RENO ROCKS, REGION 7 ROLLS! All Around The ‘Fleet: Wendy and Bob Fillmore (Top Left) enjoy themselves at the 2001 Western Conference in Reno, Nevada (Above), while Edgar and Maria Torres (Top Right) do the same at the 2001 Region 7 Conference. Meanwhile, Ed Nowlin (Left) would like everyone to know that this hat won’t be incinerated anytime soon. Back in Region 7, the Knights who say “Ni!”, local 8472 (right) opted to drop by for a visit. Coverage of both events starts on Page 22. Photos courtesy of Sanford Berenberg and Mark Anbinder USPS 017-671 THE STARFLEET COMMUNIQUE STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERY STARFLEET MEMBER HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR! THE STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUE 108 – DECEMBER 2001/ JANUARY 2002 PAGE 1 STARFLEET Communiqué Volume I, No. 108 Publisher: Don’t Call Me Edwin!...................................................3 STARFLEET, The International Star Trek STARFLEET Treasurer Report...................................4 Fan Association, Inc. Second To One............................................................5 P.O. Box 30341 Winston-Salem, NC 27130-0341 International Charities...............................................5 The Mystery of Science................................................5 Executive Editor The Fleet Division Chief Program..................................6 Greg “Santa” Trotter An Introduction to the FDC.........................................6 Editor & Keeper of the Toby: STARFLEET Operations..............................................7 Kurt “Grinch” Roithinger COMM-ING Up Next...................................................7 Assistant Editor & Head Elf: Treasury Notes.............................................................7 David “Scrooge” Pipgras The Shuttlebay..............................................................8 Copy Editing Elf: Computer Operations..............................................9 The Amazing Dixie Membership Processing Report.................................9 Pre-Production Elf: Ex Astra, Scientia.......................................................10 The Fabulous Allyson All About Academy Vouchers..................................10 Contributing Elves: Academy Graduate List.............................................11 Scott A. Akers, Jonathan Simmons, Susan The Inspector General...............................................12 Fox-Davis, David Klingman, Dixie Halber From the Pages of STARFLEET History..................12 and Rahadyan Sastrowardoyo From the USS Discovery to the USS Normandy.......13 The Grumpiest Reindeer: STARFLEET Promotions & Birthdays.......................14 STARFLEET Member Betty Flyzik remembered Toby Method to Our Madness: Science in STARFLEET...15 A tribute to the late Betty Flyzik begins on Page 38 Photo courtesy of Bob Vosseller Send Submissions to: From the Stained Glass Offi ce.....................................15 STARFLEET Communiqué A Word from the SFMC ‘Dant..........................16 1209 SE 89th Ave. Portland, OR 97216-1715 Deputy Commandant, SFMC Update.......................16 cq@sfi .org The Stars Among the Stars............................................17 Review: “Justice League” on the Cartoon Network..17 Correction: An article appeaing on Page 14 of CQ 107 Review: “Forgiveness”............................................18 was attributed to Kimberly Brooks, but her Review: “Starship Spotter”.........................................18 co-authors, Dave Blaser and Alan Yates, were errouneously omitted. An “Enterprising” Review............................................19 The Invasion of KFRG 95.1............................................20 The STARFLEET Communiqué is a Region 3 Members Wed in Las Vegas.......................21 publication of the Communications Region 7 Conference, 2001............................................22 Department of STARFLEET: The International STARFLEET Interviews.............................................23 Star Trek Fan Association. It is intended for the use of our members. STARFLEET holds Ain’t We Got Fun?.......................................................24 no claims to any trademarks, copyrights, or IC 2002: Are We There Yet?..........................................26 properties held by Paramount, or their parent company, Viacom. STARFLEET Region 2 Summit VII........................27 Region 2 Science News: Caves and Cave Life.......27 The contents of this publication are Copyright Region 15 In 2001.........................................................28 © 2001 by STARFLEET: The International Fan Association and/or by the original authors. Region 7 Ambassador Reveals Himself......................29 All Artwork unless otherwise noted © 2000, Getting A Life The Hard Way: The Mind Meld.........29 2001 David Pipgras and Team Nexus. All rights reserved. No portion of this document Activate The Quantum Slipstream!.........................30 may be copied or republished in any way Crosby, Stills, Nash & Cash....................................31 or form without the written consent of the Offi ce of the Chief of Communications, Do You Have What It Takes To Be a CO?.................32 STARFLEET. Klingon Swarm Tactics...............................................33 Enterprising: On the Humanoid Condition.....................................34 By now most everyone will have heard about the latest addition to (USPS 017-671) Entered as periodical matter at the Star Trek canon, “Enterprise”. But is it any good? STARFLEET’s the Post Offi ce of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, under Fleet Activity Report....................................................35 resident Queen of the Green Tammy Willcox investigates on Page 19 the act of March 8, 1879. The Communiqué In Memoriam: Betty Flyzik......................................38 is published bi-monthly by STARFLEET: Photo courtesy of UPN The International Star Trek Fan Association, STARFLEET Announcements...................................39 101 North Broadway, Tecumseh, Oklahoma Upcoming Conventions...............................................40 74873. Talaxian Trade Show..................................................45 Previous issues of the Communiqué can be found at this location: Staff Directory...............................................................46 http://cq.ussatlas.org/ POSTMASTER: Western Conference 2001: Dinky Con II.....................48 Send address changes to: STARFLEET Communications The deadline for the next issue of the Communiqué is the end of the last month of the cover date. 2733 N. 65th Terrace Submission Deadline for Issue 109: January 25th, 2002. Kansas City, KS 66104 PAGE 2 THE STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUE 108 – DECEMBER 2001/ JANUARY 2002 once again, to see the Fleet family take care of not just it’s own but also their fellows citizens, whether they knew them or not. This was the second time in as many months that my faith in this organization was validated. I am proud to be associated with all of you! On another sad note, September also saw the resignation of Admiral Gordon Goldberg from the offi ce of Vice Commander, STARFLEET. Hello again from STARFLEET I transported into Mobile, Alabama HQ in Kansas City, Missouri for the After almost 5 continuous years of Headquarters! As I started writing this and Region 2 for its Summit. Region International Conference 2001. It was service on the Executive Committee, a article, I realized that it’s been almost a Coordinator Commodore Pete Mohney fun getting reacquainted with all my combination of circumstances in his life year since I stepped into this role. My, and the Summit staff did an Region 12 friends, as well as seeing and the needs of STARFLEET made how time fl ies! Looking back, it’s been outstanding job and made me feel folks from all across Fleet. This was the this a hard but necessary decision. quite a year. We’ve had both good at home. The next month, in April, fi rst chance I had to work closely with While still one of my trusted counsels, times and bad but I’m happy to report I traveled the short distance down both the Executive Committee and we have missed him on the EC and that, Fleet-wise, the positives outdo the the road to the Region 1 Summit in the Admiralty Board as Commander, continue to wish him success in his negatives by a large margin. Let’s look Greensboro, North Carolina. Region STARFLEET and it was a most positive future endeavors. back at the last 12 months… Coordinator Admiral Carolyn Donner experience. You could tell that November saw me back We started out the year in Region 12 once again in grand fashion with - this time for the USS an inaugural bash, where Royal Sovereign’s 10th outgoing Commander, anniversary party. R12 STARFLEET Fleet Admiral Region Coordinator and Michael D. Smith USS Royal Sovereign CO personally handed the Vice Admiral Robert reins of STARFLEET over Westfall was a most to the new administration. gracious host and, along Attended by dignitaries with Vice Admiral Dwain such as the Commandant and newly minted Captain of the STARFLEET Marine Jennifer Gleason, did a Corps Major General Wade fantastic job of giving Dee, Olsen and incoming ShOC Zachary and I the “royal” Chief Admiral Alex treatment. Not only did Rosenzweig, a great time we get to sample more was had by all. of Kansas City’s famous BBQ (something I enjoyed Not long after that, we while attending IC) but hit one of the few bad also we were treated to spots of the year - the a visit to historic Union IRS jumped back into the Station, home of Science picture, stating that they City. If you are ever never