Sub-Space Newsletter

The Official Newsletter of the

United Federated Planets

August - September 2007

 

 

From The Desk of the President

 

“Gone Fishin’”

(On Vacation)

 

 

Mike Ferguson

President

United Federated Planets

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August 2007

News From

The Sectors, Departments & Chapters

 

Starfleet Command Sector

 

From The Office Of 

FADM Wendell Zander:

 

Reminder: All Ship who do not send in a report by October 1st will be put in dry dock and after time decommissioned and to all officers who have not reported in you also have until October 1st to report in or you will be take out of your office if there is something wrong and fore some reason you can't report in let me now.

Please send in your monthly status reports by the 15^Th of every month so we can keep up with your progress. If there is any news you would like to share with the Fleet in

these monthly reports please send them to Mike Ferguson at mikeferg1@yahoo.com or Wendell Zander  at ufpops2@yahoo.com and your news will be sent out.

All Department Head Are From Now On Required To Send In A Monthly Report To Say What Is Going On In Their Departments

Also Any Ship Who I Do Not Get A Report   From By September 15^Th, Will Be Placed Into Dry Dock Until Further Notice.

If Any One Has Any Questions You May E-Mail Me At

ufpops2@yahoo.com and I will answer them as soon as possible.

 

 

  Thank You

  

  FADM Wendell Zander

  FLEET ADMIRAL OF THE

UNITED FEDERATED PLANETS

STARFLEET COMMAND

 

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Starfleet Command Department Updates

 

 Engineering Department

 Engineering Department Reports: The Starfleet Corps of Engineers reports all is well.  I have added Lt. Carl Stark to the staff of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers as the Chief of Fleet Design Operations.  We have completed technical specification sheets and are in the process of putting them onto the website.   This concludes my

report.

 

VAdm. Sean Beorn

 

Computer Operations

Reporting normal operations for the last month

 

Starfleet Command Chapter Activities

 

USS Alles

 You know already that the USS ALLES is presently out of service. Hopefully the ship will be will be back up and running very soon 

 

USS Allies

You know already that the USS ALLIES is presently out of service. Hopefully she’ll be will be back up and running very soon

 

 

USS Beowulf

Reports: Several members of the crew celebrated the July 4th holiday together

 

 

  Deep Space 2

 

Deep Space 2 Reports:

*Star Trek CCG Tournement: Due to holidays there was no Tournament in July. Next tournament will be on August 12 For more info on Star Trek CCG:

http://www.decipher.com

A DEEP SPACE 2 BLOG

The Deep Space 2 Blog has 21924 hits. The Deep Space 2 Blog is a message board where messages about Deep Space 2, Science Fiction in general, Conventions, etc, are posted regularly (in Dutch).

http://ds2.skynetblogs.be/ The Charity Link on the DS2 Blog will change every first of every month. The July 2007 Charity Link on the DS2 Blog is: Special Olympics.

http://www.specialolympics.be/ *OTHER A DS2 CHARITIES  Regular charity is done by donations, writing letters, going to the people and asking to sign petitions. The main DS2 charity projects are World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Amnesty International.

A DS2 SETI PROJECT

There have been problems from the SETI side. Production was lower than usual. http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=41642

SETI BOINC Credits:  Total credit: 110,898.65 Recent average credit: 370.02

*DS2 RPG The Deep Space 2 RPG has entered it's 109th chapter. There are currently 10 individual players and one other UFP Chapter (Starship Starchild) participating.

A DS2 NEWSLETTER

 The Deep Space 2 Monthly Newsflash has been distributed

among the DS2 crew. *DS2 STORY * The Deep Space 2 Story: Will continue in August 2007 (Page 129) http://ds2story.ds2.be *DS2 Trivia DS2 has set up a trivia about Star Trek.

http://ds2quiz.ds2.be Every month there is a new Trivia competition. Every day there are new questions. Daily scores are cumulated.

 

 

USS Horizon

USS Horizon Reports: SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Members had a holiday dinner and viewed fireworks on the fourth of July at the CO's home.

Members went to have a meal at Ci Ci's Pizza

Members went to see "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

Members had a meal together at the Macaronni Grill

Members got together at George's for a dinner and to meet with new members

Members went to see "No Reservations"

Members met for a party at Summit Lake Winery

 

CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

OCP (in dollars of coupons): Monthly = $7,719.97; Annual = $97,198.74

Stampede (in # of stamps): Monthly = 39; Annual = 358

Aluminum Can Recycling (# of cans): Monthly = 24; Annual = 546

Cash Donations: Monthly = $18.40, Annual = $100.28

Other Recycling (in weight in #): Monthly = 13; Annual = 140.40

Service Time (in minutes): Monthly = 17,695; Annual = 93,973

Ecology Service Time (in minutes): Monthly = 240; Annual = 1650

Items in Lieu of Cash Donations: Monthly = $0; Annual = $16, 874.00

Campbell's Soup Labels: Monthly = 0; Annual = 0

 

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U.S.S. MARS NCC-586

 

USS Mars Reports: No activities or meetings to report this month.    

 The ship’s involvement with project SETI

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/

is running smoothly with MARS currently using 2 computers, the 3rd currently does not have DSL internet access. Total work credited as of 06:41 hours on 06-26-07 is 122932.96 with average work units at 107.05 MARS continues to participate in the STARDUST@HOME project, 142 “Movies” viewed as of 7-29-07

  For more information on how to become involved, please go to http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/about.php

 

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USS Victorious

Regular monthly meeting.

 

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September 2007

News From

The Sectors, Departments & Chapters

 

  Deep Space 2

 

Introduction

 

The DS2 Newsflash is meant to inform the crew about what happened last

month, what is going to happen, and what is planned for the near future. The

DS2 Newsflash in PDF Format for Acrobat Readerr, often contains pictures,

while the text version does not. You can read and download this DS2

Newsflash in PDF Format with this direct link:

 

http://users.skynet.be/fa005983/flas10_7.pdf

 

 

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Contens:

 

1. A word from the DS2 CO

2. Announcements

3. DS2 Monthly Chapter Report

4. Birthdays

5. DS2 Quiz

6. DS2 RPG Monthly Status Report

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1. A word from the DS2 CO

 

 

Convention time !!!

 

Yesyesyes. The big conventions in the benelux are coming up. Look at the

list in the announcement section.

 

That is all I am going to say this time. Next issue of the Deep Space 2

Newsletter will be published on November 1st. Lots of convention pictures

are to be expected.

 

Arthur

 

 

 

 

*UFP News*

 

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UFP ON-LINE STORE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. FOLLOW THIS HYPERLINK

 

http://www.cafepress.com/ufphq

 

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Hey there Everybody,

 

I just recently finished and published my first full-length

Science-fiction romance adventure novel now available for purchase

online from both "Amazon.com", "ChaptersIndigo.ca", and "iUniverse" --

available also over the phone at 1-800-288-4677. The name of the book is

"StarChild" (one word with both a capital "S" and "C") and those who've

read it so far have all proved most enthusiastic.

 

In fact it is the book upon which all my on-line groups are based, the

more perfect world I endorse at all my sites described in much greater

detail in StarChild. And so everyone here can check it out for

themselves I've included here the following URL links:

 

Amazon.com:

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0595462030/ref=pd_luc_mri/\

104-8532595-0458347?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

 

Barnes & Noble:

 

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780\

595462032&itm=4

 

Chapters.Indigo:

 

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/StarChild-Science-Fiction-Romance-Ad\

venture-Jim-G-Styles/9780595462032-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+'StarCh\

ild'

 

iUniverse:

 

http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-46203-0

 

Having worked hard on it for the last 7 years StarChild is in fact that

upon which I based all the sites I run--the first realistic portrayal of

Matriarchy I know of in the world of fiction involving future women of

great nobility and power alongside men of superior compassion and

sensitivity.

 

In StarChild you will meet at last those futiure people who live there,

experiening their entire civilization though their own eyes, while

learning as well a shocking secret about our past posing still a

dangerous threat to all we hold dear.

 

So with all this in mind I hope you visit the above listed links, give

StarChild a closer look, and (if you like what you see) I hope you'll

consider making it a part of your in-home library.

 

Thanks!

 

-- Yours Always (and may The Great Saint Bless),

 

                    Jim G. Styles

 

(aka: Jas D. Stevens)

 

    PS: and in StarChild you'll finally find out, too, who the 'Great

Saint' was/is/will be and why she is considered so "Great"  [O:)]  [:))]

 

 

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Note:

Jim Styles is connected with DS2 through U.S.S. Alice Cooper-B and is listed

as Ambassador Jas D. Stevens. I have the privilege of having Jim even play

in the DS2 RPG. Besides all that and much more important... I know Jim for

many years and he is a great friend.

 

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Hello Everyone.

 

The next issue of the UFP Sub-Space will be released on October 28th.

Therefore, the deadline for submissions will be on October 20th.

As always, any member can send in a submittion, see previous e-mails for

details.

 

Thanks and I hope to see some articles soon!

 

Pete

 

Adm. Peter J. Lutz

CO

U.S.S. MARS NCC-525

A UFP Starfleet Command Vessel

petelutz@windstream.net

You can run, but you'll only die tired!

 

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2. Announcements

 

 OFFICIAL STARGATE SG-1 and STARGATE: ATLANTIS CONVENTION

 

SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY

(New York City Area)

Fri., Sat. & Sun. November 2-4, 2007

Crowne Plaza Meadowlands

2 Harmon Plaza

Guests:

MICHAEL SHANKS

DON DAVIS

PAUL McGILLION

TONY AMENDOLA

CLIFF SIMON

STEVE BACIC

JAY ACOVONE

 

 

The OFFICIAL FARSCAPE CONVENTION 2007

"The Final Frellin' Farewell"

 

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA

Fri., Sat. & Sun. November 2-4, 2007

Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel

2500 Hollywood Way

Guests:

BEN BROWDER

ROCKNE O'BANNON

GIGI EDGLEY

WAYNE PYGRAM

ANTHONY SIMCOE

JONATHAN HARDY

LANI TUPU

 

 

Creation Salutes

Star Trek

 

NEW YORK AREA

Fri. Sat. & Sun. November 9 - 11, 2007

The Crowne Plaza Meadowlands Hotel

Two Harmon Plaza (free parking)

Secaucus, New Jersey

Guests:

JONATHAN FRAKES

Additional guests to be announced.

 

 

Creation Entertainment's

SALUTE TO SUPERNATURAL, SMALLVILLE AND BUFFY/ANGEL

 

CHICAGO, IL AREA

Sat. & Sun. November 10-11, 2007

Hyatt Regency Woodfield

(near Chicago O'Hare airport)

1800 East Golf Rd.

Schaumburg, Ill.

Guests:

JARED PADALECKI

SAMANTHA FERRIS

NICHOLAS BRENDON

FREDRIC LEHNE

STEVE CARLSON

 

 

THE OFFICIAL

BATTLESTAR: GALACTICA CONVENTION

 

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA

Fri., Sat. & Sun. November 16-18, 2007

Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel

2500 Hollywood Way

Guests:

JAMIE BAMBER

TAHMOH PENIKETT

KATEE SACKHOFF

KATE VERNON

BEAR McCREARY

 

 

Official Stargate SG-1 Con

 

BURBANK, CA

Fri., Sat. & Sun. November 16-18, 2007

Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel

2500 Hollywood Way

Guests:

MICHAEL SHANKS

STEVE BACIC

CLIFF SIMON

CARMEN ARGENZIANO

JAY ACOVONE

 

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*Star trek 2E CCG Games October 2007

 

7- 13h00: Constructed

19- 20h00: Gamesnight

 

Gamesnights are free, Constructed tournements are 5 euro fee.

 

Location:

 

Outpost

Beggaardenstraat 6

Antwerpen

Belgium

 

Info:

Filip Vandekerckhove

Email: stccg@skynet.be

 

 

 

*Community Service*

 

The Charity Link on the DS2 Blog will change every first of every month. The

October 2007 Charity Link on the DS2 Blog: Caritas

 

http://www.caritas.be

 

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From http://www.wwf.org

 

Local communities celebrate new protected areas in Papua New Guinea

 

Bensbach, Papua New Guinea - The creation of three new wildlife management

areas in Papua New Guinea will protect some of Asia-Pacific's most

threatened and unique wildlife habitats.

 

The new Aramba, Tonda extension and Weriaver areas cover about 710,000

hectares in Papua New Guinea's Western Province, and join up with the

existing Tonda wildlife management area of 610,000 hectares. These areas,

together with the adjoining Wasur National Park in Papua, mean that almost 2

million hectares of the TransFly Ecoregion will be protected.

 

"The creation of these new protected areas means that the TransFly region

will now contain the largest continuous protected area in the country," said

Dr David Melick, WWF's TransFly Ecoregion Coordinator.

 

The TransFly is a vast, low-lying coastal region of grasslands, savannas

wetlands and monsoon forest in south-central New Guinea. Home to such unique

wildlife as marsupial cats, endemic flying possums and birds of paradise,

the region covers more than 10 million hectares, straddling the borders of

Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

 

"We hope that this region will soon be formally recognized as a cross-border

conservation zone to enable international action on conservation and

livelihood threats," Dr Melick added.

 

Hundreds of local tribal groups from surrounding villages celebrated the

announcement of the protected areas in a traditional ceremony. Local

community leaders, politicians and wildlife officials took part in the

ceremony, as well as world-renowned conservationist and author Professor

Jared Diamond, and WWF representatives, including WWF International's

Executive Director of Conservation, Guillermo Castilleja.

 

"We are working with local landowners so indigenous values can shape a

biodiversity vision to protect priority landscapes on both sides of the

political border," said Dr Melick.

 

"This approach identifies and prioritizes the landscapes, species and

traditions that have particular cultural, social or livelihood values."

 

There are over 60 cultural groups, whose lives, customs, languages and

knowledge are linked inextricably with the landscapes of the TransFly. It is

also home to some of the largest wetlands in the Asia-Pacific region, but it

is threatened by development and agricultural expansion. Millions of birds

inhabit the floodplains, with over 50 per cent of New Guinea's bird species

found in the ecoregion, including 80 endemic species.

 

The wildlife management areas will be managed by local landowner committees,

with assistance from WWF to promote protection of wildlife and habitat, and

sustainable enterprises such as eco-tourism.

 

 

 

 

*SETI News*

 

Deep Space 2 SETI Team:

 

Currently 4 computers are involved in the DS2 SETI team.

 

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=41642

 

SETI BOINC Credits:

Total credit: 132,552.67

Recent average credit: 444.20

 

 

3. DS2 Monthly Chapter Report

 

UNITED FEDERATED PLANETS

 

CHAPTER REPORTING FORM

 

REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF:

September 2007

 

CHAPTER NAME:

Deep Space 2

UFP Chapter Charter: September 1997

 

Deep Space 2 celebrates its 10th aniversity in UFP !!

 

CHAPTER PRESIDENT:

Arthur van Rhee

 

CHAPTER VICE PRESIDENT:

Jan Theys

 

TYPE OF CHAPTER (ENTER BELOW):

ENTER TYPE OF CHAPTER HERE:

STARFLEET COMMAND

 

IF ALIEN FLEET, WHICH RACE:

N/A

 

NEWSLETTER NAME:

Deep Space 2 Newsflash (produced monthly)

 

CHAPTER MAILING ADDRESS:

Deep Space 2

Tessenderloseweg 149

2431 Laakdal

Belgium

 

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

contact@ds2.be

 

WEB SITE:

 

Deep Space 2

http://www.ds2.be

 

Deep Space 2 Marines

http://marines.ds2.be

 

NEW MEMBERS OF CHAPTER:

 

Curently 26 members

 

PROMOTIONS/AWARDS

 

 

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:

 

*Star Trek CCG Tournement:

 

On September 9 four DS2 members attended a Star Trek CCG Sealed Tournament with a 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th place as a result.

 

For more info on Star Trek CCG:

 

http://www.decipher.com

 

 

*DEEP SPACE 2 BLOG

 

The Deep Space 2 Blog has 25465 hits. The Deep Space 2 Blog is a message

board where messages about Deep Space 2, Science Fiction in general,

Conventions, etc, are posted regularly (in Dutch).

 

http://ds2.skynetblogs.be/

 

The Charity Link on the DS2 Blog will change every first of every month. The

October 2007 Charity Link on the DS2 Blog is: Caritas

 

http://www.caritas.be/

 

*OTHER DS2 CHARITY

 

Regular charity is done by donations, writing letters, going to the people

and asking to sign petitions. The main DS2 charity projects are World

Wildlife Fund (WWF), Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders.

 

*DS2 SETI PROJECT

Deep Space 2 SETI Team:

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=41642

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=41642

 

SETI BOINC Credits:

Total credit: 132,552.67

Recent average credit: 444.20

 

*DS2 RPG

 

The Deep Space 2 RPG has entered it's 110th chapter. There are currently 10

individual players and one other UFP Chapter (Starship Starchild)

participating.

 

*DS2 NEWSLETTER

 

* The Deep Space 2 Monthly Newsflash has been distributed

among the DS2 crew.

 

*DS2 STORY

 

* The Deep Space 2 Story : Will continue in October 2007 (Page 130)

 

http://ds2story.ds2.be

 

(The DS2 away team has been saved and brought back home.)

 

*DS2 Trivia

 

DS2 has set up a trivia about Star Trek.

 

http://ds2quiz.ds2.be

 

Every month there is a new Trivia competition.

Every day there are new questions. Daily scores are cumulated.

 

 

OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS:

 

Promotion:

 

ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS:

 

ANY SUGGESTIONS:

 

ANY UFP AWARDS REQUESTED FOR SPECIFIC CHAPTER MEMBERS:

 

SIGNATURE OF CHAPTER PRESIDENT:

 

Arthur van Rhee

arthur.van.rhee@skynet.be

sky94962@yahoo.com

 

DATE REPORT MAILED:

October 1, 2007

 

 

4. Birthdays

 

 

Jan Theys: October 13

 

 

Joost Dierickx: October 24

 

 

5. DS2 Quiz

 

Deep Space 2 Trivia Quiz October 2007

 

Every month there will be a small Deep Space 2 Quiz. It is of course very

courages of you to solve the quiz without looking at the correct answers.

The correct answers will be given at the end of the Deep Space 2 Trivia

Quiz. This quiz is only three questions. A first question is a "What is"

question, a second is about a certain Star Trek Episode and a third is a

"Where" question. Good luck The DS2 quiz is published in the monthly DS2

Newsflash.

 

 

 

 

 

Question 1.

What is/are neocortex?

 

A. ( ) Part of the human heart

B. ( ) Part of the human brain

C. ( ) Part of the human hair

 

Question 2.

In which (Star Trek) Voyager Episode did the Voyager crew meet the

psychopatic hologram Dejaren?

 

A. ( ) Faces

B. ( ) Revulsion

C. ( ) Fury

 

Question 3.

Where do the Xindi live?

 

A. ( ) Paulson Nebula

B. ( ) Delphic Expanse

C. ( ) Paxau

 

 

The Answers are below

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1.B. - 2.B. - 3.B.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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USS Horizon

 

Web Site:  www.usshorizon.net
Members had a holiday dinner and viewed fireworks on the fourth of July at the CO's home.

Members went to have a meal at Ci Ci's Pizza

Members went to see "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

Members had a meal together at the Macaroni Grill

Members got together at George's for a dinner and to meet with new members

Members went to see "No Reservations"

Members met for a party at Summit Lake Winery

CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
OCP (in dollars of coupons): Monthly = $7,719.97; Annual = $97,198.74

Stampede (in # of stamps): Monthly = 39; Annual = 358

Aluminum Can Recycling (# of cans): Monthly = 24; Annual = 546

Cash Donations: Monthly = $18.40, Annual = $100.28

Other Recycling (in weight in #): Monthly = 13; Annual = 140.40

Service Time (in minutes): Monthly = 17,695; Annual = 93,973

Ecology Service Time (in minutes): Monthly = 240; Annual = 1650

Items in Lieu of Cash Donations: Monthly = $0; Annual = $16, 874.00

Campbell's Soup Labels: Monthly = 0; Annual = 0
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 U.S.S. MARS NCC-586

No activities or meetings to report this month.

The CO continues to recover from his minor heart attack and stent implantation and is nearly back to normal, physically.

The ship’s involvement with project SETI is running smoothly with MARS currently using 3 computers.

 Total work credited as of 12:06 hours on 10-31-07 is 138560.06 with average work units at 206.08

MARS continues to participate in the STARDUST@HOME project, however, though in a limited way and as time permits.

For an overview or more information on how to become involved, please go to http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/about.phpThe ship’s involvement with project SETI is running smoothly with MARS currently using

 

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BABYLON 5 Sector

 

No Submission This Period

 

       

 

 

 

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ANDROMEDA Sector

 

No Submission This Period