CONTENTS |
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Sunday, February 14: Valentine's
Day Lonely Hearts Dinner
Friday,
February 26: Fernbank Planetarium & Observatory
Saturday, March 13: Atlanta
St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
USS
Republic to be featured in STARFLEET Communiqué
The
Stage Door Bar & Grill closes
New
Star Trek group for "Geek Girls"
Time
to order new Republic shirts
Need
a custom, tailor-made costume?
Visit the Republic's
Forums web site
Personnel Records
Recent
Chapter Event Photos
SIDEBAR
February
Birthdays
Member Reenlistments
Wish List
About the Republic
For More Information
USS Republic Online
Related Sites
Our
Member Benefits Program Partners
Fun Facts about
the USS Republic
News from TrekToday.com
CBS
to Sell Assets from Original Star
Trek: The Experience
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
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Valentines
Day Lonely Hearts Dinner
and First MCC food bank benefit
7:00 p.m. Sunday, February 14, 2010
Ribs, Etc.
4233 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs GA 30342
(404) 843-8200 |
Single
and alone on Valentine's Day? Don't be! Join the
USS Republic at Ribs,
Etc. in Sandy Springs for an evening of fun, friendship
and delicious barbecue! Locally owned and operated
since 1986, Ribs, Etc. offers a large selection of food prepared
and smoked daily, including baby back ribs, barbecue pork
and chicken, wings, burgers and sandwiches. Yes,
you can bring a date, and yes, couples and families are also
welcome! They've got a full-service bar for the
grown-ups and a children's menu for the kids, so make plans
now to have a Happy Valentine's Day with your friends in the
USS Republic!
Click here for a Buy
One Entrée, Get One Half Off coupon!
FOOD BANK DONATION: Please bring one or more nonperishable
food items
for the First
Metropolitan Community Church of Atlanta's food bank,
which has been recently depleted by an increasing demand from
our friends and neighbors adversely affected by the economic
recession. Donated items will be given to First
MCC the following Thursday evening.
WEB
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"Away
Mission" to Fernbank Planetarium & Observatory
8:00 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, February 26, 2010
Fernbank Science Center
156 Heaton Park Drive, Atlanta GA 30307
(678) 874-7102 |
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The
Fernbank Observatory at Fernbank Science Centerthe
largest telescope in the southeast!
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If at first
you don't succeed... try, try again! Last month's
"away mission" to Fernbank Observatory was cancelled
due to inclement weather... namely, a thunderstorm that made
stargazing an impossibility. Although seven of
our members braved the elements and attended the 45-minute
planetarium program (see Recent Chapter Event Photos below),
no one made it to the observatory.
Never say never! We shall try it again in February!
The Republic shall return to Fernbank Science
Center for a different planetarium program and, weather
permitting, a visit to the largest observatory telescope in
the southeast. Join us for what will hopefully
be our first-ever trip to the biggest telescope in the South!
"Beyond the Pyramids"8:00-8:45 p.m. at
Fernbank Planetarium; $4.00 for adults; $3.00 for students
The civilization of Ancient Egypt has fascinated us for
thousands of years. With the planetarium projector as
a time machine, journey into the distant past to observe the
night sky and explore how math and astronomy was used to align
the huge stone pyramids.
Public Observations9:00-10:30 p.m. at Fernbank Observatory;
free admission
The Fernbank Observatory houses a 36-inch Cassegrain reflector
beneath a 30-foot dome. This is the largest telescope
in the southeastern United States and one of the largest instruments
ever dedicated to education and public viewing. An astronomer
will be available to position the telescope and answer questions.
Come on out to the Fernbank
Science Center and join your Republic crewmates
for an evening of astronomical fun!
FERNBANK
PLANETARIUM || FERNBANK
OBSERVATORY |
Atlanta
St. Patrick's Parade
Saturday,
March 13, 2010
Line-up begins at 10:00 a.m.
Step-off is at 12:00 p.m.
Peachtree Street at Ralph McGill Boulevard
Atlanta GA 30308
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Republic
and IKAV Nemesis members marched together in
the 2009 Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade.
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It's
official: The USS Republic's entry in the 2010 Atlanta
St. Patrick's Parade has been confimed and we are listed
on their web site as a "parade unit."
Last year, we marched with our friends aboard the IKAV
Nemesis under their entry. This
year, both groups have been registered separately but we've
requested to be staged together so we can march together
in a strong showing of Star Trek solidarity!
2010 will be the largest, best-attended St. Patrick's Parade
& Festival since the first Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade
held 152 years ago, in 1858. The Grand Marshal
this year is legendary football coach Vince Dooley. The
parade begins at 12:00 noon, starting at Peachtree Street
and Ralph McGill Boulevard, proceeding down Peachtree past
Woodruff Park, then left on Decatur Street to Pryor Street
and right on Pryor through Underground Atlanta and the huge
Underground Atlanta Festival where there will be free entertainment
and vendors.
The 2010 Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade will have over 200
units, including clowns, floats, bands of every kind, military
units, bagpipe and drum corps, thousands of children, Irish
dancers, clowns, high-tech firefighting equipment, police
units, drill teams, dogs, horses, antique cars, dignitaries
from Ireland and our own government leaders. Join
us for a great day and for a grand time as we celebrate
Atlanta and her Irish Heritage in 2010.
Please contact
the Captain as soon as possible if you're planning
to join us so we can have a reasonably accurate idea of
how many to expect. This is a costume-encouraged
event, so please plan to wear your Republic chapter
sport shirt, chapter t-shirt or your best Star Trek
costume. If you don't care to march with us,
consider coming out with your camera and cheering for us
as we go by!
ATLANTA
ST. PATRICK'S PARADE WEB SITE
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
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USS
Republic to be featured in STARFLEET Communiqué |
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Not
the actual cover that will be used, but rather, a
comp created by Capt Eric L. Watts showing how our
Victory Lunch photo might be used in the real thing.
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In recognition
of the Republic's achievement of breaking the 100-member
mark in December 2009, one of the group photos taken at our
Victory Lunch last month will grace the cover of the next
issue of the STARFLEET Communiqué, the bimonthly
newsletter of our parent organization that is mailed to all
of STARFLEET's 4,000 members around the world. The
issue will also feature a 6,000-word article by Capt Eric
L. Watts detailing many of the Republic's successful
member recruitment strategies and marketing campaigns used
over the last four years that helped us reach this tremendous
milestone. It's been almost three years since a
specific chapter received a front-page story in the CQ and
four years since another chapter's group photo was on the
front page. CQ #156 is currently in the mail and
our issue, #157, should arrive in your mailboxes in April. This
one's a keeper! |
The
Stage Door Bar & Grill closes |
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The
Stage Door in Tucker hosted several chapter events
and was a Member Benefits Program Partner.
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Commanding
Officer, Republic, was saddened to learn that one of
our original Member Benefits Program Partners, the Stage Door
Bar & Grill in Tucker, Georgia, closed its doors for the
final time on December 31, 2009, due to insufficient business
during our nation's ongoing economic recession. The
Stage Door hosted several chapter events over the last four
years, including our monthly
meeting in June 2006, our Star
Trek: New Voyages Barbecue in July 2006, a screening
of Starship
Farragut: "The Captaincy" in May 2007, the Captain's
Birthday Party in August 2007, and a screening of
Star
Trek: Phase II: "Blood and Fire, Part I" in January
2009. As a Member Benefits Program Partner, the
Stage Door offered Republic members 10% off their total
food and drink tab with their chapter membership card. Stage
Door owner Bryon Noel was always supportive of our
chapter and warmly welcomed our members into his establishment. We
would like to offer him our thanks and best wishes for the
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New
Star Trek group for "Geek Girls" |
A
new "Meetup" group called Geek Girls of North Georgia
will hold their first official meeting at the High Museum
of Art on Thursday, February 18. According to their
web site, "Sometimes being a geek girl is a lonely experience.
It's hard to connect with other women when they're staring
at you funny because you're trying to explain your theory
that the nature of a child's mutation stems partially from
genetics as seen in Polaris and Magneto, but mostly from some
sort of trauma before puberty, the time in which most mutants
first exhibit abilities. Example: Nightcrawler wanted to disappear
because of his demonic appearance and he did. You flashed
'em a little bit of your geek and people just sidle away cautiously.
"Not at this meetup. We LOVE your inner geek. We
want you to pull it out of its hiding place, doll it up and
make it sing for our amusement. This is a place where
you can meet girls who share your interests, socialize, have
fun and not feel ostracized. Geek girls of all shapes,
colors and creeds are welcome!"
This group is for women only and is not a singles group. For
more information, visit their web
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Time
to order new Republic shirts |
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Detail
of our embroidered sport shirts--click to enlarge
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Several
members mentioned at our Victory Lunch in January that they'd
like to order one of our spiffy USS Republic sport
shirts, so we're once again accepting orders. These
high-quality collared shirts with a black yoke, collar and
sleeves with royal blue torso, reminiscent of the Voyager-style
Starfleet uniform, have the Republic's red, blue, yellow
and black logo embroidered on the left breast. They
have been very popular at Republic events and activities
where full Star Trek costumes aren't necessary or appropriate
(see "Recent Chapter Event Photos" below).
Available in all sizes from Small to 3XL, these great-looking
shirts are available for only $40.00 each (plus $5.00 shipping,
if needed). We don't keep these shirts in stock...
we special-order them once we've received a minimum of six
payments. Payment options and instructions can
be found in our Ship's
Store. Don't miss your chance to get this
great-looking shirt... order yours today! |
Need
a custom, tailor-made costume? |
Consider
contacting Bruce
Tidwell for your Star Trek or other alternate
reality costuming needs. Bruce did costume design
for theater in the late '80s and early '90s, then went to
work as the custom designer for 4Skins Leather in Midtown
in 1998. Three years later, he started his own custom
design label, House of Blackthorn. Don't have a pattern? No
problem. He can generally make almost anything
he has an image of. He says:
I'm a perfectionist with an attention to detail. One
of my last big projects was the female captain's uniform from
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. My client
brought me a copy of the movie and I watched it until I could
freeze frame on the two seconds of film time where she turned
her back to the camera and I could see how her leather collar
fastened. I appreciate how important those details are
to fans. I can work from pictures and I'm willing
to sit down with people and sketch what they describe until
we come up with a workable design.
Bruce is particularly interested in working with people who
are inspired to create personal identities, outside of mundane
reality, inspired by fiction, mythology or history and develop
social networks based on their adopted persona. Contact
Bruce by
email or at (404) 242-9386 |
Visit
the Republic's Forums web site |
Thanks
to the efforts of Ens Drew Schlosser, the USS Republic's
Forums web site is an online community where our membership
can log in, create a variety of topics for discussion, post
messages and announcements and, best of all, not have
such messages emailed to every member subscribed to our members-only
YahooGroups message board! All members are encouraged
to visit the site, register and get the discussions going! And
be sure to thank Ens Drew Schlosser for his excellent
work! The Forums web site can be found at www.ussrepublic.info!
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Personnel
Records |
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Many
thanks to ENS3 Joanne Trew who, in a single
trip to Office Depot, purchased one or more of every
single office supply listed in last month's Wish List,
including address labels, manila envelopes, a ream of
card stock and several rolls of packing tape. We
are now fully stocked! Thank you, Ensign Joanne! |
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Congratulations
to Ens Pamela Richards, who received a grade
of DISTINCTION for the STARFLEET Academy exam AQ 104
- Ferengi from the IOAS - School of XenoAnthropology
completed on January 9, 2010. |
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Congratulations
to Ens Kenneth Cribbs, who received a grade of
PASS for the STARFLEET Academy exam Officer's Training
School from the IOLS - Officer's Training School completed
on January 11, 2010. |
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Transporter
Room: Ens Amber Godat recently relocated
from Lawrenceville to Lilburn, Georgia! |
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Shuttlecraft:
Ensigns Glenn and K'La Albertini recently
relocated from Atlanta to Champaign, Illinois! |
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Heavy
Cruiser: Lt. JG Christian and Ens Heather
Shepherd recently relocated from Panama City, Florida,
to San Diego, California! |
Something
special going on in your life? Submit
your Personnel Record for publication in the
next issue of The Republiqué! |
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Recent
Chapter Event Photos |
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Victory
Lunch & Photo Shoot || January
9, 2010
At Jason's Deli in Midtown. Front
Row: ENS3 Marilyn Teague, Ens Ken Cribbs, Ens
Page Lewis. Second Row: CRMN3 Jenilee
Trew, ENS3 Julianne Trew, Ens Eddie Hines, ENS3
Joanne Trew. Third Row: ENS3 Jeff Trew,
CO Capt Eric L. Watts, Capt Michael Cowart, Ens
Victoria A. White. Fourth Row: Ens
Donnie Hendrix, ENS1 Mark A. Ozanick, ENS3 Todd
Dissinger, CDT Karl Dissinger. Fifth Row:
Ens Blake Anderson, ENS3 Daniel Wolfgang, ENS2 Sue
Lin Lange, Ens Sarah Burroughs. Everybody
Else, Roughly Left to Right: Ens Barbara Nies,
Ens Mark S. Strozier, ENS3 Reginald Franklin, Ens
Eric Curtiss, Ens Barry Bynum, CRMN Jessica Curtiss,
Lt JG David Churvis, Ens Charles G. Smith, Ens Rob
Gilliam, Ens Drew Schlosser.
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Fernbank
Planetarium & Observatory || January
29, 2010
Kneeling/Sitting: ENS2 Sue Lin Lange, Ens
Ken Cribbs, Ens Eddie Hines. Standing: ENS3
Wolfy, ENS3 Joanne Trew, ENS3 Jenilee Trew, Ens
Barry Bynum.
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FEBRUARY
BIRTHDAYS
February 2
ENS3 John Stump
February 3
Ens Sue H. Towhey
February 3
CDT Michael Hurst
Ens David Gregory
February 14
Ens Victoria A. White
February 21
Ens Mark S. Strozier
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MEMBER
REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter
dues in January
ENS3
Russell Broomfield
ENS1 Tony Cade
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The
Republic needs certain items on a continuing basis
to operate. To help keep our expenses and membership
dues as low as possible, donations of the following items
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for
your support!
CRITICAL NEED: HP 10 black, cyan, magenta and yellow
ink cartridges and print heads
Also:
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Wi-fi
enabled Windows XP laptop with remote mouse |
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postage
stamps |
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ABOUT
THE REPUBLIC
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Commissioned
on May 14, 1988 at Dixie-Trek in Atlanta, Georgia, the
USS Republic NCC-1371 is a chapter of STARFLEET
International (SFI) and a member of STARFLEET Region 2. The
Republic currently has 103 active members
(as of February 8) and is the largest chapter of STARFLEET
in the world.
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.
Membership in the Republic includes membership
in STARFLEET International. Annual dues are $25
per person for both groups (family discounts are available
with certain conditions and restrictions). Membership
in the Republic includes a subscription to our
award-winning quarterly magazine, The Sovereign Star,
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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FUN
FACTS
about the
USS Republic
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The USS Republic represents 2.47%
of STARFLEET's total membership |
The USS Republic represents 15.84%
of Region 2's total membership |
The USS Republic has:
1 member in South Carolina
1 member in Wisconsin
2 members in California
2 members in Illinois
3 members in North Carolina
5 members in Alabama
89 members in Georgia |
Of the 89 members who live in Georgia: |
1
lives in Avondale Estates
1 lives in Carrollton
1 lives in Chamblee
1 lives in Colbert
1 lives in College Park
1 lives in Columbus
1 lives in Conyers
1 lives in East Point
1 lives in Fairburn
1 lives in Griffin
1 lives in Hampton
1 lives in Kennesaw
1 lives in Lithonia
1 lives in McDonough
1 lives in Newnan
1 lives in Norcross
1 lives in Peachtree City
1 lives in Sandy Springs
1 lives in Smyrna
1 lives in Woodstock
2 live in Acworth
2 live in Claxton
2 live in Jonesboro
2 live in Lilburn
2 live in Rockmart
2 live in Stone Mountain
2 live in Tucker
3 live in Alpharetta
3 live in Doraville
3 live in Douglasville
4 live in Whitesburg
5 live in Marietta
12 live in Decatur
25 live in Atlanta |
The USS Republic has: |
3
members under the age of 10
8 members between 11 and 20
14 members between 21 and 30
21 members between 31 and 40
40 members between 41 and 50
13 members between 51 and 60
4 members over the age of 60 |
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CBS
to Sell Assets from Original Star Trek: The Experience
Still Working on Creating New Experience |
by
Anthony Pascale
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In
September 2008, the Trek-themed attraction Star
Trek: The Experience closed at the Las Vegas Hilton,
after running for a decade. Since that time, CBS has
been working on developing a new Star Trek: The Experience
at a new location, and that work is still ongoing. However,
they have decided that most of the assets from the first
attraction won't be able to be used and so they are going
to be sold off.
Pick up a piece of Star Trek: The Experience 1.0
After Star Trek: The Experience closed its doors
at the Las Vegas Hilton, the attraction was dismantled and
much of what was savable was put into storage at a warehouse
in Las Vegas, where it has remained. Since that time,
CBS has been working with the Neonopolis development in
downtown Las Vegas on a plan to put in a new Star Trek:
The Experience at that location. According to CBS,
they are still in the planning phase, but a decision has
been made that most of what is in the warehouse will not
be needed for any new Trek attraction. So they
have decided to let the fans get a piece of what was Star
Trek: The Experience.
A spokesperson for CBS has provided TrekMovie with the following
statement:
CBS Consumer Products remains committed to opening a
new and exciting Star Trek attraction. We continue
to work with our partners at Neonopolis regarding the development
of a new Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas.
In the interim, there are elements from the original
Star Trek: The Experience that we know will not be
utilized in any new attraction and plan to make those items
available to the many wonderful fans of Star Trek:
The Experience either by sale or auction in the near future.
The final dates and details of such sales are in progress
and we hope to announce more very soon.
Currently, CBS is working on a deal with PropWorx to handle
the sale of the assets. PropWorx is the same company
that handled the Battlestar Galactica auction last
year for NBC/Uni and is currently conducting a sale of Stargate
assets for MGM. PropWorx CEO Alec Peters has made
a post about the Star Trek: The Experience sale on
his Star Trek Prop, Costume & Auction Blog.
The preliminary plan is to sell most of the larger items
at a warehouse location sale in Las Vegas, with many of
the smaller (and more easily shippable) items being sold
at a later Star Trek auction. Items that will
be sold include signage, the big "ships," the
seats from the rides, prop replicas, set pieces, costumes,
fixtures from Quark's Bar and the "Promenade"
shops. As of now it appears that the items from the
"Museum of the Future" will not be sold (apparently, these
are being held for the "new" Star Trek:
The Experience).
What’s next for Star Trek: The Experience 2.0
As for the future of Star Trek: The Experience,
it seems that CBS is still committed to bringing it back.
However, it appears that the problems that hit the
credit markets and the economy shortly after the first Experience
closed seem to be slowing progress. Certainly, early
estimates that a new Experience would open by 2010 were
overly optimistic. There are no estimates on timing
available, but the release of the next Star Trek
movie in the summer of 2012 is likely to be top of mind
for those working on the new Star Trek: The Experience.
It is actually an encouraging sign that CBS and Neonopolis
are not planning on just transporting the Hilton version
of the attraction to the new location. The original
Star Trek: The Experience was designed in the mid-nineties
and is heavily themed around the 24th century of Trek
seen in Deep Space Nine, The Next Generation
and Voyager. Of course, the Trek franchise
is much larger than that, including the 22nd century of
Enterprise and the 23rd century of the original Star
Trek. Obviously, with the success of the new Star
Trek movie, the new aesthetic (of an alternative 23rd
century) will likely play a major part in a new Experience.
Also, the assets from the first Experience have a
lot of wear and tear, including being removed from the Hilton
itself. So it is also encouraging that any new Experience
will be built with new components. For now, there
are no detailed plans to report, but TrekMovie continues
to monitor the situation and will have an update when there
is something new to report.
Take a virtual tour of original Star Trek: The
Experience
If you want to get a good look at the original Star Trek:
The Experience, the "virtual tour" company DigitalProperties
has created a site with 360 degree virtual reality images
from the attraction as it was at the Hilton. Visit the site
at startrek360.com. |
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