So the Seventh Fleet has started a new Away Team. To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation the fleet is now hosting a weekly re-watch party for TNG episodes. Every Sunday a new episode will be announced. To participate, just watch the episode within the week and send in a simple questionnaire. This questionnaire would then be collected by Admiral Stark who will then combine all of the answers and ratings and send them to the participating chapters as a newsletter article. If all seven seasons can be completed, the newsletter articles may be combined into one large collection. The questionnaire can be found online here.
This week we are starting with the Next Generation pilot episode “Encounter at Farpoint”. Watch it on DVD (or the new blu-ray if you picked up the new set) or on Netflix. Watch it by yourself or get together with a bunch of friends. Besides the questionnaire you can also get the just released Encounter at Farpoint ADVOT. These new ADVOTs were developed to help those wanting to take the Next Generation Commander’s Test.
Announcements about upcoming episodes, details about the project and more on this re-watch party can be found at the new Seventh Fleet sub-domain http://TNG.SeventhFleet.org Captain Stark would like to encourage everyone to participate in this and have fun with this re-watch party.
This Wednesday, August 8th, is the upcoming USS Ticonderoga monthly meeting. This is where both the Command Staff and Crew put together the upcoming events for the club. As per usual, it will be held in the basement meeting rooms of the Weber County Library-Main Branch (25th and Jefferson in Ogden). We may have some out-of-town visitors who we haven’t seen in a while. The meeting starts at 7:00pm. We will also be talking about the upcoming Seventh Fleet Olympics that will be held on August 18th in Murray. Bring a friend and we will see you there.
As a Star Trek club in Utah, we wanted to support any local business that brought us Star Trek. We have been waiting for any of the local television stations to bring Star Trek back on the local airwaves. KTVX has stepped forward with the Original Star Trek TV series. Starting on July 30th the digital sub-net KTVX 4.2 started showing Me-TV. This network airs episodes of the Original Star Trek every Saturday night at 7:00pm. This network can be seen on 4.2 over-the-air or on Comcast cable at channel 104. On Saturday, 8-4 the episode will be The Immunity Syndrome and on 8-11 they will be airing A Piece of the Action. Me-TV also shows other classic science-fiction shows such as Batman, Lost in Space, The Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Wild Wild West.
With the right tools you can do just about anything. Currently we need to recruit new members. A new USS Ticonderoga recruiting flyer was created to pass out at the recent TNG 25th Anniversary event in theaters. A PDF of this flyer has now been posted on the Ticonderoga website for use in promoting the club. We would like to get these flyers placed in as many geek hangouts as possible. There are two flyers per page to make it easier on printing. The flyer works well in color or black-n-white. Lets get the word out about our Free Star Trek fan club to all interested fans.
On Monday, July 23rd the USS Ticonderoga will be going to the Tinseltown USA in Layton to promote the Next Generation 25th Anniversary Special. They will be showing two TNG episodes and some behind the scenes of the upcoming blu-ray DVDs. The address to the theater is 720 West 1500 North just behind the Layton Hill Mall. For those of you who remember our Star Trek Nemesis promotion in 2002, it is the exact same theater.
Greetings, All!
The USS Ticonderoga would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Independence Day. Enjoy the parades, the fireworks, the good food and the time with your family and friends. Please take a moment out of your day to thank the brave men and women who serve our country in the military, law enforcement and emergency services. We can’t thank you enough for the freedoms we enjoy today.