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 9506-07 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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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Commander, STARFLEET Fleet Admiral Dan McGinnis P.O. Box24052 Belleville, IL 6223-4052 STARFLEET The international E-mail: “[email protected]” 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 o f 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 P.O. Box 24052 Capt. Linda Reynolds Capt. Wayne Cavalier P.O. Box 23321 P.O. 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Contents © 1995 by STARFLEET The STARFLEET Communiqué is the bimonthly magazine of STARFLEET - The International Star Trek 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 All Rights Reserved Communications, all rights reserved. The STARFLEET Communiqué makes no Intent to infringe on or 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 QUIK PRINT, St. Louis, MO SCC#. Letters of comment, advertisements and articles should be sent to the Communiqué office at: 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 chap ters to reprint any portion of this magazine for their own newsletters. Fleet Admiral Dan McGinnis, Commander, STARFLEET Greetings from STA R- this position on he Executive Committee in late April due to FLEET Headquarters! time commitments required in this important position and the We’ve had a very busy inability to balance increasing demands on his time from his month processing hundreds personal business. Adam has done excellent work in the of new applications for development of the FCCS (Fleet Command and Control membership and renewing System) that is used to run the membership/chapter hundreds more! My thanks databases. He has agreed to remain a Software Consultant to all the Admiralty Board for the Computer Operations Department. members for keeping the Upon the unanimous vote of the Executive Committee, I Fleet running smoothly have appointed Captain Wayne Cavalier as he new Acting and efficiently! Chief of Computer Operations, STARFLEET. Wayne and Photo by John Maestu I am very pleased to Adam have completed the transition and installation of announce that the United software and CompOps is back on track processing States federal government has approved STARFLEET as a applications with a minimum of delay. STARFLEET tradition 501(c)7 tax exempt social organization effective January 1, dictates that the Admiralty Board confirm all EC appointments 1995! I received notice of this determination during late April. (except those at the start of an administration), so a This is a major step for STARFLEET and concludes a project confirmation request has been mailed to each AB member. that began during the Maddox Administration more than 5 Welcome aboard, Wayne! years ago. More information will follow on this topic in the next That’s all for this issue! Please remember that telephone Command Status Report that will be mailed in late May. calls to Headquarters must be returned collect and a SASE is I want to extend