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UPCOMING
EVENTS
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Sunday, October 23: TrekTrax
Atlanta Staff Meeting
• Saturday, October 29:
USS Republic Halloween Spooktacular
• Saturday, November 12:
Fall Sci-Fi Charity Putt-Putt Challenge
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
• USS Republic officially
recommissioned by STARFLEET
• ENS1 Jeff Trew triumphs
at STARFLEET Bowling Challenge
• TrekTrax Atlanta membership
discounts for STARFLEET, KAG
• Project: Potemkin
cast members to appear at TrekTrax Atlanta
• When did Georgia become
a State?
• Personnel Records
• Recent Chapter Event
Photos: STARFLEET Bowling Challenge
SIDEBAR
• October
Birthdays
• Member Reenlistments
• October
Membership Renewals
• About the Republic
• For More Information
• USS Republic Online
• Our Member Benefits Program
Partners
• Crew Roster
• News from E! Online.com
— Zachary
Quinto Comes Out as a Gay Man
• News from TrekMovie.com
— Seth MacFarlane
Wants to Reboot Star Trek
on TV
— Parks
and Recreation Analyzes
Star Trek
Sequel
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
TrekTrax
Atlanta Staff & Staff Recruitment Meeting
4:30
p.m. Sunday, October 23, 2011
Holiday Inn Atlanta Perimeter Restaurant
4386 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta GA 30341
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TrekTrax
Atlanta (TXA) is the Star Trek convention
in Atlanta presented by the USS Republic. After
a successful first convention in February 2011, plans are
well underway for our second convention in April 2012. We
are now welcoming back returning staff members and recruiting
new ones. You do not have to be a member of the Republic
to volunteer for TXA staff.
The first TXA
2012 volunteer staff meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. on
Sunday, October 23,
at our host hotel, the Holiday Inn Atlanta Perimeter at
4386 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. Anyone who is interested
in serving on staff as a volunteer, whether or not you are
a member of the Republic, should plan to attend this
meeting. The restaurant will start serving at
4:30 in case anyone would like to eat or have drinks.
We will use this meeting to discuss some of the planning
already underway and still in development, as well as assigning
folks to departments. We want some people assigned
out to departments early so they can help with planning
of their individual department. There are going
to be some operational changes this year along with realigning
some departments. We will discuss these changes at
the meeting.
The mean and nasty (in a loving way) Klingons are going
to be a much bigger part of the con this year (see News
item below). This will affect some of what we are
doing. There will also be time to hear input
from last year's staffers.
This is going to be a great year for TXA. Last year
we received many compliments from folks on how smooth the
operations were. We want to make it even better and
you are part of that.
There is a nominal staff fee to help cover some basic per-person
overhead expenses (program book, badge, con suite, etc.). The
fee for members of the USS Republic whose membership dues
are current is only $5.00. The fee for all others,
both new and returning, is $10.00. Cash and checks
will be accepted at the meeting. Staff members
who plan to stay at the hotel during the convention are
encouraged to make their hotel reservations online through
the TXA
web site.
Please RSVP to Barry
Bynum. We look forward to seeing you soon!
MAP
& DIRECTIONS
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The
USS Republic's Sixth Annual Halloween Spooktacular
HOST NEEDED!
Saturday, October 29, 2011 |
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Ens
Brad Carrne, Ens Tom Dempsey, Capt Michael Cowart,
CO Capt Eric L. Watts, Ens Eve Gidion and ENS3 Eddie
Hines at the USS Republic's Halloween "Spooktacular"
in 2010.
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The USS
Republic would like to hold its sixth annual Halloween
Spooktacular on Saturday evening, October 29, but needs someone
to volunteer to host the event. If you or someone you
know would be willing to host this event, please contact
the Captain as soon as possible. Alternately,
if you are a member of another local sci-fi fan group that
is already planning a Halloween party and that group might
be interested in hosting a joint party, please contact
the Captain as soon as possible. Either way,
save the date, get your spookiest costumes ready and stay
tuned to the next issue of The
Republiqué for details on where our sixth
annual Spooktacular will be! |
Fall
Sci-Fi Charity Putt-Putt Challenge & Restaurant Invasion
Sponsored by KAG Atlanta and Sci-Fi Summer
Con
A charity event benefitting Bread of Life Food Ministry
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, November 12,
2011
Malibu Grand Prix Theme Park
5400 Brook Hollow Parkway, Norcross GA 30071
(770) 416-7630 |
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Members
and friends of the USS Republic, KAG Atlanta,
Stargate Atlanta, the IKAV Nemesis, that lizard
thing on the far left and who knows who else at the
2010 Fall Sci-Fi Charity Putt-Putt Challenge in Norcross.
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Let's
join our Klingon friends from KAG
Atlanta at the Malibu
Grand Prix Theme Park in Norcross for this fun-filled
fundraiser benefitting Bread
of Life Food Ministry,
a community food bank in Lawrenceville.
We've had a lot of fun at this event the last four years and
have been challenged by KAG Atlanta to do it again!
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Malibu
Grand Prix is on Brook Hollow Parkway in Norcross, just
west of I-85 at Indian Trail-Lilburn Road |
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Bring
at least two canned food donations per person
for a free 18-hole round of putt-putt per person (a
$6.99 value)! |
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All
other attractions at group rate prices! |
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Prizes
to the winner and person donating the most canned goods! |
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Republic
shirts or Star Trek costumes encouraged but not
required! |
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All
local fan clubs and fan groups are challenged and welcomed
to attend and participate! |
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This
is a "family-friendly" event! |
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There
may be some fun semi-fabulous prizes for the winner! |
Following the Putt-Putt challenge, join us for dinner at the
Cheeseburger
in Paradise Bar & Grill at 1230 Ashford Crossing
in Dunwoody (30346), in the Perimeter Place shopping center,
next to Super Target. Click the link below for
directions or caravan with us after Putt-Putt.
For more information about the Putt-Putt challenge, please
contact Sci-Fi
Summer Con
chairman and KAG Atlanta Quadrant Commander Chris
Jones. On behalf of the command and crew of
the USS Republic NCC-1371, we hope to see you there!
Q'pla!
MALIBU GRAND PRIX MAP AND DIRECTIONS
CHEESEBURGER
IN PARADISE MAP & DIRECTIONS |
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
USS
Republic officially recommissioned by STARFLEET
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All
Stations, All Commands -- Attention To Orders |
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STARFLEET
Headquarters, Office of BGN Joseph Sare - STARFLEET
Chief of Operations |
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Commissioning
of USS Republic - NCC-1371 |
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RAdm.
Jack Towaway Eaton, Second Fleet |
You are hereby directed and required to deliver USS Republic,
a Constitution-Class Ship, STARFLEET registry NCC-1371, into
commission as of this date as a STARFLEET Ship of the Line.
This starship is based in Atlanta, GA.
To Capt. Eric Watts, Herein appointed Commanding Officer
of USS Republic: You are hereby directed and required
to report forthwith on board of the said ship and take upon
you the charge and command of Captain of her accordingly;
and all the officers and company of said ship subordinate
to you are further charged and commanded to behave themselves
jointly and severally in their respective employments with
all due respect and obedience to you, their Captain.
To Cmdr. Dave Churvis, Herein appointed Executive Officer
of USS Republic: You are hereby directed and required
to report forthwith on board of the said ship and take upon
you the charge and command of Executive Officer of her accordingly;
and all the officers and company of said ship subordinate
to you are further charged and commanded to behave themselves
jointly and severally in their respective employments with
all due respect and obedience to you, their Executive Officer.
The Commissioning of a new Starship is the proudest duty that
I have as Chief of STARFLEET Operations. Your official
orders for the Ship's records will be forthcoming via regular
STARFLEET dispatch.
On behalf of STARFLEET Operations, Good Luck and God Speed
in your STARFLEET journey.
Given under my hand and the seal of STARFLEET Command, stardate
11110.21.
In Service,
BGN. Joseph Sare, SFMC - K8FON Chief of Operations, STARFLEET
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| ENS1
Jeff Trew triumphs at STARFLEET Bowling Challenge |
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dozen members and friends of the USS Republic turned
out for our Sixth Annual STARFLEET Bowling Challenge on September
25. Two teams of six played two games each to determine
who the best bowler among us is. Although ENS1 Todd
Dissinger took the honor for the highest score of a single
game with 135 points, it was the Big Man himself, ENS1
Jeff Trew, who won the Challenge with a cumulative score
of 239 points, scoring 119 and 120 points on each game, versus
Ensign Dissinger's cumulative total of 214, which earned him
Second Place. Coming in Third Place was Ens Richard
Tucker with a cumulative total of 210 points, barely outscoring
Fourth Place holder Ens Rob Gilliam by a mere one point,
with 209.
Coming in last place in both categories, and understandably
so, was the lovely, adorable and quite pregnant ENS1 Zannetta
Law Tucker, with a single-game low score of 50 and a cumulative
low score of 126. Only slightly better scores were turned
in by ENS1 Julianne Trew, with the second-lowest single-game
score of 69 points, and Bianca Bury-Rodriguez with
the third-lowest single-game score of 70 points. However,
Ensign Julianne outscored Bianca with a cumulative total of
146 points, versus Bianca's 141.
Regardless of scores, everyone who came and bowled had a great
time. Our cowardly friends in the Klingon Assault Group,
however, did not show up at all, which means only one thing:
Republic wins!
Photos from the event are below. |
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TrekTrax
Atlanta membership discounts for STARFLEET and KAG
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 TrekTrax
Atlanta
is hosted by the USS Republic NCC-1371, the STARFLEET
International chapter
in Atlanta and, as reported last issue, has been endorsed
by the Klingon
Assault Group as the National Klingon Konvention. In
recognition and appreciation of our association with both
organizations, TXA is pleased to announce 2012 membership
discounts available only to members in good standing of STARFLEET
and KAG.
 TrekTrax
Atlanta (TXA) will be held April 20-22, 2012. The
regular price of a TXA Adult Membership is currently $40. Until
December 31, STARFLEET members can get a $5 discount on the
purchase of their memberships by visiting the STARFLEET
Discount web page and KAG members can get a $5 discount
on the purchase of their memberships by visiting the KAG
Discount web page. These discounts are
available to any member of either organization anywhere in
the world, not just those in the Atlanta area... so spread
the word! Get your discounts now!
Valid STARFLEET and KAG memberships will
be verified prior to processing payments. One discount
per person. Discounts end on January 1. See
web pages for additional details. |
| Project:
Potemkin cast members to appear at TrekTrax Atlanta |
TrekTrax
Atlanta
is pleased to announced that no less than eight cast members
from the fan film series Project:
Potemkin have been confirmed as guests for our
2012 convention.
Set shortly after Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country,
Project:
Potemkin is a new fan film series that takes place
in 2296 aboard the USS Potemkin, an uprated Constitution
III class starship.
Cast members confirmed to appear are shown below. Visit
the TrekTrax
Atlanta
web site for more information on these actors and the characters
they play.
Of course, TrekTrax Atlanta will feature screenings of all
Project:
Potemkin episodes that will have been released
by the time of the convention next April. |
| When
did Georgia become a State? |
That
may seem like a peculiar question in the context of the USS
Republic's monthly newsletter, but recent events call
for a discussion of the matter.
 Georgia
was the fourth State to ratify the United States Constitution,
on January 2, 1788. Seventy-three years later, Georgia
declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861,
and was one of the original seven Confederate States. Nine
years after that, Georgia was the last State to be restored
to the Union, on July 15, 1870.
Most people would answer the question "When did Georgia
become a State?" with the 1788 date. However,
because the Confederate States of America considered itself
an independent and sovereign nation, an argument could be
made that, nearly a decade after its secession from the United
States, Georgia became a State (again) only in 1870.
To argue that Georgia has been a State only since 1870 would
be to ignore and deny the existence of its long, proud and
well-documented history spanning the 200 previous years.
In the coming weeks, another question quite similar to this
one will be asked. How will it be answered, and
by whom? Stay tuned. |
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Personnel
Records
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Something
special going on in your life? Submit
your Personnel Record for publication in the next
issue of The Republiqué! |
Recent
Chapter Event Photos
CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE |
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STARFLEET
Bowling Challenge || September
25, 2011
Top Photo: Seated/Kneeling in front: Barry
Bynum, Ken Cribbs. Standing in back:
CO Capt Eric L. Watts, ENS1 Jeff Trew, ENS1 Joanne
Trew, ENS1 Todd Dissinger, Bianca Bury-Rodriguez,
Ens Rob Gilliam, ENS1 Julianne Trew, CRMN1 Jenilee
Trew, ENS2 Claire Willis, Chris Jones, ENS1 Zannetta
Law Tucker, Ens Richard Tucker.
SEE
MORE PHOTOS FROM THIS EVENT ON FLICKR
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OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
Saturday, October 1
Cmdr Brian Holloway
Sunday, October 2
ENS1 Nelson M. Barnhouse
Friday, October 14
ENS1 "Wolfy"
Monday, October 24
ENS1 Mark A. Ozanick
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MEMBER
REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter
dues in September
CDT2 Karl Dissinger
ENS1 Todd Dissinger
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OCTOBER
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' SFI and chapter dues expire in October
ENS1 Hal Doby
Capt Michael Cowart
ENS1 Michael Shipley
Ens Tracey S. Harwell
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ABOUT
THE REPUBLIC
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The
USS Republic NCC-1371 was originally commissioned
as a chapter of STARFLEET International on May 14, 1988,
at the Dixie-Trek convention in Atlanta, Georgia. As
of October 22, 2011, the Republic crew includes 35
members who are active members of STARFLEET in good
standing.
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.
Because the USS Republic is a duly commissioned
chapter of STARFLEET International and is bound and governed
by its Constitution and By-Laws, membership in STARFLEET
is a prerequisite for membership in the Republic. Combined
annual dues for both groups are $25 per person and is
collected by the chapter (family discounts are available
with certain conditions and restrictions). Membership
in the Republic includes 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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CREW
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NEWS
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| Zachary
Quinto Comes Out as a Gay Man |
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by
Marc Malkin
October 16, 2011
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| Mazel
tov, Zachary Quinto. |
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actor, most known for his role on Heroes and playing
Spock in the first film of the new Star Trek movie
franchise, has come out of the closet as a gay man. |
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hasn't done it with a magazine cover story declaring, "I'm
gay," but... |
| Quinto,
34, simply mentions it during a wide-ranging new interview
in New York magazine. |
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| While
discussing his work on Broadway in the recent revival of
Angels in America, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play
about the AIDS epidemic, Quinto said, "[A]s a gay man, it
made me feel like I---there's still so much work to be done.
There's still so many things that need to be looked
at and addressed. The undercurrent of that fear and
that, you know, insidiousness still is swarming. It's still
all around us." |
| Talking
about the upcoming election year, Quinto, star and producer
of the new financial thriller Margin Call, wonders
about the state of affairs with the rise of the Tea Party
happening at the same time as Occupy Wall Street. "[T]here's
such tremendous disparity right now," said Quinto, who will
also be seen in Ryan Murphy's new FX series, American
Horror Story. "It's like, you have the legalization
of gay marriage in the state of New York and three months
later you have Jamey Rodemeyer killing himself, yet another
gay teenager bullied into taking his own life. |
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you know, again, as a gay man, I look at that and say there's
a hopelessness that surrounds it," he continued. "But
as a human being, I look at it and say, "Why? Where
is this disparity coming from and why can't we as a culture,
as a society, dig deeper to examine it?" |
| Quinto
may say he's a "pretty low-key person," but his coming out
has the potential to save and heal lives. |
| Just
ask the gay kid watching Star Trek. |
| UPDATE:
Shortly after news of the mag's story hit the net, Quinto
posted a message to fans on his web site. Here's an
excerpt: |
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i found out that Jamey Rodemeyer killed himself---I felt
deeply troubled," Quinto wrote. "But when I found
out that Jamey Rodemeyer had made an it gets better
video only months before taking his own life---I felt indescribable
despair." |
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also made an it gets better video last year---in
the wake of the senseless and tragic gay teen suicides that
were sweeping the nation at the time. But in light
of Jamey's death---it became clear to me in an instant that
living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it---is
simply not enough to make any significant contribution to
the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete
equality." |
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NEWS
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MacFarlane Wants to Reboot Star Trek on TV |
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Anthony Pascale
October 12, 2011
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This is no joke. Seth MacFarlane loves to drop Star
Trek jokes into his various TV animated comedy shows,
but the Family Guy creator now says that he wants
to take his love of Trek to the next level and get
a chance to reboot Star Trek on TV. |
MacFarlane's
Star Trek?
Seth MacFarlane is featured as one of a series of showrunner
profiles in The Hollywood Reporter. The creator
of multiple hit Fox animated comedies says he is already
looking beyond Family Guy and towards the future. MacFarlane
also happens to be a big fan of Star Trek and drops
Trek gags into all of his shows. He has even
talked about doing a full Star Trek parody like he
has done with Star Wars, but according to THR
he would also like to take Trek on seriously. Here
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| "I
don't know who would give me the keys to that car,"
he jokes, acknowledging that the films have been so profitable
for Paramount that he isn't so sure they have a lot of interest
in getting back into the TV business. "But I'd
love to see that franchise revived for television in the
way that it was in the 1990s: very thoughtful, smartly written
stories that transcend the science fiction audience." |
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is one of many successful TV producers who have expressed
an interest in taking on Star Trek for the small
screen. As I have expressed here before, I think Star
Trek is best when it is on TV as it has the opportunity
to do more character development and complex storytelling.
MacFarlane clearly has a love for Star Trek
and a track record of making successful TV series, so I
am intrigued with the notion. Of course, there is
no indication right now that CBS is even taking meetings
to talk about Star Trek on TV, but hopefully CBS
sees his interest (and that of others) as an indication
they have lots of options when it comes time to bring Trek
TV back. |
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Parks
and Recreation Analyzes Star Trek Sequel |
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By
Anthony Pascale
October 7, 2011
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Trek has again wormed its way into a network TV show.
The October 6 episode of the NBC sitcom Parks and
Recreation actually featured a somewhat in-depth analysis
of J. J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek sequel. |
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the episode "Born and Raised," the character of Tom Haverford
is trying to fend off advances from talk show host Joan
Callamezzo, so he asks Ben Wyatt to slow things down "talking
nerdy." Things eventually turn to Star Trek. |
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