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Issue #188 July-September 2016 Starfleet Marine Corps ISSUE #188 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2016 STARFLEET MARINE CORPS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD LIFEFORMS! WWW.SFI-SFMC.ORG Issue 188 JULY - SEPTEMBER 2016 FEATURES & ARTICLES Starfleet scholarship fund 3 Editor-in-Chief: Matthew Miller Copy Editor: Cynthia Duran The cq is looking for you! 4 50th anniversary gear from the qm 5 Published by: STARFLEET, Annual award winners 6 The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. Region 3 celebrates star trek 50th birthday 7 PO Box 2706 Denver, CO 80201 The heimdal celebrates star trek 50th 8 - 9 Submissions may be sent via e-mail to: [email protected] Star Trek With A Full Symphony Orchestra 10- 14 Postmaster, please send address corrections to: STAR- Star Trek Beyond: Spain 15 FLEET Member Services PO Box 2706 My Experience at IC 2016 16- 17 Denver, CO 80201 Star Trek and All Related Marks and Logos are Trade- Heimdal’s charity auction 18 marks of CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved. A Newcomer’s Perspective of IC 2016 19- 20 The STARFLEET Communiqué is a publication of the Away Mission To Hull’s Drive-in 21 Communications Department of STARFLEET, The Interna- tional Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. It is intended for the private use of our members. STARFLEET holds no October-December 2016 Convention List 22- 27 claims to any trademarks, copyrights, or properties held by CBS Studios nor Paramount Pictures. All content from Introducing World Space Week 28- 29 Star Trek including still images and character names is the property of Paramount Pictures Corporation and CBS 30- 31 Studios, Inc. and no infringement is intended. STARFLEET, Recruitment contest The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. operates as a non-profit fan club and is committed to promoting Executive committee reports 32- 41 Star Trek. Staff Directory 42- 43 The contents of this publication are Copyright © 2016 STARFLEET, The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. and/or the original authors. All rights reserved. No portion of this document may be copied or republished in any way or form without the written consent of the Office of the Chief of Communications, STARFLEET. (USPS 017-671) Entered as periodical matter at the Post Office of Denver, Colorado, under the act of March 8, 1879. The Communiqué is published quarterly by STARFLEET, The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc., P.O. Box 2706, Denver, CO 80201. 2 STARFLEET SCHOLARSHIP FUND WWW.SFI.ORG/SCHOLARSHIPS Ever since 1990, our organization has This is for medical studies of both hu- Think about it, presented monetary scholarships to mans and animals and is awarded for special active STARFLEET members who programs in medical school, nursing if every are attending community colleges, four school, physical therapy, pre-med, -year colleges, most technical schools, EMT-Paramedic, surgical technician, member made junior colleges and universities or grad- biomedical technician, and the study uate school, or any other accredited veterinary medicine. a $1 donation institution/organization that offers a ARTISTIC – Gene Roddenberry Memo- to the certificate/certified program. If unsure, rial/Sir Patrick Stewart Scholarship for just ask the Director. Aspiring Writers & Artists scholarship Scholarships are awarded in amounts This is for all those studying acting, of up to $1,000 based on number of dance, music, writing, literature, or for fund each applicants and availability of funds. skills and training relating to the me- APPLICANTS MUST BE A STARFLEET dia, graphic artists, film making, etc. year, we could MEMBER AND MUST HAVE BEEN A BUSINESS/MANAGEMENT/ fully fund the STARFLEET MEMBER FOR AT LEAST EDUCATION – Armin Shimerman/ ONE YEAR BEFORE THE APPLICATION George Takei/LeVar Burton Scholar- program. DEADLINE. The application period runs ship for Business, Language Studies & from January 1 through June 15 of each Education year. June 15 is the Application Dead- This Scholarship is for business and line. At our annual International Con- management studies, the study of When you renew, look for this box. ference each summer, the scholarship foreign languages or studies abroad, winners are announced for the next and for teaching. academic year beginning in the fall se- mester. MISCELLANEOUS – Space Explorers’ Memorial Scholarship Over the years, the number and variety This scholarship honors the Apollo, of our Scholarships have changed. The Shuttle Challenger, and Shuttle Colum- following is a list of the current Scholar- bia astronauts and Russian cosmo- ships that STARFLEET offers: nauts that have died to further our ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY – James efforts in space exploration. It is a Doohan/Montgomery Scott Engineer- “general duty” scholarship and applies ing & Technology Scholarship to all courses of study not mentioned This very popular Scholarship covers in the other 4 Scholarships. If scholar- any field related to engineering and ship applicant’s field of study does not other fields of study involving technolo- quite match up with one of the other gy, computer science, etc. scholarship types, they may be award- ed this one. MEDICINE & VETERINARIAN – DeForest Kelley/Dr. Leonard McCoy Memorial Medical & Veterinarian Scholarship 3 STARFLEET SCHOLARSHIP FUND The CQ is looking for you! Do you have what it takes to join the STARFLEET News Service? If you are interested in any of these things, we need you! Editing. Layout Design. Reporting and Investigation. (Press Corps) Administration. Does this describe your skillset? I can work on a team of professionals or on my own. I consider myself unbiased and fair. I can get things done Excellent time management JOIN THE STARFLEET NEWS SERVICE TODAY! CONTACT [email protected] FOR MORE INFORMATION. 4 50th Anniversary Gear Contact Linda Olson to Order: [email protected] 5 Announcing the Annual Award Winners Commanding Officer of the Year: Vice Admiral Judy Waidlich, USS Avenger, Region 7 Enlisted Member of the Year: MCPO Steve Sardeson, USS Battle Born, Region 3 Flag Officer of the Year: Vice Admiral Richard Trulson, USS Wernher von Braun, Region 2 Junior Member of the Year: Cadet 2nd Class Kira McQueen, USS Valiant, Region 12 Officer of the Year: Major David Jarrett, USS Diamondback, Region 3 Shakedown Chapter of the Year: USS Selene, NCC-75014, Region 3 Support Ship of the Year: USS New Orleans, NCC-57288, Region 3 Chapter of the Year: USS Horizon, NCC-1000-B, Region 12 6 Region 3 Celebrates Star Trek 50th Birthday at the Movies by Steve Sardeson, USS Battle Born, Region 3 On 10 September, 2016 members of Arwen Wilson to Lieutenant Commander order to get the right questions to Region 3 comprising 8 different Ves- Daryl Varnado to Lieutenant Junior Grade the right people. Do not be afraid to ask question on what it would take to sels of the Line converged on Alamo Gracie Varnado to Lieutenant Junior have a theater reserved for private Drafthouse Westlakes in San Anto- Grade functions. We’ve noticed that prices nio, Texas to celebrate the 50th birth- Matt Gower to Ensign will vary depending on particular day of Star Trek and to formally com- Ralph Wilson to Petty Officer Third Class movie houses, capacity of each indi- mission the USS Tarvos NCC 90866. vidual theater, time frame and date, and I may have missed a couple cate- To commemorate such a significant gories. Also, we were allowed to bypass licensing/copyright issues by milestone, we enjoyed viewing the having this as a private event vice a original two pilot episodes of an ever public event. So, armed with this living saga, Where No Man Has Gone information, we hope that your re- Before and The Cage. It was quite gions, zones, sectors will be able to the treat to see them on the big enjoy such an event as we did recent- screen, and the ambience of seeing it ly. with so many fellow shipmates was superb. Also, after the costs were covered to host the event, the re- mainder was donated to Region 3’s supported charity, Children’s Miracle Also following the shows and the com- Network Hospitals. missioning several converged on a local entertainment venue, The Main Event, and socialized over drinks, food, billiards, and laser tag and rope courses. Overall, it was a great day to spend with friends and shipmates. In case others may want to execute an evolution like this here are some lessons learned. Setting this up took some time to gather the appropriate information in Also on the docket, the USS Tarvos NCC 90866 was commissioned, and CDR Michael Trujillo promoted to Captain, and the following members also received promotions following Champaign toasting by all who chose to do so. 7 USS Heimdal Celebrates Star Trek 50th Anniversary by Linda Smith, USS Heimdal, Region 1 In May the Executive Director of would cost $8 with Riverviews re- we got together & formulated a plan Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg, ceiving $3 of each ticket sale while for the exhibit. Willy Smith had do- VA contacted me with a proposal the Heimdal would receive $5 of nated part of his Star Trek collection, that the USS Heimdal partner with each ticket sale to go towards our we added it to ours & everyone Riverviews in September to present Space Camp Program. brought their collectibles to our a 50th Star Trek Anniversary Cele- home. I presented Kim’s proposal to our bration & Movie Marathon com- crew at our June meeting & took a While we were attempting to get the memorating & celebrating the 50th vote. Everyone unanimously voted exhibit together, I contacted people anniversary of the first airing of Star to partner with Riverviews on the I knew, the Riverviews Director con- Trek on September 8, 1966. Kim, project even though we were tacted people she knew & we the Director, is a personal friend & heavily involved in our Annual worked out a media blitz in addition told me if any group could pull this Charity Auction.
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