St Arf L E E T C O Mmu Niq
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
STARFLEET FIRST-CLASS MAIL US POSTAGE COMMUNIQUÉ PAID 656 LAFAYETTE ROAD, MEDINA, OHIO 44256 Stow, OH Permit No. 18 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED STARFLEET APPLICATION STARFLEET is the fan organization whose members are united the world over in their appreciation of Star Trek. Adventure. Hundreds of chapters worldwide link members into local fandom as well as the International organization. As a member of STARFLEET, you will receive a membership packet containing the basic supplies you need top get started on the road to becoming an active member in your local club. This packet contains: your membership certificate and card, a copy of the Membership Handbook, the Vessel Registry [a book containing all active chapters in the Fleet], a memo pad, and a application to Starfleet Academy. 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 within the Star Trek universe. After receiving the membership package you will have the opportunity to sign aboard the chapter of your choice, hold a fictional rank and posi- tion and take part in that chapter’s Star Trek related activities and community service endeavors, and other projects. Another service of STARFLEET is the COMMUNIQUE, our bi-monthly magazine, written by and for our members. The COMMUNIQUE contains current information on STARFLEET operations and chapter activities, list of upcoming conventions, news and information on STAR TREK media and articles on the space program and other areas of interest to members. The STARFLEET ACADEMY, mentioned above, is just that: our own academy based upon the various subjects in Star Trek. It is avail- able to you as a member, and all courses are conducted via the mail. Participation in these courses is fun and can increase your knowledge in today’s level of science and medicine, not to mention that some of them are quite challenging. Are you up to the challenge? Annually, STARFLEET awards one cash scholarship from each of the scholarship funds listed at the bottom of this application to deserving STARFLEET members. This is our way of saying thanks for trying to help make our universe a little more like the one created by Gene Roddenberry. If this peaks your interest, you have come to the right place. Read the instructions on the application, include your dues in US funds, and allow 4-8 weeks for membership packages to arrive. Retain a copy of your canceled check of money order receipt for your records. DATE ___/___/___ [ ] US Individual: $15.00 I want to donate $1.00 to the STARFLEET [ ] US Family of Two: $22.00 Scholarship Fund for: [ ] New [ ] US Family of Three or More $25.00 [ ] James Doohan DeForest Kelly [ ] [ ] Canada and Mexico add $1.00 to U.S. rates [ ] Patrick Stewart George Takei [ ] [ ] Renewal: SCC- _________ [ ] All other foreign add $5.00 to U.S. rates [ ] Gene Roddenberry LeVar Burton [ ] [ ] Space Explorers Law & Order [ ] Total of ALL Scholarship Donations NAME: ________________________________________________ Enclosed: $__________ ADDRESS: _____________________________________________ CHECK HERE FOR ADDRESS CHANGE [ ] (U.S.) CITY: ______________________________ ST: _______ ZIP: __ __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ Date of Birth :_____/____/____ Phone Number: ( ______ ) _____________________________ (Non—U.S.) CITY: ________________________________________ PROVINCE: _____________________________ Please assign me to: COUNTRY: ___________________________________ POSTAL CODE: _________________________ NCC - _________ Date of Birth :_____/____/____ Phone Number: ( ______ ) _____________________________ ______________________ (Vessel Name) ADDITONAL NAMES SCC# (Renewals) DATE of BIRTH This area for ________________________________ _____________________ _____/ _____/ ______ ________________________________ _____________________ _____/ _____/ ______ additional family ________________________________ _____________________ _____/ _____/ ______ Information only ________________________________ _____________________ _____/ _____/ ______ ________________________________ _____________________ _____/ _____/ ______ AMOUNT ENCLOSED: $_________ [ ] Check # _________ [ ] Money Order Send this completed form with dues in U.S. funds to: FOR OFFICE USE STARFLEET MEMBERSHIP PROCESSING ONLY P. O. BOX 172375 ______________ ARLINGTON, TX 76003-2375 ______________ 9406.10 Issue 62 July 1994 COMMUNIQUÉ CREDITS THE STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ Established 1974 Deiter Bader-Meinhof Interim Editor-In-Chief ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ‘Ol Wasserface Temporary Supervising Editor EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Nelson Blowfish Commander, STARFLEET Flip the Dog FADM Rob Lerman Executive Consultants P.O. Box 960008 W. Sacramento , CA 95798 Communiqué Staff Cheryl McGraw Vice Commander, Starfleet Director, Starfleet Academy RADM Dwain Gleason VADM Lori Anne Brown Regional Correspondents 7103 Chas, Apt C 426 S. Lakemont Ave. Robbie Lewis (Region 01) Pleasant Valley, MO 64068 Winter Park, FL 32792 Matt Henry (Region 02) Mark Vinson (Region 03) Acting Chief of Operations Director, Shuttle Operations Command Stacia Felix (Region 04) Fleet Captain Michael J.D. Knight RADM Jennifer Levine French Bob Vosselle (Region 07) 797 East Fargo Avenue 28B Waltham Street Norman Langlois (Region 10) Hanford, CA 93230-2329 Maynard, MA 01754 Doug Glenn (Region 12) Joe Ruttar (Region 15) Chief of Computer Operations Ann Hales (Region 17) VADM Clayton Melanson 3510 Willow Ridge Cover Arlington, TX 76017 Paul Cox Issue 62 · July 1994 STARFLEET Scholarship Program JAG Officer ADM Sue Hampton Fleet Captain Gary Scott Decker The STARFLEET Communiqué is the bi-monthly 3401 Argyle Lane 2729 Adriatic Way magazine of STARFLEET The International Star Greensboro, NC 27406 Sacramento, CA 95826 Trek Fan Association. Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are registered trademarks of Paramount Pictures Cor- Public Relations Fleet Archives poration, a division of Paramount Communications Captain Michael Sawczyn Fleet Captain Michael J.D. Knight and all rights are reserved. The annual membership 8474 Dover Crest Ct. 797 East Fargo Avenue fee for STARFLEET is $15.00 USA ($16-Canda/ Mexico; $20.00 elsewhere). To join, send check or Galloway, OH 43119 Hanford, CA 93230-2329 money order to: Department of Technical Services Community Services Commodore Chris Wallace Commander Jay Jones STARFLEET Memberships 3275 115th Ave. N.E., Apt. 362 355 Floyd St. P.O. Box 172375 Bellevue, WA 98004-7757 Wichita, KS 67209 Arlington, TX 76003-2375 All address corrections and changes Communique Deadlines and Submission Guidelines: should be sent to: Chief of Computer Opera- tions, 3510 Willow Ridge, Arlington, TX 76017. Until such time as a new Chief of Communications is announced, submissions should be sent to: DO NOT send corrections to the Communi- Communiqué, 656 Layfayette Rd., Medina OH 44256. At this point, we have no idea what type of qué. Please include your current SCC#. Letters of hardware and software will be used by the new CoC, so if you plan to send your article on disk, CLEARLY comment, advertisements, and articles should be sent label the disk with the name of the program, your computer’s operating system (DOS or Mac) AND to the Communiqué Office at: 656 Lafayette Rd., Medina, include hard copy. OH 44256. Unsolicited submissions will not be returned unless accompanied by a SASE. Published articles September Issue (#63): become the property of STARFLEET and are © 1994 by • Hardcopy articles/submissions: August 15, 1994 STARFLEET, all rights reserved. Permission is granted for member chapters to reprint any portion of this maga- • Display and Classified Ads: August 15, 1994 zine for their own newsletters. • November (Issue #64) submission deadline: October 10, 1994. Contents © 1994 by STARFLEET • Please include your SCC#, address, and ship name. We researve the right to edit all submissions Unless otherwise specified for length and clarity. All Rights Reserved • Hard copy submissions should preferably be typed and double-spaced. Please - no unusual and The STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ hard-to-read fonts. Handwritten articles should be in ink, and all names should be clearly printed is printed in the USA by in blocked letters. Printing Concepts Inc., Stow, OH COMMUNIQUÉ • July 1994 • Page 2 ROB LERMAN Our tax situation is nearing closure, with the CPA about to file tax returns. A report will appear in a future Communiqué. Much time and effort has been COMMANDER, STARFLEET expended trying to get Fleet’s financial situation straightened out. Though cx time and energy consuming, it is an obligation that I felt HAD to be addressed, Greetings from hot and sunny California. The even if some “campaign promises” had to take a back burner for awhile. Once dry heat of California is a big relief from the completed, we will be able to focus on some of the more “fun” issues that Fleet humidity of Florida where Kim, Timmy and I has to offer. recently enjoyed a week of vacation and I also want to mention how important the STARFLEET Fundraising STARFLEET activities. It was great seeing contest is. This is an excellent opportunity for us to put STARFLEET’s so many old friends and meeting many new financial troubles behind us. Be sure to read the article by Jennifer and Scott ones at the International Conference. Many French in this issue titled “S.O.S. - Save our STARFLEET.” thanks of the International Conference Com- As Tim Gillespie will tell you, I twisted his and Amy Sheldon’s arms to do mittee and to Deborah Nelson and her staff for making the weekend so just one more issue of the Communiqué. Of course, he made be promise to enjoyable (and busy!). Congratulations on a job well done by all! get my report to him by June 30th (well, I almost made it!) Tim and his staff A personal note of thanks goes out to Jennifer de Jesus for baby-sitting have done an excellent job, and I hate to see them go. The search for a Timmy during the Admiralty Board meetings and the main events of the replacement is still on going at this moment.