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Time for the February USS Ticonderoga meeting

Wednesday, February 9th at 7:00pm is the date and time for the next USS Ticonderoga monthly meeting.  The meeting will be held at the Weber County Library-Main Branch located at 25th and Jefferson in Ogden.  We will be in the basement meeting rooms.  This will be the first meeting that is conducted by newly minted Captain Erica Stark.  At the time she will be making some announcements on the open Department Chief positions.

Don’t forget that you can still apply to be a Department Chief by submitting this Application to Captain Stark.  This is the time for anyone who wishes to shape the future of our Star Trek club to step forward and live up to the fleet motto “We Do Not Stand Alone!”

Crewmembers, Events, Meetings

Ticonderoga January Meeting

The January USS Ticonderoga meeting is a special thing.  Especially this one.  First this will be the last meeting under command of Captain Carl Stark.  At the end of the month he will be promoted to Rear Admiral and be moving to his new duties as a member of Admiral Hollinger’s staff.

The second reason is that this is the time that we ask the crew to help fill in our activity calendar for 2011.  We already know that January’s activity will be the Admiral’s Banquet.  The August activity is the Seventh Fleet Olympics and December’s activity will be our New Years Eve party.  However the rest of the time we want to know what the crew wants to do for fun.

So come for one more attempt at giving Captain Stark a hard time and let’s hear your ideas for what you would like to do for the upcoming year.

Additional Note: Lt. Commander Rhonda Hollinger has informed me that she can still take money for the Admiral’s Banquet if you still would like to go.  It is $13/person for a Chicken BBQ Buffet at Joe Morley’s BBQ in Midvale.  The banquet is on Saturday, January 29th.

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December USS Ticonderoga monthly meeting

Greetings All!

Just a quick reminder that this month’s meeting is the annual “White Mugato”  or “Purple Targ” (as you prefer) Gift Exchange.  It will be at the Weber County Library on 25th and Jefferson at 7:00pm on Wednesday the 8th.  We will be in our usual spot in the auditorium in the basement.  Just look for the USS Ticonderoga flag just outside the door.
Anyone wanting to participate must bring a wrapped, unmarked gift.  Please remember, NO previously-used personal hygiene items, nothing broken, missing parts, or just gross in general – unless it’s supposed to be that way.  If it’s something that you personally wouldn’t appreciate getting due to it’s condition, it’s probably a good bet no one else will appreciate it, either.  As far as gag or joke gifts go, just remember that this is a family-oriented group, so keep it a PG rating, please.   If you have nothing to re-gift and can’t/don’t want to make something, please remember that there is a $10.00 max amount to be spent.  We want everyone to have fun, not go broke.  =)
Hope to see you all there!

Crewmembers, Meetings, Seventh Fleet

Changes coming for the USS Ticonderoga

At the monthly USS Ticonderoga meeting on Wednesday, November 10th, Admiral Dennis Hollinger made an announcement regarding the Seventh Fleet.  With the growth of our Star Trek family, with more and more chapters, there has become a need for additional assistance in fleet operations.  Admiral Hollinger has named Captain Carl Stark as his new assistant and will be promoting him to the rank of Rear Admiral at the January 29th Admiral’s Banquet.

To fill the position of USS Ticonderoga Commanding Officer, Lt. Erica Stark will be given a field promotion to Captain.  This promotion and change of command will also happen at the Admiral’s Banquet.  A field promotion means that Lt. Stark will continue with her rank advancement program set down by the fleet and also report her progress at regular intervals to the Seventh Fleet Council.

With the change of command will also come a change of command styles.  Some things will remain the same.  The USS Ticonderoga will still be focused on serving our Star Trek family, on completing our community service projects and our goal of having fun with our fandom.  But there will be some changes that come with a new commanding officer.  Soon to be Captain Erica Stark has asked Lt. Dave Stock to be her Executive Officer when the change of command happens in January.  She has also asked Lt. Kevin Hancock to remain on the Command Staff as the Second Officer/Strategic Operations Officer, continuing his position that he has fulfilled for the past several years.

After the change of command ceremony, all current Department Chiefs will be released from their positions, with our thanks.  Starting now, anyone may apply for any department chief position.  An application and list of department chief duties will be available at the December 8th USS Ticonderoga monthly meeting.  The new department chief’s will officially be introduced at the Ticonderoga’s February meeting.  There will also be an opportunity for crewmembers to transfer between any department with one exception.  Due to the massive size of the Tactical Department, a transfer into that department will only be allowed if someone leaves that department.

If you have any questions regarding the changes or transfers, feel free to contact your Department Chief or a member of the Command Staff.

Tally ho,
Captain Carl Stark, Commanding Officer
USS Ticonderoga, NCC-74676
http://www.USSTiconderoga.org

Personal Note from Captain Carl Stark: I’ve had the opportunity to serve as your commanding officer since 1996.  This has been a wonderful opportunity to make new friends, support you as members of my Star Trek family and learn from each and every one of you.  I will still be coming to future meetings and activities, I just get to enjoy the seats as a member of the audience.  I ask that you support soon to be Captain Erica Stark as much as you have supported me.  I know she has a lot of wonderful ideas on where she wants to take the club in our travels through the undiscovered country.  I also ask that you don’t make the assumption that if a piece of information was given to one of us, that it was automatically passed on to the other.  Both of our positions will require us to do a lot of talking and traveling and things may slip through the cracks.  Lets make sure we are using the proper lines of communication that we have set up within our organization.  This has been one of our strengths in the past, lets continue to use that strength now in our time of change.  I thank you all for being members of my Star Trek family and I look forward to serving all of you in a larger capacity.

Meetings, Seventh Fleet

Changes in store at next meeting

Greetings!  This week brings our general monthly meeting for November.  As has been hinted at, there are some exciting changes coming for the ship and the fleet.   The official announcement will be made at the meeting, and then will be disseminated afterward.  In anticipation of this announcement, we will have some special guests joining us.  Please come and be among the first to hear the exciting news, and give our guests a warm Ticonderoga welcome.   The meeting will be at our traditional spot: Ogden library auditorium, 7 pm.  Bring a friend and something for show and tell.

Meetings, RPG

October Ticonderoga meeting and RPG report

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Just a quick reminder, the next USS Ticonderoga meeting will be on Wednesday the 13th at 7:00pm.  This will be at our usual spot at the Weber County Library on 25th and Jefferson in Ogden.   Don’t forget to bring a show-n-tell and a friend.  Do we want to go out for dinner afterwards?

Also we held our last USS Ticonderoga RPG earlier this month.  The question I want to know from everyone is what would you do when the announcement came over the speakers that we have accidentally entered Romulan space?  We had a massive overload of power get dumped into the engines and we had to eject the primary warp core to stop.  Unfortunately we still careened into enemy territory and we now have a Romulan fleet racing towards our position.  On top of that we still have the unknown entity that has been taking over Vulcans and causing the technical problems.

So what would your character do?

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September Ticonderoga meeting on the 8th

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The second Wednesday is coming up very soon.  Our September USS Ticonderoga Monthly Meeting will be held on Wednesday the 8th at 7:00pm.  We will be meeting at the Weber County Library-Main Auditorium in the basement.  This is the library at 25th and Jefferson in Ogden.  This meeting is open to anyone who wishes to attend or find out  more about our club.  We will have various announcements, information on upcoming events and we will be passing out awards and promotions.  We will be having a discussion on what our September activity will be so this is your chance to comment on the various options.  We look forward to seeing everyone.  Don’t forget to bring your Star Trek show-in-tell items and I’d love to see everyone bring their Seventh Fleet Olympic medals.

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August meeting report

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Yesterday we had twenty people show up for the monthly USS Ticonderoga meeting.  We had some new people show up to check out the club so we all introduced ourselves.  Everyone also gave positive reviews to Lt. Dave Stock as July’s Acting Captain of the Month. 

We discussed the upcoming Seventh Fleet Olympics on Saturday,  August 21 (a week from Saturday).  This will be held at Chapel Park in Layton (152 South 900 East).  This will start at 10:00am and run until 6:00pm.  Feel free to bring your own lunch (there are also a couple of fast food places nearby).  Just be prepared to haul out what you bring in since there are no garbage cans at the park.  We will post the schedule on a future blog entry.  There will also be a fleet fundraiser where you can throw a pie/balloon/TBA at Captain Stark or Captain Rouviere for $1 a shot.

The original event planned for September fell through.  So we asked the crew if they had any suggestions.  There was a suggestion of a BBQ while watching some of the Star Trek movies.  We love this idea but we would need a place to hold it.  Anyone have any suggestions?

We also discussed the invitation from the USS Pioneer.  They are taking a Labor Day weekend camping trip to Dead Horse Point, Utah.  If you are interested in going, please let Captain Stark know.  The paintball event Aliens in the Rockies will be held on September 17-18.  The entry for this is $50 and a few Seventh Fleet members have attended this in the past.

October may be a busy month for us.  First we are looking at returning to Wendover on another Fun Bus trip (possibly the first Saturday of the month).  The USS Kelly is looking at going on a Voyager Simulator trip (date TBA) and we still want to do a Ghost Hunting tour of Ogden.  At the end of the month Crewman Hollie Caudell is hosting the USS Ticonderoga Halloween party.

As discussed before, we have a proposal to charter a bus to Starfest in April 2011.  If you are interested in doing this, please let Captain Stark know.  Right now we are just getting a general interest count before proceeding.   Details on Starfest can be found at http://www.Starland.com

We have several options for new Starfleet uniforms.  Hollie Caudell and her mother are willing to put uniforms together.  We also have the options of getting uniforms from Captain Burns of the USS Ursa Major and Captain Trowbridge of the USS Rendezvous.  Captain Stark plans to have a new uniform done in time for the Admiral’s Banquet in January.  If you are interested in getting a Star Trek uniform (remember there are extra points and a merit sheet for getting one) please let Captain Stark know.

We also discussed our community service projects.  We haven’t been able to get to our Adopt-A-Highway sections on I-15 due to the construction that is currently happening between Layton and Kaysville.  With the way things are looking, we won’t be able to do any Adopt-A-Highway until 2011.  We’ve also been in contact with our local PBS station KUED.  We may be able to help out with one of the upcoming pledge drives in November or December.  Hopefully it will be a pledge drive for Doctor Who or Red Dwarf and something we can do in uniform.  As we get details we will pass them onto the crew.

The crew listed off the parts of the new website that they have used the most.  The Spirit Guide section was brought up.  The availability of the ADVOTs for downloading.  A lot of people liked the Online Duty Report Form.  There was a request for down loadable Ticonderoga business cards so that the crew can use them to help promote the club.  We are still making improvements to the site and would love to hear your feedback.

Captain Stark read off an entry from the recent USS Retributor RPG session where an assassination attempt was made on Captain Rouviere.  We discussed when to hold the upcoming Ticonderoga RPG and the need for game masters to help out Captain Rouviere.  If you need help with your character, please let Captain Stark know.

Crewman Ivan Podwys of the Security Department was awarded the Crewmember of the Month for his efforts in scheduling Simulator Missions in Pleasant Grove.  Congratulations Ivan!!!

The September meeting will be on Wednesday the 8th at the Weber County Library Auditorium at 7:00pm.

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Upcoming USS Ticonderoga meeting on August 11th

The second Wednesday is coming up on the 11th.  That means it is time once again for the monthly USS Ticonderoga crew meeting.  This will be held at the Weber County Library (25th and Jefferson) at 7:00pm in the basement auditorium.  This meeting is open to anyone who wishes to find out more about the club and what we do.  We will be discussing some of the upcoming events including the Seventh Fleet Olympics hosted by the USS Retributor this month in Layton.  There will also be several awards and other commendations.  Several crewmembers have attended some summer conventions and we will be hearing from them as well.

Just a side note, we still need an activity for September as some of our other options have fallen through.  If you have any idea, bring it to the meeting and the crew can discuss it.

Meetings, Seventh Fleet

News from Seventh Fleet Council meeting

Over the weekend the USS Ticonderoga hosted the quarterly Seventh Fleet Council Meeting.  Representatives from the USS Atlantis, USS Kelly, USS Rendezvous, USS Retributor and USS Ursa Major were also in attendance.  Captain Marla Trowbridge from the USS Rendezvous conducted the meeting. 

Some of the highlights from the agenda include the new meeting protocol (that we were currently experimenting with), the role of Admiral Hollinger and the format of the new Commanding Officer Exams (Admiral Hollinger had samples of the new test).  The new exams will make it easier for potential command grade officers to prepare for the upcoming test.  We have at least 6-7 upcoming officers who are ready to take the exam now. 

Captain Rouviere from the USS Retributor discussed the upcoming Seventh Fleet Olympics (which they are hosting) on Saturday, August 21 in Layton, Utah.  If you wish to partake of the catered lunch the money ($5/adults $2/kids)  is due by August 7th.  This is not a requirement to participate and you can bring your own lunch if you would like, but just remember that with no garbage service in the park you will need to haul out your own trash.   There is also a special T-Shirt that can be printed up for the Olympics.  The costs and samples are posted on the Seventh Fleet website under the quartermaster section.  The due date for these are also on August 7th.  Captain Rouviere also discussed the upcoming Seventh Fleet/Star Trek RPG campaigns that they are willing to run for the various chapters.  He then provided some of the Seventh Fleet RPG manuals to the commanding officers.  The last item covered by Captain Rouviere was the upcoming list of Seventh Fleet protocols.

Captain Stark from the USS Ticonderoga discussed the new Captain’s Mailing list.  It was decided to allow the Executive Officers/Second Officers access to the mailing list as well.  An update on the Seventh Fleet website was provided (and updates are still ongoing).  There is also a proposal currently being investigated by the Ticonderoga to see if 50-56 Seventh Fleet members and friends would be willing to charter a bus to Starfest in Denver next April.  The estimated cost on this would be between $80-100 per person.

Captain Corr from the USS Atlantis had reported their fundraising efforts at the recent Relay for Life in Idaho.  They were excited to have their first rank advancement in the Seventh Fleet system.  They also extended several invitations to Utah members to attend some of their upcoming events including the club’s 13th Anniversary and the Atlantian Race.

Captain Trowbridge of the USS Rendezvous brought up ideas with quarterly minutes and fleet information.  She also discussed sharing the cost of lunches provided by the hosting chapter.

The next quarterly meeting will be in October and will be hosted by the USS Atlantis.  The USS Ticonderoga will be the conducting party.