Captain’s Log, Stardate 92496.63

Commander Marci Jansen reporting.

Greetings all!

On the club front – things are moving along nicely. We’re still collecting cans and bottles for our ongoing fundraiser. We’re also, of course, always collecting nonperishable food items or animal care items for our two chosen charitable organizations – the Horseheads Food Pantry and the Horseheads Animal Shelter. Items can either be brought to a meeting or dropped off at the Captain’s house. We will be making monetary donations to each of these fine organizations in December.

Check this out – a website called The Dodo recently did an article on comic shop cats, and guess who was featured? Dizzy, the Fat Cat Comics mascot! Here’s the link.

Also, if you missed it, mankind landed on a comet this month!

And finally, as always – we’re looking to welcome new members! To join the USS Sirius Star Trek/Sci-Fi Fan Club, simply go to www.sfi.org and click on “Join/Renew,” then click “Join Online.” Fill in the information, and pick USS Sirius from the Chapter drop down. That’s it! Easy peasy! Don’t forget to attend our meetings, though – that’s where the fun happens!

Speaking of meetings, for the winter months, we’ll be holding court a little earlier in the day – 2 PM (TWO PM) instead of 6 PM. See you at our next gathering, Saturday December 27^th at 2 PM!!

Captain’s Log, Stardate 92400.61

Commander Marci Jansen reporting.

Greetings all!

September was so full of events and flew by so fast that your Command Crew didn’t even have a chance to get a newsletter out! We’ll just have to consider this one the September/October edition!

There isn’t much to report on the club front – things are moving along nicely. We’re still collecting cans and bottles for our ongoing fundraiser. We’re also, of course, always collecting nonperishable food items or animal care items for our two chosen charitable organizations – the Horseheads Food Pantry and the Horseheads Animal Shelter. Items can either be brought to a meeting or dropped off at the Captain’s house.

Speaking of meetings – the October meeting will once again be at the Captain’s house. E-mail me at marcinichelle@stny.rr.com or text me at (607) 742-1945 if you need the address or directions. It’s my hope to be all finished up on the details for our meeting spot by November. Cross your fingers!

Now that we’re done with club business, I thought I’d share a couple links with you.

The first is Starfleet Academy, the educational branch of STARFLEET International. http://acad.sfi.org/

Through Starfleet Academy, STARFLEET members can take courses on subjects ranging from Klingons to Chinese History to Abnormal Psychology, or even Invertebrate Biology. There’s really something for everyone!

The other link I wanted to share, for all you Star Wars fans out there, is the 501s Legion, a very active charitable Star Wars fan group. Check them out! http://www.501st.com/

See you at our next meeting, 6 PM on Saturday 10/25/14!

Captain’s Log, Stardate 92269.13

Commander Marci Jansen reporting.

The following subspace communiqué was received from the office of Admiral Robert Westfall on stardate 92257.31:

“Please join me in welcoming a new Shakedown Chapter to the 7th Fleet, 26 August 2014.The USS Sirius NX-1744, a Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser, is based in Horseheads, NY (USA) and is under the command of CMDR Marci Jansen. The Sirius' mothership is the USS Serling, also out of the 7th Fleet.”

Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve officially launched! I can’t tell you how happy and proud I am that we’ve all pulled together and made this happen! To those of you who have already joined our ranks, thank you from the bottom of my heart. For those of you who haven’t – what are you waiting for?! Beam aboard!

On the heels of that fabulous announcement, I have a few of my own.

First, we are looking for a new meeting place. I’m following up on several leads for a space for us, but for the time being, meetings will be held at my house, at 139 Owens Street in Horseheads. Owens Street is off of Lake Road. I’ll hold court in the garage (which has electric, AC/heat, and a fridge!). And of course, there will be snacks!!

Second, we’re proud to announce we’ve settled on our preferred charities – the Horseheads Animal Shelter and the

Horseheads Food Pantry. To that end, I’d love it if everyone could bring either a non-perishable food item or an item for the shelter to each meeting. A shelter “Wish List” can be found at

http://horseheadsanimalshelter.atwebpages.com/?p=449.

And finally, perhaps most importantly, going forward we will no longer be charging annual club dues. Instead, STARFLEET International dues will substituted. This means that, in order to join the USS Sirius, a new Crewmember must join STARFLEET and select us in the Chapter listing.

That’s all I have for now. I hope to see you all at our next meeting, September 27th at 6 PM!