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STARFLEET Academy a Few Items Worth Mentioning : Star Trek; the Next Generation Will Go on for a Seventh Season Adm FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID Burnsville, NC Permit No. 12 FIRST CLASS MAIL STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association STARFLEET is the fan organization with something for everyone. Members are united the world over in their appreciation of Star Trek - the greatest human adventure. Dozens of chapters spread across the world link members into local fandom and the central organization. Annual membership in STARFLEET begins with a package containing a membership card, memo pad, and a listing of chapters throughout he world, including the one nearest you! The membership handbook will introduce you to STARFLEET ’s unique infrastructure that offers two membership options. One allows you to be an associate member with no obligation other than receiving membership materials and newsletters. The other option provides a more futuristic atmosphere for the fan intrigued by the fleet structure of Star Trek’s universe. After receiving the membership package a new member will have the opportunity to sign aboard the starship (chapter) of their choice, hold a fictional rank and position and take part in that chapter’s Star Trek related activities and community service projects. Another element of STARFLEET is the annual subscription to the Communique, our bi-monthly newsletter that members receive. The Communique contains current information on STARFLEET operations and chapter activities. There are reviews of STARFLEET activities, lists of upcoming conventions, news and information on Star Trek media and articles on the space program and related areas. When joining or renewing, please send the full page application with your check or money order (U. S. Funds only) to: STARFLEET • P.O. BOX 430 • Burnsville, orth Carolina 28714 Please allow 4-8 weeks for membership packages to arrive. Please retain a copy of your canceled check or money order receipt for your records. •STARFLEET REEWAL APPLICATIO• PLEASE CHECK ONE: □ Individual - $15.00 Date: ___________________________ □ Family of Two - $22.00 Amt. Enclosed: ___________________ □ Family of Three or more - $25.00 Recruited by: _____________________ □ Individual (Foreign) - $20.00 USS _____________ NCC- _________ □ Family of Two or more (Foreign) - $30.00 NAME ______________________________________________________ SCC# ______________________ ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________________________ CITY ________________________________________________________ STATE ____________________ COUNTRY ___________________________________________________ POSTAL CODE _____________ PHONE ______________________________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH ___________ Yes! I want to donate $1.00 to the STARFLEET Scholarship Fund for: □ James Doohan □ DeForest Kelley □ Patrick Stewart □George Takei □ Gene Roddenberry □ Space Explorers •STARFLEET EW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIO• PLEASE CHECK ONE: □ Individual - $15.00 Date: ___________________________ □ Family of Two - $22.00 Amt. Enclosed: ___________________ □ Family of Three or more - $25.00 Recruited by: _____________________ □ Individual (Foreign) - $20.00 USS _____________ NCC- _________ □ Family of Two or more (Foreign) - $30.00 NAME ______________________________________________________ SCC# ______________________ ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________________________ CITY ________________________________________________________ STATE ____________________ COUNTRY ___________________________________________________ POSTAL CODE _____________ PHONE ______________________________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH ___________ Yes! I want to donate $1.00 to the STARFLEET Scholarship Fund for: □ James Doohan □ DeForest Kelley □ Patrick Stewart □George Takei □ Gene Roddenberry □ Space Explorers EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Commander, STARFLEET FAdm Jeannette Maddox PO Box 430 Burnsville, NC 28714 Vice Commander, STARFLEET Adm. Sue Hampton ew Star Trek: The ext Generation (tentative) schedule: This schedule starts in April, 1992. 3401 Argyle Lane This is the satellitte uplink scheudle so you`ll have to adjust your schedule accordingly. Special thanks to Greensboro, NC 27406 Jim Shaun Lyon of Enterprise America for this bit of news. Chief of Operations 04/05/92 New Ground (repeat) Adm. Tom Davis 04/12/92 Hero Worship (repeat) 6729 Mars Avenue, South 04/19/92 Cost Of Living Seattle, WA 98108 04/2 6/92 The Perfect Mate 05/03/92 Imaginary Friend Chief of Communications 05/10/92 Violations (repeat) Adm. Judith Brandy 05/17/92 The Masterpiece Society (repeat) 2133 Catharine Street 05/24/92 I, Borg Philadelphia, PA 19146-1207 05/31/92 The Next Phase 06/07/92 Episode 25 (as yet unnamed) Comunique Office 06/14/92 Conundrum (repeat) P.O. Box 457 Rancocas, NJ 08073 06/21/92 Episode 26 (Season Finale) Director, STARFLEET Academy A few items worth mentioning : Star Trek; The Next Generation will go on for a seventh season Adm. Rob Lerman according to Rick Berman. Originally, the sixth season was supposed to be it's last, Deep Space Nine P. O. Box 554 will start casting soon, and production is slated to begin in July, 1992. Fair Oaks, CA 95628-0554 Geordi’s beard and mustache which appeared in the episode, The Outcast, is temporary so don’t get used to it. Director, Shuttle Operations Command This seasons finale is rumored NOT to be a cliffhanger. Oh, well... VAdm Kenny Proehl While this comes from a resonably reliable source, all information is subject to change, and The PO Box 11982 Communiqué will keep you informed as well as possible about the twists and turns at Paramount Lynchburge, VA 24501-1982 Chief of Computer Operations “HOW TO” TAKE A STARFLEET ACADEMY COURSE: VAdm David Forvendel 1. Buy a STARFLEET Academy voucher from STARFLEET Headquarters, PO Box 430, Burnsville, 1542 Dirkson Ct. NC, 28714. $3.00 for one, $12.00 for 5. Make sure you make your check or money order out to Cary, NC 27511 STARFLEET, You’ll need one SFA voucher for each course you take. 2. Next, request a STARFLEET Academy application, enclosing a legal sized SASE. Send your request to STARFLEET Academy, PO Box 554, Fair Oaks, CA, 95628-0554 3. Pick an Academy school and send your SFA voucher, STARFLEET Academy application and two (2) first class stamps to the school's address listed on this page. (You might want to copy the blank Academy application for future courses.) 4. Pretty soon you’ll be hitting the library and learning all sorts of new things. COMMUIQUÉ DEADLIES • Display and Classified Ads: May 2, 1992 • Submissions (Hardcopy): May 2, 1992 Issue 50 - April/May 1992 • Submissions (Disk & Hardcopy): May 2, 1992 The STARFLEET Communiqué is the bi-monthly • Submissions (via modem): May 5, 1992. You can EMAIL on Compuserv: 70274,2637 magazine of STARFLEET, the International Scar Trek Fan Asso-ciation. Star Trek is A registered trademark of Paramount Pictures Corporation, a division of Para- mount Communications and all rights are reserved. The annual membership fee for STARFLEET is $15.00 ($20.00 out- side the U.S.A.) To join, send a check or money order to: STARFLEET Cheyenne PO Box 430 Burnsville, NC 28714 Brown About The Artist Address corrections should be sent to the same Cheyene Brown has been a member of the USS ALARIC for address. Letters of comment, advertisements, and ar- two years, He’s done several covers for the Alaric’s newslet- ticles for submission should be sent to the Communique ter, The Carolina Communicator , as well as doing T-shirt xxx office at: P.O. Box 457, Rancocas, NJ 08073. artwork. He works as a serviceman for Westinghouse, and is Unsolicited submissions will not be returned unless a fan of the National Football team in Washington, DC. accompanied by an SASE. Published article become the property of STARFLEET and are © 1992 by STARFLEET, all rights reserved. Permission is granted for member chapters to reprint any portion of this THE COMMUNIQUE POSSE : Deciphering, Keying & General lunacy provided by Deb Galeone, Jacqueline Gilkey, Tara James, and Ray Greenberg. Supervision and occasional whip cracking provided by Fritz, the Pit Tribble. (grrr) Patience Printed in the U.S.A. by and good humor in spite of long hours at the job provided by Vashti Brandy. A warm welcome to Kathy Clements who joined Yancey Graphics, Burnsville, N.C. Contents (C) 1992 by STARFLEET us in this madness. All Rights Reserved COMMUNIQUÉ • April/May 1992 • Page 2 A ITERAL COMMUICATIO FROM STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS The last couple of STARFLEET is still growing at such a fantastic rate Jeannette Maddox months have been great for that many of our “volunteers” (including the Fleet the Fleet, and I hope they Admiral!) are being swamped by the load of corre- Commander, STARFLEET have been as good for all spondence. Shuttle Operations Command is one of you, toot There are a lot department that was having an especially hard time of credits to spread around because of the tremendous increase in the number of this time in this issue. requests to start shuttles in the Fleet. Kenny Proehl, First of all, I would like to the Director of ShOC, thought he might have to turn thank Regional Coordina- the department over to someone who had more time tor Deborah Nelson, the and stall. But there is good news. Kenny has recruited members of the USS Tri- an assistant and is rapidly catching up with the ShOC umph and the members of Region Two for the great weekend backlog. they gave Sue and I at the Patrick Stewart Vulkon in Atlanta. I want to give my personal thanks to Dan McGinnis, We couldn’t have been more royally welcomed or treated. The the
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