BULK RATE STARFLEET U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 240 Belleville, IL P.O. Box 836 St. Charles, MO 63302-0836 United States of America Address Correction Requested The International STAR TREK Fan Association, Inc. STARFLEET is the fan organization with something for everyone. Members the world over are united in appreciation of the human adventure of STAR TREK. Hundreds of chapters spread around the planet link members into local fandom and the central organization. Annual membership in STARFLEET begins with a package containing a membership card, membership certificate, handbook, memo pad, and a listing of chapters throughout the 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 magazines. 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Box 24052 Belleville, IL 6223-4052 STARFLEET E-mail: “[email protected]” The international Vice Commander, STARFLEET Chief of Operations Star trek fan Adm. Deborah Nelson-Maestu Adm. Cindy Krell 7341 W. Shalimar Street P.O. Box 11686 association Miramar, FL 33023 Memphis, TN 38111-0686 Email: “[email protected]” E-mail: "[email protected]" Annual membership fee for STARFLEET is $15.00 USA Chief of Communications Commandant, STARFLEET Academy RAdm. Douglas Glenn Capt. Bjo Trimble ($16.00 - Canada & Mexico: P.O. Box 836 PO Box 6499 $20.00 elsewhere). To join, St. Charles, MO 63302-0836 Kingwood, TX 77325-6499 send check or money order Email: "[email protected]" E-mail: "[email protected]” to: STARFLEET Chief of Shuttle Operations Chief of Computer Operations Capt. Linda Reynolds Comm. Adam Nettles P.O. Box 24052 P.O. Box 23321 O.O. Box 905 Belleville, IL 62223-4052 RIchfield, MN 55423 O’Fallon, IL 62269-0905 Email: "[email protected]” E-mail: "[email protected]” STARFLEET Chief of Staff, CS Vice Chief of Communications FCapt. David Miller, MD. Comm. Robbie Lewis COMMUNIQUÉ 36 Four Seasons, Suite 299 200 Stafford St. Chesterfield, M0 63017 Bristol, TN 37620-1643 Established 1974 Director, Awards Program Subspace Communications FCapt. M.L. Murphy-Tompkins Capt. Bill Herrmann Editor-in-Chief 1317 S.W. 83rd. Street 9908 Berrywood Drive RAdm.. Douglas Glenn Oklahoma City, OK 73159 Ladson, SC 29456 Senior Editor: Comm. Robbie Lewis Dept. of Technical Services Deputy Chief of Staff Captain Michael Cowart FCapt. Mike Smith Cmdr. Kris Harah 1007 North Federal Hiway, Suite #224 12 Packanack Lake Road Editor: Ft Lauderdale, FL 33304 Wayne, NJ 07470-5810 Cmdr. Catherine Kerr Associate Editors: Advanced Starship Design Bureau Dir, Intl. Conf. Committee RAdm. Chris Wallace Comm. Mike Henigan Capt. 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We reserve the right to edit all submissions for length and clarity. The STARFLEET Communiqué is the bimonthly magazine of STARFLEET - The International Star Trek Contents © 1995 by STARFLEET Fan Association Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star unless otherwise specified Trek: Voyager are trademarks of Paramount Pictures Corporation, a division of Paramount Communications, all rights reserved. The STARFLEET Communiqué makes no Intent to infringe on or All Rights Reserved to profit from copyrights or trademarks held by Paramount Pictures Corporation or Its licensees. This publication and organization is a nonprofit nature. STARFLEET Communiqué All opinions expressed within are those of the individual authors, and do not necessarily reflect the Is printed in the USA on official position of STARFLEET International, the Communiqué, or the editorial staff. 25% post consumer waste stock Address corrections and charges should be sent to: Chief of Computer Operations, P.O. Box 24052, by Belleville, IL 62223-4052. DO NOT send corrections to the Communiqué. Please include your current SCC#. Letters of comment, advertisements and articles should be sent to the Communiqué office at: QUIK PRINT, St. Louis, MO P.O. Box 838, St. Charles, MO 63302-0836. Unsolicited submissions become the property of STARFLEET and are © 1995 STARFLEET, all rights reserved. Permission is granted for member chapters to reprint any portion of this magazine for their own newsletters. Fleet Admiral Dan McGinnis, Commander, STARFLEET Greetings from were filed on October 17, 1994. The IRS assessed penalties Headquarters! There is against the association for failure to file timely returns and much to share with you this requested immediately payment or an immediate response to issue, so I apologize for the their determination. length of my article. Following receipt of the IRS letter, I contacted the IRS Members throughout and spoke with an agent at length regarding STARFLEET and STARFLEET hear about our history. The agent asked many questions and was very various issues that are supportive of the association and our purposes (in fact he facing our association, yet asked for an application so he could join.) He advised me that information often does not the IRS routinely assesses penalties against non-profit filter down to the “rank and organizations that fail to file the annual informational return. file” members. Hopefully However, he also indicated that the IRS routinely waives this article will serve to these penalties when reasonable cause is indicated. inform and educate the members on the issues that presently The agent was very supportive and indicated that we challenge this international association. certainly possess reasonable cause for not filing the returns timely. He indicated the IRS routinely grants abatements (set Internal Revenue Service and Taxes: aside or waiving) penalties against non-profit organizations like STARFLEET. I filed a request for abatement on January Shortly after assuming office in January, Headquarters 10, 1995 and received an acknowledgement that the IRS has received a letter from the IRS referencing the 1991-1993