Good news everyone. We have a new issue of the USS Ticonderoga newsletter. Titled Ticonderoga Transmissions, the newsletter is here to inform and entertain you when it comes to Star Trek and club news. It’s 3.9 mb in size and can be downloaded here.
SEPTEMBER 2014 (PDF Format, Size 4.9 MB)
We are in need for articles, photos, games and artwork for the next newsletter. Please submit them by to the email address of Newsletter@USSTiconderoga.org
Ideas for submissions can be found in our Newsletter section of the website.
A big thank you to Crewman Sarah Podwys for editing the issue and to everyone that sent in contributions.
At our January meeting it was asked by members of the crew if we could participate in another laser tag event. We had a lot of fun the last time we had went in 2012. The crew elected to go back to the Boondocks laser tag arena in Kaysville. As we were looking over different dates, we discovered that on Tuesday’s, Boondocks had unlimited laser tag and bowling (including shoe rental) for $12/each. This also included some other events as well. By comparison, a single laser tag game is $6 and a single bowling game is $4 (not counting shoe rental). The unlimited time runs from 4:00pm to 10:00pm. We elected to hold this event on February 25th. Feel free to show up anytime after 4pm (most will arrive after work schedules permit) and feel free to bring family and friends.
This Wednesday, February 12, is the next USS Ticonderoga monthly meeting. We will be at Rocket Fuel Coffee for the meeting (50 South State Street in Clearfield) at 7:00pm. We will be talking about the challenges that we’ve accepted from the 2014 Seventh Fleet Admiral’s Banquet. We will also be discussing our upcoming Lazer Tag event on Feb 25th (the cost also covers bowling as well). A few Ticonderoga members checked out a Star Trek tactics game that they want to show off. Will we be discussing anything else? That depends upon what you bring up. Bring friends and family and lets talk about the community service and fun that we can have as a group. We look forward to seeing you there.
We have a big meeting coming up on Wednesday, January 8th. This will be at 7:00pm at the Rocket Fuel Coffee Shop (50 South State Street in Clearfield). The primary purpose of our January meeting will be to fill out our 2014 event calendar. We need ideas of what the group would like to do for fun, community service or perhaps just something we’ve never done before.
We had a lot of people join us at the Rocket Fuel Coffee Company for our last meeting and holiday gift exchange. The crew had a lot of fun exchanging (and stealing) gifts. A favorite drink for several members was the Hot Chocolate with white chocolate or the Italian Sodas. Apparently we impressed the owners of the coffee shop. They asked if we wanted to return for future monthly meetings we usually hold on the second Wednesday of the month. The owners were willing to give us a 10% discount on our orders. It was also not required that everyone purchase in order to participate. Our meetings would still start at 7:00pm (but that wouldn’t stop people from arriving early to get drinks or food if they wanted). The library meeting room closes at 8:30pm, the coffee shop closes at 9:00pm. Both locations have free wi-fi. The coffee shop is on main street (and a main bus line). The library would be a classroom type setting where the coffee shop would be more of a living room style setting. Both locations are open to the public but we can close the door to the room at the library. There are positives and negatives to both locations. We haven’t signed a contract for the library for the 2014 year. What do you guys think? Stay at the Clearfield Library or move to the Rocket Fuel Coffee shop? As this is your club, please let Captain Stark know what your preferences are. We haven’t made a decision yet without getting input from the crew.
It’s finally December. So besides the normal monthly USS Ticonderoga meeting we will also have our annual gift exchange. This year the Captain has chosen the color of Magenta for our Mugato gifts (instead of white elephants). If you wish to participate in this gift exchange, wrap a present that you want to give and bring it. If you want to purchase a gift, please don’t pay any more than $10. Make the gift something you would like to receive yourself (no used loofahs or ABC bubble gum).
So we’ve decided to combine two activities into one for this Saturday, November 23rd. Several crewmembers have asked for a day that they can come and work on ADVOTs. Several other crewmemers would like to take the Academy Exam towards rank advancements. Also this Saturday is the 50th Anniversary episode of Doctor Who. Well we are going to do both at the home of the Executive Officer, Lt. Dave Stock, in Syracuse. Meet at 6:00pm for both events.