and twonew schools are opening up aswell. Ben Redding, CO of the USSBennu in Region One (home of theRegion One Summit):
[email protected] been selected as the director ofthe Cadet School. He’s got somereally great ideas for the youngermembers of Starfleet! There willbe plenty of fun stuff, but someeducational material as well.
Tammy Willcox, Chief ofSpecial Services and Editor of theAward-winning Short Circuit of theUSS Maat:
[email protected] been selected as director of theCollege of Trade & Commerce.Her proposal was very good andshe even has some practical Finan-cial Officer plans included in hercourse.
Finally, Michelle DuBose, of theSpiritwolf in Region Three andFDC of Computer Operations (notTHE Compops):
[email protected] be the director for the Collegeof Chapter Development. This is
a college I’ve wanted to see devel-oped for a long time and after dis-cussing it Michelle, she shares asimilar vision to what I have. It’sa new College and it’s focus issomething that will benefit all ofStarfleet. CO’s, XO’s, DivisionChiefs, and even aspiring officerswill benefit from the “How To”courses that will be provided here.Please give these new directors alittle bit of time to finish gettingcourse materials together. Each oftheir addresses can be found on thecurrent Starfleet Academy applica-tion. One should be included withthis copy of your Communique.I’m excited about the growth of theAcademy and the great ideas I’mreceiving from all of you.
I’m gearing up for IC 98 in Lub-bock, Texas this July. In fact, I’ll behanding out numerous Academyawards. Each school will recog-nize their top two students. Also,the top four students (one fromeach Institute) will be awarded theAcademy’s highest honor. Theywill be inducted into Red Squad,the elite cadet squadron. So, staytuned. Once the awards are an-nounced, I’ll be sure to list themhere in the Communique as well.
Well, take care and have a safesummer. Until next time, keep upthe good work you all do forStarfleet!
Academy NotesCommodore Mandi HerrmannCommodore Mandi Herrmann
On behalf of the Deans of the Institutes of Arts, Technology, Leader-ship, and Military Studies, I’m proud to announce the honor graduates forthe months of March and April 1998. Each student scored a 95% or betteron their course work. Congratulations on a job well done!
Institute of TechnologyCollege of Computer History
Ruth GreenMichael G. Browne
Vulcan Academy of ScienceSteve Turner John PottsJohn Russell David KlingmanParker Gabriel James GallopsLinda Geiger Edith PadgettDavid Peifer Jonas SchleinAlice Strange Janet WagonerMichael Walker
College of MedicineKris Williams Steve TurnerWilliam Beard Rodney YawnWalter Ewing Edith Padgett
Institute of Military StudiesCollege of Survival Studies
Steve Turner
Security SchoolMelton Carrillo Jeff SpurgeonBrian Chappell Henry PedenMarc Harris Edith PadgettCynthia Sisco Clayton FallisMaud Freifelder James PostCharles Via Kathy SkinnerDean U’Delsone’ Gordon BradleyStephen Idell Norm Hackett, JrMichael Romero Erik Cowand
Institute of LeadershipOfficers Training School
Gordon Bradley Joseph MamarilPatricia Hicks Charles MenterDonald Snyder Kathleen HarperSteve Harper Melinda HarperTheresa Szverra
Flag Officers SchoolKen Oziah, Jr Garrick HalversonLinda Reynolds Darlene HarperCyndi Walter Erik CowandBette Frantz
Institute of ArtsNone this period. Tests are currently being graded. Stay Tuned nextissue!
STARFLEET ACADEMY DEAN’S LIST
March - April 1998
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STARFLEET ACADEMY - COLLEGE APPLICATION FORMThe Scholastic Division of STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
TYPE or CLEARLY PRINT all information and send application to the program you selected below:
NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY STATE/PROV: ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
E-MAIL: SCC#:
q OFFICER’S TRAINING SCHOOL (OTS)- $2.00, SASE, 2 Loose 32 cent StampsAdm. Peg Pellerin, RFD #3, Box 5460, Winslow, ME 04901 [email protected] <[email protected]>-or- Cmdr. Elizabeth Worth, 12 Perrin Ave., Plumpton, NSW, Australia 2761 [email protected](You must pass this course to take OCC.)
q OFFICER’S COMMAND COLLEGE (OCC)- $4.00, SASE, 3 Loose 32 cent StampsCapt. Jim Cushing, P. O. Box 11584, Memphis, TN [email protected] or- Fleet Captain Alan Yates, Unit 6/22 Queenscliff Road, Queenscliff NSW,Australia 2096 - [email protected](COPY of OTS diploma required when applying for this school -Do NO T send original OTS certificate!)
q FLAG OFFICER SCHOOL (FOS)- $5.00 for first course; - $2.00 each for the second and third courseOne manual for all 3 coursesComm Helen Pawlowski, PO Box 22225, St. Louis, MO 63116-2225 - no email -or-Fleet Captain Alan Yates, Unit 6/22 Queenscliff Road,Queenscliff NSW, Australia 2096 - [email protected](Copy of OCC diploma required when applying for this school -Do NOT send original OCC certificate!)
q COLLEGE OF CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT (COCD)- LSASE for course listing & pricing (Ten courses — prices vary)Cpt. Michelle A. DuBose, 7302 Corporate Dr. #1906Houston, TX 77036 - [email protected] <[email protected]>
q COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS (COC)- $4.00, SASE, 2 Loose 32 cent StampsRAdm Carolyn Donner, PO Box 158, Hammersville, OH [email protected] <[email protected]
q COLLEGE of COMPUTER HISTORY (COCH)- Free, SASE, 2 Loose 32 cent Stamps per courseRAdm Sharon Ann Campbell, P.O. Box 603, Kirkland , WA [email protected] <[email protected]>
q SCHOOL of ENGINEERING (SOE)- $2.00, SASE, 2 Loose 32 cent StampsCapt. Brian Dougherty, 1445 Fairmeadows Street, St. Louis, MO [email protected] <[email protected]>
q KLINGON WARRIOR ACADEMY (KWA)- $1.00, SASE, 3 Loose 32 cent Stamps per DegreeCapt. Greg Franklin, 910 Cooks Valley Road, Apt #21, Kingsport, TN [email protected] <[email protected]>
q COLLEGE of FEDERATION STUDIES (COFS)- $1.00, SASE, 3 Loose 32 cent Stamps per courseCapt. Donna Tucker, 7066 Goodner Mtn Rd., Pinson, AL 35126 [email protected] <[email protected]>
q SCHOOL of LANGUAGE STUDIES (SOLS)- $2.00, SASE, 2 Loose 32 cent Stamps per courseComm. Sherry Anne Newell, 5 NW 40th, Lawton, OK 73505 - no email
q COLLEGE of MEDICINE (SACOM)- $3.00, 2 Loose 32 cent Stamps per courseCmdr. Kevin West, P.O. Box 1418, Colonial Heights, VA 23834 [email protected] <[email protected]>
q COLLEGE of SURVIVAL STUDIES (COSS)- $3.00, 2 Loose 32 cent Stamps per courseFCapt. Carol Thompson, P.O. Box 135, Ester, AK 99725 [email protected] <[email protected]>
q VULCAN ACADEMY of SCIENCE (VAS)- $2.00, SASE, 2 Loose 32 cent Stamps per courseVAdm. Marlene Miller, 461 Harmony Lane, Campbell, OH 44405 [email protected] <[email protected]>
q COLLEGE of STARSHIP OPERATIONS (COSO)- $2.00, SASECapt James W. Lee, 214 Jamestown Dr., Spring Lake, NC 28390 [email protected] <[email protected]>
q SECURITY SCHOOL (SFASS)- $2.00, 3 Loose 32 cent Stamps for each courseFCapt. Gregory Staylor, P.O.Box 9796, Chesapeake, VA [email protected] < [email protected]>
q COLLEGE of HISTORY (COH)- $2.00, SASE, 2 Loose 32 cent Stamps per courseCmdr George K. Clark Jr., 8100 Lichen Dr., Citrus Heights, CA 95621- no email
q STARFLEET OFFICERS RADIO SCHOOL (SORS)- SASE, 3 Loose 32 cent Stamps per courseCmdr. Jeff Salamon, 3535 East 14th #104, Plano, TX [email protected] <[email protected]>
q COLLEGE OF TRADE AND COMMERCE (COTAC)- Prices TBDCmdr. Tammy Willcox, 5391 Marlfield Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502 [email protected] <[email protected]>
STARFLEET Academy Courses are available ONLY to current members of STARFLEET- The International STAR TREK Fan Association
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The Creation and Development of a Starship, Part TwoThe Continuing Story of the Starship USS Shiloh, NCC-74683
The three STARFLEET officers were brought before the assembly with an air ofnervous tension on every side of them. Pulling a sheet of paper out of the packet, theCommodore stepped forward. She read the orders. Each of the officers were to becommissioned to command the newest Starships in STARFLEET; the USS Sekhmet,(Millington, Tennessee), the USS Mark Twain, (University of Memphis) and the USSShiloh (Henderson, TN).
In accordance with tradition the “Wetting Down” of the newly minted captainstook place. Captains Karen Cushing, John McGill and Jeff Higdon received the appro-priate “Christening” from Commodore Deb Leafey of the mothership USS Alacrity.
“It has been a long time coming,” commented Lieutenant Commander TimothyRaines, Second Officer of the USS Shiloh.
The year of 1996 started on a lively note as old and new members gathered onMarch 2 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Shuttlecraft Shiloh.
The final paper work for the commissioning was sent out and plans for both the“Commissioning” and a “Christening” of the USS Shiloh were planned. At the sametime the Shuttlecraft Shiloh became the first chapter-in-training to be profiled in theSTARFLEET Focus of the Communiqué (Issue 72).
Lieutenant Robert Baker, Chief Engineering Officer, had constructed a model of theShiloh to be used at official functions. Inside it he placed two “warp cores,” or sealedpill bottles, containing water from the Bloody Pond in the Shiloh National MiltaryPark.
On March 30, Captain Higdon was interviewed by television station WBBJ, Chan-nel 7, out of Jackson. Appearing on its 10 o’clock newscast (later rebroadcast), Higdonreported the chartering of the USS Shiloh and the efforts of the crew to help ShilohNMP in the Adopt-a-Monument program (See Communiqué Issue 73).
On Saturday, April 13, the officers and crew, with assembled guests and onlook-ers, gathered in front of the Information Center at Shiloh National Military Park for the“Official Christening” of the USS Shiloh. This event coincided with the park’s celebra-tion of the 132 anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh.
Besides the Shiloh crew other special guests included the Command Staff of theUSS Sekhmet and the Region One, Sector One Chief, Commander Gretchen Clark whotraveled from Louisville, KY.
USNPS Ranger Paul Hawk, Chief of Resources and Management for the park,gave the welcome from Shiloh NMP. He stated that the park was proud that the shipwas named for the park and hoped that many good things could come from the rela-tionship that has grown. He then called forward Ranger Brian McCutchen, coordina-tor for the “Adopt-a-Monument” program, to present the Shiloh crew the USNPS Cer-tificate of Appreciation.
McCutchen mentioned the value of the promotions that Captain Higdon had done.“Every time I turned on the TV, there was Jeff,” McCutchen said. “Every time I
turned on the radio, there was Jeff. Every time I open up the newspaper or magazine,there’s Jeff promoting the program. The promotions given by your organization havebeen more valuable than the actual work you will be doing on the monuments.” Hethen stated that several other associations, groups and individuals had contacted thepark about the program due to the ships’ efforts.
Captain Higdon was then called upon to “Officially Christen” the USS Shiloh,using water from the Bloody Pond; “In the name of STARFLEET: The International StarTrek Fan Association, for the Officers and Crews of Sector One and the First Fleet, IChristen Thee - - SHILOH!”
After several Ship’s Awards were handed out Captain Higdon reminded the groupassembled why the name ‘Shiloh’ was picked, asking all to remember the brave sol-diers who fought the battle over 132 years before. Then the STARFLEET members tooka brief tour of both monuments that the Shiloh had adopted.
Continuing To Learn From the Past...Jeffery Higdon, CO, USS ShilohJeffery Higdon, CO, USS Shiloh
First AnniversaryParty: 3-3-96 L-R Matthew Shelton, Jon Hubbard, Tim Raines (with batleth) JeffHigdon, Emily Higdon, Karen Higdon, Rober Baker, Chris Higdon.
USS Shiloh Christening, Shiloh National Military Park, April 13, 1996. USNPS Ranger BrianMcCutchen presents the USS Shiloh a Certificate of Appreciation from the US National Park Service“...for their involvement and promotion of the Adopt-a-Monument Program...”. L-R: MatthewShelton, Robert Baker, Tim Raines, Jeff Higdon, Brian McCutchen.
The next official meeting of the USS Shiloh convened again at Shiloh NMP onApril 20 for the express purpose of cleaning the monuments for the first time. Biode-gradable soap, water and brushes along with lots of STARFLEET muscle on both thePutnam Stump and the 15th Infantry Monument made them shiny and clean. Aftervisiting the US National Cemetery to pay respects to Private JD Putnam, who wasinitially buried at the foot of the tree that became the Putnam Stump, the crew ad-journed to the picnic area. Later in July the crew would travel to Shiloh for mainte-nance duty, adding the Cemetery Commemoration Monument to their responsibilities.
The new year began with the election of a new Commander, STARFLEET, and acertainty that the USS Shiloh would continue its mission. But it almost came to ascreeching halt in July.
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Cemetery Commemoration Monument, US National Cemetery at Shiloh National Military Park,March 22, 1997. The crews of the USS Shiloh and the USS Mark Twain after cleaning themonuments and the headstones around the monument. L-R: Jeff Higdon, Emily Higdon, KarenHigdon, Chris Higdon, Shawn Boothe, Karen Cushing, Jim Cushing
Gates of the US National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, March 22, 1997. During Celebra-tions commemorating the 2nd Anniversary of the USS Shiloh, the STARFLEET Flag is shown at thegates of the US National Cemetery at Shiloh. L-R: Jeff Higdon, USNPS Ranger Brian McCutchen.Flag courtesy USS Mark Twain.
The First Maintenance and Picnic, Shiloh National Military Park, April 20, 1996. Cleaning thePutnam Stump near the Hornet’s Nest. L-R: Brian McCutcheon (with camera), Shawn Boothe,Robert Baker, Emily Higdon, Tim Raines, Chris Higdon
1997 started out fruitfully as the USS Shiloh held its second anniversary of theirfirst meeting as well as the first year of being a starship on March 21, 1997. Membersof the USS Mark Twain visited Henderson to help with the celebration. The day startedtraveling to Shiloh NMP and cleaning the Cemetery Commemoration Monuments, aswell as several headstones surrounding the monument. Later, the main celebrationswere held with members of the USS Providence out of Jackson attending.
But in July, 1997 the very existence of the USS Shiloh was at stake. Captain Higdonhad accepted a new job in his hometown of Rockford, Illinois. Both the commanderand the first officer would have to resign and, because no one else was eligible forthose positions, the USS Shiloh would cease to exist.
The crew made a successful attempt to save the chapter. It was determined thatthe chapter would change its City of Charter to Rockford, since efforts to begin ashuttle in Rockford and moving an existing chapter to the Rock River Area appealedto all. The crews unanimous vote for the move was soon followed by the approval ofSTARFLEET Operations and the Coordinators for Region 1 and 12.
On August 14, 1997, the Higdons left Henderson.On September 8, 1997, the USS Shiloh, now also know as THE ROCK RIVER
AREA STAR TREK SPACE SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, met for the first time in theRockford area. Shortly after that, the Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce contactedthem in order to add USS Shiloh to their list of non-profit, public service organizationsin the Area.
On February 28, 1998, the third anniversary party was held. Members of the USSBradbury, St. Charles, IL, joined in the festivities
When the Intrepid Class Starship was picked for the USS Shiloh, it was done so toreflect the town and area in which the Shiloh was based at the time. In recent months,the present crew of the USS Shiloh have decided that a new larger class of starshipneed to be developed to reflect the area it is now based in. Thus, the Black Hawk ClassDevelopment Project was born. Projected completion and presentation of the newUSS Shiloh is expected by February, 1999, in time for the fourth Anniversary of thechapter.
The Officers and Crew of the USS Shiloh have voyaged a long journey to get to thispoint - three years and 600+ miles. From a concept in a movie theater in Jackson, to thebanks of the mighty Rock River, the good ship Shiloh has come a long way, both indistance and in standing within fandom.
Where are the voyages of the USS Shiloh taking its gallant crew next? Perhaps totackle some roadway to clean or to gather food for the needy. Maybe doing some jointventures with her sister ships or flying in formation with the other ships in the area. Orperchance we will become another of the Fleet’s “party barges.” If so, its captain andcrew will continue to learn from the past, and the present, in order to seek what is thetrue final frontier - - the future!
...in Order to Seek the Future...
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n/r= “No Report” No MSR was receivedby J.C. for processing. This does not reflectwhether or not STARFLEET Operations re-ceived an MSR.
REGION ONE
USS ALACRITY NCC-1881City of Charter: Memphis, TNn/r
USS ALARIC NCC-503City of Charter: Asheville, NCActivities: Stargazing and away missionsto various films. Also having laser-tag tour-naments.
USS APPALACHIAN NCC-3181-ACity of Charter: Fall Branch, TNn/r
USS ARIZONA NCC-71839City of Charter: Canton, OHActivities: Held annual luncheon. At-tended Camp Dover Peace conference.Away Team to Comicon.
USS ATHENA NCC-51896City of Charter: Reston, VAActivities: Held monthly meeting. At-tended Vulkon. Raised money for Relayfor Life. Had a craft day. Went to Star Warsexhibit at Smithsonian. Attended R1 sum-mit. Held a yard sale for charity.Planning anniversary party.
USS BENNU NCC -74657City of Charter: Gatlinburg, TnActivities: Worked for food bank. Collectedfor STARFLEET charities. Away team toTri-Star meeting. Planning spring events.Hosted R1 summit. Played a Battletech“King of the Hill” contest.
USS BEST DESTINY NCC-71828City of Charter: Lexington, KYn/r
USS BONAVENTURE NCC-102-ACity of Charter: Greensboro, NCActivities: Planning for Phenomicon. At-tended StellarCon. Also planning awayteam to Vegas for Star Trek Experience.
USS CARSON NCC-0592-ACorrespondence Chaptern/r
USS CHARLESTON NCC-71813City of Charter: Charleston, SCActivities: General meeting. Attended theR1 summit.
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USS CHESAPEAKE NCC-1887City of Charter: Richmond, VAActivities: Monthly meetings and staffmeetings. Went ice skating. Collected forOCP and Stampede.
USS COLUMBIA NCC-73621City of Charter: Wooster, OHn/r
USS COLUMBUS NCC-2006City of Charter: Columbus, OHActivities: Held monthly meetings. Wentto “Lost in Space” premiere. Went to Do-ver Peace conference.
USS CONSTELLATION NCC-1728City of Charter: Paducah, KYn/r
USS CU’CHULAINN NCC-1902-ACity of Charter: Terre Haute, INActivities: Collecting for variousSTARFLEET charities. Planning a middle-ages tournament. Monthly fun day andparticipation in the March of Dimes Walk-a-thon. Visited crew-member in the hospi-tal.
USS DARK STAR NCC-61801City of Charter: Asheboro, NCn/r
USS DILEMMA NCC-1541City of Charter: Harrisonburg, VAActivities: Held 5th anniversary party at aconvention. Group did security at this con-vention. Participating in a membershipdrive. Planning to go to Madicon.
USS GEMINI DREAM NCC-64739Correspondence Chaptern/r
USS HAWKEYE NCC-4950City of Charter: Winston-Salem, NCActivities: Went to “Lost in Space”. Heldgeneral meetings. Planning trip to ShoreLeave.
USS HEIMDAL NCC-1793City of Charter: Madison Heights, VAn/r
USS HORNET NCC-1714-DCity of Charter: Charlotte, NCActivities: Monthly meetings. Setting upyard sale. Held a night out. Volunteeredat PBS. CO went to R1 summit. Gettingready for annual yard sale.
USS IMPERIAL STAR NCC-2551City of Charter: Cary, NCActivities: Volunteered at a telethon and
held a gaming session. Held a movie party.Planning zoo trip and picnic.
USS JAMESTOWN NCC-1843-DCity of Charter: Newport News, VAActivities: Helped with opening of the Vir-ginia Air and Space center’s DestinationSpace and the Off-World festival. Partici-pated in WalkAmerica. Planning for Re-lay for Life.
USS JURASSIC NCC-3500Correspondence ChapterActivities: Planning game day. AttendedR1 summit. Looking into IRC chats for crewmembers.
USS KHITOMER NCC-61812City of Charter: Evansville, INn/r
USS KITTY HAWK NCC-1659City of Charter: Raleigh, NCActivities: Away team to Stellar Con andIcon. Answered phones for PBS. Planningtrip to Washington DC and debating whichof several cons to go to next. Holding La-ser tag sessions.
USS LAGRANGE NCC-3916City of Charter: Cuyahoga Falls, OHActivities: Held a movie night and meet-ings. Planning picnic and other events.
USS LECONTE NCC-61858City of Charter: Gatlinburg, TNn/r
STATION LEWIS B. PULLER, SFR-123City of Charter: Summerville, SCActivities: Looking for new XO. Went toR1 summit and planning 1 year anniver-sary. Marine Strike Group and memberswon awards.
USS MAAT NCC-1794-ACity of Charter: Virginia Beach, VAActivities: Held an activity night andmonthly meeting. Voted on theme for thisyears Halloween party. Updating the crewmanual. Also had a social night. Went to“Lost in Space”. Plans for casino nightcontinue.
USS MARK TWAIN NCC-23106City of Charter: Memphis, TNn/r
USS NIGHTHAWK NCC-2301City of Charter: Richmond, VAn/r
STATION NIKOLA TESLA NCC-SS005City of Charter: Murray, KYActivities: Held a pizza party at Domino’s.Holding one meeting a month in public toattract people to the club.
USS OHIO NCC-75007City of Charter: Barberton, OH.Activities: Held yard sale, planning sum-mer events including movie premiers.
USS PHANTOM NCC-72215City of Charter: Pilot Mountain, NCn/r
USS POWHATAN NCC-1967City of Charter: Chesapeake, VAn/r
USS PROVIDENCE NCC-71796City of Charter: Jackson, TNActivities: Had an informational meetingnight for recruiting. Are going to try itagain later in the year. Planning summerprojects. Monthly meetings. Planning toup meeting frequency to twice a month.Working on expanding cadet programs.
USS QUESTAR NCC-435City of Charter: Louisville, KYn/r
USS RENEGADE NCC-2547City of Charter: Youngstown, OHn/r
USS REPRISAL NCC-1896City of Charter: Kingsport, TNn/r
USS RICHMOND NCC-2003City of Charter: Covington, VAn/r
USS RONALD E. MCNAIR NCC-61809City of Charter: Columbia SCn/r
USS RUTLEDGE NCC-57295-ACity of Charter: Ladson, SCActivities: Planning for summer events.
USS STAR LEAGUE NCC-2101City of Charter: N. Augusta SCn/r
USS STARWARD FURY NCC-2122City of Charter: Fayetteville, NCActivities: Held business meetings and ac-tivity days. Went to Magnum Opus Con-13. Away team to R1 summit. Did localcharity work.
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USS STONEWALL JACKSONNCC-71814City of Charter: Concord, NCActivities: Preparing for KniteStarr III, in-cluding a radio interview.
USS TRISTAR NCC-71829City of Charter: Knoxville, TNActivities: Working on and attending R1summit. Planning on participating incharity Bowl-a-thon.
USS TYCHO NCC-59325City of Charter: Fremont, OHActivities: Participating in Stampede andfood bank projects and OCP. Redoingship’s model. Worked on modifyinghandbook and bylaws. Attended R1 con-ference. Working on anniversary party.
USS WASP NCC-1721City of Charter: Bristol, VAn/r
USS WEST VIRGINIA NCC-2008City of Charter: Charleston, WVn/r
USS WHITE EAGLE NCC-2302City of Charter: Jacksonville, NCn/r
USS YEAGER NCC-61893City of Charter: Bluefield, WVn/r
USS YORKTOWN NCC-1704-ACity of Charter: York, SCn/r
REGION TWO
USS BLACKSTAR NCC-75003City of Charter: Miami, FLn/r
USS CHEROKEE, NCC-75009City of Charter: Richton, MSn/r
USS CHUNG FU NCC-61808City of Charter: Pensacola, FLActivities: None to report this month.
USS CONTINUUM NCC-71821City of Charter: Pensacola, FLn/r
DARK SILENCE STATION NCC-SS007City of Charter: Florence, ALActivities: Held regular meeting and par-ticipated in Panoply.
USS DAVINCI NCC-74671City of Charter: Columbus, GAn/r
USS GUARDIAN NCC-26244City of Charter: Cape Canaveral, FLActivities: Collected money for tornado
victims. Planning for Space week at thecape. Away team to Vulkon.
USS HAISE NCC-74664City of Charter: Jackson, MSActivities: Attended R2 summit. Held gen-eral meeting. Planning fund raising sales.Planning recruiting activities. Collectingcoupons for OCP. Away team to “Splen-dors of Versailles”.
USS HAWKING NCC-24162City of Charter: Lake Worth, FLn/r
USS HEPHAESTUS NCC-2004City of Charter: Birmingham, AL
USS INDESTRUCTABLE NCC-2017City of Charter: Warner Robbins, GAn/r
USS KHAI TAM NCC-81000City of Charter: Tallahassee, FLn/r
USS MACLEOD NCC-10524-ACity of Charter: Ellenwood, GAn/r
USS ODYSSEY NCC-454-ACity of Charter: Hattiesburg, MSActivities: Announced the rewards the clubreceived at the Regional summit. Heldmonthly meeting. Had a recruiting drive.Started a marine strike group. Still work-ing on STARFLEET charities. Held roadtrip to Jackson. Plans for fund-raisers andother activities continue.
USS OKATOMA NCC-74695City of Charter: Collins, MSn/r
USS PAEGAN NCC-1755City of Charter: Orlando, FLn/r
USS RELENTLESS NCC-81001City of Charter: Valdosta, GAn/r
USS REPUBLIC NCC-1371City of Charter: Atlanta, GAActivities: Held joint activity with KAGships. Planning Bowl-a-Thon. Collectingcoupons for OCP. Gearing up for Vulkon,where the ship’s tenth anniversary will becelebrated.
USS ROGUE PHOENIX NCC-75005City of Charter: Savannah, GAn/r
USS SAVANNAH NCC-1894-ACity of Charter: Guyton, GAn/r
USS STAR QUEST NCC-71804City of Charter: Naplesn/r
USS STAR UNION NCC-2112City of Charter: Montgomery, ALn/r
USS TRIDENT NCC-74692City of Charter: Stuart, FLActivities: Planning trips to Kennedy spacecenter and IMAX. Held annual picnic andanswered phones for pledge drive. Awayteam to a blues festival.
USS TRIUMPH NCC-26228City of Charter: Fort Lauderdale, FLActivities: Volunteering at Miami Museumof Science. Held a Star Trek fantasy week-end. Lazer tag continues. STARFLEETcharity work continues as well as can col-lection for recycling.. Attended R2 sum-mit. Attended Vulkon.
USS WERNHER VON BRAUNNCC-72069City of Charter: Huntsville, ALActivities: Held monthly meetings. Wentto R2 summit. Planning planetarium visitand summer events/ recruiting attempts,including the fifth anniversary. Helpedwith Panoply arts festival.
USS YAMATO NCC-71807City of Charter: Pinson, ALn/r
REGION THREE
USS ASLAN NCC-8491City of Charter: Ft.Worth, TXn/r
USS AURORA VULCANUS NCC-1888Correspondence ChapterActivities: Mailed out creative fiction of-fering. Holding a raffle for charity. Webpage is getting ready to launch. Away teamto Spirit Wolf meeting. Trying out interac-tive fiction.
USS BABYLON NCC-75014City of Charter: Monroe, LAn/r
USS BEXAR NCC-71718City of Charter: San Antonion/r
USS BRAVEHEART NCC-51002City of Charter: Arlington, TXn/r
USS BRISSANY NCC-1904-ACity of Charter: Bossier City, LAn/r
SPACE STATION CAMELOT SFR-303City of Charter: Austin, TXn/r
USS COMANCHE NCC-71809City of Charter: Fort Worth, TXn/r
USS ESSEX NCC-1727City of Charter: Dallas, TXn/r
SPACE STATION FREEDOM IIINCC-SS001Correspondence Chaptern/r
USS INFINITY NCC-651City of Charter: Waco, TXActivities: Activities on hold due to the re-structuring involved in changing to Correychapter.
USS INTANGIBLE NCC-65421City of Charter: College Station, TXn/r
USS JOAN OF ARC NCC-10522City of Charter: Corpus Christi, TXActivities: Working on ship’s constitution.Held a DS9 viewing party. Away team toAggiecon. Held a recruiting event at “LostIn Space”.
USS KIDD, NCC-3207City of Charter: Baton Rougen/r
U.S.S. LUNAR DAWN, NCC-1621City of Charter: Grand PrarieActivities: Hosted a recruiting drive at“Lost in Space”. Assisted with security ata convention. Attended Sector 1, R3 meet-ing. Made a donation o the AmericanHeart Association.
USS PALO DURO NCC-61914City of Charter: Amarillo, TXActivities: Held general meetings, cadetmeetings and ship’s garage sale.
USS QUANAH PARKER NCC-73628City of Charter: Lubbock, TXn/r
USS RODGER YOUNG NCC 75500City of Charter: Shreveport, LaActivities: Monthly bowling and gamenights. Away team to R12 summit. Workedwith volunteer center and did some recruit-ing.
USS RHYANNA NCC-1892City of Charter: Austin, TXn/r
USS SAGITTARIUS NCC-9755City of Charter: Garland, TXn/r
USS TEJAS NCC-9756City of Charter: Vernon, TXn/r
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USS TROUNCER NCC-2553City of Charter: Texarkana, TXActivities: Ship is dealing with Change ofCommand, holding general meetings.
USS VICTORY NCC-9754City of Charter: San Antonio, TXn/r
REGION FOUR
CASCADE STATION NCC-SS003City of Charter: Redding, CAActivities: Volunteering for upcoming MS-walk.Beginning procedures to Adopt-a-Highway.Planning to work at California State Fair.
USS CONSTAR NCC-71827City of Charter: Visalia, CAn/r
USS EAGLE NCC-1719City of Charter: Fremont, CAn/r
USS HIGHROLLER NCC-23104City of Charter: Reno NVn/r
K‘EHLEYR STATION NCC-SS009City of Charter: Las Vegas, NVn/r
USS MIRIMAR NCC-2210City of Charter: San Diego, CAn/r
USS MUAD‘DIB NCC-74988City of Charter: Suisun, CAn/r
USS NORTHERN LIGHTS NCC-27001City of Charter: San Jose, CAActivities: Held a video night. Helped withKTEH auction. Planning for upcoming con-ventions.
USS OBERON NCC-71820City of Charter: Citrus Heights, CAActivities: Participated in Grand Slam in Pasa-dena.
USS ONIZUKA NCC-71815City of Charter: Chico, CAn/r
USS PEACEKEEPER NCC-73200City of Charter: Visalia, CAActivities: Held a poker night. Restarting col-lecting for OCP. Planning picnic with othergroups. OCP participation continues. HeldApril meeting followed by mini-golf.
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USS SIMONOV NCC-2002City of Charter: Fairfield, CAActivities: Final planning for R4 WOOZ day.Held Easter egg hunt at monthly meeting. Plan-ning for convention work and yard sale. Alsoworking on the activities for the rest of theyear.
USS TIKOPAI NCC-1800City of Charter: San Jose, CAActivities: Held general meetings and a hobbyday. Helped with annual KTEH auction. Held“Merlin” viewing.
USS WINTER SOLSTICE NCC-62133Activities: Held a general meeting. Went toplanetarium. Building Chapter web site. Plan-ning raffle as fund-raiser. Planning away teamto BAYCON. Working on recruiting, chapterquilt.
REGION FIVE(Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
USS CONSTITUTION NCC-1700Correspondence ChapterActivities: The chapter is currently trying tocontact some missing members.
USS CRUSADER NCC-74711City of Charter: Spokane, WAActivities: Had movie party at Captain’s house.Held a game party.
USS DANIEL SOULE NCC-1810City of Charter: Kent, WAn/r
USS DESTINY NCC-97301City of Charter: Salem, ORActivities: Away team to R5 summit. Movienight following monthly meeting. Planningcommunity service projects and trip to LasVegas to the Star Trek Experience. Went to“Lost in Space” premier.
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USS PENDRAGON NCC-2005City of Charter: Bellevue, WAActivities: Held a meeting/ anniversary party.Went to Norwescon. Participated in MS walk.
USS RUBICON NCC-71816City of Charter: Richland, WAActivities: Held monthly meeting. Went to“cosmic bowling”. Planning the years activi-ties. Held a “females night out”. Helping localschool with fund raising. Participating inMarch of Dimes. Went to Sci-fi invasion. Par-ticipated in March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon.Held annual “Everybody on Board” birthday
party. Donated for Easter to local domesticviolence shelter.
USS SKY DANCER NCC-5910City of Charter: Newport, WAActivities: Cadets toured newspaper. Workedat Channel 7 telethon. Planning open house.Researching bringing a convention into thearea.
USS SOLAR FLARE NCC-71885City of Charter: Boise, IDActivities: Participated at IPTV festival. Plan-ning to participate in St. Luke’s Hospital “Kidfor a Night” program.
USS STARCHASER NCC-71801City of Charter: Seattle, WAActivities: Planning anniversary party.
REGION SIX
USS ALAM‘AK NCC-1796City of Charter: Cottonwood, MNn/r
USS CZAR‘AK NCC-1798-ACity of Charter: Minneapolis, MNActivities: Away team to MiniCon. Participat-ing in FanFaire. Away team to R12 summit.Held 14th anniversary party.
USS IMPERIUM NCC-2125City of Charter: Fargo, NDActivities: Went to DraCon and MiniCon. Plan-ning Laser Tag tourney.
USS FARRAGUT NCC-1702-ACity of Charter: Sartell, MNn/r
USS THUNDERCHILD NCC-3122City of Charter: Rapid City, SDn/r
REGION SEVEN
USS ACCORD NCC-1842City of Charter: Ithaca, NYActivities: Held a non-a-thon. Held generalmeetings, the April one had special guests.Went to Sun Tzu and Tanagra commissioning.Planning Shore Leave and IC’98 trips. At-tended local Fire Department’s BBQ to thankthem for use of their facilities for meetings.Engineering is working on 3D model of Ac-cord.
USS ADAMANT NCC-3029City of Charter: Valley Forge, PAActivities: Various activities with Thagard.Attended Vulkon. Working on T-Shirts andsummer events. Monthly meetings and a gameday.
USS ALBANY NCC-587City of Charter: Guilderland, NYn/r
USS ALPHA CENTAURI NCC-71812City of Charter: Washington, DCActivities: Participated in charity “Christmasin April”.
USS ARTHUR C. CLARKE NCC-63544City of Charter: Cinnaminson, NJn/r
USS ASCENSION NCC-2520City of Charter: Lehigh Valley-Allentown, PAActivities: Away team to Vulkon, includingregional meeting. Planing summer picnic andsecurity at an upcoming convention and othersummer events. Ordering more ships merchan-dise.
USS AVENGER NCC-1860City of Charter: North Brunswick, NJActivities: Recruiting efforts continue. Heldgeneral meetings, one with guest speaker fromthe Klingon Language Institute. Held a bowl-ing night. Divisional activity planning contin-ues. Held a movie nights, game night and aproject night. Attended Tanagra commission-ing and Challenger anniversary party.
USS BOUNTY, NCC-8494Correspondence ChapterActivities: Newsletter and fiction productioncontinues. Beginning on-line gaming activi-ties.
USS CHALLENGER NCC-1676-DCity of Charter: Dover Townshipn/r
USS CHAUTAUQUA NCC-74670City of Charter: Sherman, NYn/r
USS DAUNTLESS NCC-74668City of Charter: Westminster, MDActivities: Held monthly meetings and trip tothe national air and space museum to see theStar Wars exhibit with other ships. Planningcookout and away team to Oriole’s game.
USS HAZARD NCC-91813City of Charter: Ene, PAn/r
USS HIGHLANDER NCC-10530City of Charter: Fredrick, MDn/r
USS IDIC NCC-71811City of Charter: Washington, DCActivities: Attended Tanagra commissioning.
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Crew has volunteered at Air and Space mu-seum Star Wars exhibit. Recruiting effortscontinue.
USS JUSTICE NCC-556City of Charter: Florham Park, NJn/r
USS LEXINGTON NCC-1703-CCity of Charter: West New York, NJn/r
USS LONE WOLFNCC-72214City of Charter: Ocean Cityn/r
USS MALVERNE NCC-2205City of Charter: Upper Darby, PAActivities: Working on launching shuttle.Working on Regional conference bid.Watched “From Earth to the Moon” atmonthly meeting. Looking for the maroonmovie era uniforms and props. Looking forways to make it to the IC.
USS MATRIX NCC-2296Internet Correspondence ChapterActivities: Attended Vulkon. Book discus-sions continue as do storytelling sessionsand scavenger hunts. Tech manual is in de-velopment. RPG list server activity contin-ues.
USS NORTHSTAR NCC-10462City of Charter: New York, NYActivities: Held Voyager parties. AttendedSun Tzu commissioning. Held monthly meet-ing. Held a sports day. Went to “Lost inSpace” opening. Away mission to the UN.
USS PREVAILING WIND NCC-74667City of Charter: Harrisburg, PAActivities: Had medieval club put on a pre-sentation at monthly meeting. Did securityat Sci-fi Expo and are planning to do securityat future sci-fi events. Held a martial arts dem-onstration and are planning an aerobic show.
USS SOVEREIGN NCC-75000City of Charter: Philadelphia, PAn/r
USS SUN TZU NCC-5373City of Charter: Middletown, NYn/r
USS TANAGRA, NCC-20023City of Charter: Rockville, MDActivities: Held commissioning. Helped withcrowd control at National Air and SpaceMuseum’s Star Wars exhibit.
USS TEMPERANCE NCC-2582City of Charter: Brooklyn, NYn/r
USS THAGARD NCC-652City of Charter: Philadelphia, PAActivities: Dinner and movie nights. Held agame day and a general meetings. Held pokernights and DramaTREK. Also held a moviemarathon and had many events with othergroups in the area.
USS THOR NCC-2549City of Charter: Parkton, MDn/r
USS TRITON NCC-71819City of Charter: Glen Burnie, MDn/r
USS WOLF NCC-3921City of Charter: Hermitage, PAActivities: Planning inter-ship events with USSHazard. Held Battletech workshops. Planningsummer events.
REGION 8
REGION 9
USS BELGICA NCC-72301City of Charter: Gent (Belgium)n/r
USS EUROPE NCC-1792City of Charter: Tuebingen, Germanyn/r
REGION 10
USS ASTRA NCC-77210City of Charter: Calgary, ABActivities: General meeting, movie night andwent to a con.
USS CRYSTAL STAR, NCC-1160City of Charter: Eagle River, AKn/r
USS MAJESTIC NCC-61804City of Charter: Victoria, BCActivities: Held a joint meeting with theRoberta Bondar. Work on Preservers’ Chil-dren continues. Holding video nights.
USS ROBERTA BONDAR NCC-74669
City of Charter: Nanimo, BCn/r
USS SOL NCC-1733City of Charter: Fairbanks, AKn/r
REGION 11
USS SOUTHERN CROSS NCC-1886City of Charter: Sydney, NSWActivities: Held a technical meeting, and a so-cial meeting.
REGION 12
USS ALLIANCE NCC-1849City of Charter: Springdale, ARActivities: Launched shuttles this month.Have begun Adopt-a-highway.
USS ANTONIO MARIA VALSALVANCC-4101Correspondence ChapterActivities: Members worked on charity eventsat many levels. Went to a River Otter presen-tation and a safety demonstration. Movewatching continues. Went to Blue-grass fes-tival. Away team to “UFOs in Cyberspace”presentation. Cadets went to Eagle Day andmembers went to aquarium. Appointed newOIC for Marine Strike Group.
USS ARCHANGEL NCC-2294City of Charter: Gentry, ARn/r
USS ARLINGTON NCC-2375Correspondence Chaptern/r
USS BATTLESTAR NCC-23110-ACity of Charter: Fort Smith, ARActivities: There was a ship’s wedding.Monthly meetings were held. Chapter is look-ing for new meeting place.
USS BRADBURY NCC-72307City of Charter: St. Charles, ILn/r
USS BROADSWORD NCC-73288City of Charter: Jefferson CityActivities: Chapter held monthly meetings.Crew received awards. They are looking intochanging to a correy chapter. Planning to at-tend the region summit.
USS COCHRANE NCC-74525City of Charter: Maumelle, ARActivities: Attended USS Celt commissioning,attended R12 summit, and planning activitiesfor rest of year.
USS CONCORD NCC-1989-DCity of Charter: Oklahoma CityActivities: Proceeding with Spring Fling de-spite some glitches.
USS CYDONIA NCC-74687City of Charter: St. Louis, MOActivities: Held video night/ coupon clippingfor OCP. Held monthly meetings.
USS DISCOVERY NCC-1308City of Charter: St. Louis, MOActivities: Formation of ships Marine StrikeGroup approved. Preparing for R12 summit.
USS GALAHAD, NCC-63542City of Charter: Oklahoma CityActivities: Held commissioning party, planningfuture events.
USS HEXUM NCC-2199City of Charter: Belleville, ILActivities: Continuing recycling and environ-mental programs. Attended R12 summit. Plan-ning summer activities. Held quarterly dinner.Clipped coupons for OCP and working onStampede. Supported March of Dimes WalkAmerica.
USS HORIZON NCC-1000-BCity of Charter: Columbia, MOActivities: Held monthly meetings and held adinner night. Participated in an AIDS walk.
USS JEANNETTE MADDOX NCC-14514City of Charter: Wichita, KSn/r
USS KRAZNY OKTYABR NCC-23102City of Charter: Shawnee, KSn/r
USS MARKO RAMIUS NCC-23103City of Charter: Fayetteville, ARActivities: Attended the commissioning of theCelt. Planning next Klingon Games. Attendeda convention in KC. Began collecting for OCP.Attended R12 summit and B5 experience.
USS MIRAGE NCC-72213City of Charter: Midwest Cityn/r
USS MORNING STAR NCC-4126City of Charter: Lawton, OKActivities: Attended sector dinner. AttendedHeart Walk. Collected for various charities,both STARFLEET and non-fleet. Held meet-ings, gave out quarterly awards.
USS MYSTIQUE NCC-58929City of Charter: Russellville, ARActivities: Cleaned the ship’s mile of highway.Participating in STARFLEET charities as wellas local ones. Attended R12 summit..USS NIGHTSHADE NCC-10529City of Charter: Lawton, OKn/r
USS NIMITZ NCC-74680City of Charter: Oklahoma CityActivities: Held meeting. Away team to Okla-homa dinner. Went to R12 summit. Cuttingcoupons for OCP and looking into serviceprojects.
USS NOMAD NCC-78500City of Charter: LeavenworthActivities: Recruited at a convention. Attendedthe Oklahoma sector dinner. Held a “Burgersand Bowling night”. Attended R1 and R12summits.
USS OKLAHOMA NCC-23137-ACity of Charter: Oklahoma CityActivities: Held meetings and planning recruit-ment drive.
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USS ORION NCC-61815City of Charter: Wichita, KSActivities: Attended USS Jeanette Maddoxmeeting. Volunteered at a local convention.Participating in Neighborhood clean-up. At-tended Summit and the Independence com-missioning.
USS PARACLETE NCC-31903City of Charter: Siloam Springsn/r
USS PHOENIX NCC-2155City of Charter: Columbia, MOActivities: Held monthly meetings. Held a fundraising raffle.
USS QUANTUM NCC-1734-ECity of Charter: Springfield, MO.Activities: Held general meetings. Planningtrips to cons. Went to R12 summit.
USS QUO VADIS NCC-74681City of Charter: Belle Vista, ARn/r
USS RANGER NCC-2206City of Charter: Oklahoma Cityn/r
USS SHILOH NCC-74683City of Charter: Rockford, ILActivities: Continued recruiting drive. Fund-raising plans continue as do plans for charityprojects.
USS STAR EMPIRE NCC-2116City of Charter: Norman, OKn/r
USS STARGAZER NCC-2893City of Charter: Kansas Cityn/r
USS STELLAR WIND NCC-40513Correspondence ChapterActivities: Newsletter production continues.Began work on convention proposal.
USS SUNFLOWER NCC-74679City of Charter: Augusta, KSn/r
USS TRAVELER NCC-3145City of Charter: Emporia, KSActivities: Attended the Nimitz anniversary.Away teams to various conventions. Went toOklahoma Sector dinner. Held a movie watch-a-thon. Recruited at “Lost in Space”. Went tothe R12 summit.Recruited at “Lost in Space”. Began highwayclean-up project. Planning for casino night.
MSR Activity Reports: March & April, '98J. C. CohenJ. C. Cohen
TROUBADOUR STATION SFR-1201City of Charter: St. Louis, MOn/r
USS UMIAK NCC-3142City of Charter: St. Louis, MOActivities: Worked on Channel 9 membershipdrive. Worked at “Name that Con”. Planningsummer activities.
USS URSUS NCC-2011City of Charter: Springfield, ILActivities: Held general meetings, with an Eas-ter Egg hunt. Preparations for charity workactivities continue.
USS WHITESTAR NCC-71012City of Charter: Port Huron, MIn/r
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USS EMPRESS NCC-15025-ACity of Charter: Sterling Heightsn/r
USS GRYPHON NCC-74661City of Charter: Kalamazoo, MIActivities: Held a movie night and generalmeetings.. Played lazer tag. ChallengingKlingon group. Planning trips, cons, and com-munity service.
USS VALKYRIE NCC-74658City of Charter: Dearborn, MIn/r
USS WHITE STAR NCC-71012City of Charter: Port Huron, MIActivities: Hosted FrostBite, a convention.
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REGION 15
USS ATLANTIS NCC-71803City of Charter: South Eaton, MAActivities: General meeting. Planning springand summer events. Preparing for mini-golftournament.
USS BEAN SIDHE NCC-9186City of Charter: Boston, MAActivities: Went to creation con. Participatedin KAG Day of Honor. Went to a Hercules/Xena con. Held monthly meetings and areplanning summer activities..USS BOSTON NCC-74482City of Charter: Lowell, MAActivities: Attended regional summit. Heldmovie night. Participated in MS walk. Plan-ning to attend Shore Leave. Had an Earth Daycleanup.
USS ENDEAVOR NCC-1716City of Charter: Ledyard, CTActivities: Working on Constitution re-write.Visited aquarium. The chapter is working on afull-length video. Future events beingplanned.
USS EQUINOX NCC-584City of Charter: Winslow, MEActivities: Held Red Cross blood drive. Par-ticipated in Walk American. Collected for OCP.Preparing ship for parade season.
USS HOOD NCC-1707City of Charter: Nashua, NHActivities: Continuing recruitment drive. Gotautographs from Leonard Nimoy at local mall.CO was interviewed in local paper. Away teamto USS Constitution (the real one). Plans con-tinue for summer events.
USS O’BANNON NCC-5372City of Charter: Sanford, MEActivities: Working on recruitment drive. Wentto convention. Had a B5 CCG playing tourna-ment. Hosted R15 summit. Planning on pa-rade participation.
USS THE SULLIVANS NCC-5370City of Charter: Portsmouth, NHActivities: Worked on official fleet paperwork.Started Marine Strike Group. Planning recruit-ment drive. Working on change of command.
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REGION 17
USS ALIOTH NCC-71832City of Charter: Orem/Provo, UTn/r
USS MIR NCC-73281City of Charter: Las Cruses, NMActivities: Away mission to White Sands Na-tional Park and planning for May picnic.
USS WIND SPIRIT NCC-14110City of Charter: Colorado Springsn/r
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Capt. Richard Heim, Assistant RDC Sci-ences, Region One
Starfleet Academy’s Vulcan Acad-emy of Sciences is a very special school.In VAS you can earn up to 14 fictionaldegrees in two fields — Biological Sci-ences and Physical Sciences — with overtwo dozen electives. You learn a lot aboutreal science as you do the course work,and have a great deal of fun while you’reat it!
In the history of Starfleet, there areonly nine members who have completedall of the courses offered at the time theywere enrolled. VAS would like to honorthese special people for their commend-able accomplishment.
The Vulcan Academy of Sciencesgives a hearty SALUTE to: Susan Vaughn!
A former Chief Sciences Officer, Su-san is currently Commanding Officer ofRegion One’s U.S.S. Alaric. She’s been in-terested in science “since I learned toread,” and took about two and a halfyears to finish all of the VAS courses.
In real life, Susan Vaughn is a regis-tered nurse in a major Asheville-area hos-pital, working on her Masters degree withemphasis on “Clinical Informatics” (com-puters in nursing). She is interested inall fields of science. Her hobbies include“bird watching, stargazing (astronomy),and nature (weather, trees & flowers,rocks, etc.). I watch science programs onanything and everything. I also have aninterest in nutrition and dietary supple-ments to improve my own health andphysical well-being, and yoga or Tai Chito improve not just my body but my mindand soul. It all fascinates me!”
Science is very important in today’sworld, Susan notes. “It can be our ruin orour salvation, depending on how we useit. Science has the means to solve prob-lems, but it can also be used to destroyeverything we have or ever will have. Thequestion that should be asked is this, ‘Canwe use science responsibly?’ Future genera-tions depend on the answer to that ques-tion.”
Her favorite scientists includeDaVinci, Einstein, Hegel, Sagan, Hawk-ing, and Asimov. When asked if sciencespecials like “Cosmos” influenced her in-terest in science, Susan said, “Carl Saganwas my idol long before this programcame on, but I found the series fascinat-ing and hoped that others would likewisefind it appealing.”
As to her favorite scientific discov-ery: “Besides the wheel and fire? Anyand all discoveries that make life moreworth living and that don’t destroy more
V.A.S. GRADUATEPROFILE:SUSAN VAUGHNSUSAN VAUGHN
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Hailing Frequencies Open!
Once again, there have been somechanges around Communications Cen-tral. No, nobody else has left - this timewe’ve had some long-awaited additionsto the staff.
I am pleased to announce the appoint-ment of Captain Andrea Haag and Com-mander Martin Lessem as Director andDeputy Director, respectively, of theSTARFLEET International TranslationCorps (ITC) — formerly the STARFLEETLanguage Bank.
The International Translations Corpswill be available to provide translationsof the STARFLEET Constitution and otherpertinent documents (STARFLEET Acad-emy exams, the Membership Handbook,and recruitment flyers, for example). TheITC can also be utilized by Divisions, Re-gions and Chapters who wish to haveother documents (by-laws, manuals, etc.)translated.
The ITC is currently looking for vol-unteer translators in all languages cur-rently in use in STARFLEET.
The ITC’s goal is to assist in makingSTARFLEET a more international-friendly and linguistically accessible or-ganization.
Andrea and Martin can be reachedby email at [email protected]. Postal mailshould be addressed to:
Andrea Haag7312 PinehurstDearborn, MI 48126
In addition, Captain Jeffery Higdon(who, in another dimension, also servesas Vice-Chair of the International FanCouncil) has accepted the position of Di-rector of the STARFLEET DiplomaticCorps. The Diplomatic Corps is respon-sible for opening and maintaining com-munications between STARFLEET andother fan organizations, and initiatingand coordinating inter-fandom activitiesand newsletter exchanges.
Jeff can be reached by email [email protected], or by postal mail at:
Jeffery Higdon1019 N. Court Street #2Rockford, IL 61103
If all has gone well, this issue of the
Communiqué should be in your handsaround the time of the STARFLEET Inter-national Conference in Lubbock, Texas.Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to arrangethings so I could be there, though I will be(or will have been?) in communicationwith Allyson Dyar, who graciously agreedto be my proxy for the Admiralty Boardmeetings.
One item the Admiralty Board intendsto have accomplished before the conclu-sion of the IC is its final approval of theproposed replacement Constitution whichwe’ve been working on since last year.Once approved by the Admiralty Board, itwill be published in the Communiqué, andthe membership will be asked to ratify it. Ifthe membership approves (and hopefullyyou will), STARFLEET will then have acompletely new (and actually reasonable)guiding document.
Many people have asked why it hastaken so long for the Admiralty Board tocomplete its review of the Constitutionwhen, after all, it was completed last Sep-tember. I assure you, it was time well spent.Over these many months, we’ve wrangledover, discussed, solicited input on, negoti-ated, re-written, re-negotiated, torn apart,and put back together this document somany times that it bears little resemblanceto what we started with — and yet the ba-sic skeleton, the purpose, and the goals wehad in mind when we started have, if any-thing, become more solid and more clear.
I’m proud to be working with a Com-mander, STARFLEET who has chosen not
to abuse powers, and an ExecutiveCommittee that has strived to put
together a new Constitution that removesmuch of their (our) own authority, andwith a group of Regional Coordinators
who have worked closely with us todevelop a workable structure for the
future of our organization.
This proposed Constitution makesSTARFLEET more democratic, giving theRegions the authority to appoint their ownRegional Coordinators.
It provides for assurances of the fiscalresponsibility of those who are in controlof STARFLEET funds.
It greatly diminishes the power, but notthe responsibility, of the appointed Execu-tive Committee, and increases the author-ity and responsibility of the elected Admi-
ralty Board.
It provides for a system of checks andbalances, so that the abuses which haveoccurred in the past can not happen again.
I think you’ll like it.
I know I do. I’m proud to be a part ofthe effort to put to rights all the things thatare wrong with STARFLEET’s currentConstitution — a document which givesthe Commander, STARFLEET dictatorialpowers over the organization. I’m proudto be working with a Commander,STARFLEET who has chosen not to abusepowers, and an Executive Committee thathas strived to put together a new Constitu-tion that removes much of their (our) ownauthority, and with a group of RegionalCoordinators who have worked closelywith us to develop a workable structurefor the future of our organization.
We’ve had our differences, we’ve hadour arguments — and not just between theExecutive Committee and the RCs. Everyone of us is an individual, with our ownindividual ideas and preconceptions andagendas, not to mention our own real orperceived constituencies, all of which havecome into play in our interactions. Andyet we’ve listened to one another, and ex-changed ideas, compromised or stood firmat times, and hammered out a solid docu-ment that we all feel serves the best inter-est of STARFLEET as a whole.
To the entirety of the Admiralty Board,to my fellow Executive Committee mem-bers, to the various Regional Coordinatorsand Acting RCs and everyone else who hasbeen involved in the Constitution project:I’m so very proud of you all.
It’s amazing what a willingness tocommunicate can accomplish.
If you have any comments or ideas onhow the Communications Division canfurther serve your chapter or the fleet,please feel free to contact me by email [email protected], or by postal mail at 330Haven Avenue, Apartment 3C, New YorkCity, NY 10033-5333 USA.
In service to the fleet,
Gordon L. GoldbergChief of Communications,STARFLEET
than they help. Advances mean nothingif they ruin life for future generations.After all, we don’t want to soil our ownnests. Favorite scientific discovery? Prob-ably the telescope. Though not necessar-ily the most important to mankind, it doesprompt thought about our beginnings andour future. Looking at the stars, realizingthat the light you are seeing left that starbefore this planet was even formed.”
Once Capt. Vaughn discovered sci-ence fiction, “that’s where most of my in-terests gravitated.” In her mind there hasnever been enough SF to quench her thirst.“It is especially satisfying to see thingsthat were once science fiction become ev-eryday occurrences. TOS communicatorslook remarkably like modern cell phones.Science fiction literature wrote of fictionslike atomic-powered subs and trips to theMoon and these are now realities of life.”
If she could decide NASA’s spacemissions for the next 30 years, Susanwould give highest priority to the expan-sion of efforts on a space station, “our nextstep to the stars.”
Capt. Vaughn had a couple practicalscience-related suggestions forSTARFLEET, too. “Bringing a scientistguest to cons or meetings (like the recy-cling specialist we had at a recent Alaricmeeting), maybe the author of The Phys-ics of Star Trek, or the writer of the busi-ness management book Make It So. Orany of the authors of the trivia books orencyclopedias. We are always taking upcollections for one disease or another, howabout studying about the disease, to educateand inform. Then folks will know whatthere is to fear about AIDS or cancer.”
In closing, Susan added: “I hope thateveryone, especially young people, dis-cover the joys of reading. It can give themmore in the job market and it can give themthe m eans to escape after a particularlyhectic day at work. Science fiction is butone escape. But, in my case, it has alsoprovided an opening to new job possi-bilities, linking computers to my old job,nursing. It promises to be a real adven-ture. May it be so for everyone.”
On behalf of the Vulcan Academy of Sciences,I would like to take a moment to thank Susanfor corresponding with us, and to ask you tojoin me in a hearty round of applause! If youwould like to learn more about VAS, or takesome courses, check out the VAS web page at:
http://www.StarfleetAcademy.com
or send a SASE to VAS Director VAdm.Marlene Miller, 461 Harmony Lane,Campbell, OH 44405-1212, or email her at<[email protected]>.
LL&P!
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FOR SALE
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Handmade fuzzy stuffed tribbles $13, hand-made wooden phasers that fire rubber bands$25, USS Mir logo cups $4. Make check ormoney order payable to Nancy Lynch, 1737Avenida de Quintas, Las Cruces, NM 88005or contact [email protected].
George Takei’s “To The Stars”, autographed$20, unsigned $15, (s/h $3); proceeds to helpwith USS MIRAMAR’s abused childrenproject. Inquires to: 8686 Jade Coast Dr, SanDiego, CA 92126.
STARFLEET watches: gold trim with a shockand water resistant quartz assembly. Thewatch face is the STARFLEET logo in blueand white. Leather-like adjustable band. Cost:$30 (includes P&H). Send check or moneyorder to: USS Stargazer, PO Box 411793, Kan-sas City, MO 64141.
Ever ask one of your officers about a late re-port and get “Well, I’ll get around to it.” ?Well, now you can provide them with one!Cascade Station is now producing the “Offi-cial” STARFLEET Round Tuit. Only $2 plusS/H gets you one of these beauties! You canalso order one with your regional logo on themfor $1 more! Chapter rounds are dealt with ona case by case basis. For more information orto order, send check or money order payableto Ed Nowlin to Cascade Station, Attn: RoundTuit 2651 Kenco Ave. Redding, CA 96002-1410 or send email to:capt_ed@ earthlink.net.Allow up to 4 weeks for delivery.
White mesh knit polo shirts with embroideredSTARFLEET logo on left breast. Cool andcomfortable. S-M-L-XL-2XL $23 plus $3 s&h.Checks payable to STARFLEET-Region 2 at110 Napier Ave., Warner Robbins, GA 31093.
USS BRIZA patches for your collection. Mea-sures approx. 4.5" high x 2.5" wide. Colorsare green, white, black and gold. Send a checkor money order for $5 to: USS BRIZA, PO.Box 2794, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077.
TNG-Best of Both Worlds collectors plate.$150 or B/O; TNG Enterprise HallmarkChristmas (1993) ornament - unused, un-opened. $110 or B/O. Call 215-953-8961 8 to8 EST.
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Embarrassed by unsightly, not authentic beltclips on your TNG phaser and tricorder? Pat-terns now available with detailed instructionsfor making attractive leather holsters. Send$3.00 for one (indicate phaser or tricorder), or$6.00 for both to Kathy Warren, 1183Lawrence Rd., Murfreesboro, TN 37128.
Hallmark Christmas ornaments, 1992, mintcondition in original boxes, $35 each plus post-age. Shuttlecraft Galileo with Spock’s voice!Captain Pete Mohney, USS Hephaestus NCC-2004, 1105 Oak Creek Trail, Birmingham AL35215, or call (205) 680-5723.
Star Trek Collectibles including HallmarkOrnaments (Enterprise NCC-1701 in originalbox - $400) Must sacrifice all. For list send$1.00 and SASE to CAS, PO Box 93, WestPoint, PA 19486.
Over 500 film clip cells: from 1966-1969ST:TOS mounted in slide casings. LincolnEnterprise sold these in the 1970s (all mountedin slides!) Inquiries call Kirk (314)949-2976.
USS Stellar Wind NCC-1501A is making wayfor the new NCC-40513. All of the NCC-1501A publications are available for postage:back issues, membership and writers guides.SASE Allyson Dyar, PO Box 941, Kirkland WA,98083-0941 e-mail: [email protected].
The Anvil is the 40-page monthly ‘zine of theUSS Hephaestus, Region 2. We exchangewith other chapters, and subscriptions are avail-able for $10 per year (12 issues). For a sampleissue, send 2 stamps. Captain Pete Mohney,USS Hephaestus NCC-2004, 1105 Oak CreekTrail, Birmingham AL 35215.
Show pride for Ship & Fleet. Region logo as acomm. badge, with your ships name. RegionsAvailable: 2,3,4,6,7,12. $20 (s&h incl) Otherscoming shortly. Get yours today.Contact Lt. Mark Andrews:[email protected] orP.O.Box 632, Kingsburg, CA 93631
Sci-Fi Spotlight. Star Trek, Babylon 5, Dr.Who, and more! Sci-Fi Spotlight (formerlySpace-Time Continuum) newsletter for visualmedia fans. Great behind-the-scenes tidbits,celebrities, appearances, letters! Sample copy$2 US; $3 foreign. Send to: Bjo Trimble, POBox 6858, Kingswood, TX 77325-6858.
FOR SALE
Autographed TNG Inaugural Edition card setin original Skybox logo binder. All major cast,plus other cast and crew signed, plus languageset, plus holograms including goldEnterprise.18 autographs total. $450 shipped. Call Peg510-236-5951 for details.
Large collection of Robert Summers limited-edition art prints. Mostly Western and Indianthemes, some artist’s proofs. Also, a completeConnelly Collection of ten very limited edi-tion art prints by different noted western art-ists. Sold as a collection. Contact Chuck Freasat PO Box. 8942, Amarillo, TX, 79114-8942.
Looking to sell my collection of ST charac-ters, tired of staring at them on my wall. (Imag-ine that!) Still in original packages. Have aprox.60! For details, write: Cpt. Ken Oziah, 605 S.Harrison # 2, Olathe, KS 66061 or e-mail:[email protected]
Donner’s Country Crafts can meet your em-broidery needs. Considering putting your logoor ship name on t-shirts? We can do that. Moreinformation (send SASE): PO Box 158,Hamersville, OH 45130, e-mail:[email protected], or visit ourwebsite at http://home.att.net/~donner.crafts.
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STARFLEET — The International Star TrekFan Association; RADM Carolyn Donner,R/1 VRC - RDC Program, and SFA — ViceCommandant SFA — College of Communica-tions, Director USS JURASSIC —STARFLEET’S 1996 SHIP OF THE YEAR —Region One’s 1997 Ship of the YearYou can order SFA Patches ($4.50 each), orembroidered shirts, etc. with SFA logos andR/1 logos on them (ask about prices) fromDonner’s Country Crafts (above).
MEMBERS WANTED
Attention Star Trek Fans seeking members tojoin the Starship Constitution There are ampleopportunities for advancement. Contact: (Cpt.)Gary E. Schwanke 105 SE Lake Street, Albany,97321 or E-Mail: [email protected].
MEMBERS WANTED
UNASSIGNED CORRESPONDENCESTARFLEET MEMBERS: The StarshipGemini Dream awaits you! While primarily anonline chapter, a few stamps will keep you upwith our newsletter. Contact Adrienne Paradis,2147 W. Romneya Dr. Anaheim, CA 92801-1639 e-mail: [email protected] : Homepage:
Come aboard the USS IDIC, NCC-71811. Weare a regular meeting chapter serving Metro-politan Washington, DC. Activities include anewsletter and social events. Contact:[email protected], or write USS IDIC, PO Box22578, Alexandria, VA 22304.
USS JURASSIC - correspondence ship —looking for new members. We have a newslet-ter, are active via internet, and many otherprojects. For more information send SASE to:PO Box 158, Hamersville, OH 45130, or [email protected]@ galaxy.weyr.org.
USS AURORA VULCANUS (correspondencechapter) is looking for members, who like towrite, draw, and role play. Join one of the mostcreative starships in the Fleet. Contact:Michelle Fanelli P.O. Box 591874 Houston,TX 77259 - 1874 or [email protected]
SAN DIEGO AREA FANS, regular meetingship USS MIRAMAR looking for active mem-bers to join in Trek fun and Community Ser-vice. Help us grow and launch shuttles. Fordetails, call Gaye Holder at (619) 566-6320 oremail [email protected].
Are you a weary ‘fleeter? Too many irons inthe fire? Looking to lighten your load? Thenjoin a correspondence chapter! The USS Stel-lar Wind NCC-40513 is a correspondencechapter in search of members. For more info:Cpt. Ken Oziah, 605 S. Harrison #2, Olathe, KS66061 e-mail:[email protected].
Space Station Nexus is an internet-only, duesfree chapter. Our primary focus is All ThingsInternet and our own Fiction. We are espe-cially looking for anyone interested in Admin-istrative positions. Query Fleet Captain KurtRoithinger [email protected] for more info.
Attention unassigned STARFLEET membersin NW Louisiana! The Shuttle Roger Young islooking for recruits. For more informationcontact: (LTC) Adam R. Thompson, 340 Col-lege St., Apt.4, Shreveport, LA 71104, phone:(318)227-0053, or email: [email protected].
TALAXIAN TRADE SHOW
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MEMBERS WANTED
Members wanted to help form a new chapterin the Colville WA area. If interested contact:Burt Mader, 1331 E. Elep, Colville, WA 99114or e-mail at: [email protected].
United Starfleet Command: Ships leaving forexploration of space. Join the Fun. For moreInformation send a LSASE to: USC PO. Box5864 Asheville, NC 28813-5864.
Honor above all else! The RSE/ Romulan StarEmpire seeks those loyal to the Empire foradventure and battle. For details, send SASEto RSEINC., PO Box 3508, Dayton, OH45401 or email to: [email protected].
Romulan International Chapter IRC Kavarneeds Terrans, Vulcans, and Klingons. Con-tact (Sub-Commander) Jason Taylor, 5225Canyon View Drive, Sparks, NV 89436, orhail him at (703) 626-7334. You must jointhe R.I.E., and you must enclose LSASE.
MISC
Add spice to your ship with a custom de-signed web page. Catered to your needs.Special rates for STARFLEET Members. Host-ing services available. Visit http://www.usstristar.com. For Starlight Web Creations(423) 531-4848, or go to http://www.starlightweb.com.
Fund raising? Need extra money? Send e-mail to [email protected] or write to me at TomRutledge 11889 98 Ave. NE, Kirkland, WA98034 and I’ll send you details on how youcan generate recurring funds every monthwith a little effort on your part.
MISC
R/1 Engineers! If you have not contacted yourRDC in awhile, there is a growing amount ofactivity in the EROR/1a project. Wanna getinvolved? Contact Gary Donner [email protected], or SASE to PO Box 158,Hamersville, OH 45130.
RDC PROGRAM ... If you would like to knowmore about the R1 RDC Program visit ourwebsite at www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/1156 or rdc.regionone.com.
Are you a Ham Operator? USS JURASSIC hastwo aboard at the moment who would like tocommunicate with other Trekking Hams andperhaps get a net started. For more informa-tion contact: [email protected] or visitwebpage: www.qsl.net/wb8nll.
PEN PALS
Seeking companionship, SWF, 17-25 in D/FWarea who loves all sci-fi, especially Star Trek,Star Wars , Dr. Who, and B5. I am a SWM, 21,a STARFLEET officer on the USS Comanche.If interested, contact: (Ensign) Russell Jack-son, 1624 Pelican Court, Azle, TX 76020-4785.
ISO: SWF, 19-37, that loves ST, for compan-ionship. I am SWM, 35, STARFLEET officerand love ALL ST. If interested, contact: (Capt.)Larry D. French, Sr., 1220 Vermont Avenue,White Oak, PA 15131-1630.
Companion wanted: 35 y/o, SWM; sincere,honest, cook, inmate, many interests. ISO SF,25-32, for laterr marriage. Playful, open-minded,romantic, honest. Kids/pets okay. Photo. Writesoon and often. Bill Skinner, AM8585 SCIWM,PO Box 256, Waymart, PA 18472-0256
MEMBERS WANTED
The Space Station Freedom III Communica-tions Dept. offers a pen pal matching programfor all continental USA residents. Obtain anannual membership by mailing a $2.00 moneyorder to: Curtis J. Stenovich, 1647 RutlandDrive #136, Austin TX 78758-6048.
WANTED
Wanting to Buy: Original tribble used in theST:TOS episode “Trouble With Tribbles”.Must be authenticated. Contact MariellenChidiac, [email protected] or write toPO Box 23215, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
CONVENTIONS
DragonCon, September 3-6, 1998, Atlanta’sInforum Convention Center and Hyatt Re-gency Hotel, Atlanta, GA. Guests TBA. Fourday memberships $40 through March 15, $50through May 15, and $60 at the door. WriteDragonCon ’98, PO Box 47696, Atlanta GA30362-0696, http://www.dragoncon.org, call24 hour info line at (770) 623-6321. Ticketsavailable through Ticketmaster with Visa, MCor Amex at (404) 249-6400.
Tigercon 3, October 2-4, 1998. University ofMemphis, Memphis TN. Special guest is Dr.Lawrence Schoen, Director of the KlingonLanguage Institute. Free convention! Onlyexpense is the dinner on Saturday Night; $25for adults, $15 under 16. (Toddlers and beloware free.) Contact Karen Cushing at:[email protected] or: Tigercon, CampusBox 528032, University of Memphis, Mem-phis, TN 38152. http://www.people.memphis.edu/~kcushing/tigercon/index.htm
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ATTENTION: If you have been promoted toCaptain or above and have not received a pro-motion certificate, please email your name,SCC#, and the date that you received it to thepromotions coordinator Michael Malotte:[email protected].
The Security School has reopened with all newcourses and exams. Currently, the Basic andConvention Security Officer’s Courses areavailable. Other courses are being developedand will be announced when complete. SeeAcademy application for costs and mailinginfo.
FREE ADS TO STARFLEET MEMBERS. 80word max. on any classified ad. First 40 wordsare free to STARFLEET members. There is a25 cent per word charge for each additionalword. Phone Numbers and email address countas one word each. Please include your SCC#and phone number where you can be reachedwhen submitting an ad. Max. of two (2) adsper issue. Classified rate for Non-STARFLEETmembers is $1 per word. Make check or moneyorder payable to STARFLEET and send to:Communiqué Classifieds, 72 Dickens Rd.,North Brunswick, NJ 08902. Ads for STAR-FLEET members that are 40 words or less maybe submitted electronically to [email protected],Subject Line: CQ AD.
IF YOUR ADD APPEARS NOW, PLEASESEND NOTICE TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE(FCAPT. WENDY FILLMORE) OR EMAILTO [email protected] AS TOWHETHER OR NOT YOUR ADD SHOULDAPPEAR IN THE NEXT CQ. THANK YOU!!
On stardate 9805.23, the USSNomad crew (RADM MichaelMalotte, Michelle Johnson,Denine Malotte), Brian “PackRat”Davis and his wife, and variousmembers of the pre-shuttle Inde-pendence got together to cel-ebrate the launching of the ShuttleIndependence. (This was a littlepremature due to the fact that XOAdam Copple’s OTS apparentlygot lost in the mail). The partywent quite well.
Also, the CO, Commander JoeBrouhard, started a listserv for the
Independence and her crew. thefollowing is an excerpt from thepost that is sent out to subscribers.
This is a list for the crew of the USSIndependence.
In order to subscribe to this list, youmust be a member of STARFLEET-The International Star Trek Fan ClubAssociation. If you are not, please donot attempt to subscribe to this list.
This list is to inform the crew of theUSS Independence of any announce-ments in SFI and to announce any-
thing important to the ship.
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CHERRY HILL – If you couldignore the stray uniform or two, itcould have passed for a conferenceof any civic or business organiza-tions, replete with panel discus-sions on leadership, charity, com-puters and public relations.
But it was hard to dismiss theoccasional person among hun-dreds walking around in a Star Trekuniform Sunday at the Hilton Ho-tel on Route 70. It was the finaleof a three-day conference ofStarfleet, which claims to be theworld’s oldest and largest fan-runStar Trek organization, with 4,000members in some 15 countries.
About 250 people attended theconference from more than 250Starfleet club chapters. Estab-lished chapters are named afterstar ships; the fledgling groups af-ter shuttles.
Lacking at the conference werethe regalia – insignias, posters,gizmos, hordes of vendors, cos-tumed individuals and celebrityspeakers – normally found at StarTrek fan club conventions. Thiswas business.
At the conference, membersshared ideas, such as tips on im-proving newsletters, startingfanzines and communicating viathe Internet.
“We’re not the ‘get a life’ typethat show up at a trial in uniform,”said Mary Collier-Corson, 40, ofMagnolia, referring to an alternatejuror in the Whitewater trial in Ar-kansas who showed up at courtevery day in a Star Trek uniform,until the judge dismissed her.
Some Star Trek groups outsideof Starfleet, such as Klingon Legionof Assault Warriors, are far moreinto costumes, make-up and role-playing, said Kelly S. Hilliard, 37,a “vice-admiral” for his AtlantaStarfleet chapter.
He hates the connotations of“Trekkies,” a common term.“We’re not dweebs. We’re real
people with real jobs,” saidHilliard, an electronic databaseoperator at Georgia State Univer-sity.
The series and movies amountto more than just distraction andentertainment for many of itsfans. Hilliard pointed out all thecharities that the organizationruns.
There are also club-sponsoredcollege scholarships. For aspir-ing physicians there’s theDeForest Kelley grant, named af-ter the actor who played Dr.Leonard “Bones” McCoy. Forwannabe actors there is thePatrick Stewart, named for theShakespearean actor who playedCapt. Jean Luc Picard. And busi-ness students can vie for theArmin Shimerman, who plays theFerengi capitalist Quark.
Despite the lack of Vulcan-eared convention-goers, mem-bers at this weekend’s conference– like London-raised AnyaMalina – are a reminder of whatsets Star Trek fans apart.
Malina, 30, now a resident ofJackson, has been hooked on theshow since she was 3, as were herparents, now deceased.
As immigrants from England,the family loved the message oftolerance and peaceful coexist-ence conveyed by Star Trek’s cre-ator, Gene Roddenberry.
“It’s not, ‘Let’s get the bigguns out first,’ it’s, ‘Let’s find apeaceful solution first,’” she said.
[This article was accompanied bya photograph by Chris LaChall ofThe Courier-Post. Starfleet Ma-rines Eric Lerfald and GerriWampler and Starfleet OfficerJohn Lentz in line at the BurgerKing were pictured.]<editor’s note: This story waswritten about the InternationalConference held in Cherry Hill,NJ last year>
Convention Helps Trekkies ProsperBy SEAN KIM, Courier-Post StaffBy SEAN KIM, Courier-Post StaffSubmitted by Rhonda E. GreenSubmitted by Rhonda E. Green
APPLICANTS SOUGHT FORDIRECTORSHIP OF ASDB
On 5 June 1998, CAPT Michael Dugassubmitted his resignation as Director of theAdvanced Starship Design Bureau (ASDB).He has accepted a position within the ad-ministration of Region 13, and with thevarious posts he holds, there is not timefor all of them. Regretfully, I have acceptedMike’s resignation, and wish him all thebest in his new position as Chief of Opera-tions, Region 13. I also would like to thankhim for his service to STARFLEET andDTS.
Mike will continue to work with DTS,although the final role he will play is stillin the process of being sorted out. I am de-lighted that he will continue to work withus and bring his considerable talents tothe service of DTS, ASDB, and the Fleet.
I am also pleased to welcome CMDRThomas Spiker as Acting Director, ASDB.Tom will be helping out while the processof selecting the new permanent Director isfollowed.
With regard to that process, after someconsideration, I felt that this positionshould be offered to the entire Fleet throughthe Communiqué. Many members havevoiced concerns that position openings arenot being advertised, and while it is some-times true that positions must be filled morequickly than can be allowed for with theCommuniqué schedule, ASDB is not in thatsituation. Therefore, what follows are thespecific criteria for the position of Director,Advanced Starship Design Bureau:
——————————The Director of the Advanced Starship
Design Bureau is charged with assistingSTARFLEET members/shuttles/chaptersin the creation of new starship designsand/or the upgrade/modification of ex-isting designs within the framework of acoherent, established Star Trek Universe.
The successful candidate will:
1] Be comfortable with and possess fullunderstanding of Star Trek technology andengineering in all eras of the Star Trek Uni-verse in which the fictional Star Fleet oper-ates (from 2161 through 2375, not justTNG/DS9/VOY).
2] Be comfortable with Star Trek engi-neering and starship design as explicatedin fan-tech, as well as Paramount-tech,
materials (manuals, blueprints, and such),as the former are critically important to theproper development of the Star Trek Uni-verse.
3] Be willing to guide groups design-ing starships to develop their projects to fitrealistically within the existing framework.(e.g., if we already have 2 extantshuttlecarrier designs {and “actually”, wehave about 8 right now}, a group creatinga third should show that the new designdoes something that the others do not.)New designs created simply for the pur-pose of being new will not necessarily beaccepted, but the ASDB Director can assistgroups in giving the new design a freshcharacteristic that might allow its accep-tance. Alternatively, the ASDB Director willshow the group the existing designs andsee if one of those might not suit the pur-pose.
4] Coordinate the design activities andfunctions of DTS, often in cooperation withthe STARFLEET Corps of Engineers andthe FDCs of Engineering and Sciences, aswell as the Office of Technical Informationwithin DTS.
The ability to access the Internet andcommunicate on-line is recommended, butnot required.
——————————I will accept applications for a period
of one month after the release of theCommuniqué. At the end of that time, theywill be reviewed and an appointmentmade. Applicants should, as specificallyas possible, explain how they will fulfilleach of the above-mentioned criteria.
Applications may be sent to:
Department of Technical Services, STARFLEETADM Alex Rosenzweig, Director980 Linwood PlaceNorth Brunswick, NJ 08902-2267E-Mail: [email protected]
I look forward to seeing many fine ap-plications. There is a lot of talent in thisorganization, and I fully expect the choiceto be a difficult one. Thanks for your atten-tion, and I hope to hear from you.
Number 87 • June/July 1998 • Communiqué • Page 23
Our clubs are now focused intolean, mean, fun-havin’ machines.We have a marketing plan thatwould make a Fortune 500 com-pany green with envy. The guestsare flying in left and right. All wehave to do now is hand out mem-bership applications and collectdues, right? Well, you actually havea little bit of work left to do.
Many clubs are sort of like the1997 Dallas Cowboys; you get to the20-yard line but just cannot seem toget the ball into the end zone. If youfind that the vast majority of yourguests tend to be one stop wonders,you might be in this group. Now, Ido not want to deceive you intothinking that every guest shouldturn into a full member, but youshould be drawing a good percent-age of them back for a second look.
If your club has a focus and yourmarketing materials present thatfocus properly, the guest alreadyknew that they were interested inthe club when they came to the frontdoor. The only reason the personshould not join is a lack of chemis-try. Not every person belongs in ev-ery club; sometimes people just donot fit in. This is to be expected nowand then. However, it would be ashame to lose a potentially greatmember just because things did notclick in the first few minutes.
Thus, we create the club wel-coming committee, or First ContactTeam (FCT).
Some of you may already balkat the idea of doing anything out ofthe ordinary when a guest comes tothe meeting. You want them to seehow you really are, to know whatyou regularly do. You do not wantto set up a false impression that willbe shattered over time. I agree withall of this; I do not want you or yourclub to pretend to be something youare not. I am just reminding you thatyou only have that one chance tomake a first impression and some ofus need a little preparation to makethe best impression we can. As an
example, I want to share how I cameto be a STARFLEET member.
I had a life-long friend who hadjoined the USS Trouncer. She spentmonths telling me how wonderfulthe club was and inviting me to visit.I even helped her a little bit with thenewsletters since I had more experi-ence with computers that she. Thus,I was quite familiar with what theUSS Trouncer and STARFLEET wereall about. One meeting night, I hadtwo other friends visiting me and weall decided to check out this club.
When we arrived, the CO greetedus and led us to a table by ourselves.The three of us sat through a meet-ing we did not understand and,when game time began, we sat aloneand played chess. We had fun sincewe were used to acting crazy on ourown anyway, but we left the meet-ing with the impression that the clubwas worthless. The CO took sixmonths to talk me into giving the cluba second chance and I did eventu-ally join. My friends, who have thesame interests as I, still cannot seewhy I bothered.
Now let me share some stepswith you to keep this from happen-ing to your guests.
Set up a First Contact Team towelcome guests and ensure they feelcomfortable the first two meetings.This team should have at least twomembers who do not have prominentroles in the regular meeting’s activi-ties. You need more than one personso that their absence from a meetingwill not shut down the FCT’s dutiesaltogether. These FCT members can-not have major roles in the meetingitself because they need to spend themeeting with the guest.
Before the formal meeting starts,introduce the guest to the top threeofficers in the club. If your club issmall and you want to point out oth-ers, just use their first names. Theguest is going to be introduced to alot of people and a lot of material inthat first meeting, there is no need to
overwhelm them in the first five min-utes. Then take a seat at the backtable, the last row, or the seats far-thest from the podium. Your guestwill need to have items and events ofthe meeting explained and you donot want your FTC member’s re-marks interrupting the meeting.
The goal here is simple: ensure theguest understands, and feels a partof, the entire meeting. The above planworks for a standard business/infor-mation meeting. If the gatheringbreaks into departmental subgroups,take the guest around to each of thegatherings and give them a brief de-scription of what the departments doand get the guest’s feedback onwhere their interests might lie. If yougo into a game or recreational mode,the task is to get the guest in a game,introduced to the other players, andhaving a good time.
Another goal of this meeting is forthe club to get a little feel for who theguest is and how they might fit intothe club’s social structure. Your FCTwill need to understand that this isbest achieved through conversationthroughout the meeting. Do not justsit down and ask twenty questionsin a row as this could put the gueston the defensive, especially if theytend to be shy. And, under no circum-stances, should you ever double-teamor dog-pile a guest. When they arrive,assign one, and only one, member ofyour FCT to work with them. Theother members of the club need to un-derstand to be polite and, when ap-propriate, engage the guest in lightconversation but leave the FCT roomto do their jobs.
Your final goal for this meeting isto get the guest back for a secondmeeting. Do not try to pressure theguest into filling out an applicationand paying their dues at this firstmeeting; you will run off as manymembers as you gain. Of course theguest needs to know what the duesare and what membership gainsthem, however be just as quick tostate that this can be dealt with atthe next meeting. Of course, if the
Marketing 101: The First Contact TeamGlenn SmithGlenn Smith
person insists on joining at the firstmeeting, by all means let them. How-ever, I recommend that you still treatthem as a First Contact at the secondmeeting they attend.
This whole plan speaks of a guestwho came on his or her own initia-tive. If an existing member brings aguest, you still want to stick to theplan as much as possible. The invit-ing person should sit with the guestso they do not feel abandoned at thedoor; however, the FCT membershould handle the bulk of the con-versation. Remember that we wantthe guest to eventually feel comfort-able with the whole club. We do notwant that guest to feel their only at-tachment to the club is the personwho originally invited them.
From this article you can see thatyour First Contact Team, just as inthe show, needs members withspecial talents and training. Theseclub members must be outgoingand comfortable with talking tonew people. They should also havea knack for making others feel com-fortable with talking to them. Fi-nally, your FCT must understandthe roles they perform and what isexpected for the guest at their firsttwo meetings. Star Trek clubs nor-mally attract intelligent folks withpretty good people skills; I’m sureyou will find a few in your clubwho will be perfect for this duty.
Next time out, the final install-ment in the series. The SecondVisit: How to close the deal. I willdiscuss the follow up to the firstmeeting, what to do with the guestat the second meeting, and, finally,how to get their name on the dot-ted line.
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Photo by RAdm. Bob Vosseller: USS Adamant First Officer Jim Clevenstine joins actress MaryKay Adams during a collectible show in Bordentown, NJ, in May. The actress is seen holdingup a photo of her character Grilka who appeared in two episodes of ST:DS9 and may bereturning for another episode next season.
DS9 Guest Star Returns to New JerseyBy Radm Bob VossellerBy Radm Bob Vosseller
It is hard to picture the slender blond actress Mary Kay Adams playing anangry, manipulative character, but she’s played three fearsome females of thatdescription during her career.
The Middletown New Jersey native whose parents now reside in OceanCounty, NJ, started out in theater. “I went to school for acting. My first bigjob was in 1984.” That was when she won the part of India Von Halkien onthe daytime soap Guiding Light.
“It was originally written as India Raines from the mid-west but they de-cided to rewrite her as a European aristocrat. I had a wonderful time on theshow,” Adams said.
It is safe to say that Adam’s portrayal of the beautiful yet manipulativeIndia helped the long established CBS soap to become number one in theratings through most of the 1980’s.
A few years after she left the role she returned to add more intrigue to thesoap through pursuing Phillip (Grant Alexander) Spaulding and going toe-to-toe with the show’s matriarch Alexandra (Beverly McKinsky) Spaulding.
“We had a great head writer, Patricia Long. We also had a great writer inDoug Marland when I was on As the World Turns. Guiding Light, though,
was my baptism of fire.”
She recalled her first meeting of John Bolger who briefly took over therole of Phillip Spaulding. “I met him when they were screen-testing him forthe role. I thought he was the most handsome man I had ever seen and he washe was my personal choice for the part. I loved for Grant to appeal to theaudience.” Bolger’s first scene with Adams was a shower scene with India.
The character evolved from a manipulative vixen to a caring mom whoadopted an orphan. Adams blushes; “The actress who played Dory, KimmyParks, is now… 26 years old. She is a good friend of mine.”
Eventually the actress left the east coast where Guiding Light was videotaped to venture out into Hollywood. During the same week she received tworoles which her own parents wouldn’t be able to recognize her in.
“It is the most fun I have ever had,” Adams said of her role as the KlingonGrilka in the syndicated science-fiction series STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine.The role required heavy makeup for her portrayal of the character. “Just a dayapart I learned I got the role of Na’toth,” on Babylon 5. In the latter role,Adams could relate to her former cast mate on “Guiding Light” who had takenover the role previously established by another actor. Na’toth had been playedby actress Caitlin Brown in the first season of Babylon 5 and more recently ina guest appearance this season. The role was Mary Kay’s throughout thesecond season until the character was written off the show.
She seemed, however, to prefer the role of Grilka who married Quark(played by Armin Shimmerman), a regular on the series. Shimmerman at-tended high school in Lakewood, NJ. “He is a wonderful guy, a king amongmen,” Adams said.
While it took at least two hours to apply the prosthetic makeup for herroles in the two shows she learned to deal with “…all the sensory deprivation.Because I hadn’t been with B5 from the start, DS9 seemed to have more of afluid flow.”
Next season is believed to be Deep Space Nine’s last. While the actressreturned to reprise the role last year she said “… there is talk of bringing thecharacter back for a kind of closure. I’d love to do it.”
Adams would also love to return to the role that made her famous ondaytime TV, the part of India on Guiding Light. “That is what I’d really liketo do. That first year was just so chock full of stuff that writers came up withmore than anything I could ever come up with.”
Living back on the east coast might also give the actress more opportuni-ties to visit her parents who accompanied her to the Bordentown show duringthe weekend. When asked if she would be willing to appear as a special guestof the USS Challenger (based in Ocean County) if her schedule allowed (andpromised lunch or dinner) she smiled, “Sure, but you don’t have to buy melunch, just a frozen custard from the Seaside Heights boardwalk.”
