CONTENTS |
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Saturday, May 7: Captain Eric's
10th Anniversary Celebration
Friday-Sunday, May 13-15:
Outlantacon
Friday-Sunday, May 27-29:
TimeGate
Friday-Sunday, June 10-12:
Sci-Fi Summer Con
Saturday, June 25: Potemkin
Pictures Open House 2016
Tuesday, July 26: Markster
Con Presents Star Trek Trivia
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
USS Republic
wins two awards at 2016 Region 2 Summit
Personnel Records
Library Computer
Recent Chapter Event Photos
SIDEBAR
Belated January
Birthdays
December
Member Reenlistments
May & June Membership
Renewals
About the Republic
For More Information
USS Republic Online
Crew Roster
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News
from TrekMovie.com |
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Pinewood
Toronto Studios to host Star
Trek
All Access |
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Axanar
trial date set for May 2017 unless agreement reached;
fans counter over Klingon language copyright |
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Star
Trek
All Access to roll out weekly; CBS on track for January
premiere date |
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Captain
Eric's 10th Anniversary Celebration
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 2016
The Blue Ribbon Grill
4006 Lavista Rd
Tucker GA 30084
(770) 491-1570 |
Has
It Really Been A Decade?
Yes!
Yes, it has! On May 7, 2006, with seven of the
chapter's eight human members in attendance (during the time
when pets were allowed to be members), then-Commander Eric
L. Watts was unanimously elected as Commanding Officer
of the USS Republic following the also-unanimous vote
to accept the resignation of then-CO Capt. Matthew D. Ebeling,
who was the only member not in attendance. Admiral Mike
Henigan was elected as Executive Officer (XO), a position
that had been vacant for several months, on the same ticket
to complete the two-year term of Captain Ebeling, which was
due to expire on December 31, 2006. Additional details
about this important and historic meeting can be found in
the Republic's Chapter
Activity Report for May 2006.
Captain
Eric immediately took on the challenge of rebuilding and reinventing
a chapter that had not held any meetings in several months
and was in danger of being decommissioned by STARFLEET for
being "under strength" (less than ten members in good standing
on the roster). Over the course of the next several
months and years, he created and implemented an aggressive
and successful member recruitment campaign; created a Member
Benefits Program; created and published The Sovereign Star,
a new paper-and-ink newsletter, followed by The Republiqué,
the online newsletter originally meant to supplement but which
eventually replaced the Sovereign Star; created an
all-new web site; and perhaps most importantly, retired the
old "monthly meeting on the same day every month at the same
restaurant every month" calendar and created an all-new slate
of monthly events and activities where the members could actually
go out and do things together as a club and have fun in or
out of costume instead of just sitting around a table and
staring at each other for an hour.
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Answering
phones for the GPB
Fall Fundraising Drive in 2009
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Many of
these events and activities have since become annual traditions,
such as the Bowling Challenge, Halloween Party, Holiday Party
and Member of the Year Award. We've held several summer
pool parties, picnicked at Centennial Olympic Park and on
top of Stone Mountain, marched in several parades, held several
Star Trek fan film screenings, gone on "away missions"
to activities hosted by other Region 2 chapters such as the
USS DaVinci and USS Robins, attended several
Region 2 Summits, attended open houses hosted by Starship
Farragut and Project: Potemkin at their studios,
attended presentations hosted by Fernbank Science Center,
attended "Night at the Museum" events held by the Tellus Science
Museum, played putt-putt at many KAG charity events, attended
several theatrical screenings of remastered Star Trek
episodes, dined at countless restaurants and attended dozens
of blockbuster science fiction movie premieres, all in addition
to another long list of one-shot events such as the Star
Trek Ultimate Voyage orchestral concert at The Fabulous
Fox Theater this past Janaury. This broad diversity
of events and activities is why the Republic adopted
its slogan and motto, BOLDLY GOING • BOLDY DOING.
Under
Captain Eric's command, the Republic's membership roster
grew from less than ten members in May 2006 to 106 members
in May 2010, making the Republic the largest chapter
in STARFLEET at that time. While the Republic
was not the first chapter to break the 100-member mark in
STARFLEET's history, it was the first one to do so in many
years, and it earned a special commendation from Commander,
STARFLEET and a front-page story in the Feb./Mar. 2010 issue
of STARFLEET's newsletter, The Communiqué. Also
under Captain Eric's command, the Republic has won
almost two dozen Region 2 awards, including the Recruiters
Award
(2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Perfect Reporting Award (2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015), Best Printed Newsletter Award (2007), Most
Informative Web Site Award (2007, 2008, 2013, 2014), Mothership
of the Year Award (2008), Best Electronic Newsletter Award
(2009), Newsletter of the Year Award, 2nd Place (2011, 2014,
2015), Newsletter of the Year Award (2012) and, not unimportantly,
both the Region 2 and the STARFLEET International Commanding
Officer of the Year awards (2006).
It truly has been a remarkable and amazing decade for the
USS Republic. Come out to the Blue
Ribbon Grill in Tucker next Saturday evening and let's
celebrate Captain Eric's tenth anniversary as your Commanding
Officer. Please RSVP on our Facebook
Event Page so we can have sufficient seating set up
for us, and be sure to bring your copy of the Treklanta program
book to receive a 15% discount on your order. (We'll
have extra copies available if you don't want to bring your
own.) |
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Outlantacon
Friday-Sunday, May 13-15, 2016
Atlanta Marriott Century Center
2000 Century Boulevard NE
Atlanta GA 30345
(404) 325-0000 |
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Outlantacon
is an Atlanta-based event for the Queer Geek audience! You'll
find all the usual convention fare herediscussion panels,
gaming, costuming, special events, etc. The difference
is that it all has a queer "bent" to it. Here
you can enjoy all the convention trappings in an atmosphere
where you're free to be yourself! We also offer some
pretty unique twists as well, like our own versions of Match
Game, Project Cosplay, Nea's Drag Race and the
wildly popular Sock Puppet Theatre Presents. For
more information about this year's Outlantacon, including
membership prices, guests and their planned schedule of events,
please visit their web
site and Facebook
page.
The Republic's very own Captain Eric L. Watts
will be a panelist at Outlantacon this year. Be
sure to stop by the Decatur II programming room for "The
Star Trek Countdown" on Saturday evening at 7:30,
when he and longtime Friend of the Republic R. Alan
Siler will share their picks of the Top 10 Star Trek
episodes of all time.
The USS Republic will have an official presence at
Outlantacon this year. Please contact
the Captain if you would like to help man our fan
table or host a room party. |
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TimeGate
Friday-Sunday, May 27-29, 2016
Atlanta Marriott Century Center
2000 Century Boulevard NE
Atlanta GA 30345
(404) 325-0000 |
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TimeGate
is the annual Doctor Who and British media and culture
convention in Atlanta. Attendees come from all over
the Southeast, all over the nation and even from as far away
as England to take part in the festivities. Launched
in 2005, the convention hit its 10-year anniversary in 2015
with special guests Katy Manning and Michelle Gomez. Past
Doctor Who guests have included actors Colin Baker,
Sophie Aldred, Mary Tamm, John Levene, Colin Spaull and Caitlin
Blackwood; script editors Terrance Dicks and Andrew Cartmel;
composer Dominic Glynn; film editor Louis Robinson; and more. TimeGate's
Guests of Honor this year are Paul McGann, Terry Molloy, Nicholas
Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery. For more information
about this year's TimeGate, including membership prices, their
other guests and their planned schedule of events, please
visit their web
site and Facebook
page.
The USS Republic will have an official presence at
TimeGate this year. Please contact
the Captain if you would like to help man our fan
table or host a room party. |
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Sci-Fi
Summer Con
Friday-Sunday, June 10-12, 2016
Courtyard Atlanta Perimeter Center
6250 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd
Atlanta GA 30328
(770) 393-1000 |
As
of May 1, Sci-Fi Summer Con has not announced any guests for
2016 or any programming events or activities that are not
cut-and-paste repeats from previous years. Any
plans for the Republic to have an official presence
at this year's SFSC are tentative at this point, and dependent
on the imminent announcement of any new guests and/or programming
events. We'll keep you updated on any new announcements
made by SFSC and whether or not we'll actually have a presence
there. In the meantime, please visit Sci-Fi Summer
Con's web
site and Facebook
Event page for information about this year's convention. |
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Potemkin
Pictures Open House 2016
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Potemkin Pictures Studio 3A
1814 Tecumseh Circle
Pelham, Alabama 35124 |
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Capt
Eric L. Watts and ENS1 Nelson M. Barnhouse with Project:
Potemkin cast and crewmembers at their last Open
House in 2013
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Potemkin
Pictures is the film studio that produces the independent
Star Trek fan film series Project: Potemkin,
Battlecruiser Kupok, Starship Deimos, Starship
Endeavor and Starship Tristan. Come
tour the sets, chat with the cast and crew, and meet your
fellow fans! Previously located in Albany, Georgia,
the studio has recently relocated to Pelham, Alabama. The
USS Republic attended the studio's last Open House
in 2013 and looks forward to seeing the new sets this year.
No admission fee, no donations requested... it's completely
free for everyone! Pelham is just south of Birmingham,
about 175 miles west of Atlanta, or about three hours by car. Please
contact
the Captain if you're interested in attending, carpooling
or possibly even room sharing overnight. |
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Markster
Con Presents Star Trek Trivia
8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Diesel Filling Station
870 North Highland Ave NE
Atlanta GA 30306
(404) 815-1820 |
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On
July 26, dust off your Star Trek brains cells and come
do battle with your fellow freaks and geeks! Diesel
Filling Station, known for its infamous weekly Nerd
Core Tuesday Trivia, is partnering with Markster
Con to offer Star Trek Trivia!
FREE! No admission charge; however, Diesel Filling
Station does have an extremely tasty menu and fully stocked
bar so bring your Federation credits or gold-pressed latinum
if you plan to indulge.
Event producer Markster Con, known for throwing the biggest
and geekiest nerd-themed parties in Atlanta, will be offering
up rewards just for attending.
Wear a Star Trek-inspired costume and get a free themed
shot, compliments of Diesel Filling Station! |
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
USS
Republic wins two awards at 2016 Region 2 Summit
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At
the annual Region
2 Summit held February 26-28 earlier this
year in Navarre Beach, Florida, and hosted by the USS Harry
Mudd (Milton, Florida [near Pensacola]), the USS Republic
won two awards: Newsletter of the Year, 2nd Place; and Perfect
Reporting.
The Republic has previously won Newsletter of the
Year, 2nd Place, in 2011 and 2014; and has also won Perfect
Reporting every year since 2011. The USS Haise
(Jackson, Mississippi) won 1st Place for newsletter this
year and every chapter that submits its Monthly Status Report
to STARFLEET by deadline every month receives the Perfect
Reporting award. Fourteen of Region 2's twenty-six
chapters won that award this year.
In other categories, the USS Victorious (New Port
Richey, Florida) won Web Site of the Year award, the USS
Harry Mudd won Ship of the Year and Capt. Michael
Sylvester of the USS Wernher von Braun (Huntsville,
Alabama) won Commanding Officer of the Year.
The USS Republic congratulates all the winners of
all of Region 2's annual awards.
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Personnel
Records
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STARFLEET
Academy is a special collection of correspondence courses
available to every STARFLEET member. Over 60 Academy
Colleges offer courses spanning all aspects of Star Trek
and science fiction; some courses even cover non-sci-fi real
world topics. Each college offers dozens of different
courses at varying levels of challenge from super-easy to
really hard. In total, there are nearly 1,000 different
courses available. Take
a course today!
Something
special going on in your life? Submit
your Personnel Record for publication in the next
issue of The Republiqué! |
Library
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The
very first meeting of the USS Republic following
Captain Eric's election as Commanding Officer on May 7,
2006, was held on June 10, 2006, at The Stage Door Bar &
Grill in Tucker. In attendance were (standing, left
to right) Martha Kirkland, Hal Doby, Pete Wentzell; (kneeling/sitting,
left to right) Tonya L. Spanks, Ian Letendre, Anita Letendre,
Eric L. Watts, Darren Mitton and Jeff Kirkland. Not
pictured: Chris Jones.
The Stage Door hosted several Republic events over
the next three years until they went out of business in
2009. The building is now home to The Greater
Good Barbecue restaurant. The Republic,
however, is still going strong, ten years later. Make
plans to attend Captain Eric's 10th Anniversary Celebration
on Saturday!
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Recent
Chapter Event Photos
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USS
Republic Early Winter Dinner Meeting &
Treklanta Staff Meeting || January
23, 2016
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Snowstorm?
What snowstorm? ENS3 Vicki Greve, ENS3 Gaylen
Greve, Ens Kathy Graham Wynn, a new Friend of the Republic,
(Ens) Theresa Watkins, ENS1 Tracey S. Harwell, CO FCapt
Eric L. Watts, ENS3 Carly May and ENS3 John May braved the
elements to attend the USS Republic's
Early Winter & Treklanta Staff Dinner Meeting at Marlow's
Taven in Tucker to discuss important plans for the upcoming
convention.
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BELATED
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
Tuesday, January 19
ENS1 Tasheka Gipson
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DECEMBER
MEMBER REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter
dues in December. Thank you!
ENS1 James P. Gronski
ENS1 Leslie C. Gronski
ENS1 Tracey S. Harwell
Lt JG Lee Johnson
Lt JG Tiffany Johnson
ENS3 Tina Louise Jones
ENS3 Carly May
ENS3 John May
ENS1 Karen Neal
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MAY
AND JUNE MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' dues will expire in May
or June. Please renew now!
Ens Richard Blake
Ens Jeff Jansen
ENS1 Richard Tucker
ENS1 Zannetta Law Tucker
CDT4 Zarena Nova Tucker
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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 May 3, 2016, the Republic crew includes 39
members who are active members of STARFLEET in good
standing.
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The
Republic plans and coordinates an active schedule
of events for its members, but does not hold meetings
on a consistently fixed date each month.
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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. STARFLEET
dues for one person are $20 for a "Standard Membership"
or $10 for an "E-Membership" and chapter dues are $10
per person for either membership option. A
combined payment for all dues is collected by the Republic
(family discounts are available with certain conditions
and restrictions). Additional information about
the two STARFLEET membership options, amounts due for
additional family members, payment options and payment
instructions is on the "How to Join" page of our award-winning
web site.
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Pinewood
Toronto Studios to host Star Trek All Access |
By
Kayla Iacovino
April 30, 2016
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CBS
has just booked Pinewood Toronto Studios' 46,500-square
foot mega stage for its Star Trek live-action TV
series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. |
Studio
space in the Ontario city is hard to come by these days,
according to Paul Bronfman, chairman of Pinewood Toronto
Studios. That's especially true now that CBS has just
booked Pinewood to film its new, as-yet unnamed Star
Trek television series. |
What's
especially exciting for Trek is the use of Pinewood's
mega stage, North America's largest, purpose-built soundstage
and the first in Toronto capable of accommodating the production
of large blockbuster movies. Since its construction
in 2008, such big-budget films as Pacific Rim, Pixels
and Kick-Ass 2 have made use of Pinewood's facilities. |
Filming
is expected to start sometime in September, with the show's
initial air date set for January 2017. |
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Axanar
trial date set for May 2017 unless agreement reached; fans
counter over Klingon language copyright |
By Jared Whitley
May 3, 2016
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Conflict
over fan productions is creating such a legal argle-bargle
that to sort it out would require either an obsessive crackpot
who's escaped from his keeper or Samuel T. Cogley, attorney
at law. |
At
the forefront is, of course, the ongoing Axanar lawsuit,
with Paramount and CBS coming down on the fan production
for potentially millions of dollars worth of damages. |
Yesterday,
CBS/Paramount and Axanar Productions issued a joint statement
agreeing to a year-long schedule of "discovery and
motion" before a trial begins next May. A settlement
might come sooner as Judge R. Gary Klausner issued an order
in March that attorneys find an alternative way to resolve
the dispute, thus avoiding the cost of a trial, such as
a settlement overseen by a federal magistrate (which both
parties say they would prefer). |
Regardless,
this climate seems to have put everyone on edge about the
future of other fan productions, with some already being
asked by CBS to shut down. |
Moreover,
with only two days left in its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign,
Star Trek Continues has raised less than half of
its $350,000 goal for the next several episodes. The
reasons for this may be many, but it's clear that the Axanar
lawsuit is a big factor. STC has reportedly received
several inquiries asking whether or not the suit would affect
ongoing production of Continues and expressing anxiety
over donating. Making things worse, recently William
Shatner himself came down on STC via Twitter for using his
image without permission. |
Will
fictional polyglots be saying qapla? |
And
now, some fans are pushing back against Paramount over the
Klingon language, one of the sticking points where Axanar
had allegedly violated Paramount's intellectual property.
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As
reported by UPI, the Language Creation Society has filed
an amicus brief and exhibits in the case of Paramount/CBS
v. Axanar over the studios' claim to copyright of the Klingon
language from the various incarnations of Trek, arguing
you can't copyright a language. |
The
group's lawyer, First Amendment attorney Marc Randazza,
argues, "Paramount Pictures lacks the 'yab bang chut,'
or 'mind property law,' necessary to claim copyright over
the Klingon language." |
Paramount's
attorney, David Grossman, shot back that, "This argument
is absurd since a language is only useful if it can be used
to communicate with people, and there are no Klingons with
whom to communicate." |
With
reinvigoration in the franchisethe upcoming Star
Trek All Access, a third Abrams-verse movie, a potential
fourth down the roadthe opportunity for Paramount/CBS
to monetize the 50-year-old brand is greater than it's been
since the 1990s. Given new opportunities available
in the modern market with online sales, web series and social
media, Star Trek could be at its most profitable
ever. And as Quark might remind us, "A wise man
can hear profit in the wind." |
What
that means for the relationship between the fans and the
studio remains for the courts to decide. |
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Star
Trek All Access to roll out weekly; CBS on track for
January premiere date |
By
Kayla Iacovino
May 3, 2016
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CBS's
new live-action Star Trek series will roll out one
episode per week, CBS CEO Les Moonves told reporters today
in his quarterly earnings call. He also confirmed
that the studio is on track for its originally planned premiere
date of January 2017. |
With
CBS's move to put its new, as-yet unnamed Star Trek
television series on their streaming-only platform, CBS
All Access, fans have been wondering: What exactly will
Star Trek All Access be like? |
Following
the traditional model of network television, Les Moonves
said today that the new Star Trek show will roll
out one episode per week. This is unlike many other
shows purposely built for over-the-top streaming platforms,
such as those on Netflix, which release entire seasons in
one fell swoop. |
Moonves
also confirmed that Trek, on track to premiere in
January of next year, will be the first of three or four
more original shows for the All Access platform, but that
doesn't mean we won't be able to watch CBS shows elsewhere,
too. |
As
Deadline reports: Moonves says he would "absolutely"
consider offering CBS on Hulu's planned skinny bundle service
"if they offer us the right pricing for our subs."
That's consistent with his view that new services
will be "a huge positive" for CBS because they'll
need the network and will pay rates "even higher than
from our current partners." |
That
said, Moonves isn't worried about other online competitors
eating into CBS's profits. "Questions are
now arising about the effectiveness of certain digital media
platforms," said Moonves, noting that marketers "get
their best returns" from broadcast television. |
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