STARFLEET ANNOUNCEMENTS 9702-01 (01 February to 09 February '97) ***** X-Sender: msmith@pop.cyberwar.com Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 09:53:20 To: starfleet@netrail.net (STARFLEET Int'l ListServ) From: "Michael D. Smith" Subject: Some updates... Sender: owner-r5echo@teleport.com Reply-To: "Michael D. Smith" Hello all. Just some more info to pass along to your crews, as quickly as possible. Please cross-post this and forward to any Fleet chapter or member that you know of that may not be online, or subscribed to any of our mailing lists. Former CS Dan McGinnis has failed to cooperate with our requests for the return of the money and financial records for STARFLEET. I have authorized Chuck Freas to pursue alternative avenues to force Mr. McGinnis to cooperate with us. I have also been in contact with former JAG Gary Scott Decker, who advised me that I could contact Frank Fernandez, the CPA hired by Rob Lerman. Gary offered, and I accepted his assistance in contacting Mr. Fernandez. Mr. Fernandez has agreed to make copies of all relevant data he has regarding STARFLEET and is forwarding that information to Internal Auditor Howard Cronson. I have been in contact with Sue Hampton regarding the Scholarship issue, and she is contacting all Scholarship winners over the past two years to check on status of payment. Chuck has been in contact with the State of North Carolina regarding our status there, and is also in contact with the IRS regarding our situation. I'll let Chuck brief you more fully on that during the course of the next few days. Tom Monaghan and his staff are hard at work. Tom just recently sent me a thorough report to date regarding Ops. I'm pleased to note that the Existing Fan Club Program is hard at work, and I've been informed that there are several pending returns in the works at this time. The online reporting form is working after hitting a minor snag, and the new MSRs and membership flyers are out. I'm awaiting master copies of them from Ops Vice Chief Les Rickard and then will be mailing them out to the RCs. I'm also working with Ron Fell, Director of Recruiting Services in order to get that office, neglected by the previous administration up to speed. Greg Trotter is starting the process to secure our bulkrate permit for mailing the first CQ. This is being done since we need a bulkrate permit before we can apply for a 2nd class (or Periodicals) postal permit. Please don't forget that the deadline for CQ submissions is February 15th, 1997, so please be prompt. Greg and his staff are looking forward to producing the first CQ to be mailed to the membership in many months, and I for one am looking forward to seeing their work. Wendy Fillmore has been hard at work putting together the Fanzine staff and home page, and is looking forward to seeing submissions and artwork for that publication. Robbie Lewis has gotten the CSR out, and I know several RCs and myself at the very least have received their copies. Chapter COs, make sure that those copies are distributed to you and your crews. Unfortunately, this first CSR was forced to be mailed to the RCs only, as we just don't have the working capital to get them to all the COs. This will hopefully be rectified by the prompt payment of the CCF fee to Marlene Miller for the year 1997. I see that many chapters have already forwarded that fee to her, and hope that more of you will in the coming weeks. Rob Lerman reports sending the money requested by Paul Dyl to him via certified mail in order to transition the Academy paperwork. As you all know, Mr. Dyl has seen fit to withhold the data of several schools and/or logos associated with STARFLEET Academy. A letter is being dispatched to him regarding this situation. In the meantime, Rob is currently working to create new logos and tests so that we may reopen those schools ASAP. ShOC chief Dennis Gray reports receiving the data and material from Linda Reynolds, and is in the process of sorting that data as we speak. ShOC has already handled the launch of a few chapters, and is looking forward to launching a few more in the coming weeks. Computer Ops reports that memberships are flowing in to the Membership Services department daily. We have already received 17 family memberships and 30 single memberships to date, and FCapt Mandi Herrmann advises the next set of membership checks totals over $2000. Please keep those memberships coming in, folks. In our first CQ, I will outline the return of the STARFLEET Membership Drive, so keep a lookout for that article. Sal Lizard also reports the transfer of STARFLEET's Internet Services to a dedicated machine, transforming the "virtual" aspect of our online presence to a full and dedicated platform. Allyson Dyar is in the process of moving the STARFLEET Web Page to that server, and her home site at halcyon.com will act as a mirror site. This also means mailing list administrators will be able to work directly to add and remove people from the sfi.org listservers, instead of having to go through Sal. Scott Akers and the Marine Corps Senior Staff is hard at work bringing the Corps back up to speed. I have also heard recently from Randy Slater, the head of the STARFLEET Rangers, and I hope to see that program reactivated in the coming months. IC97 staff are hard at work to bring you this year's International Conference. I'm looking forward to attending this year's IC, which is not only in my home Region, but my home state as well. I hope many of you will choose to attend this year. I'd like to take a moment to thank all of STARFLEET's staff to date. They have been working tirelessly in order to do their part to remove STARFLEET from the morass it was sunk into. I'd also like to thank those of you online who have pledged your support and willingness to work alongside us to achieve our goals. Together we *can* make a difference. Thanks again, and see you next update! Regards, Mike Fleet Admiral, Commander, STARFLEET - http://www.sfi.org Flagship, USS Thagard, STARFLEET Region 7 - email: cs@sfi.org "Support Starfleet, get your own 'SFI' vanity email address" (All proceeds go to help Starfleet) (email Sal Lizard at compops@sfi.org for more info) ***** X-Sender: dyar@mail.halcyon.com Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 11:31:18 -0800 To: starfleet@netrail.net From: "dyar@halcyon.com" Subject: OCC Status Update Sender: owner-starfleet@netrail.net Reply-To: starfleet@netrail.net Carolyn Donner asked me to post this to the 'fleet listserver: ***** OCC is and has been on hold since November of 1996. The reason for this is that Dan McGinnis never reimbursed me for receipts sent to him in October of 1996. I sent them in with plenty of time to spare for him to reimburse me before I ran out of supplies (manuals and tests), but he did not reimburse me and when I ran out of course materials, I had no choice but to put things on hold here. I tried to work this out with Paul Dyl and Jim Herring, but was told that Jim did not want to handle money since he was only going to be running things for a short time (and besides he didn't have the money to handle). Fortunately, Rob Lerman is working with Mike Smith who now have copies of the receipts and I should be getting a check soon, so hopefully OCC will be back in business soon. In the meantime, OCC ONLINE is still open for business. If you have a computer and modem, just call the Intergalactic Information BBS at 937-379-2832 and leave a message for the sysop (Gary Donner) and tell him you want to take OCC online and leave your SCC#. There's a bulletin on the BBS that tells you all about taking OCC online. Also, if you already have your OCC course materials, tests are still being graded by Jim Cushing and diplomas issued. Jim's address was on the letter you received with your test. If you've lost it, send me a note at OCC@sfi.org. Jim will continue to grade tests and send out diplomas as long as the postage and blank diplomas hold out. So be sure to enclose a stamp with your completed test. It will help a lot. Thanks. Please be patient. I'm sure the new administration will have OCC back up and running real soon. In the meantime, if you mailed in your OCC application, it is still here and I will see that those already here will be the first to receive their course materials as soon as things are back to normal. Thanks for your patience. Carolyn Donner OCC Director ***** relayed by: --------- Commodore Allyson M.W. Dyar, STARFLEET Vice Chief/Communications: Net Services 'fleet home page: http://www.sfi.org CO, USS Stellar Wind, NCC-1501A subspace: or ***** Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 16:20:43 -0500 X-Sender: mmartian@pop.mindspring.com To: starfleet@netrail.net (STARFLEET Int'l ListServ) From: Les Rickard Subject: Update on Chapter Reporting Guidelines Sender: owner-starfleet@netrail.net Reply-To: starfleet@netrail.net Hello All, Well here we are into the first month of a new STARFLEET Administration and things seem to be coming together. I can't say that for sure as I have been locked in the Vice Chief of Operations Office treading through a large number of MSR's. Which is what brought on this short post. First of all, add me to the Oops Club as in my Chapter Guidelines Post some time back I said that the MSR Deadline would not change. I made a mistake and should have said that it would change. The Deadline for Chapters to report to Operations is the 5th of the month following the Reporting Period. Now, as I said before, we're not gonna start "pullin nails" nor are we gonna send out the OPS "Goon Squad" with the Portable Comfy Chair if they are couple of days late. All MSR's should be sent to the following address: Les Rickard Starfleet Operations P.O.Box 22 Lexington, NC 27293-0022 Email: VOps@SFI.ORG Second, I would like to ask that any MSR's sent electronically be done by the use of the Email form (Which I am going to post after this short email to the same lists) or the Operations Web Site MSR (Or similar MSR Site if they are out there). Now, I know we have had some problems the last few days with the MSR, but bugs are to be expected in a new system. If ya can't get through on the OPS Site then use the Email form. Please don't send Attached Files that are MSR's (Such as doc or txt files) I can not view them on most occasions and do not have some of the programs these MSR's are written in. On the new MSR Forms. I am preparing a Mailer to all RC's which will contain the new MSR, VRR and Starfleet Application (With updated Address). Hopefully they will filter down within the next few months and we start seeing the new MSR's coming in here. Finally, I want to say - Keep the MSR's comming. The reporting percentages are not phenomonal, but they are pretty good considering how difficult it was jumping right into it with no transistion time to let everyone know where reports were supposed to go. Well, thats about it. The Email MSR Form will be sent out after this post, please forward to anyone that doesn't have it and wants it or to lists that I have not included. Take Care and Go Boldly! In Service to Starfleet and its Members, Capt. Les Rickard mmartian@mindspring.com Chief of Operations - USS HAWKEYE NCC-4950 Hippocrates II Class Medical Frigate REGION ONE "The Mighty First Fleet" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vice Chief of Operations, Starfleet vops@sfi.org STARFLEET OPERATIONS - www.musc.edu/~mccabedb/ops/ or www.sfi.org ***** Resent-Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 21:27:47 GMT Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 16:20:26 -0500 X-Sender: mmartian@pop.mindspring.com To: starfleet@netrail.net (STARFLEET Int'l ListServ) From: Les Rickard Subject: Email MSR Report Form Email Submission Format TO: VOPS@SFI.ORG FROM: Subject: MSR *Note: Please do not attach any other text to the report. Any comments can be sent by seperate private EMail to this Address. Comments, Questions or Problems concerning STARFLEET Operations can be directed to Commodore Tom Monaghan, Chief of STARFLEET Operations at: OPS@SFI.ORG Thank You ============================================================================= STARFLEET EMAIL MONTHLY STATUS REPORT CHAPTER FORM Status Report: From: Registry: Chapter Type: Region: STARFLEET Crew: *Note: A list of Members Names and Expirition Dates would be helpful here as well Last Meeting: Next Meeting: Chapter Newsletter: Last Publication Date: Commanding Officer: Mailing Address: Phone: E-mail: OTS/OCC Status: Executive Officer: Cmdr. Mailing Address: Phone: E-mail: OTS/OCC Status: Chapter Charter Fee Paid: Chapter Address: Chapter Email: City of Charter: Shuttles: Promotions, DSA's and/or Citations: Academy Graduates: Activities: Problems: Comments: Commanding Officer: Date: Reporting Officer: Date: =============================================================================== X-Sender: msmith@pop.cyberwar.com Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 08:26:43 To: starfleet@netrail.net (STARFLEET General Listserv) From: "Michael D. Smith" Subject: The CSR Sender: owner-starfleet@netrail.net Reply-To: starfleet@netrail.net I am currently discussing the CSR situation with my staff, as I wasn't certain whether to proceed with the CSR to those who had paid the CCF fee or wait until the next issue, meaning that they would get 5 CSRs this year, and one the following year. I had already announced the first CSR would go only to the RCs. In any event, as I had originally planned, the next CSR *will* be going out to those chapters who have paid the CCF fee; other chapters will need to contact their RC and compensate them as necessary for a copy. The CCF is supposed to pay for 6 issues of the CSR, the CCF certificate to the chapter, and to help defray the costs of the annual audit of STARFLEET's books. I am currently reviewing the CCF payment process, and shall be engaging in discussion with my staff as to the feasibility of having the Regional Coordinators take in the money from their Regions beginning in 1998, and having the RCs be responsible for copying/mailing the CSRs and the Chapter Charter. The RCs could then forward the balance to STARFLEET for the audit. Regards, Mike Fleet Admiral, Commander, STARFLEET - http://www.sfi.org Flagship, USS Thagard, STARFLEET Region 7 - email: cs@sfi.org "Support Starfleet, get your own 'SFI' vanity email address" (All proceeds go to help Starfleet) (email Sal Lizard at compops@sfi.org for more info) ****** Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 11:29:08 -0500 (EST) X-Sender: higdon@pop.usit.net To: region1@pobox.com From: Jeffery Higdon Subject: The Establishment of a New Squadron in The First Fleet... Cc: starfleet@netrail.net Sender: owner-starfleet@netrail.net Reply-To: starfleet@netrail.net Attention all Ships of the Fleet... On Stardate 9702.01 aboard the USS Mark Twain (TigerCon I, staged at the University of Memphis), an announcement was made to the efect of the creation of a new Squadron of Starships. This Squadron will go under the name of: The MidSouth Squadron And shall consist of the following Starships of the Region 1, Sector 1, Mid-South Area of patrol: USS Alacrity, Commodore Deborah Leafey USS Mark Twain, Captain Karen Cushing USS Providence, Captain Warren Price USS Sehkmet, Captain John McGill USS Shiloh, Captain Jeffery Higdon Membership to the MidSouth Squadron will be limited to these Starships and those future new chapters that: 1) Are Chapters of STARFLEET.. 2) Are in Region One... 3) Are located in the geographic areas of West Tennessee and Western Kentucky... 4) Are to be launced off or sponsored by either of the five Starships listed above. The purpose of The MidSouth Squadron is: 1) To act as a central point for the gathering of information to be distributed to each of the member Starships pertaing to news and events each ship has... 2) To coordinate gathering of members of the Ships of the Squadron, if needed... 3) And to establish a more formal tie between these Starship. The following personnel were appointed to the Command Staff of The MidSouth Squadron: Squadron Commander: Captain Jeffery Higdon (Flagship: USS Shiloh) Squadron Vice Commander: Captain Karen Cushing (USS Mark Twain) This information is supplied by: ****************************************************************************** Jeffery Higdon, Captain; SFI; CO, USS Shiloh Commander, MidSouth Squadorn, First Fleet, Sector 1 SFI E-mail Addresses: higdon@usit.net USS Shiloh URL: http://www.public.usit.net/higdon/shiloh.html Captain's Personal Homepage: www.public.usit.net/higdon/higdon.html ****** From: ChasAF1@aol.com Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 20:19:37 -0500 (EST) To: starfleet@netrail.net Subject: Re: Vouchers Sender: owner-starfleet@netrail.net Reply-To: starfleet@netrail.net In a message dated 97-02-02, it is written: << The following is an excerpt from a letter written by an international member in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Presented here for discussion. ...I'm off to the hotel right now to try and come up with two $1 bills. Please tell SFA Command that if this truly is the International fan club, they should first ask the opinion of us Internationals! The voucher system was so easy, as we could send a $20 bill and get 20 vouchers. Have you any idea just how difficult it is to obtain single dollar bills overseas? 20's, 50's, and even 10's are no problem, but ones are next to impossible! Please pass that along to command, in addition to the fact that we risk theft a lot more by sending cash thru the mail. And don't let them give you the excuse of checks. If I were to make a $2 check here, it would cost me $20! Vouchers were perfect for the international fan club. ... Mariellen Chidiac In service to STARFLEET, Commodore Sherry Newell ----------------------------------------------------------------/ * /----------------- CO, USS Morning Star R12 EAD Former Dean, SFA Director SOLS, SFA Former Special Advisor/Comms/SFHQ "Whatever it is, let me help". >> Folks, you are preaching to the choir here. Just in case anyone missed it, here is the official final word as I know it (and Rob "007" Lerman, please correct me if I'm wrong): The official policy as announced was that vouchers are no longer required for tuition at all STARFLEET Academy courses. We didn't say that vouchers were no longer any good. We never said that if you had some of them that you must throw them away because they wouldn't be accepted. If you have them, use them. Use them till they're all gone. This means that any and all Overseas Members can still use their Fleet vouchers for SFA courses. Likewise, North American members can still use Fleet vouchers for SFA courses. In fact, any and all members can still use Fleet vouchers for SFA courses. And, if anyone -- regardless of where they live -- wants to reorder SFA vouchers, e-mail HQ and request same. Your request will be honored -- as best we can. Do we have any vouchers? Yes, those that were turned over to Mike D. Smith by Jim Herring. How many? I don't know. Where are they? Last I heard at Fleet HQ in NJ. Would we mail them out if requested? Well, as far as I know -- yes. Has anyone requested that we do so? As far a I know -- no. Are vouchers a problem? Yes. Why? Because we *don't* have the financial records or the documentation we need to make final decisions regarding SFA vouchers -- like, how many total vouchers are still out there; which ones and how many are good and which ones and how many, if any, have been cancelled/used/voided/are no longer good to reuse but are still lurking out there; who has the good vouchers and the bad ones, if any; who has them that shouldn't have them; who doesn't have them that needs them and really should have them, etc. We need to know these things to ascertain and finally determine our potential debts and our gross income. Such information is crucial to our mandatory IRS reporting. If we don't obtain it very soon, like yesterday, we will have major problems. Would we like to retain some form of voucher program? Yes. In fact, we have talked about taking it one step further -- to a Fleetwide "Gift Certificate" that could be used everywhere by everyone for any Fleet-related purpose/function -- Quartermaster, SFA, CCF, DTS VRR and VAR forms, etc. When can we do this? We don't know. Are we going to do this for sure? We don't know. If people want to express their displeasure about our lack of knowledge and our resultant inability to do what they want us to do regarding vouchers (and frankly, we are very willing to do the gift certificate plan if we can get some hard data on it), then let them call someone in Belleville who has the ready ability to clear all of this up. 'Nuff said. In Service to STARFLEET, -- Chuck Chuck Freas, Adm. Vice Commander, STARFLEET VCS@sfi.org http://www.sfi.org The homepage for STARFLEET, the International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. "Support STARFLEET, get your own 'SFI' vanity e-mail address" (All proceeds go to help STARFLEET) "None of us knows what's coming. That's what Starfleet is all about. We are all in this together, Neelix. And we have to be able to count on each other, no matter how hard it gets." -- Capt. Katherine Janeway (Voyager; "Fair Trade"). ****** X-Sender: msmith@pop.cyberwar.com Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 22:46:30 To: starfleet@netrail.net (STARFLEET Int'l ListServ) From: "Michael D. Smith" Subject: IRC Fireside chat Sender: owner-r5echo@teleport.com Reply-To: "Michael D. Smith" Hello, folks. Per a suggestion from Interim R5RC Capt Kurt Roithinger, I hereby announce the first of the series of monthly IRC "Fireside Chats" to be conducted during the tenure of the Smith/Freas Administration. These chats, unless otherwise specified, will take place on the last Wednesday of every month starting at 9pm EST, 6pm PST. Unless otherwise pre-occupied, Smith/Freas Netservices Comm Vice Chief Commodore Allyson Dyar will be the channel moderator. Please feel free to join us on #starfleet, the official IRC channel of STARFLEET, and talk with the EC. Regards, Mike Fleet Admiral, Commander, STARFLEET - http://www.sfi.org Flagship, USS Thagard, STARFLEET Region 7 - email: cs@sfi.org "Support Starfleet, get your own 'SFI' vanity email address" (All proceeds go to help Starfleet) (email Sal Lizard at compops@sfi.org for more info) ***** X-Sender: msmith@pop.cyberwar.com Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 20:49:06 To: starfleet@netrail.net (STARFLEET Int'l ListServ) From: "Michael D. Smith" Subject: IRC Fireside chat Sender: owner-r5echo@teleport.com Reply-To: "Michael D. Smith" Please cast a vote with STARFLEET Chief of Staff Tony Rowley (cs-cos@sfi.org) as to the date that would best serve you. Based on the results of said poll, we'll make the Fireside chat that day during the last week of the month. This first IRC meeting we'll keep as posted. Polling will last from now until the end of the month. Regards, Mike Fleet Admiral, Commander, STARFLEET - http://www.sfi.org Flagship, USS Thagard, STARFLEET Region 7 - email: cs@sfi.org "Support Starfleet, get your own 'SFI' vanity email address" (All proceeds go to help Starfleet) (email Sal Lizard at compops@sfi.org for more info) ****** X-Sender: msmith@pop.cyberwar.com Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 20:31:12 To: starfleet@netrail.net (STARFLEET Int'l ListServ) From: "Michael D. Smith" Subject: OCC will be re-opened shortly Hello, all. OCC will be reopened shortly, as I have just cut Carolyn Donner a check for the amount owe her. OCC is a critical school for STARFLEET and needs the direct attention. Rob Lerman is working with the other school directors and we will be bringing them current as finances permit. Regards, Mike Fleet Admiral, Commander, STARFLEET - http://www.sfi.org Flagship, USS Thagard, STARFLEET Region 7 - email: cs@sfi.org "Support Starfleet, get your own 'SFI' vanity email address" (All proceeds go to help Starfleet) (email Sal Lizard at compops@sfi.org for more info) *****