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A Roddenberry Returns to Ift VOYAGES Fall/Winter 2002 Page 1 The Official Publication of the International Federation of Trekkers Fall/Winter 2002 A RODDENBERRY RETURNS TO IFT IFT Operations is proud to an- phy and outlook of our organization able to all IFT members to hold their nounce that Gene Roddenberry, Jr. as we plot a course into the future, own online chats. The IFT holiday has joined IFT, taking the role once serving Trek fandom and portraying chat took place there securely and held by his father. and serving as the guardians of the without a single hitch. “Rodd” has spent the last few Roddenberry dream of a future free Rodd, with Majel’s help, has years keeping his father’s ideals and of bigotry, greed, hunger. worked hard to bring a new age to philosophies alive with his own work George joined IFT as a consult- Lincoln Enterprises. Lincoln was on web sites like “The Gene Rod- ant in 2000 and addressed the IFT built originally by Gene, Sr. and Ma- denberry Philosophy Sphere” and National Conference at Farpoint in jel to bring the best Star Trek col- the new Roddenberry.com. Rodd February 2002, challenging the Fed- lectibles to fans like us. Lincoln is has also spent some time assisting eration...US...to find new ways of now Roddenberry.com. his mother, Majel Barrett- expanding our organization in cul- In the early days of IFT, Lincoln Roddenberry with some work on tures and area of the world not yet a Enterprises was a valued friend, giv- “Earth: Final Conflict,” and hopes to part of the Federation. ing boxes of gifts for IFT to give eventually produce new shows Rodd is much like his father. He away to donors at blood drives and based on his father’s ideals and is very open and works hard to be charity functions. dream of the future. accessible to fans in open chats, ex- Roddenberry.com is more than He joins George Takei as a con- changing ideas and more. His own just a place to shop for the latest in sultant to IFT on the ideals, philoso- Internet server has been made avail- Trek collectibles. There you can learn more about Gene and his dream of a wonderful future, about OPINIONS & COLUMNS Rodd, chat, post, shop, and so much “It’s Green” 3 more. Roddenberry.com is a very A Letter from Gene Roddenberry, Jr. 13 fan friendly and user friendly site that we think anyone with Internet FEDERATION NEWS access will enjoy. Look for more ENDEAVOUR’S Toys For Tots Work Makes info on Roddenberry.com and more Federation Proud...Again 3 from Rodd in future issues of VOY- Jurassic Trek II 7 AGES. IFT Special Services Upholds Philosophy 8 The entire Federation is ex- SpaceStation 51 8 tremely honored to have Gene Rod- denberry, Jr. as a part of our organi- FINAL FRONTIER zation. As his father helped to build Air Test Suggests Life Possible On Mars 4 our organization and guide us The Big Mystery: Interstellar Travel 5 through some of the rough times of our infancy, we look to Rodd to help TREK NEWS guide us into the new age of the El Paso Honors Roddenberry 4 Federation in the 21st century as we Star Trek Science Becoming Reality 6 continue to guard and hold dear the Victory for EXCELSIOR 6 ideals of his father. Rodd honored the work in IFT in FEATURES his e-mail to IFT Ops, “...let me say In Remembrance: IFT Loses Jim Brenner 7 that I am honored that you would Ship Adventures: USS GRANDEUR: consider me for such a role in your Hope Springs Eternal 12 organization. I appreciate all that you have done over the years and COMM CHANNELS would be more than happy to assist Chapters Check In 10 with IFT.” !" VOYAGES Fall/Winter 2002 Page 2 FROM THE TOP By Russ Haslage, IFT President You may begin to see a few changes in the look of VOYAGES in these next few issues. It is our hope to The new look of VOYAGES will contain some of the give her an exciting new look and to put even more great parts of VOYAGES of the past. You’ll see information onto her pages. If you have any ideas to sections called Starship Earth that will feature news on enhance our official publication, please do not hesitate conservation, Final Frontier that will focus on space to let us know. exploration issues, and much more. It is my hope that a refocusing of VOYAGES will bring you more news from Though this issue is late, things have been happening at the real world and from the Federation. warp speed in IFT. To make sure we get on track and A few years ago, I started writing a set of articles on keep on track, we are seeking people to assist Erica in the IFT philosophy for VOYAGES. The articles did a her duties as Editor of VOYAGES. From layout help to great job of helping our members understand our focus, writing, we need to give Erica any help she might need. our background and our future. Since we’ve had a lot of new members join us since then, and because of the Erica has had a rough few months of late, which is why challenge George Takei made to us as our philosophical we are a bit delayed with this issue. Being a part of IFT guide, I hope to write a new set of articles to help us all means that we are all on the same team, and as such come together on the same course into the future. let us all pull together to help where we can. If you are on a chapter and wish to report on your missions, Our first installment: WE ARE ONE please do so. If you can help with layout and editing when Erica is unavailable, please do so. If you’d like an IFT was made to be today’s real-world version of official job on the staff of VOYAGES, please contact us the Federation seen in Star Trek. Not in a fictional at Ops at your earliest convenience. sense, but in a real-world-of-today sense. Just as the people who make up the Federation in Star Trek are a team of people working together, such is the case here. Though IFT is made of members and chapters in different parts of the world, we are not at all separate. No matter what chapter you might be assigned to, we are all IFT. As such, we should work together to help VOYAGES is the official newsletter of the International Fed- eration of Trekkers and is produced by the IFT Operations De- each other succeed, no matter our home in the real partment. This newsletter is intended for the use of the mem- world or the chapter on which we serve. By helping bers of IFT. each other succeed, we all succeed, for it is those successes that help spread the word about IFT. This publication is © 2003 by the International Federation of As Gene Roddenberry put it when IFT was being Trekkers. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, formed, our job as fans is to do as the crew of the copied or republished in any way without the express written ENTERPRISE does in every episode: go places and consent of IFT. help people. We can only succeed in doing that if we all This newsletter is transmitted electronically to IFT members work together. The more chapters that come to life; the possessing e-mail, and sent via standard postal procedures to more members that join IFT; the more people we can those members without Internet connections. The electronic help, for we work as a team when we do things locally, file cannot be forwarded or resent without the written consent internationally or for each other around the world. of the IFT Operations Department. IFT has chapters to better focus on the local concerns in each area, but we are one team made of The name “International Federation of Trekkers”, the initials many parts around the world. Whatever chapter you’re “IFT”, and any IFT logos are registered copyrights and trade- marks of the International Federation of Trekkers. “Star Trek” stationed aboard (and even if you’re not), we are all and any derivative names and logos of such are property of members of the same Federation. Though our Paramount Pictures Corporation, a Viacom Company, No chapters compete in a friendly way within IFT, the infringements of those copyrights is intended. successes of each of us benefits all of us. But when there is a need, we pull together for the team: IFT. International Federation of Trekkers Think about how large the world is, and where you PO Box 242 are. Then think...there’s an IFT member on the other Lorain, OH 44052-0242 USA side of the world as well. Those members in your area and those around the world are on the same team. POSTMASTER: Please send notice of address changes to We’re all IFT. WE ARE ONE, and as one we should IFT Fleet Enlistment, PO Box 242, Lorain, OH 44052-0242 work together to help bring about the future of which a USA. dream, Roddenberry’s dream, we all hold dear. !!" VOYAGES Fall/Winter 2002 Page 3 OPINIONS & COLUMNS “IT’S GREEN!” various Trek themes, from posters By the time most of you read to mugs, model ships to Klingon this, ‘Nemesis’ will already be out, By David Sampson weapons, and have you ever heard and I will have seen it half a dozen of Jeri Ryan, uh…never mind.
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