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UPCOMING
EVENTS
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Sunday, April
18: Spring Business & Dinner Meeting
• Friday,
April 30–Sunday, May 2: OutLantaCon
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Saturday, May 8: Away Mission
to Iron Man 2
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Saturday, May
22: Away Mission to Stone Mountain Park
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Friday, May 28–Sunday,
May 30: TimeGate & Room Party
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Region 2 Summit awards
announced
• "Our" Communiqué,
#157, now online
• Time to order new Republic
shirts
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STARFLEET vs. Chapter dues
• Star
Trek artwork for sale
• Personnel Records
• Recent
Chapter Event Photos
SIDEBAR
• April Birthdays
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Welcome Aboard!
• Member Reenlistments
• Wish List
• About the Republic
• For More Information
• USS Republic Online
• Related Sites
• Our Member Benefits Program
Partners
• News from TrekMovie.com
— Bruce
Greenwood Joins Star Trek
Sequel Production Start Guessing Game—But Will Pike Be In
It?
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News from TrekToday.com
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2011: Star
Trek: The Exhibition Heads
East
— A Trek
Series Would Interest Moore
— Star
Trek Nominated for 2010
Hugo Award
— Star
Trek Magazine: Fanzines
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Spring
Dinner & Business Meeting
6:00
p.m. Sunday, April 18, 2010
Ryan's Family Steakhouse
3371 Buford Highway, Atlanta GA 30329
(404) 321-6107 |
 All
members and friends of the USS Republic are invited
to join us at our Spring Dinner & Business Meeting
at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, at Ryan's Family Steakhouse
in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta. Their
"Mega Bar" buffet includes classic homestyle entrées
such as southern fried chicken, steak, country pork ribs,
carved ham, southern fried fish and baked salmon. Side
dishes include creamy mac 'n' cheese, mashed potatoes and
lots of vegetables, as well as a salad bar and endless dessert
bar, including cobbler, cake, cookies, pie and ice cream. The
price for adults is $8.99 + $1.99 for unlimited beverages,
plus tax; for children 12 years and younger, only $4.99 plus
tax, including beverage.
We'll enjoy a delicious buffet dinner from 6:00 to 7:00 and
then hold our semiannual business meeting from 7:00 to 8:00,
during which time we'll discuss the various activities we
have planned for the next several months. This is
an especially important meeting for everyone who would like
to help with our recruitment tables and room parties at OutLantaCon,
TimeGate and Sci-Fi Summer Con in May and June. We'll
discuss what we need to do to make these events successful
for the chapter, what we will and will not be allowed to do
at each of them, what our obligations and expectations are,
and plans for additional chapter activities from May through
October.
Of course, it's not all business... you'll also be able to
enjoy the company of your fellow shipmates as we talk about
recent chapter events and notable achievements such as the
St. Patrick's Parade and our photo and feature story in the
STARFLEET Communiqué. Please mark your calendars
now and plan to attend!
RYAN'S
FAMILY STEAKHOUSE WEB SITE
MAP
AND DIRECTIONS |
OutLantaCon
Friday, April 30 - Sunday, May
2, 2010
Holiday Inn Select - Perimeter
4386 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Chamblee GA 30341
(877) 276-1796 |
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OutLantaCon
is the new Atlanta-based "geekvent" for gay / lesbian
/ bisexual / transgendered / other fans! Now in
its second year, the guest list for OutLantaCon 2010 includes
Cecilia Tan, Lee Martindale, Darieck Scott, Andrew Greenburg,
J. M. McDermott, Eugie Foster, Kiernan Kelly, Kayelle Allen,
J. A. Steel, Steve Berman, Greg Herren and Robert Bunn.
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Capt
Eric L. Watts at the Republic's
fan table at the 2009 OutLantaCon
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OutLantaCon's
new home for 2010 is the Holiday Inn Select in Chamblee, on
Chamblee-Dunwoody Road at I-285. Memberships are $35.00
until April 15 and $45.00 thereafter and at the door.
The USS Republic will have an official presence at
OutLantaCon. Members and friends who plan to attend
and would like to sign up for a shift at our recruitment table
are encouraged to please contact
the Captain or plan to attend our Spring Dinner &
Business Meeting on Sunday, April 18.
OUTLANTACON
WEB SITE
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Away
Mission to Iron Man 2
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Regal Cinemas Hollywood Stadium 24
3265 Northeast Expressway Access
Chamblee GA 30341
(770) 936-9468 |
 The
world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert
Downey, Jr.) is the armored superhero Iron Man. Under
pressure from the government, the press and the public to
share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling
to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he
fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With
Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don
Cheadle) at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts
powerful new forces.
Make plans now to join the USS Republic on its "away
mission" to see this highly anticipated sequel to the
2008 blockbuster Iron Man on opening weekend at the
Regal Cinemas in Chamblee. Showtimes have not yet
been announced, but we'll plan on a late afternoon or early
evening showing.
REGAL
CINEMAS HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 24 WEB SITE |
Away
Mission to Stone Mountain Park
Saturday, May 22, 2010
US Highway 78 East, Exit 8
Stone Mountain GA 30087
(770) 498-5690 |
Because
YOU demanded it! At the Republic's Fall
Dinner & Business Meeting last year, members voted for
an "away mission" to Stone Mountain Park as one
of the chapter activities they most wanted to do in 2011. And
so.. here it is!
 Stone
Mountain Park is a green oasis where families and friends
can enjoy the outdoors together. Listed in Frommer’s
500 Places to Visit with Your Kids Before They Grow Up
and cited by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one
of the “35 Natural Wonders in Georgia You Must See Before
You Die,” Stone Mountain Park is located just 16 miles east
of downtown Atlanta. The five-square-mile park is Georgia’s
most visited attraction. Home to the world’s largest
piece of exposed granite, Stone Mountain Park offers a variety
of attractions, entertainment and recreation, including:
Costs
Admission into the park is $10.00 per vehicle with less than
15 passengers. This gives you access to many of the park’s
fun outdoor activities, including hiking and nature trails,
a walk-up trail and a fantastic view of the Confederate memorial
carving, plus the world’s largest lasershow spectacular. Carpooling
(e.g., "cramming as many people as possible into a single
vehicle") is strongly encouraged.
Some of the park's attractions have individual admission fees;
others are included only in a One-Day Adventure Pass. Some
of the individual admission fees are listed above. Depending
on how long you plan to stay inside the park and/or how many
different attractions you may desire to visit, you may decide
to pay for each attraction separately or purchase a one-day
pass for $27.00 plus tax. This pass offers unlimited
admission to most park attractions including Sky Hike, Summit
Skyride, Journey to the Center of the Earth™ 4D Adventure,
Scenic Railroad, Mini-Golf and Camp Highland Outpost. If
you plan to visit three or more of the $9 attractions or even
only two of the $14 attractions, the one-day pass is definitely
the best value for an all-day "away mission."
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The
USS Republic's very first "away mission"
to Stone Mountain Park... on June 4, 1988, less than
a month after the chapter's commissioning! Although
many of these charter members' names have been lost
to history, still recognizable are the Republic's
very first Commanding Officer, Capt Christopher Ernst
(fifth from right, in yellow shirt), Jon Crymes (directly
under the first T in STARFLEET) and Bruce Peret (third
from right, under the second T in STARFLEET).
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Although
the USS Republic has not visited Stone Mountain Park
in modern times, this "away mission" will not be
the chapter's first visit. As evidenced by photos
in the chapter's archives, the Republic visited Stone
Mountain Park as a group several times between 1988 and 1993. We're
very much looking forward to renewing this long-abandoned
tradition and adopting it as one of our modern annual events. We'll
plan to have at least one picnic-type meal together in a location
where there's no additional admission fee and have a group
photo taken sometime during the day. These details
will be discussed and decided at our
Spring Dinner & Business Meeting on Sunday, April 18,
and announced in next month's Republiqué. Please
make plans to attend!
Please Note: If
weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, it will
be rescheduled to sometime in October. If weather
is questionable, use your best judgement.
STONE
MOUNTAIN PARK WEB SITE
MAPS
AND DIRECTIONS |
TimeGate
& TimeGate Room Party
Friday, May 28 - Sunday, May 30, 2010
Holiday
Inn Select - Perimeter
4386 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Chamblee GA 30341
(877) 276-1796 |
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TimeGate
is an annual science fiction / fantasy convention that focuses
on Doctor Who and Stargate, though all interests
are represented. So if you're into Stargate SG-1,
Doctor Who, Stargate Atlantis, Torchwood
or The Sarah Jane Chronicles—or you're excited
about the upcoming show Stargate Universe—this
is the con for you! But if not, they'll also have
Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes,
literary, horror and comics programming, too, along with
many other topics.
 One
of TimeGate's guests this year is Diana Botsford,
who wrote, produced and directed for 12 years in the television
and film industry, including a screenwriting credit for
the sixth-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
"Rascals." Additional guest information
can be found on the TimeGate web site.
Registration rates are currently $35 per person and will
be $45 at the door.
ROOM PARTY! The USS Republic will
have an official presence at TimeGate with a member recruitment
table throughout the weekend and a room party on Saturday
night. Members
and friends who plan to attend and would like to sign up
for a shift at our recruitment table and/or help out with
our room party are encouraged to please contact
the Captain or plan to attend our Spring Dinner
& Business Meeting on Sunday, April 18. We
hope to see you there!
TIMEGATE
WEB SITE
MAP
AND DIRECTIONS
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Region
2 Summit awards announced |
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The
USS Republic has won the Region 2 Recruiting Award
for the fourth consecutive year, for years 2006 through
2009.
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At the
2010 Region 2 Summit Awards Banquet held in Columbus, Georgia,
on Saturday, March 13, numerous awards in several categories
were presented to various STARFLEET chapters and personnel. To
no one's surprise, the USS Republic received the 2009
Recruiting Award for having recruited no less than 61 new
members during 2009. Additional awards presented
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Flag
Officer of the Year
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Debra
O'Brien, USS Continuum (Pensacola FL) |
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Commanding
Officer of the Year
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Comm
Lucy Ferron, USS Haise (Jackson MS) |
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Officer
of the Year
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Lt.
JG Kelly Grammer, USS Robins (Warner Robins GA) |
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Enlisted
Member of the Year
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Michael
Sylvester, USS Wernher Von Braun (Huntsville
AL) |
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Junior
Member of the Year
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Cdt
3rd Katrina Mohney, USS Hephaestus (Birmingham
AL) |
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Region
Commendations
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Capt
Johnothan L. Babb, Sr., USS Shooting Star (Clearwater
FL) |
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Barbara
Paul Superior Performance Awards
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VAdm
Freddy Heller, USS DaVinci (Columbus GA)
Comm Larry Morris, USS Dark Phoenix (Hattiesburg
MS) |
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Overseas
Coupon Program Award
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USS
DaVinci (Columbus GA) |
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STARFLEET
Academy Achievement Award
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Bdr
Oliver Savander, USS Tiberius (St. Petersburg
FL) |
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Special
Boothby Presentation
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Lt.
Cmdr Jennifer McFarland, USS Haise (Jackson MS) |
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Shuttle
of the Year
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USS
Shooting Star (Clearwater FL) |
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Brenda
Bullock Mothership Award
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USS
Marathon (Plant City FL) |
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Ship
of the Year
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USS
Continuum (Pensacola FL) |
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Certificates
of Appreciation
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Bdr
Oliver Savendar, USS Tiberius (St. Petersburg
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Noticeably absent from this list of winners are four different
web site awards (Superior Achievement & Performance, Most
Informative, Best Personal Site and Best Chapter Site) and
three different newsletter awards (Best Printed, Best Electronic
and Newsletter of the Year). The USS Republic
won a total of three of these awards in 2008 and 2009, so
we are naturally curious about their absence at the 2010 awards
banquet. In an email dated March 17, Awards Director
Adm Barbara M. Paul stated that those awards were still
being judged. As of press time, no additional announcements
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| "Our"
Communiqué, #157, now online |
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STARFLEET
Communiqué #157 features the USS Republic.
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STARFLEET
Communiqué #157—the long-awaited issue that
features members of the USS Republic on the front cover
and a five-page article by Capt Eric L. Watts—is
now available as a downloadable PDF document to STARFLEET
members in good standing from the SFI
web site. Click on the cover in the lower right-hand
corner of the web site's front page, log in to the SFI database
with your username and password, click on "COMM"
on the left-hand side of the page, then click on "LATEST
CQ" to download and open the PDF file. The
print copies of CQ #157 are in the mail and you should be
receiving your copy in the next couple of weeks. |
| Time
to order new Republic shirts |
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Detail
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Several
members mentioned at our Victory Lunch in January that they'd
like to order one of our spiffy USS Republic sport
shirts, so we're once again accepting orders. These
high-quality collared shirts with a black yoke, collar and
sleeves with royal blue torso, reminiscent of the Voyager-style
Starfleet uniform, have the Republic's red, blue, yellow
and black logo embroidered on the left breast. They
have been very popular at Republic events and activities
where full Star Trek costumes aren't necessary or appropriate.
Available in all sizes from Small to 3XL, these great-looking
shirts are available for only $40.00 each (plus $5.00 shipping,
if needed). We don't keep these shirts in stock...
we special-order them once we've received a minimum of six
payments. So far, we've received only one. Payment
options and instructions can be found in our Ship's
Store. Don't miss your chance to get this
great-looking shirt... order yours today! |
| STARFLEET
vs. Chapter dues |
 When
you remit your annual membership dues payment of $25.00 to
the Republic, $15.00 is forwarded to STARFLEET and
the Republic keeps the remainder. If you
receive a dues renewal notice from STARFLEET and pay $15.00
directly to them, please remember that you still owe the
Republic an additional $10.00 for chapter dues. To
make recordkeeping as simple as possible, Republic
command prefers that members submit a single payment of $25.00
to the chapter. Your STARFLEET dues will be paid
on your behalf. Dues can be paid quickly and easily
on the Republic's web
site. Thank you! |
| Star
Trek artwork for sale |
Caleb
Boone
of Lawrenceville is offering for sale his collection of Star
Trek lithographs from Lightspeed Fine Art. Click
on each thumbnail to see a full-sized image. He
prefers PayPal but will accept payment by check. Contact him
by email,
by phone at (770) 561-0827, or by mail at 234 Forest Way,
Lawrenceville GA 30043.
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Human
Adventure Giclée
Numbered 76 of 500; signed by William Shatner, Leonard
Nimoy, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols.
Professionally framed.
$500 framed; $400 unframed
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Future's
End
Numbered 832 of 1701; signed by Michael David Ward
(artist), Alice Krige, Jonathan Frakes, Robert Picardo,
Michael Dorn, Avery Brooks and Ethan Phillips.
$500 framed/$350 unframed
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Enterprise-E
Chromagraph
Numbered 14 of 100; signed by James Cukr (artist),
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Levar
Burton, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis.
$2,000 framed; $1,600 unframed
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The
Five Captains
Numbered 117 of 300; signed by Jerry Vanderstelt (artist),
William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate
Mulgrew, Scott Bakula.
$2,500 framed; $2,000 unframed
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| Personnel
Records |
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Congratulations
to ENS2 Lea Hepler, whose entry in the 2009 STARFLEET
Star Trek Short Story Writer's Contest, "A Chance
to Win," won Fourth Place among twenty-one entries. Ensign
Lea's story will be published in the April/May 2010
issue (#158) of the STARFLEET Communiqué and
she also won a free one-year renewal of her STARFLEET
membership dues. |
| Something
special going on in your life? Submit
your Personnel Record for publication in the
next issue of The Republiqué! |
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Chapter Event Photos |
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Atlanta
St. Patrick's Parade & Festival || March
13, 2010
Members of the USS Republic and the
IKAV Nemesis march together behind the Republic's
parade banner. CO Capt Eric L. Watts, Dana
Tyler, ENS3 John Stump, Theresa Parker, Mike Antol,
Kevin Parker, ENS3 Jeff Trew, ENS3 Joanne Trew.
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Post-Parade
Lunch at The Varsity || March
13, 2010
Members of the USS Republic and the
IKAV Nemesis lunch together at Midtown's
landmark restaurant, The Varsity. Chris
Jones, Dana Tyler, ENS3 John Stump, Kevin Parker,
Theresa Parker, Mike Antol, CO Capt Eric L. Watts.
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APRIL
BIRTHDAYS
Tuesday, April 6
Capt Matthew D. Ebeling
Ens Heather Shepherd
Thursday, April 8
Ens Vicki Morea
Friday, April 9
ENS2 Eric Lange
Ens Chris Seckinger
Wednesday, April 14
ENS2 Elisa Roper
Wednesday, April 21
Ens Charles G. Smith
Thursday, April 29
Ens Eve Gidion
Friday, April 30
ENS1 Hal Doby
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WELCOME
ABOARD!
1 New Member in March!
Ens Kelli M. Orr
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MEMBER
REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter
dues in March
ENS2 Eric Lange
ENS1 Sue Lin Lange
ENS2 Daniel Wolfgang
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The
Republic needs certain items on a continuing basis
to operate. To help keep our expenses and membership
dues as low as possible, donations of the following items
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for
your support!
CRITICAL NEED: HP 10 black, cyan, magenta and yellow
ink cartridges and print heads
Also:
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Wi-fi
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postage
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ABOUT
THE REPUBLIC
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Commissioned
on May 14, 1988 at Dixie-Trek in Atlanta, Georgia, the
USS Republic NCC-1371 is a chapter of STARFLEET
International (SFI) and a member of STARFLEET Region 2. The
Republic currently has 103 active members
(as of April 11) and is the largest chapter of STARFLEET
in the world.
The Republic plans and coordinates an active schedule
of events for its members, frequently partnering with
other local science fiction groups in the Atlanta area
for joint activities, but does not hold meetings on a
consistently fixed date each month.
Membership in the Republic includes membership
in STARFLEET International. Annual dues are $25
per person for both groups (family discounts are available
with certain conditions and restrictions). Membership
in the Republic includes a subscription to our
award-winning quarterly magazine, The Sovereign Star,
access to our YahooGroups message board, voting privileges
in chapter elections and a personalized laminated membership
card which entitles the member to discounts and rebates
on products and services offered by our Member Benefits
Program partners. Additional information on Republic
membership and how to join is on our award-winning web
site.
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NEWS
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| Bruce
Greenwood Joins Star Trek Sequel Production Start
Guessing Game—But Will Pike Be In It? |
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by
Anthony Pascale
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know the Star Trek sequel will released June 29,
2012, but Paramount has not announced a production schedule
(or even a director). Scripting on the film has yet
to start in earnest, but over the last few weeks actors
from the first film have been dropping guesses for the production
start. The latest to weigh in is the new Pike, Bruce
Greenwood. Details below, plus TrekMovie asks the
question: Should Pike be in the sequel? |
Greenwood guesses shooting to start January 2011
Bruce Greenwood is one of the stars of the Steve Carell
comedy Dinner for Schmucks, due out this Summer.
JoBlo.com has just published a set visit report about
the film, which includes this big from Greenwood on the
Star Trek sequel: |
Bruce was most assuredly asked about the next Star
Trek, which he gave us this, "Yes there will be
[a new Star Trek] and I gather January 2011 is when
they’re gonna roll the cameras. That’s the last rumor
I heard, but use me as a source at your own peril because
I don’t really know." |
It should be noted that even though the set visit report
was just released, it was conducted months ago. Dinner
for Schmucks is currently in post-production, but set
visit reports were just released from press embargo to coincide
with the release of the trailer for the film. In the
last few weeks Simon Pegg guessed filming would start in
by the end of 2010 and more recently Zoe Saldana suggested
filming would start in early 2011. TrekMovie
sources continue to indicate filming will most likely start
around the Spring or early Summer of 2011, but nothing has
yet be set in stone and the actors have not yet been asked
to set the time aside. So Greenwood’s guess could
be accurate, but as he noted, shouldn’t be taken as set
in stone. |
Pike in sequel?
As the script has not yet been written, there is no
guarantee that Greenwood will be in the sequel, although
in one interview last year he told TrekMovie that he was
"encouraged to think Pike would be returning." In
the 2009 Star Trek film, Greenwood’s Pike played
a pivotal role as a mentor to the young Kirk, and at the
end of the film (in a wheelchair) he handed command of the
USS Enterprise off to Kirk. At the Star
Trek DVD party, Greenwood told TrekMovie that he would
like to see Pike "on site" on the USS Enterprise
(and not in the wheelchair). |
Does the Star Trek sequel need more Pike?
The question of whether or not to include Greenwood’s
Pike in the sequel is different than the question of including
Leonard Nimoy’s Spock Prime. Although both played
father-figure type roles in the first film, Greenwood’s
Pike is still a member of Starfleet, and Admiral roles are
often seen in Trek feature films (someone has to
give Kirk his orders). Also, unlike Nimoy, Greenwood
seems much more eager to suit back up (although less eager
to get back into that chair). |
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NEWS
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| 2011:
Star Trek: The Exhibition Heads East |
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by
T'Bonz
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| Star
Trek: The Exhibition, currently touring out on the West
Coast, will be heading east next January. |
In January 2011, Star Trek: The Exhibition will travel
from Sacramento’s Aerospace Museum of California, to Kentucky. |
The Louisville Science Center, located in Louisville, Kentucky,
will be the new temporary home of The Exhibition starting
next January. |
Louisville Science Center Executive Director Joanna Haas
believes that The Exhibition will be a big hit. “The
Exhibition, we think, has a tremendous opportunity to draw
regional tourists,” she said. “It really builds on
the pop culture phenomenon, TV series and countless movies,
that in many ways helped inspire early astronauts and scientists
to push the boundaries of what we know about science.” |
Featuring original costumes, props from shows and movies,
recreations of sets from all five Star Trek television
series and eleven films, The Exhibition has something for
any Star Trek fan. |
Highlights of The Exhibition include:
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Props
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Captain
Kirk’s chair, with a visitor photo opportunity using
green screen technology |
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Recreation
of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Engineering
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Shinzon’s
throne from Star Trek: Nemesis |
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Recreation
of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Bridge. Visitors
can sit in Picard’s Captain’s Chair |
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Replica
of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Sickbay |
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Recreation
of Quark’s Bar from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |
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A
Trek Series Would Interest Moore |
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by
T'Bonz
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| If
offered the chance to do a Star Trek series of his
own, Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) would think about it. |
Moore, co-creator of the modern Battlestar Galactica
and its spinoff Caprica, spoke about Star Trek
as well as his work on BSG. |
His time with Star Trek is where Moore learned how
to be good at what he does. “Working at Star Trek
all those years really was the place that I learned the
craft of television writing, in story, in plot, structure
and character,” said Moore. “It taught me how to write
and produce TV. When I came to Battlestar,
I also decided I wanted to break all the rules that Star
Trek had about how it did stories. From the beginning,
we decided that if Star Trek did something, Battlestar
was not going to do it and we would try to, in every way
we could, make a different show than what Star Trek
did.” |
If he was offered a Star Trek series of his own,
would Moore accept the opportunity? “I’d seriously
consider it,” he said. “I think, at the moment, the franchise
is in good hands. J. J. Abrams has a really good take
on it, I thought the last movie was very good. I’m
confident that he’s going to chart a direction for Star
Trek for the foreseeable future.” |
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Star
Trek Nominated for 2010 Hugo Award |
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by
T'Bonz
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Trek XI has been nominated for a 2010 Hugo Award for
Best Dramatic Presentation. |
The 2010 Hugo Awards nominees were announced by Aussiecon
4 recently and Star Trek XI was nominated with four
other movies for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. |
The nominees for the award are Avatar, District
9, Moon, Star Trek and Up. |
Balloting for the Hugo Awards has commenced and will conclude
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Star Trek Magazine: Fanzines |
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T'Bonz
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the beginning of the Star Trek franchise, fans wanting
to continue their own Star Trek voyages wrote stories
and submitted art to fanzines for the benefit of their fellow
fans. |
Some of today’s Star Trek authors and artists got
started in fanzines, which led some to professional careers.
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In the latest Star Trek Magazine, issue #25, available
now, the history of fanzines is detailed, and some familiar
names of today were contributors to those eagerly awaited
publications. “Although fans probably know her best
as the co-writer of many Star Trek non-fiction titles
and co-editor of Pocket Book’s Strange New Worlds, Paula
M. Block was at one time a contributor to Warped Space,
a fanzine that lasted an impressive ten years with more
than fifty issues.” |
Another famous Star Trek fan name is that of Bjo
Trimble. “The famous Star Trek Concordance
(1976) written by superfan Bjo Trimble began life as a fanzine
publication by Dorothy Jones Heydt in 1968.” |
One of Star Trek Magazine’s own wrote regularly to
a popular fanzine. “Larry Nemecek (author of The
Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion and co-writer
of the story for the Voyager episode "Prophecy")
was known to write letters during the 1970s to TREK:
The Magazine for Star Trek Fans. In fact, his
TNG guidebook began as a fanzine concordance and
was read by the writers and producers of the television
show (the shuttle Nenebek from TNG’s "Final
Duty" was named for Larry by Jeri Taylor).” |
The quality of fanzines varied, from ones that looked like
they came from the mimeograph machine in the teacher’s lounge
at school, to slick professional-looking magazines. “Sometimes
fanzines became so professional in editing and design that
they were difficult to distinguish from licensed publications.
TREK was edited by Walter Irwin and G. B. Love,
and is arguably one of the most successful and professional
Star Trek fanzines. |
“Beginning in 1975 and running for nearly 20 years, TREK
produced consistently impressive art, parodies, poems, interviews,
behind-the-scene treatises, academic articles and fan fiction.
The most popular articles were eventually collected
into 18 The Best of TREK books published from 1978
to 1996. Some of the features of TREK, such
as "Reader’s Mysteries" where fans would write
in to ask about inconsistencies between episodes or just
nitpick were so popular that modern and official Star
Trek publications continue to have similar columns.” |
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