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Contents © 1995 by STARFLEET The STARFLEET Communiqué is the bimonthly magazine of STARFLEET - The International Star Trek Unless otherwise specified Fan Association Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star 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 Is printed in the USA on All opinions expressed within are those of the individual authors, and do not necessarily reflect the official position of STARFLEET International, the Communiqué, or the editorial staff. 25% post consumer waste stock by Address corrections and charges should be sent to: Chief of Computer Operations, P.O. Box 24052, 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 chapters to reprint any portion of this magazine for their own newsletters. Fleet Admiral Dan McGinnis, Commander, STARFLEET Greetings from STARFLEET STARFLEET who contribute their time, effort and energy towards making Headquarters! We have been our organization the best it can be. There are also a few who find only very busy processing your criticism that the progress is not happening fast enough. Let’s not letters, voucher requests, and concentrate on those who find only complaints. answering your telephone calls. Recently, several chapters have seen fit to leave STARFLEET and I did, however, take a short join another organization. We all wish them the very best as they find an vacation from Fleet for one organization that better suits their needs. STARFLEET continues to grow week. Thanks to Deborah and we are very positive for our future. Working together, we will Maestu and her staff for handling continue to fix the problems that have built over the years and move the the Fleet during that time! organization to greater heights. I believe it is human nature to Keep the adventure alive! be critical instead of recognizing the hard work that so many people do to keep our association moving forward. There are Photo by John Maestu hundreds of people throughout Admiral Deborah Maestu, Vice-Commander, STARFLEET Greetings from the office of Vice-Commander, STARFLEET. The In other areas, we are in the past couple of months have been exciting both personally and in Fleet. process of looking for a new First and foremost (to me anyway(, by the time you read this, John director for the Disabled and I will be married. We aren’t having a STARFLEET wedding, but the Services Program. If you