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UPCOMING
EVENTS
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Friday-Sunday, June 12-14: Sci-Fi
Summer Con
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
• USS Republic wins
three Region 2 awards at 2015 Summit
• Axanar
sweeps the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards
• Personnel Records
• Library Computer
• Recent Chapter Event Photos
SIDEBAR
• Belated
March Birthdays
• Welcome Aboard!
• February
Member Reenlistments
• April & May Membership
Renewals
• About
the Republic
• For More Information
• USS Republic Online
• Crew Roster
• News from TrekMovie.com
—
Simon Pegg says Paramount wants a
less "Star Trek-y" film
— Grace
Lee Whitney passes away |
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Sci-Fi
Summer Con
Friday-Sunday, June 12-14, 2015
Holiday
Inn Atlanta Perimeter
4386 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd
Atlanta GA 30341 |
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in its fifteenth year, Sci-Fi Summer Con is for fans,
friends and anyone interested in science fiction, fantasy,
horror and comics. The Republic has had
an official presence at this convention for the last several
years, including our 20th anniversary celebration in 1988
and our very own Fleet Captain Eric L. Watts being
named Fan Guest of Honor five years ago. Sci-Fi
Summer Con is "Atlanta's only annual convention devoted
exclusively to all forms of science fiction and fantasy."
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USS
Republic CO FCapt Eric L. Watts
(right) and Remy Loste (left) at the Republic's
TrekTrax Atlanta fan table at the 2014 Sci-Fi Summer
Con.
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As of press
time, "Atlanta's
only annual convention devoted exclusively to all forms of
science fiction and fantasy"
has not announced any Star Trek-related guests or panels
for this year's convention, and at this point is unlikely
to do so.
For the first time in eight years, the Republic has
chosen to not have an official presence at this year's Sci-Fi
Summer Con, meaning no fan table, no discussion panels and
no room party. We've had some great times there in the
past, but the convention's declining attendance and consistent
absence of any Star Trek guest, event or activity no
longer warrants the time, effort or expense of organizing
an official presence. However, all members and
friends of the Republic are still encouraged to attend
Sci-Fi Summer Con and enjoy the other guests, events and activities
they have planned.
Sci-Fi
Summer Con memberships for persons age 13 and up who are not
already registered are $35 for the weekend, $20 for Saturday
only or $10 for Friday or Sunday only and are available only
at the door. For more information about Sci-Fi
Summer Con's guests, programming events, hotel and memberships,
please visit their web
site. |
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
USS
Republic wins three Region 2 awards at 2015 Summit |
The
USS Republic is pleased and proud to announce that
our chapter won three regional awards at the 2015 STARFLEET
Region 2
Summit, held at the LaPlaya Resort on March 27-29 in Daytona
Beach, Florida. For calendar year 2014, those
awards include:
The Richard Daystrom Cyberspace Award for Having the Most
Informative Web Site within Region 2;
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Newsletter of the Year Award, Second Place;
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and the Perfect Reporting Award.
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The USS Republic previously won the Most Informative
Web Site Award for 2007, 2008 and 2013; the Newsletter of
the Year Award, Second Place, for 2011; and the Perfect
Reporting Award for 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Also in previous years, The Republiqué won
the Best Electronic Newsletter Award for 2009 and Newsletter
of the Year, First Place, for 2012. Since the
first issue published in April 2008, The Republiqué
has won a total of four regional first- or second-place
newsletter awards.
As Commanding Officer of the Republic, Fleet Captain
Eric L. Watts is responsible for submitting Monthly
Status Reports (MSRs) to STARFLEET. He also serves
as the chapter's web site administrator and newsletter editor. Speaking
of which, we'd like to take this opportunity to remind our
readers that "Republiqué" is a portmanteau
of "Republic" and "communiqué,"
and is properly pronounced "ree-PUB-li-KAY," not
"ree-pub-LEEK" or "ree-PUB-li-CUE." Now
you know!
For a full list of the regional and international awards
that the USS Republic has won during its 27-year
history, please visit the Awards
page on this award-winning web site! |
| Axanar
sweeps the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards |
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independent Star Trek film Star
Trek: Axanar won six of the nine awards presented
at the first annual Independent
Star Trek Fan Film Awards
Ceremony, held at Treklanta
on Sunday, April 26. |
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Left
to right: Stage Hostess Jillanna Babb, Guest of Honor and
awards presenter Anne Lockhart, Treklanta Chairman and awards
co-host Eric L. Watts, Treklanta Star Trek Programming
Director and awards co-host Brian Holloway, Guest of Honor
and awards judge Keith R. A. DeCandido, Guest of Honor and
awards presenter Sean Kenney, Guest of Honor and multiple
award winner Alec Peters of Star Trek: Axanar, Axanar's
Fulfillment Director Diana Kingsbury, Guest of Honor and
awards presenter Jason Carter, Featured Guest and award
winner Clay Sayre of Star Trek: New Voyages, and
Stage Hostess Ashley White.
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Of the 25 live-action, dramatic, independent Star Trek
fan films released to the Internet in calendar year 2014,
16 of them met the eligibility requirements to be submitted
for consideration in the first annual Independent Star
Trek Fan Film Awards. Our panel of five distinguished
judges, including Diana Botsford, Peter David,
Keith R. A. DeCandido, Michael DeMeritt and
Susan Sackett, reviewed over eight hours of film and
cast their first, second and third-place votes in each of
nine categories. After tabulating all ballots,
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Star Trek: Axanar
Scott Cobb
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Star Trek: Axanar
Stefan Bellersheim, Al Dinelt, Adam Howard, Tommy Kraft,
Koji Kuramura, Thomas Loeder, Chris Martin, Jennifer Marx,
Oliver Nikelowski, Tobias Richter, Ali Ries, Arnold Sakowski,
Trent Smith, Greg Stitz, Dan Uyeno, Enrico Weinert
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Star Trek: Axanar
Alexander Bornstein (Composer), Frank Serafine (Supervising
Sound Designer/Editor), Jesse Akins (Sound Designer), Ramsey
Mellette (Sound Mixer)
BEST ORIGINAL STORY OR SCREENPLAY
Star Trek: Axanar, "Prelude to Axanar"
Christian Gossett, Alec Peters
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OR ACTRESS
Clay Sayre as "Kor"
Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II
BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS
Vic Mignogna as "Capt. James T. Kirk"
Star Trek Continues
BEST DIRECTOR
Christian Gossett
Star Trek: Axanar, "Prelude to Axanar"
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
Star Trek: Axanar, "Prelude to Axanar"
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
Star Trek Continues, "Fairest of Them All"
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awards ceremony was co-hosted by Treklanta Chairman Eric
L. Watts and Treklanta Star
Trek Programming Director Brian Holloway. Presenters
included Treklanta Guests of Honor Sean Kenney, Jason
Carter and Anne Lockhart. Accepting
the awards for Star Trek: Axanar were creator and executive
producer Alec Peters and Fulfillment Director Diana
Kingsbury. Clay Sayre from Star
Trek New Voyages: Phase II accepted his own award. Treklanta
accepted the awards for Star
Trek Continues and shipped them to Vic Mignogna
in California after the convention.
The results of the first annual Independent Star Trek
Fan Film Awards received some notable coverage in the fan
press, including articles on the TrekMovie.com
and TrekToday.com
news sites and the Trek
FM podcast. Star Trek: Axanar's
Alec Peters blogged
about the awards (including a short video) and the
awards were again featured in Axanar's video Production
Log #3. And Star Trek Continues
mentioned their wins in their blog, Subspace
Chatter. Click the links below to visit
each site's coverage of the awards. |
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The
Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards program was
created and is produced by Eric L. Watts.
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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
Computer
CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE |
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James
Doohan (center) as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott on the
set of Star Trek: The Motion Picture with his twin
sons Montgomery (left) and Christopher (right), age 19. Monty
and Chris played Enterprise crewmembers in the famous
Rec Deck scene, alongside many other notable extras. Chris
went on to play an uncredited Starfleet officer in the 2009
Star Trek reboot and the Transport Officer in Star
Trek Into Darkness, and has reprised his father's role
in four episodes of the Internet-based independent fan film
series Star Trek Continues.
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Recent
Chapter Event Photos
CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE |
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The
UAC-ANKh Star Trek Art Project || March
13, 2015
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The
artwork of Joseph R. Wheeler III, on display at the Aviation
Community Cultural Center in Atlanta,
was an homage to the history of the African diaspora on
Star
Trek.
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The
exhibition was dedicated to James Avery and Leonard Nimoy.
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FCapt
Eric L. Watts and artist Joseph R. Wheeler III.
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BELATED
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
Monday, March 23
ENS1 Wil Sims
Monday, March 30
Ens John May
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WELCOME
ABOARD!
2 New Members in February!
Ens Gaylen Greve
Ens Vicki Greve
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MEMBER
REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter
dues in February. Thank you!
ENS1 Nelson M. Barnhouse
ENS1 Mark A. Ozanick
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APRIL
& MAY MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' dues expired in April
and May. Please renew now!
ENS2 Tasheka Gipson
ENS2 James P. Gronski
ENS2 Leslie C. Gronski
ADM Michael Henigan
ADM Kelly S. Hilliard
ENS1 Sue Lin Lange
ENS1 "Wolfy"
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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 June 1, 2015, the Republic crew includes 34
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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CREW
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NEWS
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| Grace
Lee Whitney passes away |
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By
Brian Drew
May 4, 2015
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| TrekMovie
is saddened to report that actress Grace Lee Whitney, who
portrayed Janice Rand in the original Star Trek series
and in many of the movies and spinoffs, died of natural
causes on May 1 in Coarsegold, California. She was
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Star Trek, she appeared in films, like the classic
Some Like It Hot, and guest-starred on many television
series in the 1950s and 1960s, including The Untouchables,
77 Sunset Strip, The Outer Limits and Bewitched. |
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portrayed Yeoman Janice Rand in eight episodes of the original
series before being written out of the show. In the
following years, she became an alcoholic and was literally
out on the streets before finally beating the disease and
getting her life and career back on track. She often
credited Leonard Nimoy, who also struggled with alcoholism,
with helping her seek treatment. |
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returned to the Star Trek universe in 1979 with the
release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, when she
once again portrayed Janice Rand, who was now the Enterprise's
Transporter Chief. She played Rand again in Star
Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The
Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback." She
also appeared in the fan productions "World Enough and Time"
and "Of Gods and Men." |
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was also a regular on the convention circuit, where she
loved meeting the fans and, according to her son Jonathan,
tried to help those who were also dealing with addiction.
Her family also stated that, as much as she liked
being identified with Star Trek and Rand, she would
prefer to be remembered as a "successful survivor of addiction." |
| William
Shatner noted Grace's passing, and how he always remembers
her: |
| Condolences
to the family of Grace. She was a constant shining
smile over the years every time our paths crossed. |
| TrekMovie
would also like to extend condolences to Grace's family
and friends. She will be missed. |
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Simon
Pegg says Paramount wants a less "Star Trek-y"
film |
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By
Brian Drew
May 19, 2015
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| Simon
Pegg had a full day today. While making several
controversial remarks regarding geek culture and then having
to backtrack on those remarks hours later, he revealed some
of the challenges he faces trying to bring Star Trek
to a more mainstream audience. |
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| Making
Trek 3 "more inclusive" |
| Pegg,
talking with Radio Times magazine, spoke at length
about what he regards as the "infantilization" and dumbing
down of our culture due to an excess of science fiction
and genre films. The comments provoked quite a reaction
across the Internet, ultimately forcing Pegg to write a
heartfelt mea culpa a few hours later. |
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the interview, Pegg gets around to talking about the Trek
3 script he is co-writing, and the mandate from the powers
that be to make the film "more inclusive" to a wider audience.
He indicates that the first script, written by Roberto
Orci, Patrick McKay and J. D. Payne, was perhaps a bit too
faithful to the source: |
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had a script for Star Trek that wasn't really working
for them. I think the studio was worried that it might
have been a little bit too "Star Trek-y." |
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desire, of course, is to make Star Trek a giant multimedia
franchise that can play in the same league as the Marvel
films. Pegg believes that the mainstream perception
of the franchise continues to hurt it at the box office: |
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don't see it being a fun, brightly coloured, Saturday night
entertainment like The Avengers. |
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idea, which is likely to raise a few eyebrows, is to place
the Star Trek characters in a context more familiar
to the average moviegoer. He suggests the way
to do this is to... |
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a western or a thriller or a heist movie, then populate
that with Star Trek characters so it's more inclusive
to an audience that might be a little bit reticent. |
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to Pegg, Paramount doesn't understand why Star Trek
has had trouble gaining widespread acceptance, since other
geek franchises have been huge hits. He uses the Avengers
analogy once again: |
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Avengers [movie], which is a pretty nerdy, comic-book,
supposedly niche thing, made 1.5 billion dollars. Star
Trek Into Darkness made half a billion, which is still
brilliant. But it means that, according to the studio,
there's still one billion dollars' worth of box office that
don't go and see Star Trek. And they want to
know why. |
| "Star
Trek Beyond" confirmed? |
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the end of his lengthy apology, Pegg throws in a little
zinger: |
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better climb aboard the old hypocropter and fly back to
writing Star Trek Beyond. |
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would seemingly confirm our exclusive story that Star
Trek 3 will indeed be titled "Star Trek Beyond."
Of course, Pegg could always be pulling our leg (or
pointed ear), but we're going to treat this as a confirmation. |
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Trek Beyond is scheduled for release on July 8, 2016. |
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