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2014 is STARFLEET’s 40th anniversary, and we’re Such a simple idea for a music video has inspired count- excited to be celebrating with you! There are less versions posted by people from around a couple of projects in the works where the world—from Croatia to Singapore. we need your participation to really There was even a version filmed in make shine. the ruin of the Tatooine filming Congrats to contest-winner location in Tunisia featuring LT Adam Dolphin of the USS fans dressed as various “Star Iceni who designed the beau- Wars” characters. However, tiful 40th Anniversary logo! at the time of this writing, I can’t find any Star Trek ver- Anniversary Issue sion of the “Happy” music of the CQ video posted anywhere. We’ll be producing a spe- Let’s fix that. cial 40th Anniversary issue of As part of our 40th Anniver- the Communiqué, which means sary celebration, STARFLEET is we need all of YOU to help us going to make and post the first- get lots of history to showcase. ever Star Trek version of the Want to tell us about your chap- “Happy” music video (or if not the ter's history? Your region's? Want to re- first, then certainly the best). search the history of a particular position or It’s a fun project that can literally feature eve- the mythical "30-mile rule"? (It's a guideline!) How ry chapter, since the video clips will all be less than 5 about your personal history... why not tell us about the seconds. And it’s easy for any member or chapter to best day you ever had in STARFLEET? Member content participate. Just get someone to film you and/or your is really going to drive this special issue, so I can't wait crew in uniform and/or make-up and/or in some kind to see what everyone comes up with. of Trek costume dancing or clapping. The dancing Of course a key component of this issue will be lots doesn’t even have to be good! (Let’s face it, we’re Trek- of embarrassing photos. Dig deep in your vaults and kies…no one’s expecting much.) mortify your fellow 'Fleeters! Then just send in your video before July 15 [editor’s Submissions are due by September 30 to [email protected] note: now extended to September 30!], and I’ll edit to- (please remember to include caption info on photos). gether the footage we receive. The finished video will You can also submit pictures is to add them to our debut at IC 2014 in Rockford, Illinois and then be put Flickr pool at https://www.flickr.com/groups/ onto our website and YouTube. With luck, we’ll go viral starfleet/. Tag pictures with "SFI 40" and we can all and get some decent exposure to potential new mem- take a walk down memory lane together. bers. But even if we don’t become an Internet sensa- 20140101- 20140331 You’re Invited to Be Part of tion, the music video will still be a great addition to feature on sfi.org and just a lot of fun to put together. Project: HAPPY Guidelines for submissions are available at by Rear Admiral Jon Lane http://happy.sfi.org If you haven’t heard Pharrell Williams’ Oscar- I happily and enthusiastically encourage everyone to nominated song “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2” yet, participate! It’s not hard to do, and it can be a real blast you might be living on another planet. The music video for you and your chapter to be part of. The more video for thus chart-topping song features a series of 3-to-5- clips we get, the better the finished product will look. second clips of different people dancing, clapping, smil- I’ll try to post periodic work-in-progress versions of the ing, and just looking happy. One clip just cuts into the edited video as more clips arrive. next, with folks on the street, inside schools and If you have any questions, e-mail me at churches, over bridges, on the beach, and even in a [email protected]. bowling alley…just about anywhere they can dance. 2 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 STARFLEET Communiqué Issue 178 Inside this issue: January—March 2014 Publisher: Liz Woolf Editor-in-Chief: Liz Woolf Layout Editor: Liz Woolf STARFLEET Is Turning 40 — Come Help Us Celebrate! 2 Graphics Editor: Michael Garcia Cover design: Tyler Carr Executive Committee Reports Senior Copy Editor: Mary Kane Copy Editors: Roger Bedford, Duncan Report from the Commander, STARFLEET 4 Cameron, Mitch Dunn Operations Report 5 Published by: STARFLEET, The International Star Trek STARFLEET Academy News Fan Association, Inc. PO Box 28 Commandant's Corner 6 Tilton, NH 03276

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3 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS Report from the Commander, STARFLEET FADM Wayne Lee Killough, Jr., Retribution Station, Region 3

Historian Judge Advocate General Lieutenant Michael Hardegree- The newest member of my staff Ullman has joined us as our new is Colonel Mitch Dunn, our new STARFLEET Historian. He is an ex- Judge Advocate General. He was tremely bright young man who is confirmed by the Admiralty Board Here we are with another issue already excelling in his new posi- on January 25. Mitch is looking at of the Communiqué. This is my first tion. He is cleaning up the verbiage the current responsibilities of the article since taking office, and the on the website and then proceed- JAG and starting to work on a man- first two months as your CS have ing on to the History of Mandi Liv- ual for that office. been an eye-opening experience. ingston. If you would like to assist January was extremely busy for me, Member Recognition Director with information for the History of from getting my feet wet to meeting Admiral Linda Kloempken has STARFLEET, please contact Michael with the Admiralty Board to up- been keeping busy with Member at [email protected]. dating documents and having every- Recognition. She started the year thing switched over for the corpora- Inspector General off giving the new EC members a tion. The end of January saw some Rear Admiral Jeff Victor has quick overview of how promotions changes on the Executive Com- been extremely busy the last two and award nominations are han- mittee… and saw me going back and months. He has been handling Re- dled, and how the voting is handled. forth to the hospital. gional Coordinator elections. Con- She has been submitting requests to I finally started getting back on gratulations to Jerry Tien for con- the EC as quickly as possible, so eve- my feet toward the end of February. tinuing on as Region 4 Coordinator ryone is definitely up-to-date on I want to thank my Chief of Staff, and to Bruce O’Brien for winning these processes. Key note when Rear Admiral Denine Sanders, and the Region 11 election. Region 3 submitting an award nomination or my Chief of Operations, Admiral and Region 1 elections are current- a promotion request… please give Robert Westfall, for jumping into ly in progress. as much advance notice as possible, battle and assisting with what need- International Conference as the EC has 30 days to request ed to be worked on. Denine, as my Liaison further information (if necessary) Chief of Staff, has definitely gotten A new IC Guidebook has been and vote. When preparing for a spe- her feet wet with keeping schedules finalized and is ready to go for cial event (commissioning, anniver- together and ensuring personnel in those interested in putting a bid in sary, summit, IC, etc.), the more the CS’ Office are staying on track for the 2016 International Confer- lead time you can provide, the and we are getting work processed better. If you have questions about 20140101- ence. We have extended the dead- 20140331 in a timely manner. line this year to April 30th. For the process, or would like further As we currently do not have a more information about placing a information, please contact Linda at Vice-Commander, STARFLEET, Rob- bid, check out the IC website at [email protected]. ert has been assisting in this area ic.sfi.org or contact VADM Marian I want to personally thank those and has been doing a fantastic job L. Murphy directly at [email protected]. I that help make STARFLEET what it with overseeing the departments hope you all join us in Rockford, is. From the everyday member to within the VCS’s Office. Colonel Jer- Illinois this August for IC. More Commanding Officers to Regional emy Carsten has been an asset in information can be found at Coordinators and beyond… we all transitioning the department and www.ic2014.com. Jeff Higdon and have a unique part to play in ensur- ensuring the EC is aware of what all company are putting together a ing our organization is a success. has been occurring in this area. fantastic event so make sure you attend if you can!

4 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS Operations Report ADM Robert Westfall, ISS Katana, Region 12

Well, here it is: my first report for Launches & Commissionings the Communiqué as a member of In just these first couple of the Executive Committee. The tran- months, we have welcomed three sition from the Blaser Administra- new Shakedown chapters to the tion to the Killough Administration, Fleet: for Operations at least, went with-  USS Missouri NX-2224 out a hitch. For that I have to thank (R12) 01-17-14 uring the same time frame. While the out-going Chief of Operations  USS York NX-74219 chapters are required to submit an and my Vice-Chief, BGN Joe Sare. (R20) 01-20-14 MSR each month, we are always COMM Beau Thacker has taken  USS Hyperion NX-74917 ready to point out to chapters and over Shakedown Operations from (R20) 02-01-14 RCs when an MSR is not submitted. RADM Richard Smith, while ADM We have also had one Shake- However, Joe and I thought it was a Rosenzweig is remaining on-board down chapter ‘graduate’ to fully- good idea to recognize those chap- overseeing DTS. (If I can’t have Mike commissioned status: ters that consistently submit their Okuda, then I might as well hold on  USS Arafura NCC-4744399 MSRs on-time as sort of a ‘thank to his disciple.) CAPT Eugene Ander- (R11) 01-22-14 you’ for making our jobs easier. son is the OPS Statistician, and Projects Fleet Strengths makes life for Joe and me much eas- One of my department’s initial (as of 1 February 2014) ier with his number-crunching wiz- projects is to revise and update ardry. Finally, CAPT Arthur Vaccarino our documentation. Some of the Region Members Chapters is staying on as the MSR Officer, alt- most used, and referenced OPS- 01 966 45 hough by the time of my next arti- related documents are the Vessel 02 600 35 cle, he will be moving on to other Registry Request (VRR), MOM things. His services have been valua- Manual, and START Manual. They 03 595 27 ble and he will be missed. are in desperate need of overhaul 04 406 20 One major staffing change I have and updating to reflect the way 05 235 11 made is to split up the Recruiting & STARFLEET currently operates. My Retention Department. Instead of plan is to have these completed no 06 127 8 one R&R Officer, I have appointed later than the 2014 International 07 553 28 two. VADM James Herring will han- Conference. 08 16 1 dle the domestic Recruiting & Reten- Another program I am imple- tion. CMDR Jason Garrett will focus menting is a recognition program 09 38 2 on the international Recruiting & for those chapters that have a 10 51 2 20140101- Retention. My reasoning for this 100% on-time submission record 20140331 11 121 7 decision was to bring someone on- for their Monthly Status Reports board that could bring a first-hand (MSRs). To enable public recogni- 12 364 24 knowledge and understanding of tion at the annual IC, the time- 13 125 7 the needs and desires of the inter- frame that will be used will be June 15 185 10 national members. Thus far, both -to-June, so for this year’s criteria a officers have been working very chapter must have submitted all 17 186 9 hard at contacting members and their MSRs on-time each month 20 144 7 chapters to help with R&R issues, between June 2013 and June 2014. TOTAL 4712 243 and I am looking forward to seeing We shall also be recognizing what knowledge and benefits come those regions that have a 100% from their efforts. reporting record for their chapters

5 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS STARFLEET Academy News ADM Peg Pellerin, USS Constitution, Region 15

Featured College: College of Down Under

Commodore Jayden Tyronian, the student down the path of the Director animals and plants of each country, [email protected] through the celebrities (or famous C/- 9499 Brayton Dr. #122 movies), and introducing the stu- Anchorage, AK 99507-4025 dent to the local language skills with Commandant’s Corner slang and native tongues, to just Welcome to the Great Halls of Have you name a few. Learning. ever had an Fran Brock, our Chief of Recogni- interest in The College of tion Services, has been staying busy other coun- Down Under as more members complete the tries? Have will provide stu- number of courses needed for you had an dents with an Boothbys. Look for the Boothby list interest in opportunity to further on in this article. She’ll be knowing learn more extra busy, come time to create and more about about the vari- send out the annual Squad Awards. Australia and ous countries of With the increased number of col- New Zealand? Oceania over a leges, there will be more Squad The College of Down Under (CDU), range of topics (including more to Awards to give out. consisting of School of Australia be added in due course). We have a new institute, one of (SAU) and School of New Zealand Institute of Foreign Affairs is Space Science. This will include the (SNZ), takes the student on a fun, about real world facts and the Col- following colleges; Astronomy, As- educational tour of the various lege of Down Under is designed to trobiology, Astrocartography, Moon flags, states/islands, governments teach students about Australia and Geography, Orbital Mechanics and and landmarks, and provides fasci- New Zealand. It presents new and Rocketry. The College of Space His- nating and factual information. interesting facts about these coun- tory will be transferred to this Insti- Both Schools are undergoing an tries in a fun and exciting way. tute. expansion and soon will also take Cadet Star Award The following Cadets have earned the Cadet Star Award by completing the entire colleges listed Riddle Me This 20140101- with Distinctions and/or Honors. 20140331 Any Cadet completing an adult college is allowed one Passing grade. Four legs in front, two behind. Congratulations, Cadets! Its steely armor scratched and 12/10/13 Michel Hardegree-Ullman College of Geology (adult college) dented by rocks and sticks. 1/11/14 Cynthia Lightheart Still it toils as it helps feed the hungry. Cadet College of Borg Technology 1/11/14 Katherine Lightheart

Cadet College of Borg Technology

1/11/14 Martin Lightheart, Jr. BUTTON .ANSWER: thing. a see Cadet College of Borg Technology can't But eyes, two Has ring, a as Round leaf, a as Flat riddle: Issue’s Last

6 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS STARFLEET Academy News, continued

Featured College: College of Charles Schultz Fleet Captain Lee Vitasek, you will be the strongest of all. stock. Have fun getting to know Director Encountering the Peanuts gang them and test your memories. [email protected] is a real treat, A few words from 2535 Tom Sawyer Drive, Apt. E like recon- the Director: Reno, NV 89512 necting with I enjoy being a part old friends. of the family at Charles Monroe Schulz was one Come and STARFLEET Academy of the 20th Century’s most influen- join Charlie because I get to take tial cartoonists, who introduced us Brown, Linus an active role on the to the world of the enormously and Lucy Van national level within popular Peanuts comic strip. He un- Pelt, Sally STARFLEET. It gives derstood both the horror and joy of Brown, me an opportunity childhood and never put the blame Schroeder, Peppermint Patty, and to interact with fans from across the on the parents. His work teaches all of course the most famous beagle world and to share my favorite in- ages that if you can learn to laugh at in the world, Snoopy, along with terests by creating new courses. things that cause you the most pain, his little feathered friend, Wood-

Boothby Awards: November and December, 2013

Rigel Star, 3700 Altair Star, 2200 Amber, 550 ADM Wayne Lee Killough, Jr. VADM Glendon Diebold COL Stephen Satonick Sol Star, 3800 Alpha Centauri Star, 2150 RADM Judy Waidlich ADM Wayne Lee Killough, Jr. VADM Glendon Diebold Latinum, 200 Romii Star, 3750 Zirconium Star, 1400 Jason Schreck ADM Wayne Lee Killough, Jr. TJ Wayland Allen FCAPT Anne Miller Epsilon Eridani Star, 3250 Gold Star, 1150 LTJG Michael Morgan Hardegree- ADM Carol A. Thompson CMDR Adam Walter Wenclewicz Ullman Deneb Star, 3200 Truman Temple, 1100 LTC Pamela Marie Nery ADM Carol A. Thompson CMDR Adam Walter Wenclewicz Gold, 150 CAPT Franklin M Newman III Emerald, 950 LTJG Michael Morgan Hardegree- Delta Star, 3150 VADM Patricia Lewis Ullman ADM Carol A. Thompson Ruby, 900 RADM David B. Pitts CAPT Franklin M Newman III CAPT Frances B. Brock Silver, 100 20140101- 20140331 Coridan Star, 3100 Sapphire, 850 FCAPT Rahadyan T. Sastrowardoyo CAPT Franklin M Newman III CAPT Frances B. Brock RADM Paul C. Dyl Chin'toka Star, 3050 Opal, 800 1LT Sean Waitman CAPT Franklin M. Newman, III CAPT Frances B. Brock CMDR Scott A.J. Peter CAPT Josephine Fisher Topaz, 650 Bronze, 50 B'Hava'el Star, 2400 COL Leo A. Rogers FCAPT Richard A. Jolitz LGEN Larry Dale French, Sr. Titanium, 350 ENS Craig Alan Brown Arcturus Star, 2350 RADM Debbie French 1LT Jeffrey John Hughes LGEN Larry Dale French, Sr. Dilithium, 300 MAJ Adam Kieran Hudson Antares Star, 2300 COMM Jayden Tyronian 1LT Vincent Mack RADM George Ann Wheeler ENS Bryan D. Teske

7 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS STARFLEET Academy News, continued Boothby Awards: January and February, 2014

Kelvus Star, 3350 Truman Temple, 1100 Diamond, 250 ADM Carol A. Thompson VADM Patricia Lewis LT Michael M. Hardegree-Ullman CAPT Franklin M.Newman, III Bronze Star, 1050 CMDR Matthew Bergin Genovese's Star, 3300 VADM Patricia Lewis BDR Christopher Anthony Bayonet ADM Carol A. Thompson Omega, 1000 Latinum, 200 CAPT Franklin M.Newman VADM Patricia Lewis MAJ Megan Schroeder Epsilon Eridani Star, 3250 CAPT Frances B. Brock RADM Paul Dyl CAPT Franklin M.Newman, III Emerald, 950 LCDR Kaleign Bellatrix Star, 2500 CAPT Frances B. Brock ENS David Paul Goldsberry LGEN Larry Dale French, Sr. Sapphire, 850 Gold, 150 Barradas Star, 2450 CMDR Jeremy Andrew Skelton RADM Paul Dyl LGEN Larry Dale French, Sr. Amethyst, 700 ENS David Paul Goldsberry Arcturus Star, 2350 VADM James Herring MCPT John Hardy VADM Glendon Diebold Garnet, 600 Silver, 100 Antares Star, 2300 COL Stephen Satonick LTJG Jeff Radford VADM Glendon Diebold Trilithium, 500 MCAPT John Hardy Armagosa Star, 2250 CMDR David Hines CMDR John M. Prushko VADM Glendon Diebold Platinum, 450 Bronze, 50 Zirconium Star, 1400 CAPT Jan Sleigh COMM Janice R. Graham ADM Barbara M. Paul CMDR David Hines LT Adam Paul Dolphin Diamond Star, 1250 BGN Bryan Jones CMDR Michael David Hartley CMDR Adam Walter Wenclewicz Zirconium, 400 MCPT Matthew Tuting Latinum Star, 1200 RADM Debbie French CRMN Katherine Victoria Lightheart CMDR Adam Walter Wenclewicz Titanium, 350 CAPT Donald Dobrin CMDR Elizabeth Worth VADM Patricia Lewis FCAPT Lee Vitasek Gold Star, 1150 Dilithium, 300 VADM Patricia Lewis CMDR Matthew Bergin Featured College: College of United Kingdom Commodore Jayden Tyronian, vides fascinating and factual infor- the student to the local language Director mation. skills with slang and native tongues, [email protected] to just name a few. 20140101- C/- 9499 Brayton Dr. #122 The College of United Kingdom 20140331 Anchorage, AK 99507-4025 will provide students with an opportunity to learn more about the vari- Have you ever had an interest in ous countries of Great Britain over a other countries? Have you had an range of topics (including more to interest in knowing more about the be added in due course). countries that make up the United Institute of Foreign Affairs is Kingdom? The College of United about real world facts and the Col- Kingdom (CUK), consisting of School These Schools are undergoing lege of United Kingdom is designed of England (SEN), School of Ireland an expansion and soon will also to teach students about England, (SIR), School Scotland (SCO) and take the student down the path of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It pre- School of Wales (SWA), takes the the animals and plants of each sents new and interesting facts student on a fun, educational tour country, through the celebrities (or about these countries in a fun and of the various flags, counties, gov- famous movies), and introducing exciting way. ernments and landmarks, and pro- 8 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS Computer Operations Report LGEN Larry French, Sr., USS Inferno, Region 7

I am Lt. General Larry D. French, cialization in Business and a minor Sr., and I have been serving as the in Behavioral Science, and an MBA Chief of Computer Operations in Technology Management. starting on January 1st. I have been My first jobs in computers were a member of STARFLEET since April as a tutor, as I mentioned earlier. I of 1991, and have mostly served as then interned at the G.C. Murphy a Commanding Officer, Executive Computer Center in 1981, where I I have been in many leadership Officer, or Science Officer on several did computer mainframe opera- positions over the years. I am an different ships in the fleet. I have tions and some COBOL Program- Eagle Scout and have been a Scout been active in the chapters, Region ming. I then enlisted into the Unit- and/or leader for over 35 years. I 7, 7th Brigade, Region 1 Summits, ed States Air Force, where I am a Freemason and I am just fin- STARFLEET Special Operations, SFI worked in Computer Operations ishing up my year as President Academy, and as Judge Advocate (again on hands-on mainframes) (Worshipful Master) of the Lodge. In General. I have served on the Honor for nine years (three of those be- the Scottish Rite Masons, I have Guard at most ICs since 2008. I ing as a supervisor). My next and served as the Reception Committee served on staff for IC 2012 and also current full-time job was in Com- Chairman and the Commander of will for IC 2014. I am a Dean of one puter Operations at the Allegheny the Legion of Honor. I have learned STARFLEET Academy Institute and a County Civil Service. At first, it was to lead by example, but I do know Director of a small few colleges. I working on Banyan Systems, but I how to delegate tasks so that every- served for four years as Judge Advo- later progressed to Windows Serv- one has a certain function on the cate General. ers. Now, I mostly do Desktop Sup- team. This is my first time serving As a hobby, I learned HTML Web port on the users' desktop and lap- on the EC, but I feel that I have the Programming and began helping top computers. I have been there best team of workers to get the job organizations that I belonged to for 18+ years. In my spare time, I done. with their websites, namely the Loy- have been learning WordPress. al Order of the Moose District 12 and Wilmerding Lodge, Islam Grotto (Freemasons), Maquis Forces Inter- national, a Civil War Chaplain site and my own STARFLEET chapter. I started in computer operations in high school back in 1978, where I helped the Computer Teacher with 20140101- tutoring students in the class. We 20140331 learned about International Business Machines (IBMs), mainframes, and some programming. In college, I also tutored students. I earned five college degrees: an Associate of Ap- plied Science in Data Processing from the Community College of the Air Force, an Associate of Science in Computer Specialist and an Associ- ate of Science in Microcomputer Specialist, a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Applications with a spe- 9 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS Report from the Chief Financial Officer GEN Linda M. Olson, USS Relentless, Region 2

December January February STARFLEET Main Checking Account Opening $34,988.39 $36,990.92 $38,990.87 Credits $3,121.99 $4,182.59 $3,374.45 Debits ($1,119.46) ($2,182.64) ($225.64) Closing $36,990.92 $38,990.87 $42,139.68

IC Even Account I am still accepting applications Opening $3,380.65 $3,380.65 $3,380.65 for the position of Vice CFO. I would Credits $0.00 $0.00 $770.00 prefer someone who has Debits $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 knowledge of US tax laws as well as Closing $3,380.65 $3,380.65 $4,150.65 general financial knowledge and is

well versed in financial computer IC Odd Account programs such as QuickBooks. If Opening $0.00 $100.00 you feel that you could enjoy lend- Credits $100.00 $0.00 ing a hand in this area of Fleet, Debits $0.00 $0.00 please send your real life and Closing $100.00 $100.00 STARFLEET resumes to me at

[email protected]. SFMC Checking Account We transferred $3,000 from the Opening $4,302.70 $4,546.85 $4,527.87 CD up for renewal in December into Credits $276.81 $48.08 $85.10 the STARFLEET Scholarships Savings Debits ($31.66) ($67.06) ($9.64) Account to cover part of the cost of Closing $4,546.85 $4,527.87 $4,603.33 the scholarships for the coming year. STARFLEET Scholarships Savings Account New 40th Anniversary Quarter- Opening $2,020.16 $5,035.21 $5,020.36 master items have been ordered — Credits $3,030.05 $0.15 $15.15 go to qm.sfi.org to see the current Debits ($15.00) ($15.00) $0.00 stock and new items. Closing $5,035.21 $5,020.36 $5,035.51

SFMC Scholarship Savings Account Opening $2,728.55 $2,728.62 $2,728.69 20140101- Credits (Interest) $0.07 $0.07 $0.06 20140331 Debits $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Closing $2,728.62 $2,728.69 $2,728.75

STARFLEET Scholarship CD STARFLEET Savings CD December January February December January February Current Balance $1,116.43 $1,116.76 $1,116.76 $17,023.30 $17,024.45 $17,024.45 Rate 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.12% 0.08% 0.08% Matures On 2/15/2014 2/15/2014 2/15/2014 12/28/2013 09/30/14 09/30/14 Interest Paid Last Year $3.90 $33.09

10 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS Communications Report RADM Liz Woolf, USS Angeles, Region 4

Welcome to the first CQ of the Killough with photo credit and captions. administration! Notice anything different? For submissions sent via e-mail, please Believe it or not, I did lay out for this one send all written articles in Microsoft myself. Please be gentle. Word .doc format. Make sure the docu- I know CQs are backed up, but the fact ment contains only text. Do NOT embed that you received this so quickly after the photos or other images inside of Word last (late) CQ is an excellent sign, right? documents. Send images separately, but There’s another coming up right behind this include captions at the end of your docu- one, and I have to say, CQ 180 has some ment. special stuff Images should be sent as jpeg files professional manner using language that Of course, we can’t make new CQs un- with no compression (or the highest quali- would be appropriate for the widest possi- less you all send us stuff to print! So here are ty jpeg setting). 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As such, What We’re Looking For mission in either of these formats. any advertisement needs to first be ap- The quarterly newsletter for STARFLEET, Please proof-read your written submis- proved by the Executive Committee. the Communiqué welcomes printable sub- sions carefully before sending them. Use a And Finally... missions from any member of our club. spell-checker, and if possible, read the Please submit ONLY YOUR OWN WORK. Among the items most frequently submitted submission out loud to make certain all of Or if you are submitting on behalf of anoth- are: your sentences are clear and make sense. er person, be certain he or she is credited as  Articles about chapter, regional or fleet Submissions do not have to be completely the author and has given permission for the events free of typos, but the editorial team pre- submission and publication of his or her  Articles about some aspect of Star fers to have to do minimal corrections of work. Do not violate another’s copyright or Trek or science fiction articles, if possible. plagiarize another’s work.  Articles about opportunities and/or What To Include Space in the Communiqué is limited. Not resources for STARFLEET members All photos that you submit should in- all articles will fit. Sometimes a submission and Star Trek fans in general. clude a separate text file containing cap- will need to wait for one or more issues until  Articles about important issues for our tions. Do NOT rely on file names for your there is space for it. Some submissions may fan organization. captions; file names are usually changed not be used at all. The final decision of what  Photographs of chapter, regional or and simplified during production and lost gets published in the Communiqué and fleet events–including members, activi- once photos are placed into page layouts. when is made by the Chief of Communica- ties and items of interest. Photo captions should include the tions and the editorial team.  Photographs of famous Star Trek and/ names of all people pictured (if available) Please try to carefully proof-read any or science fiction celebrities. and preferably their chapter name, as well. text submission. However, be aware that we  Drawings, cartoons, schematics or oth- Also, PLEASE include the name of the pho- reserve the write to make editorial changes er printable artwork. tographer, even if you are the photogra- to any submission. Every effort will be made  Other fun Star Trek or sci-fi items–such 20140101- pher and are also submitting the photo. to keep the integrity of the original submis- 20140331 as short stories, poems or recipes. For the author, please include as many sion, but understand that changes may likely Please limit any written submissions to of the following as you can: be made before the final publication. 5,000 words or fewer, unless you have first  Author’s full name That said, we make mistakes, too. We requested permission from the Chief of  Author’s rank and position in their apologize in advance if we misspell your Communications for a longer submission. chapter name or the name of someone in one of How to Submit Your Article:  That chapter’s name, NCC number, your photos or articles. We strive to be per- Via e-mail: [email protected] home state (or country, if not U.S), fect, but we don’t always make it. The most Via US Mail: Liz Woolf, 24180 Newhall and region important thing for all of us when it comes Ranch Rd #9210, Valencia, CA 91355  That chapter’s logo (if available) to the STARFLEET Communiqué and our overall organization is to enjoy Star Trek and What To Avoid Format of Submissions have fun. The Communiqué is read by a wide and If you use our online submission form, THANKS FOR READING ALL THIS AND diverse audience around the world, includ- simply complete all fields and attach any FOR YOUR SUBMISSION! images you may have. Be sure to add coming people of different ages, genders, reli- ments to the bottom of your submission gious and political beliefs. Please write in a 11 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 Opinion Piece: The Changing Times CMDR Norbert J. Kessen III, USS Lone Star, Region 3

work under that premise) and not for a new audience, and Editor’s Note: We welcome opinions and view- TWO, social media was starting to happen at the same time. points from all members of STARFLEET, whether Myspace launched in 2003. People felt part of something you think they’ll be popular or not! Opinions pre- bigger. Then Facebook launched in 2004. Kids now question sented are those of the individual member. why they should physically get together when they can look We also welcome responses or counter- on their digital devices to see what their friends are doing. When I say kids of that generation, I mean anybody that was viewpoints to the articles published at [email protected]. born after 1988, the age of 26 currently (if one was born in Your letter may be used in a future issue of the 1988). When they reached 14, Voyager was gone, and social Communiqué. media was just starting. That is the significance of my ques- Submissions may be edited for length. tion before: “How many of these people are 25 or under?“ Now for some solutions: I guarantee this article is going to be received with very There are ways to overcome this problem, but action has mixed reviews. I understand this, but in the end this is self- to be taken quickly. STARFLEET can rebrand from a “Star reflection, and all I am trying to do is reduce negativity in our Trek” to a “Sci-Fi” fan club. We still have the stigma of being group. I do NOT have all the answers, but what I am a “Star Trek” club. Take a look at Comic Con, which has now attempting to do is help inspire conversation among us to get expanded to all manner of sci-fi, television, movies, comics, ideas to improve. I see the changing times and some of it is video games, etc. If you think about it, if they had stuck to good. Some of it is scary. STARFLEET is a slowly dying organi- just comic books, almost nobody today would go to a Comic zation, and it has nothing to do with the people inside the Con. group. There is a change in world views. Views change, opin- I was looking at the social dynamics of other organiza- ions change, technology chang- tions. One good example is Zom- es... everything must get upgrad- We have to see what we are tied to, how bie Squad. They are a social club ed or it will be forgotten. others see us, and how we are showing a based on ANY zombie or post- If we step back just for a mo- apocalyptic movie or television ment and take a look at the or- picture of our organization to others. show. They get together and ganization as a whole, we have watch movies, talk, and help the to see what we are tied to, how others see us, and how we community through teaching disaster preparedness. They do are showing a picture of our organization to others. In reality not limit themselves to just one show or movie. we are about the television show and movies. Some groups Then the second part of social media is an uphill battle even have dual membership in other groups related to Star unto itself. I have not seen any big movement by STARFLEET Wars, Doctor Who, Firefly, etc. Should STARFLEET keep on into this area. This almost requires a full team to get a grip on the same trend of being primarily tied to those television the situation. The drawback to this department is the fact shows? We will always be enslaved to whoever is producing that many people don’t have access to a particular form of the shows for the masses. As long as there is current media social media, and if something important is happening on it, being produced, there are going to be fan organizations. But those who cannot get involved would feel offended. Current- as time progresses, interest dies off. More seasons, series, ly this falls on an already overworked Communications de- 20140101- movies, etc. are produced, and interest increases, but after a partment, but they can only go so far. [Editor’s note: At the 20140331 few years it starts to die off again. The largest amount of time of this writing, STARFLEET’s social media outreach is time that can go between anything new in these fast-paced managed by the CompOps department, not Communica- times IS seven years. That is the psychological constant of tions]. renewal. In conclusion, STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Now if we look at modern society, even just take a look Association is slowly dying, but for most people inside, it is around one’s own club, and ask yourself the following: “How hard to see this. I suggest that STARFLEET attempt to rebrand many people are 25 or under?” This is people who are NOT itself to include ALL sci-fi. The second most daunting part is forced to be there. Let's take a look at the significance of that to have a dedicated Social Media Department, one that will particular age. Star Trek made its appearance in 1966 and ran market the face of STARFLEET to the social media aspects of until 1969. TNG was 1987 to 1994, DS9 was 1993 to 1999, our changing world, and help regions and chapters in over- and finally Voyager was 1995 to 2001. I left out Enterprise for coming these waves of change. two reasons: ONE, because that was meant for the fans (that Let’s make STARFLEET “Live Long and Prosper”. can be argued intensely in itself, but for article length, I will

12 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 IC2014 To Celebrate 40 Years of STARFLEET ADM Jeffery E Higdon, USS Black Hawk, Region 12

The place to go to celebrate the [email protected] to possible. 40th Anniversary of STARFLEET: The make arrangements to get the special Also, as with anything we in STAR- International Star Trek Fan Association, price. FLEET do, the Conference Committee is Inc. will be at the 2014 STARFLEET In- Another plus is that a bus runs in need of volunteers in order to make ternational Conference at the Clock hourly to and from Tower Resort and Convention Center in O’Hare International the city of Rockford, Illinois! Airport and Midway The Clock Tower Resort boasts more Airport, as well as Un- amenities than any other lodging op- ion Station (the Chica- tion in the region. With comfortable, go Train Station) with well-appointed guest rooms, on proper- drop offs and pick ups ty dining options, salon, giant indoor at the front door of water park, outdoor pool, indoor tennis the Clock Tower. We center, 30,000 square feet of flexible encourage all who are meeting and banquet space, and much flying in or taking the more. train to make arrange- Some of the amenities are: ments to take the dis- The Clock Tower Resort will host the 2014 STARFLEET  247 well-appointed guest rooms, 14 ability-accessible International Conference this August in Rockford, Illinois. Bi-level Suites & 3 Whirlpool Suites; coach and for more  On property dining options with the information you can go to their web- the convention the best possible event. Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery and the site at http://www.coachusa.com/ The Committee is currently looking for Callaloo Grille; vangalder. volunteers in the following areas:  Indoor AND Outdoor heated swim- This year's auction and charities go  Membership Processing ming pools, playground, tennis toward the Juvenile Diabetes Research  Operations courts and basketball courts; Foundation and the Burpee Museum  Transportation  24-hour fitness center and new of Natural History. Also we need  Decorators complimentary business center with items for auction. If you have an item  Security upgraded to donate for the  HQ Secretaries comput- auction please e- Anyone interested should connect ers, print- mail me at Colonel Hof at vicechair- ers and hi- [email protected] [email protected]. When contacting speed to tell me what this officer please include your name, Internet item or if you can SCC number, availability for work, and access; send it to I can e- preferred assignment. If you don’t  CoCo Key: mail you the ad- have a preference, it is perfectly ac- Rockford's dress to send it to. ceptable to respond with “Any Posi- only in- And with IC2014 tion”. Any questions about the posi- door wa- come our breaka- 20140101- tions can be directed to Colonel Hof at 20140331 ter park The IC hotel features both indoor and way sessions. Any the e-mail address already given. and all people who with outdoor heated swimming pools. And a reminder that the cost of the 60,000 wish to moderate a IC2014 Membership Registration is $40. square feet of splashtacular family session feel free connect Colonel Wil- The party we will be having will be fun (this is separate from IC2014); liam “Junior” Hof at vicechair- Legendary! The Staff of the Clock Tow- Cost for the 'well-appointed' guest [email protected]. Please include er Resort and the IC2014-Rockford rooms is $99 plus tax and reservations what you wish to present, session ti- Committee are looking forward to have can be made through their 815-398- tle, how long you wish the session to STARFLEET is looking forward to see 6000. Use the code “STARFLEET” to get go, how big and what kind of space you on August 8th, 9th and 10th!!! this special price. DO NOT MAKE YOUR you will need (for example will you RESERVATIONS ON LINE AS THIS SPE- need an open area, tables, or just CIAL RATE CAN BE ONLY ACCESS VIA seats). Break-out sessions will be al- THE RESERVATION TELEPHONE LINE. lotted on a first come first serve basis, Those of you overseas can e-mail so get your information in as soon as 13 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 Voyaging to Venus … One Step at a Time! Chief Steve Sardeson, USS Battle Born, Region 3

At the onset of the New Year, a handful of STAR- team is now up to 32 members, and we have logged 2,220 miles thus FLEET members leapt at the opportunity to partici- far. Region 11 has a solid lead with pate in the Moon Joggers effort to log enough miles 1,214 miles. Region 17 is at a dis- tant second place with 353 miles. through running, walking, elliptical, treadmill, and Region 3 is less than 50 miles be- cycling (with one mile logged per four miles cycled) hind Region 17 with 305 miles. Re- gions 2, 20, and 15 are in close com- to achieve the goal of reaching Venus by the end of petition with 119, 93, and 85 miles the year. Yes, STARFLEET members are embarking respectively. Region 2 is at the back of the pack with 20 miles logged. on the Voyage to Venus! Clearly, Region 11 is a power I may have passed some word miles logged. house of energy and dedication in that this event was going down, and For a little fun and to facilitate this drive to reach Venus. All the it might be a fun event for STAR- some friendly inter-regional com- others are showing great motiva- FLEET to participate in, but LT Mi- petition and to allow some brag- tion. However, the Moon Joggers chael Hardegree-Ullman from USS ging rights, the statistics follow are still looking for folks to log miles Alioth, Region 17 took the leap to accordingly. to make the goal of reaching Venus establish the STARFLEET team. SGM We are now just past the half- attainable by year’s end. All fitness M. Smith from ISS Isaac, Region 11 way mark in February, and STAR- levels are welcome, and prices for has been the major powerhouse FLEET is having a good showing. participation range from free to and leads the STARFLEET team in The Moon Joggers STARFLEET about $50 (US) depending on the

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Region 3 represented by Chief Region 11 Moon Joggers holding up end-of-month accomplishments for January 2014. Steve Sardeson walking at the dog park L-R: Cadet 1C Sam Wilson, COL Angie Smith, Cadet LCPL Sean Smith, SMAJ M. Smith

14 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 amount of mementos you may wish to have. Proceeds to the Moon Jog- gers are going to The Little Heroes Foundation. Also, there will be monthly virtual 5K and 10K events that will also support various charities. Paid membership (see also “paid for swag”) also gives a 20% discount for those registrations. The current virtual 5K and 10K for February is the Enterprise 5K and 10K. The theme is to acquire the mileage through a venue not experi- enced before, hence the “Where No One Has Gone Before” theme. I’m not sure how many from the STAR- FLEET team are involved with this one, but I do know that there are representatives from Region 3, Re- gion 11, and Region 17 partici- pating. The sponsored charity for this event is to fund the lead run- ner’s, from the Moon Jogger event last year, who happens to be from New Zealand, trip to the United States to run from the East coast to the West coast. If anyone is interested in joining the Moon Joggers’ efforts to reach Venus, or if you want your Region to go up in the rankings, simply go to www.moonjoggers.com and sign up. When signing up, look for the team “starfleet”. We will be wel- coming others with a handshake and a smile.

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(above, top) Region 11 represented during the Entprise Run virtual 5K/10K sponsored by the Moonjoggers, proving that resistance is futile. L-R: COL Angie Smith, Cadet LCPL Sean Smith, SMAJ M. Smith

(above, bottom) Region 17 represented by snowshoeing group as follows: Back L-R: Doug, Kathy Bennett, David Horst, Brianna Brock, Duane Joland Front L-R: Charlotte, Ed Dougherty

15 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 Bjo and John Trimble “Made it so” FCAPT Jana Sandarg, USS Star League, Region 1

Can you follow a maze from the dication, and Star Trek might have last Star Trek movie (Star Trek Into gone the way of other low-rated Darkness) to the center, where Star science fiction shows. But thanks Trek began? There would be no to their gargantuan efforts, the maze to follow had it not been for show went on to syndication, and Bjo and John Trimble, the pair of the ensuing series of shows, mov- Star Trek fans who “made it so” for ies, books, magazines and conven- the rest of us aficionados! There tions brought Star Trek into the would be no STARFLEET, no movies, intergalactic limelight. no spin-off series, no conventions, Who are these unsung heroes? no magazines, no books, no games, Bjo is a graphics artist and pub- no action figures .... had it not been lished author who met her hus- for the out-of-this-world efforts of band of more than 50 years under John and Bjo Trimble were at the center Bjo and John. a baby grand piano at a party. Ac- of a grassroots fan campaign to save the original Star Trek in 1968. Gene Roddenberry was the only television producer who was willing to use real science fiction writers. did before the era of internet! Bjo started in science fiction fan- According to an article by Star- cording to StarTrek.com, Bjo noted dom by designing covers for fan- Trek.com in August 2011, NBC was that Harlan Ellison’s letter-writing zines, and with John, by organizing about to cancel Star Trek after its campaign at the end of the first and directing the World Science Fic- second season when Bjo and John season was directed at about 200 tion Art Show at the Worldcons. The organized a grass-roots campaign to writers, convincing them to cam- two produced a fanzine encyclope- save the series. Had they failed, paign for a second season, because dia, Star Trek Concordance, the fruit there would not have been enough Gene Roddenberry was the only of collaboration with another Star episodes aired to show them in syn- television producer who was will- Trek fan. Bjo wrote about the being to use real science fiction writ- hind-the-scenes drama and comedy ers. Although Harlan did not target in On the Good Ship Enterprise, and fans in his campaign, he did point she and John orchestrated the drive out to the writers a way to deal to have the first space shuttle with the cancellation. If Bjo and named Enterprise. Throughout the John had not mobilized the fans in years, the Trimbles have been over- the Save Star Trek letter-writing looked for their role in saving Star campaign in 1968, there would not 20140101- Trek. They are at the center of the 20140331 have been enough episodes for maze. Start with Star Trek Into Dark- syndication, and all would have ness and trace the path back ended there. through the labyrinth to the center Bjo reveals it was John’s idea to to the original series, and the Trim- start the campaign, which they bles. enthusiastically endorsed after a Where are they now? This formi- nod from Gene Roddenberry. The dable pair and their daughter are media didn’t always follow the life-time members of STARFLEET campaign, but when they did, re- and the USS Star League. Ironically, porters – in the era of “women’s Members of the SCA for over 40 years, and appropriately, they are mem- Master John ap Griffin and Maestra lib “ -- focused more on Bjo than bers of the Society for Creative Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani are Court John. It is truly astonishing that Anachronism, as well as holders of B&Bs in the Barony of the Angels. this pair accomplished what they the key to Star Trek fandom. 16 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 USS Ronald E. McNair: Wreaths Across America FCAPT Stephen A. Stott, USS Ronald E. McNair, Region 1

This mission report is submitted by Fleet Captain Stephen A. Stott, First officer of the USS Ronald E. McNair out of Columbia, SC in region one. The ship’s Captain Pam Michaud and I, along with crew members, Barbara Lariscy, D.J. Powers, Keith Munib, and Max Michaud, participated in the Fort Jackson Wreaths across America event on December 14, 2013. Besides the McNair representing Region One and STARFLEET, several other organizations joined the various military organizations in paying McNair crew members Barbara Lariscy, DJ Powers, Pam Michaud, Max Michaud, and Keith Munib tribute to the service members that (Photo taken by Stephen Stott) gave their lives and also to those that served in the Armed Services. at the signing of the surrender of humbled and pleased to have repre- The ceremony began with a the Japanese forces at the end of sented the organization in remem- presentation of colors by an U.S. Air WWII. bering our fallen heroes. Members Force color guard and was lead by Following the official wreath of the McNair mentioned they were the wreath laying committee head ceremony family members were happy to provide community sup- in saying the pledge of allegiance. invited to move to the graves of port with so many different organi- Following the pledge, the com- their relatives and lay wreaths. zations. mander of the Combat Training Once those wreaths were laid then After completing the event we Center for Fort Jackson provided the rest of the groups to include then moved to Ci Ci’s pizza for a comments. our McNair members were al- crew luncheon and completed our Wreaths were then placed by lowed to move to the grave sites mission for the day. It was a memo- both active duty and retired mem- and place wreaths. rable event for all and afterwards bers representing each of the ser- The weather was cool and to- we enjoyed the fellowship. vices along with veterans repre- wards the end of the event it End of mission report. senting WWII. Both veterans pre- turned quite rainy. All members senting the wreaths were survivors that participated in the event were 20140101- of the D-Day invasion and present 20140331

17 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 ATTENTION ON DECK State of the STARFLEET Marine Corps

GEN Michael J McGowan, USS Bortas, Region 12

As the bulk of evening culminating in a trivia con- Database. This being the case, it is the SFMC digs test and making some new friends. of vital importance that marines its way back out Thanks for the invite, guys. check and double check the email from under a series of blizzards I am also scheduled to speak to address entered on any form being across North America, the Marines of the Second Brigade sent to the SFMC for any reason. If I would ask you all, first and fore- at their Muster, via Skype. I'm your email address is entered incor- most, to take all care and precau- looking forward to that as well. rectly, servicing whatever request tions in your travels. I would also The reason I bring this up is you are making, SFMCA Course, ask you to look out for the elderly that a lot of travel isn't something I Award Certificate request, etc., will and disabled in your communities can do any more but I am available be *significantly* delayed. with continued donations of blan- and only too happy to speak to Suggestions and Ideas kets, warm clothing, and time. People, the General Staff exists Logo/Seal Issue to make the SFMC a better place to The Logo/Seal Selection Com- be. That being said, we never claim mittee completed its work in Janu- to have all the answers. If you ary and delivered its selection to have an idea or suggestion of the General Staff. The GS, in benefit to the SFMC please, by turn, affirmed the selection. all means, send it to one of us. We await word from the I'll give the addresses below: USMC Trademarks people in-  Mike McGowan, Comman- dicating that the new SFMC dant: [email protected] Logo and Seal will be consid-  Jim Monroe, Deputy Com- ered compliant. Once we have mandant: depdant@sfi- that word from the appropriate sfmc.org officials, we will be getting the  Jerry Stoddard, Sergeant Major, new images out to the member- SFMC: [email protected] ship. [Editor’s note: After the writing  Barry Jackson, COFINCOM: of this article, the USMC approved [email protected] the new logo and seal created by  Jari James, COFORCECOM: GEN McGowan, appearing at right.] [email protected] marines about the Corps online via New SFMC Motto  Mark Anderson, COINFOCOM: any technical means we can bring [email protected] One of the items objectionable to bear. If you'd like me to attend to the USMC is the SFMC's use of  Travis Littou, COTRACOM: 20140101- something online, just drop me a [email protected] 20140331 their trademarked and protected line and we'll work at getting “Semper Fidelis” and “Semper Fi” something scheduled. If I get a In closing, let me say that I ap- motto. This being the case, we will month or two notice it makes preciate all the hard work you all do be selecting a new motto as well. scheduling a bit easier to arrange. for your communities and for each Online Availability Other members of the GS may other. Keep doing all those things A few weeks ago I spent a nice be able to be available as well de- that make us all proud of you and of evening in an online meeting with pending on their own situations the STARFLEET Marine Corps. members of the USS Gygax and her online. Take care of yourselves and each other. We'll talk again soon. Marine Strike Group, the 20th, an- Email Addresses That is all. swering questions about the Corps It is important to remember

in general and specific programs in that Email Addresses no longer particular. It was an interesting appear on the STARFLEET 18 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 ATTENTION ON DECK State of the NCO Corps MGSGT Jerome A. Stoddard, USS Thermopylae, R5

As I write this, I am preparing to condition of holding the office. one another, enter my sixth year as Sergeant Ma- And, don’t get me started on the such as the jor of the STARFLEET Marines (SGM concept of “Enlisted” as a “Lower legion of old SFMC), under my third Comman- Tier” of membership that rears its jokes about butterbars (Ensigns or dant of the Corps. I’d like to start ugly head from time to time. 2nd Lieutenants - the lowest tier of that off by thanking General Mike I’m sure you can come up with officers has probably had jokes told McGowan for asking me to continue your own examples of “Officer about them since the days of the doing the job I love: serving as the Centric” culture in STARFLEET, but Roman legions), or about the anon- voice of the roughly twenty to I’m not here today to gripe about ymous enlisted crewmen in the vari- twenty five percent (as of the best officers or demand that the Pow- ous incarnations of Star Trek who available data) members of the ers That Be do something about it. exist mainly to die horribly before SFMC holding enlisted ranks, and Instead, I’m here to tell you that all the commercial break or give the doing my best to look out for their of this can lead to an “Us vs. stars of the show someone to save. interests and lead by example. My Them” situation, and that’s never a We’re all friends here, and friends thanks to all of you, officers and recipe for success in any group of often engage in teasing banter. enlisted, who have lent me your any size. It doesn’t matter which It’s up to all of us who want our support over those years, and given side starts it, the result is the club to succeed at all levels to avoid me examples of “Service Before same: people who joined a club to crossing the line from teasing into Self” and “Excellence in Everything have fun end up sniping at each sniping, and from pride in our own We Do” to strive to emulate. I liter- other, and soon, nobody is having perceived place in STARFLEET to ally could not continue to do this any fun any more. And, if we’re insulting someone else's place and job without each and every one of not having fun, what are we doing their personal decisions. As you you. here? probably have heard a time or ten Let’s face it - remaining in the To be blunt, there are jerks on over the past several years from enlisted ranks in STARFLEET isn’t both sides of the Officer - Enlisted me, never leave anything up to the exactly an easy path. There are a lot equation. Don’t be one of them. Other Guy. You’re often likely to be of good things about our organiza- It’s ok to poke gently poke fun at disappointed. tion, but the deck is stacked against enlisted members at times. As a high profile example, the basic STARFLEET Academy course that gives one an introduction to the club we all belong to is called

“Officer’s Training School”. The as- 20140101- sumption seems to be that every- 20140331 body wants to be an officer, and there can be a fair amount of subtle pressure (or sometimes not so subtle pressure) felt by those who prefer, for reasons of their own, to NOT be officers to join the mainstream and accept a commission. Some STARFLEET members are told they need to be officers to “get ahead“. Some administrative positions force (or try to force) a promotion on members who don’t want it as a 19 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 ATTENTION ON DECK State of INFOCOM

COMM Mark Anderson, USS Victorious, R2

Before jumping Now that we have made it into the report I through the holiday season and we wanted to relay some information are thawing out from the cold snap about my visit to Kennedy Space INFOCOM will be getting started State of FINCOM Center near Cocoa, Florida last on our project list for the upcom- weekend. Although I have been in ing year. BGEN Barry Jackson, Florida for several years, I had never Here’s a list of the first items Station Robert de Bruce, R1 made the trip over to visit KSC. Now we will be working on. that they have the space shuttle 1. Update the photo rotating Since this is my first report, I will Atlantis on display, it was time to header on the SFMC website. keep it to the basic financial infor- go. The space center was much larg- I’m going to ask each active mation. er than I expected. We were there Brigade to submit an image The SFMC checking account all day and barely got to see every- file to add to the rotation. opened the month of January with a thing. 2. Move the Photo section from balance of $4546.85. The Atlantis display is spectacu- the old SFMC website to the Paypal transfer - 48.08 lar. The way they transition from new one. Update the photo There were debits in the amount the screening room to opening the rotating header on the SFMC of $67.06 screen to revealing the shuttle right website. USPS - 4.48 (quartermaster post- in front of you is very well done. 3. Add a section for the AODE age) After spending several hours at the archive section. Check 1007 to Jari James for re- Atlantis display and shuttle launch No. 1: I want to update the ro- imbursement experience, it was time to take the tating header on the SFMC web- Closing balance for the account bus tour. We headed over to the site. I would like to ask each Bri- was $4527.87 launch pads, past the assembly gade commander to send me a There were 3 orders placed with building which is huge! A picture picture or graphic to represent the Quartermaster in January. doesn’t compare to seeing the real their brigade. I will be adding one Linda has mentioned that we thing. It is hard to understand the image or graphic for each of the may need to place an ad in the CQ. actual scale of the building in a pic- active Brigades. The image or Scholarship interest $.07. The ture. graphic will need to be at least current balance $2728.69 Heading back to the main facili- 12.5 inches by 4 inches and as high I have asked Linda to keep a run- ty, you stop by the Saturn 5 build- a resolution as possible. I can ad- ning total of all items sold that have ing. This building has everything just them to fit as long as they are been discontinued because of con- 20140101- about Apollo missions and they close to this size. flict with the USMC. She can sub- 20140331 have an actual Saturn 5 rocket on No. 2: we will be adding the tract this amount each month from display. It is as long as a football photo section to the new website. the “cost of discontinued items” field. Again, seeing a picture of it In closing here are the pingdom calculated from last month report. fails to compare to the real thing. I stats for January. This will give us a running total of hope to get the photos posted on Uptime: 99.93% how much “cost” we may lose or my ship's website. If you are inter- Outages: 1 maybe make a profit. ested in seeing the pictures, send Downtime: 30 min me an email and I’ll send you the Response time: 591 ms link. Okay, enough about my fun and on with the report.

20 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 ATTENTION ON DECK SRO FORCECOM

BGN Jari L James, USS Thermopylae, Region 5

First off, I want to thank Com- very simple to get involved. You from 1 June to mandant McGowan for his faith in can not count books that you are 31 May. COL my abilities and his decision to re- required to read for work. E-Books Cameron will com- tain me in the position of do count since you still have to pile all the data submitted and win- COFORCECOM. For those who have read them. ners will be announced at IC this worked with me the last three You need to submit your read- year. There are winners for Brigade, years, nothing has really changed. ing list monthly to your Unit OIC Battalion, Unit and individual [both My job is to provide support and who will send it up to the chain in adult and cadet]. The top three in information to the individuals of the their Unit report to COL Duncan each category will receive certifi- STARFLEET Marine Corps. My office Cameron, DCOFORCECOM. He will cates and the first place winner in door is always open. Usually be- need the following data: Unit #, each category will be authorized to cause the cranky CW3 who's now Name, SCC# and then the book add a streamer to the Guidon [white sitting as my adjutant in the front title, author, ISBN and page count. with black block letters that says office playing 'Hangman' in my elec- Rather then just send things in 'READING (year won)']. tronic appointment book and acting in a jumble, it's just perfect if it To close up, if you've got ques- as 'Chief Screener and Tea Fetcher' come in in this format: tions, always remember to use your forgets to close the thing. So that's Unit # chain of command. Everyone from to your gain. Name, SCC# your Unit OIC up to the members of I'd like to take a moment to book, author, ISBN, pages the General Staff are here to help touch on FORCECOM's Reading book, author, ISBN, pages you. Just run your thoughts and Challenge. This is a year-long inter- book, author, ISBN, pages concerns up the chain and we'll help Corps competition to encourage you out. folks to read more and it's honestly The Reading Challenge runs

Writing Award Nominations GEN Jim Monroe, ISS William O Darby, Region 4

The secret to making certain that those deserving of recognition actually receive it is the proper writing of award nominations. No matter the award or the means you are using to call attention to a need for an award, the purpose of the nomination is many-layered.  You must provide the nominee's SCC# and full name as in the STARFLEET Database  You must fully identify yourself with your SCC# and full name as in the STARFLEET Database  Clearly identify the award requested for the nominee. 20140101- 20140331  You must clearly and completely describe what the nominee did deserving of the requested award. You must tell us where this action took place, again being specific.  You must tell us when this action took place..  You must tell us who was benefited by the action.  Finally, and this is as important as anything else in the nomination, you must show us how the details you have provided are applied to the requirements of the specific award showing that the action actually meets the award criteria. While nothing will ever guarantee that a nominee will receive the accolade you are requesting, following these few instructions will significantly increase your chances of success. You, the writer of the nomination, are the con- veyor of facts and deeds to merit the award being submitted for. Be a good voice for your Marine! A very hearty “Thank you” to the ‘Dant for his gentle words of advice and guidance on this matter!! He is the Past Master of this subject to whom I bow. 21 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 ISS Isaac Visits Fendalton Open Air School Col. Angie Smith, ISS Isaac, Region 11 In early December 2013, an article in a local news report caught my eye: “Caretaker builds a Tardis for Fendalton Open-Air School library.” The article went on to detail how excited the kids were about the new addition to their library and kept asking when the Doctor was coming. Hmmmm… I thought the ISS Isaac could help answer this question! After some communications sonic screwdrivers worked. The ar- with the head of the library, three ray of tricorders and phasers I took members of the Isaac crew were with me were well received and invited to attend a special -sci fi investigated very closely, the favor- lunch at the school. ite prop being the phaser rifle. On December 12, 2013, A Star- At one point I noticed our Borg fleet Officer (Commanding Officer was missing. I feared for the safety Col. Angie Smith), the Doctor of the children but was quickly re- (Cadet First Class Sam Wilson), and lieved as I saw them all surrounding a Borg drone (SMAJ M Smith) en- the drone. They were showing it tered the school playground. The leaves and stones and twigs and kids were sitting outside eating pens, trying to teach it what these their lunches and suddenly we items were. heard “LOOK! It’s the Doctor,” I felt a tug on my sleeve and “The Doctor is here,” and “What’s turned to look to find a small boy that robot thing?” with a pen and piece of paper ask- We were surrounded by chil- ing, “Can I have your autograph, dren as we ate lunch, and our Borg please?” Smiling, I obliged. (How drone advised that they would all could I refuse?) Then he skipped soon be assimilated. It further ex- away to ask the same of the Doctor plained that age is irrelevant when and the Borg. From left, Angie Smith, Sam Wilson, and asked how old it was! The Doctor We only had an hour with these Marie Smith enjoy all things Sci Fi as shared his fez with the kids and kids but seemed to bring so much members of the ISS Isaac. 20140101- explained how his collection of happiness to them. As their end-of - 20140331 unch bell rang and they scattered towards their classrooms, one boy came up to us. “Thank you for coming today, it’s the best Christmas present EVER!” Who would have thought taking an hour out of our day could bring so much happiness? I would like to thank Fendalton Open-Air School for their invitation to lunch and their great kids for re- minding us why we are members of the ISS Isaac and do what we do.

22 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 STARFLEET STAFF LISTING Mailing Address: Recruiting & Retention Officers Director, Scholarship Program STARFLEET International Vice Admiral James Herring VACANT PO Box 28 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tilton, NH 03276 Lieutenant Colonel Jason Garrett E-mail: [email protected] COMMANDER, STARFLEET Member Services Administrator Fleet Admiral Wayne Killough Captain Melissa Hadley Phone: 1-888-SFI-TREK E-mail: [email protected] (888-734-8735) Ext.: x701 Need help? Visit the STARFLEET E-mail: [email protected] Helpdesk at http:// Mailing Address: helpdesk.sfi.org CHIEF OF 1020 S. Turner Drive, Apt. 403 CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTER OPERATIONS Palestine, TX 75803 Commandant, STARFLEET Rear Admiral Liz Woolf Lieutenant General Larry D. Marine Corps E-mail: [email protected] French, Sr. Chief of Staff to the CS General Michael McGowan Phone: 1-888-SFI-TREK Phone: 1-888-SFI-TREK Rear Admiral Denine Sanders E-mail: [email protected] (888-734-8735) Ext.: x704 (888-734-8735) Ext.: x707 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.sfi-sfmc.org Mailing Address: E-mail: [email protected] 24180 Newhall Ranch Rd #9210 Mailing Address: Historian Charitable Campaign Director Valencia, CA 91355 1742 Broadway Avenue Lieutenant Michael Hardegree- VACANT Pittsburgh, PA 15216-3243 Ullman Email: [email protected] Vice Chief Communications E-mail: [email protected] Officer Vice Chief of CompOps Captain Michael Garcia Commodore John Halliday International Conference Liaison E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Vice Admiral Marian L. Murphy E-mail: [email protected] ALL CQ-related emails should go SFI.org Web Team to [email protected]. Vice Admiral Laura Victor Inspector General CHIEF OF OPERATIONS Vice Admiral Danny Potts Vice Admiral Jeffrey Victor Admiral Robert Westfall Director, Public Relations Commodore Jayden Tyronian E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1-888-SFI-TREK Admiral Brandt Heatherington E-mail: [email protected] or (888-734-8735) Ext.: x703 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Judge Advocate E-mail: [email protected] Colonel Mitch Dunn Mailing Address: E-mail: [email protected] 929 Park Avenue Leavenworth, KS 66048 Member Recognition Admiral Linda Kloempken Vice Chief Operations Officer E-mail: [email protected] Brigadier General Joe Sare E-mail: [email protected] ACADEMY COMMANDANT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Admiral Peg Pellerin General Linda Olson Chief of Shakedown Operations Phone: 1-888-SFI-TREK Phone: 1-888-SFI-TREK Commodore Beau Thacker (888-734-8735) Ext.: x705 (888-734-8735) Ext.: x708 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Mailing Address: Mailing Address: VICE COMMANDER, Correspondence Chapters 6 Getchell Lane 9020 N STATE ROAD 53 STARFLEET Operations Winslow, ME 04901 Madison, FL 32340-3541 Rear Admiral Hayden Segel Commodore Beau Thacker 20140101- Phone: 1-888-SFI-TREK E-mail: [email protected] Vice-Commandant Vice Chief Financial Officer 20140331 (888-734-8735) Ext.: x702 Web Site: Vice Admiral Glendon Diebold VACANT E-mail: [email protected] http://correy.sfi.org/ E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Chief of Staff to the VCS Monthly Status Report Officer Coordinator, Academic Services Quartermaster Fleet Captain Robin Woodell- Captain Arthur Vaccarino Admiral Carol Thompson General Linda Olson Vitasek Monthly Status Reports (MSR) by E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] email: [email protected] http://qm.sfi.org/ Coordinator, Support Services Membership Processing Operations Statistician Vice Admiral Glendon Diebold Lt. General Bran Stimpson Captain Eugene Anderson E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1-888-SFI-TREK E-mail: [email protected] Webmaster (888-734-8735) Ext.: x2 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] 23 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 Highlights from the Region 4 Conference FCAPT Dave Mason, USS Angeles, Region 4

Borg Sphere, Mind Meld, Orion’s Belt and Raktajino. At our official conference banquet on October 5, we saw a hilarious per- formance by Phasers on Stun, a San Francisco improvisational troupe. The troupe, which is affiliated with the USS Golden Gate, blended Star Trek with zombies! The funny skit set the stage for talks at the hotel by Marc Cushman, author of These Are the Voyages: TOS — Season One; Star Trek author and journalist Larry Nemecek and the last surviving producer of the original series, John D.F. Black. I interviewed John and Marc as part of my duties as banquet host and conference chairman. Region 4 Coordinator Jerry Tien and Vice Regional Coordinator David Nottage announced the annual awards. The USS Angeles received the 2012 Region 4 Conference participants see the Endeavour at the California Science Center. Vanguard Website of the Year Award Photo by Jason Munoz / Angels Flight for our site, www.ussangeles.org. The award reflects the hard work by Chris Red alert! The space shuttle soared FLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Esquibel, our chief of operations, in at warp 9 to escape the Borg. Association Inc. The region consists of redesigning the site. The Endeavour slowed to impulse California, Nevada, Arizona and Ha- On the afternoon of October 6, we and landed successfully on Earth — Los waii. beamed to the nearby Japanese Gar- Angeles, to be exact — and was met by We started the conference Octo- den, aka Starfleet Headquarters and STARFLEET’s finest. The officers flew ber 4 with dinner and drinks based on Academy in The Next Generation, Deep the shuttle into orbit and fired NASA’s those at Star Trek: newly installed photon torpedoes and The Experience. destroyed the Borg sphere. Those drinks were We saved Earth. named by USS Ange- Actually, the Borg didn’t come close les members in the to Earth, probably because they already 1990s under an ar- 20140101- 20140331 knew STARFLEET would be out in rangement that Jon force. Lane coordinated More than 40 members of the USS with Viacom Con- Angeles and other Star Trek: chapters in sumer Products, Region 4 gathered October 5 at the which oversaw li- California Science Center in Los Angeles censing for the Las to see the space shuttle. And we have Vegas attraction. We the pictures to prove it! gave the Airtel Plaza It was among the highlights of a Hotel the recipes, successful Region 4 Conference. The and its bartenders USS Angeles hosted the event October made the drinks: the Region 4 Conference participants at the Japanese Garden, 4-6 at the Airtel Plaza Hotel in the Los Warp Core Breach, the Van Nuys filming site for Starfleet Headquarters and Angeles suburb of Van Nuys for STAR- Academy in the “Star Trek” spinoffs. Photo by Jason Munoz / Angels Flight

24 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 Space Nine, Enterprise, and Voyager. We were in two groups, each led by a Japanese Garden docent at the site adjacent to the Donald C. Tillman Water and Reclamation Plant. Renee Wike pointed out Star Trek filming sites in one group, and I did the same thing for the other group. Earlier that weekend, Jerry conducted STARFLEET business, and the Marines presented a report on their activities. During the same morning session, I handed out rank promotions for USS Angeles members with help from the Marine color guard. Chris Mulrooney was promoted to commander and Karen Hoagland and Renee Wike, both to lieutenant commander. The Marine guard also was there as Jon Lane and I gave brief talks to honor David Ryan, the USS Angeles member who died earlier this year. He was a longtime STARFLEET member and the commanding officer of the USS Ontario, a STARFLEET chapter. Jon knew him well and gave a poignant speech. The conference culminated a year’s work by the Region 4 Conference committee, which included the entire USS Ange- les Command Staff. Cliff Gardner, our director of hotel services, worked with the Airtel Plaza staff on facility and banquet details. Second Officer Jennifer Cole, our director of registration, kept track of who was coming, no small task, and assembled registration materials. First Officer Gloria Rodriguez produced the outstanding program book and, with Renee, led afternoon activities for those who didn’t see the space shuttle. Renee outdid herself with the table decorations, creating the Crystalline Entity centerpieces. Chris Esquibel oversaw our live web streaming and audio- visual arrangements. He piped in the music that served as background for the banquet dining. The music also set the stage for Phasers on Stun and our speakers. Karen Hoagland organized a massive silent auction, which raised $645 toward conference expenses. Maria “Kestra” Castaneda assisted Karen and alerted speakers about how much time they had on stage. Jason Munoz served as our official conference photogra- pher and assisted Chris. And in pre-conference research, John Koulos looked into transportation costs. Based on John’s findings, we decided against chartering vans and in 20140101- favor of STARFLEET members driving people to the science 20140331 center. Jon Lane, USS Angeles founder Janice Willcocks, Jennifer Cole, Ron Coleman and David Nottage drove people to the (above, top) From left, Dave Mason interviews John D.F. Black science center. and author Marc Cushman. And Susan Fox of the USS Angeles worked hard on stock- (above, middle) Phasers on Stun, a San Francisco improv ing our hospitality suite with goodies, sodas and coffee. Gene troupe, takes the Enterprise into action Turnbow assisted her. at the Region 4 Conference banquet. Jerry and David of the Region 4 administration worked Both photos by Jason Munoz / Angels Flight (above, bottom) Renee Wike sits with the Crystalline Entity with us in conference decisions and registration matters. centerpieces she created for the Region 4 Conference. The gathering gave people a mix of STARFLEET, Star Trek Photo by Dave Mason / Angels Flight fandom and a real space shuttle.

25 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 USS Heimdal Journeys to Mysticon Admiral Linda Smith, USS Heimdal, Region 1

During the weekend of February 21 through 23, the USS Heimdal was an obvi- ous presence at the Mysticon Science Fiction Convention in Roanoke, Virginia. Fourteen Heimdal members rotated shifts manning the chapter’s fan table during all three days of the con. The Heimdal table included a complete with nacelles display board featuring Heimdal – on Saturday at the members and activities. There was con, roped off in front also a poster describing the Heim- of the hotel. It was a high point in interviews with both John de Lancie dal’s Space Camp Program (the the convention, especially since and author Guest of Honor, Todd chapter sends a local middle school Star Trek’s John de Lancie was the McCaffrey. student to Space Camp annually) Media Guest of Honor highlighting Heimdal Second Officer and that featured a photo of the 2013 his Q character from Star Trek: The Chief Science Officer Willy Smith student recipient of the scholarship. Next Generation. came away from the Mysticon auc- The Region One chapter had the The Heimdal also showed vide- tion with a voucher for a photo with Heimdal cookbook Taste Trek avail- os at the table of Heimdal events John de Lancie - the only photo of able at their Mysticon table and and activities as well as the award the entire weekend that was poster brought in $60 from sales of the winning video Heimdal Style. -sized. He and his wife Linda had book during the weekend. Updated On Saturday the Heimdal’s the picture made with de Lancie on Heimdal flyers were also available Commanding Officer, Admiral Lin- Sunday afternoon. In addition to at the table, as was a sign-up sheet da Smith, left the Heimdal table for the poster-sized photo, Willy also for people interested in receiving the afternoon while she and her came away from the auction with the chapter’s newsletter and more producer/videographer taped a THE prize package. For the price he chapter info. The Region One Re- segment of Linda’s local TV talk paid for his hotel room at Mysticon cruiting Poster, produced by Region show Lynchburg Live at the con- this year, he got a membership for One Recruiting Officer James Cecil vention. The show will consist of a two for the 2015 Mysticon, his hotel and made into an actual poster by close-up look at Mysticon and brief room paid for for the 2015 con, 20140101- the Heimdal, hung behind the fan 20140331 table inviting everyone to join STAR- FLEET and Region One. Member Carl Davis had been chosen earlier to be the subject of the poster in a picture with his Galileo Shuttlecraft van. Having seen pictures of Carl’s van that he recently adapted to look just like the shuttlecraft Galileo, the Mysticon promoters invited Carl to display his fantastic shuttle replica –

26 COMMUNIQUÉ  178 several meals in the hotel restau- rant and front row seats at every event and presentation at the 2015 con. What a STEAL!!! Since before Christmas, Heimdal members had been putting together a book called Heimdal 30 Years to present to commanding officer Lin- da Smith. It contained photos of Heimdal activities and members over the past 30 years, plus quotes from the crew on why Linda was a wonderful commanding officer. This was presented to Linda at Mysticon Opening Ceremonies by Mysticon and was signed by John de Lancie. Linda was very surprised and overcome with emotion as she accepted this wonderful gift. Heimdal members had a won- 20140101- derful time at Mysticon 2014. Not 20140331 only was the convention and fan table fun, Heimdal folks just enjoyed sharing the weekend with each other.

(facing, top) Chris Thompson and Kenny Proehl working a shift; (facing, bottom) Heimdal member Carl Davis's Galileo shuttlecraft van on display; (above, top left) The Mysticon con suite featured an amazing dragon cake; (above, top right) Heimdal CO Linda Smith with videographer covering the convention for her "Lynchburg Live" TV show; (above, center) [CO Linda interviewing Heimdal members Beth Hopkins and Tim Hazlett at the Heimdal table; (above, bottom) Carl & Bonnie Davis and Willy & Linda Smith pose at the Heimdall table at Mysticon. 27 COMMUNIQUÉ  178