USS Kelly NCC 73400 -- A Star Trek Fanclub

September 1 - U.S.S. Kelly Commissioning Anniversary
September 1 - Joshua Woods (4)

If you plan to attend the U.S.S. Kelly 24th Commissioning Celebration (i.e. the ship's birthday party) in a few weeks, please let Crewman Aaron Stevens know a.s.a.p.

The White Buffalo (the Kelly's group in Tooele) requires a count of attendees so that they can provide the appropriate amount of food. Please contact Aaron Stevens at whitebuffalo@usskelly.com to either RSVP or to volunteer.

There will be a minimal cost of $3 per person to cover the cost of the meal.

Although October’s activity is still in the planning stages, we now have an official activity planned for November. We are going to provide the makings of a Thanksgiving dinner to a deserving family, and also have a game night.

When: November 20, 2010
Where: Kittryn Butt’s home (Kittryn is George Bogler’s sister, for those of you who remember him)
Time: TBD

The idea behind this activity is to provide help for a family in need. The activity itself will also be a game night, and will be the collection point for all the food we will be gathering. Details will be provided as they are known.

If you have an idea on a family in need or know of ways we can receive food donations, please contact your Senior Officer or Jill Bogler.

By order of Admiral Hollinger, the USS Kelly is to proceed to Space Station K-12 for a well deserved session of R&R. En route, the USS Kelly will pick up a distinguished guest, coordinates to be entered after departure from current location. CMO, please have your staff on call for any medical emergencies that may occur. While at K-12, we will rendezvous with the USS Hastings. Keep in mind, that due to the proximity of Space Station K-12 to one of the borders of the Romulan Neutral Zone, the Fleet will maintain a Yellow Alert status. This means that only 1/3 of all personnel may be on the station at a time, so coordinate you duty shifts as appropriate. Congratulations for a job well done, y’all.

The deadline to have your articles and stories in for the next issue of the Communique is this coming Wednesday, September 1st. Please submit your ideas to the editors at communique@usskelly.com as soon as possible.

The Celebration of Life monument was unveiled last Saturday. For those of you who were unable to make it, you can still see George Bogler's name on panel #14, row 10. You will also see the names of hundreds of other tissue- and organ-donor heroes on this beautiful monument. (See the Celebration of Life website for more information, including locations of names on the monument.)

You may also learn more about tissue and eye donation at Yes Utah! dot org. (Click here for their website.)

We wish to express our thanks once again to the Captain and crew of the U.S.S. Retributor for hosting this year's Fleet Games. The weather was gorgeous, the attendance was high, and the activities amazing. This annual event is hosted by a different ship each year, and we look forward to attending the next event.

Shuttle Launch – Cadets
Accuracy: Bronze: Brayden Hurt Silver: Samuel Hollinger Gold: Aurora Stark
Distance: Bronze: Samuel Hollinger Silver: Aunika Corr Gold: Aurora Stark

Shuttle Launch – Grups
Accuracy: Bronze: Kitty Butt Silver: Lt. Kronk (Jed) Gold: Carl Stark
Distance: Bronze: Kitty Butt Silver: Lt. Kronk (Jed) Gold: Carl Stark

Set Your Course – Grups
Bronze: Rex Rouviere (x) Silver: Richard Corr Gold: Frank Buck

Minefield – Grups
Bronze: Frank Buck Silver: Josh Merrill Gold: Richard Corr
Bronze: Carl Stark Silver: Josh Linscott Gold: Charles Corr

Anti-Gravity Rod – Grups
Bronze: Kitty Butt Silver: Carl Stark Gold: Frank Buck
Meghan Roesberry Dave Thalmann Josh Merrill
Josh Linscott Erica Stark John Barnes
Holly Bolland Jerry Girardo Aurora Stark

Shields – Cadets
Bronze: Aurora Stark Silver: Bowen Jacobs Gold: Sam Hollinger

Shields – Grups
Bronze: Charles Corr Silver: Jill Bogler Gold: Richard Corr/ Rex Rouviere (x)

Screamer – Cadets
Bronze: Brayden Hurt Silver: Bowen Jacobs Gold: Aurora Stark
Bronze: Tommy ? Silver: Sam Hollinger Gold: Aunika Corr

Sensor Separation – Grups
Bronze: Frank Buck Silver: Richard Corr Gold: David Thalmann

Picard Maneuver – Grups
Bronze: Josh Merrill Silver: Kenway Miller Gold: Frank Buck

One Moon Circles – Mixed
Bronze team: Aunika Corr, Tristan Vilhauer, Brian Hoag, Mel Andrew, Weylin Miller, Carl Stark
Silver team: Matt McKinney, John Barnes, Brad Jacobs, Joseph Lion, Aurora Stark, Kenway Miller, Nathan Hoag
Gold team: Richard Corr, Dillon Butt, Josh Merrill, Sam Hollinger, Teresa Hoag, Jerry Girardo, David Hoag

Geese Juggling – Cadets
Bronze: Nathan Hoag Silver: Bowen Jacobs Gold: Sam Hollinger

Pipeline – Mixed
Bronze team: J.J. Jones, Kenway Miller, Weylin Miller
Silver team: Josh Merrill, Aurora Stark, Erica Stark
Gold team: Carl Stark, Frank Buck, Tristan Vilhauer

Q’Vak – Grups
Bronze: Richard Corr Silver: Charlie Corr Gold: David Thalmann

Deuterium Transfer – Mixed
Bronze (no team)
Silver team: Richard Corr, Ben Hoag, Aunika Corr, Frank Buck, Jen Gardner, Aurora Stark, Teresa Hoag
Gold team: David Hoag, Brad Jacobs, J.J. Jones, Erica “Bloody” Stark, Weylin Miller, Charlie Corr, Kenway Miller

Orion Pirates Dice – Grups
Bronze: Tristan Vilhauer Silver: Josh Linscott Gold: Dillon Butt

Pin the Tail on the T-Rex – Cadets
Bronze: Nathan Hoag Silver: David Hoag Gold: Sam Hollinger

Survivor: Warp Bubble – Grups
Bronze: Brian Hoag Silver: Alex Butt Gold: John Barnes

Ship Puzzles – Mixed
Bronze team: Paul Roesberry, Jill Bogler, Erica Stark, Bonnie Jones
Silver team: Josh Linscott, Brad Jacobs, Holly Bolland, Beverly Miller
Gold team: Carl Stark, Jen Gardner, Mel Andrew, Charles Corr, Matt McKinney

Starfleet Intelligence – Mixed
Gold: Jen Gardner

NCIS: Seventh Fleet – by Ship

Grand Prize: U.S.S. Kelly

As you may (or may not) be aware, when you decide to become an officer on the U.S.S. Kelly you need to take what is known as an Academy Assessment. While this trivia "test" may look scary (after all, it IS 300 questions long), there are some things you need to know.
1. The only way to "fail" the Academy Assessment is not to take it.
2. The Academy Assessment comes in many flavors ... one for each Star Trek series. You can pick the one you are most familiar with.
3. You can study for it before you take it.
4. The reason we take the Academy Assessment in the first place is so we know where our Star Trek knowledge is strong and where that knowledge is weak.

We also take other large trivia tests, those required for the command ranks (Lt. Commander and higher). These Command Tests have recently changed, and can be done in sections. You can start to take these as soon as you reach Lieutenant, and if you score high enough you will never have to take another test as long as you are in the club.

Our original Training Sheet system (on which the Merit Sheet system is based) was designed to help you prepare for these command tests. By the time you take the command test, you should already know the answers to several of the questions because you have seen them before. Cool, huh?

The Bridge Officer’s Test has been divided into 5 sections … one for each Television series (TOS & TAS & Star Trek 11; TNG; DS9; VOY; ENT with movies 1 – 6). Segments can be taken as soon as you make the rank of full Lieutenant. All five segment scores will be added together for the total score. If you make 90% you don’t have to take any tests for Commander rank. If you make 70% you pass the test at the Lt. Commander level.

By the way, doing Merit Sheets helps you study for this test. This is another great reason to attend our monthly Merit Sheet nights at Seven Port!

Where: Seven Port (6615 South 700 West in Murray, a.k.a. the Roesberry's home.)
When: Saturday Sept. 4 (that's this upcoming Saturday, folks!)
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Please R.S.V.P. to Lt. Roesberry at (801)897-9005 to confirm that you are planning to attend so he can get a head-count of how many to expect.

We have been given a directive from Admiral Hollinger. Since the Admiral’s Flag is on the Kelly (meaning that he leads the fleet from there), and since the Admiral has very little direct staff, members of the Kelly are warned that they should expect to be used as Admiralty Staff from time to time.

For those who work late at night, there is a new group starting up called the "Delta Squad". This is an Away Team group for those who work the night shift, and will be run by Lt. Robert Aswin.

The purpose of this away team group is to allow members of the ship that work a night job and are unable to participate in a ship's activities to find a niche and able to be an active member of the club.

Several things that can occur at this meetings can be from briefings that have been discussed at meetings, help with merit sheets for rank advancement, discussion of lessons learned from media sources and above all else allow a member to be part of the ship's family, even though they are on a different living schedule.

We want to make sure our records are accurate and that you have received every rank, commendation, and medal that you have earned. If you are missing one, please contact your Department Head as soon as possible so we can get this corrected.

At the most recent Fleet meeting, the collective captains of the fleet made a policy change you need to be aware of:

Going forward, crewmembers who earn a medal of some kind are *strongly* encouraged to also help defray the cost of their medal by reimbursing the ship for the cost of the award. This is also true if you'd like to order a copy of a medal you previously received to go on a second uniform or replace one that has been lost.

Captain Thalmann would like the U.S.S. Kelly to lead the way in embracing this opportunity and supporting the Fleet.

A long time ago (but not in a galaxy far, far away), the U.S.S. Kelly had a spot in the Communique called "Yankee Trader". It was designed to be a marketplace of sorts that club members could use to exchange items for sale. We are resurrecting this service ... and adding it to the Weekly Briefing. If you've got anything you'd like us to add to this list, let us know at jill.bogler@gmail.com and we'd love to put it in for you.

* Ruth Burns is selling some of her formidable Star Trek collection and has a plethora of items looking for a new home where they can be properly appreciated. If you're interested, please contact her directly at (801)965-6535

If enough people are interested, Captain Stark is thinking of chartering a bus to take us all to Starfest. This will only happen if enough people are willing to sign up and go to make the cost reasonable, and the cost will vary depending on how many folks sign up. The estimated cost is between $80-100 per person, round trip.

For comparison, Greyhound charges $130.00 round trip to make the same journey. If we get our own bus, we are on our own schedule and can set times for when we leave Salt Lake and when we leave Denver (and how often we stop for snacks!). No one would have to worry about doing the driving, and we would be free to embrace our geekiest selves while we travel and discuss Star Trek with wild abandon.

We hope that you are still working on your leadership skills and personal growth. There are lots of ways to do this and we encourage you to contact your Senior Officer for ideas and details.

Ensign Allison Roesberry and Commander Jill Bogler each have a copy of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey that they are willing to loan to any crewmember who would like to borrow it.

If you like, you may submit a small (two paragraph) report on what you learned from your reading to the Kelly Communique for promotional merit points.

The U.S.S. Tsunami invites everyone interested in writing and role play to their meetings every 2nd Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Salt Lake County building (2100 S. and State Street, SLC).

This has been a ship-wide text briefing. Copies of this and previous briefings are available at http://www.usskelly.com/briefing.htm or you may read them by logging in at www.yahoogroups.com. Our activities will always be posted at www.usskelly.com/activities.htm.

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The U.S.S. Kelly is a non-profit fan club organization with the purpose of bringing people together to enjoy and promote Star Trek. The data above are for the information of our members. Members of other clubs are advised to check with their own officers regarding Non-Kelly-Specific events announced here. The U.S.S. Kelly operates on a "pay-as-you-go" basis. We do not charge dues or admission fees. Anyone is welcome to attend our activities. No one is required to buy anything to participate with us, except where admission is charged by the venue of the activity (conventions, amusement parks, museums, etc). In such cases it is the individual's responsibility to cover such costs if they wish to join us.

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August 24 - Don Hallett
August 24 - Jennifer Lien (Kes)
Agust 28 - Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher)

The ideals and standards of Starfleet are shown in many different ways, but one of the most amazing and magnaminous ways we can emody these principles is by donating tissue to someone in desperate need. The Celebration Life Monument is a tribute and memorial to Utah individuals, both living and deceased, who have donated an organ. The monument is in the heart of Salt Lake City on the southeast corner of Library Square at 500 South and 300 East.

This year's ceremony will be particularly poignant to anyone who had the honor and privelege to know George Bogler, as his name is among those that will be honored as it is added to the list of other heroes whose names are already there. Anyone who wishes to join other members of the Kelly who will be attending the event are most welcome and encouraged to do so. Here's the info you'll need:.

When: August 28 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Where: Library Square, 500 S. 2 00 E., Salt Lake City

The annual Olympic games of the Seventh Fleet were held last Saturday. The weather was gorgeous, the attendance was high, and the activities amazing. Many thanks go out to Cptn. Rex Rouviere and his crew for putting on such a fine and well-planned event! The level of detail and thought put into the games were very obvious and set a high standard for games to come. Watch the Briefing for more info and a list of Star Fleet Olympians.

Our Tooele county group has agreed to throw the U.S.S. Kelly a 24th birthday party celebration. Crewman Aaron Stevens will be needing help to plan the event. Please contact him for more information at whitebuffalo@usskelly.com. There will be a minimal cost of $3 per person.

*Please Note* The date for this activity has been changed - please mark your calendars accordingly!!

When: November 20, 2010
Where: Kittryn Butt’s home (Kittryn is George Bogler’s sister, for those of you who remember him)
Time: TBD

By the way, doing Merit Sheets helps you study for this test. This is another great reason to attend our monthly Merit Sheet nights at Seven Port!

Where: Seven Port (the Roesberry's) (6615 South 700 West in Murray) (aren't these multiple parentheses annoying?)
When: First Saturday of the month, 7:30 p.m. (please note the time change from 7:00 to 7:30)

Please R.S.V.P. to Lt. Roesberry at (801)897-9005 to confirm that you are planning to attend so he can get a head-count of how many to expect.

For those who work late at night, there is a new group starting up called the "Delta Squad". This is an Away Team group for those who work the night shift, and will be run by Lt. Robert Aswin.

The purpose of this away team group is to allow members of the ship that work a night job and are unable to participate in a ship's activities to find a niche and able to to be an active member of the club.

At the most recent Fleet meeting, the collective captains of the fleet made a policy change you need to be aware of:

Going forward, crewmembers who earn a medal of some kind are *strongly* encouraged to also help defray the cost of their medal by reimbursing the ship for the cost of the award. This is also true if you'd like to order a copy of a medal you previously recieved to go on a second uniform or replace one that has been lost.

Captain Thalmann would like the U.S.S. Kelly to lead the way in embracing this opportunity and supporting the Fleet.

We hope that you are still working on your leadership skills and personal growth. There are lots of ways to do this and we encourage you to contact your Senior Officer for ideas and details.

If you like, you may submit a small (two paragraph) report on what you learned from your reading to the Kelly Communique for promotional merit points.

The U.S.S. Tsunami invites everyone interested in writing and role play to their meetings every 2nd Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Salt Lake County building (2100 S. and State Street, SLC).

Roberto Picardo, Star Trek Voyager’s EMH, will be starring in SyFy’s Monsterwolf, which will air this autumn.

Monsterwolf, an original SyFy movie, will feature Picardo as Mr. Stark in a movie about what happens when an animal spirit is inadvertently released.

Please do not respond directly to this mailing. It goes to several people and will confuse matters. Send all messages to Fanclub@usskelly.com.

Briefing Officer: Ensign Allison Roesberry, Assistant Chief Communications Officer

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August 19 - Gene Roddenberry Birth Anniversary (Creator of Star Trek)
August 19 - Johnathan Frakes (Will Riker)
August 19 - Diana Muldar (Dr. Pulaski)
August 20 - Paul Roesberry
August 21- Carl Stark (of the U.S.S. Ticonderoga)
August 21- Cindy Henline

Date: August 21, 2010
Location: Chapel Park (152 S. 900 East, Layton UT)
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (please be punctual)

Directions (from South of Layton):
Take I-15 north to exit 330 Fort Lane (the first Layton exit)
Follow Fort Lane north (go straight through light)
Turn right on Gentile St.
Turn right on Talbot St.
Look for banners, signs. Park in Park parking lot (not the church’s)

Schedule:
10:00 a.m. Mingle and sign-ups
10:45 a.m. Welcome & Announcements
11:00 a.m. Games begin
12:30 - 1:30 Meal Break
5:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony
6:00 p.m. Clean Up

Special Notice:
There is no garbage service or running water (outside of bathrooms) at this park. Don’t make me haul away your trash. Please bring extra ice and water.

You May Want to Bring:
Sunglasses
Sun tan lotion (or sun block)
Bug spray
Hat
Drinking mug

We Need:
Frisbees or discs (175g Ultimate Frisbees preferred) (labeled with your name, please)
More ice and water coolers (full please)

Food:
Food has been purchased per the RSVPs. Do not expect there to be extra or purchases at the door. There may be a limited number of chocolate covered strawberries available for an additional charge.

Theme:
Starfleet Command has ordered the Seventh Fleet to investigate a Strange New World. Members from each ship will participate in different aspects of this exploration based on their abilities and desires. Some teams will take place on board ships, some will be away missions and others will be made up entirely of cadets.

All participants will be expected to participate to the best of their ability and present the best examples of the fleet, Starfleet, and the Federation.

Fundraiser:
There will be a mystery fundraiser event. It costs $1 to participate. Please bring additional dollar bills. All money will go to the Seventh Fleet’s operational budget

Set Your Course (Individual) (Group)
Navigate your disk around a course (Frisbee golf). Tightest course (fewest throws) wins.

Minefield (Team) (Group, Cadet)
Objects are scattered in an outdoor course. In teams, one person (with Tricorder) verbally guides his/her team, through the minefield, while they are blindfolded. Squeaky toys or bells with strings sitting on poles are the mines.

Sensor Separation (Individual) (Group)
Spread the sensors (Frisbees) as far apart as you can in one throw.

Picard Maneuver (Individual) (Group)
The furthest disk from the start point wins this concurrently with Sensor Separation.

Q’Vak (Individual) (Group)
Klingon children’s game, throw a ‘spear’ through a hoop to simulate hunting.

Last Redshirt Standing (Individual) (Group)
Use Styrofoam Holo-Crew shapes as targets with specially made ‘Kligats’. Points scored for hits, limb removal, and knockdown.

Deuterium Transfer (Team) (Mixed)
The pumps have failed! We need to get Deuterium to the Warp core or we explode! Water, bucket to bucket relay.

Survivor: Warp Bubble (Individual) (Group)
Something has gone horribly wrong with the warp drive. The universe seems to be shrinking. Who will be left? (No Cadets)

Shuttle Launch (Individual) (Group)
Paper Airplane Contest. Who can land the closet to the landing zone? Whose goes the farthest?

Queen to Queen’s Level Three (Individual) (Group)
Starfleet has sent messages using the new code. They must be decoded quickly.

Anti-Gravity Rod (Team) (Group)
The gravitic calipers have failed. It will take teamwork to move the anti-gravity rods into position. (Password or code breaking Timed

Shields (Individual) (Group, Cadet)
Manifestations are imitating the crew. The only way to tell who is who is by pressing on their shields.

One Moon Circles (Team) (Mixed)
Simulating the course of hydrogen molecules, two teams pass a ball around a circle, first on the outside, then on the inside. Fastest time completing two orbits wins.

Pipeline (Team) (Group)
Using lengths of pipe crewmembers must move material from point A to point B without touching or dropping them, through an obstacle course.

Phaser, Shields, Horta (Individual) (Mixed)
Strange hand signals serve to aid your ship. (Rock, Paper, Scissors)

Orion Pirate Dice (Individual) (Mixed)
Contestants will compete in a Liar’s Dice tournament. Play continues until 1 player remains (AKA Mudd’s or Pirate’s dice)

Techno-babble, ‘Journey to Babel’, (Team) (Mixed)
The Aphasia Virus has struck. Find out who’s got it. Participants will repeat a phrase to the next person in line, and so forth until the last team member has received the phrase. Successful groups return to active duty.

Ship Puzzles (Team) (Mixed)
The ships have been disassembled and scattered. Find all the people, equipment and sections that belong to each ship. (i.e.: Captains, cloaking device)

Shuttle Launch (Individual) (Cadet)
Paper Airplane Contest. Who can land the closet to the landing zone? Whose goes the farthest?

Screamer (Pairs) (Cadet)
The eyes are the windows to the soul. What is inside yours? Players must all look into someone’s eyes. If they are looking in yours, you both scream and are eliminated. Play continues until all are out.

Shields (Individual) (Group, Cadet)
Manifestations are imitating the crew. The only way to tell who is who is by pressing on their shields.

Geese Juggling: (Individual, Away Team) (Group, Cadet)
“Firefly Wash: Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.”
Without using your hands, keep two feathers from touching the ground. Timed event.

Phaser, Shields, Horta (Individual) (Mixed)
Strange hand signals serve to aid your ship. (Rock, Paper, Scissors)

Deuterium Transfer (Team) (Mixed)
The pumps have failed! We need to get Deuterium to the Warp core or we explode! Water, bucket to bucket relay.

NCIS: Seventh Fleet (By ship) (Mixed)
Clues have been seeded throughout the other events. Captains should gather their crew and discuss the solution to this mystery. Like Clue but with the Seventh Fleet. Trophy awarded for most correct answers.

Eggscape Pod (Team) (Mixed)
Using only the materials provided, small groups design an egg package to save a crew-egg from breaking when dropped from a height. Create a 30 second jingle or ad to sell your design. Followed by the Great Egg Disaster.

Starfleet Intelligence (Team)
Starfleet science has detected mysterious signals. Decode the images for a service award.

*Please Note* The date for this activity has been changed - please mark your calendars accordingly!!

When: November 20, 2010
Where: Kittryn Butt’s home (Kittryn is George Bogler’s sister, for those of you who remember him)
Time: TBD

The idea behind this activity is to provide help for a family in need. The activity itself will also be a game night, and will be the collection point for all the food we will be collecting. Details will be provided as they are known.