the anvil - march 2012
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The March 2012 Edition of The AnvilTRANSCRIPT
THE ANVIL U.S.S. Hephaestus: NCC-2004 March 2012
ALWAYS ONWARD
A MEMBER OF STARFLEET INTERNATIONAL
THE ANVIL NCC-2004
INSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUE
From the Ready Room 1
XO Briefing 1
Ship’s Log 2
Starfleet Marine Corps 2
Star Trek News 3
Treasury Report 4
Away Team and Activity Schedule 4
Starfleet Renewal Reminders 4
Area Conventions 5
Command Structure 9
WEB LINKS
Starfleet www.sfi.org
Region 2
www.region2.org
USS Hephaestus www.usssheph.org
Editor MarkAdam Miller
Layout, Graphics and Publishing Brenda A. Miller
Marine Reporting Neil Yawn
Treasury Reporting MarkAdam Miller
HEPHAESTUS is the Greek name for the Roman
god of the forge, Vulcan. Birmingham has the
world’s largest iron statue, that of the Roman god,
Vulcan. We named our Starfleet chapter the
Hephaestus to give us ties to our city and to Star
Trek, which has had its own Vulcan since 1966.
Hephaestus forged armor and weapons for the gods.
We create our own “armor and weapons” here, in
our newsletter, so it is called The Anvil.
The Anvil, Issue 247, is the monthly newsletter of
the USS Hephaestus, NCC-2004, of Starfleet, The
International Star Trek Fan Association. All terms
and phrases from Star Trek are owned by
Paramount Pictures Corporation, a division of
Paramount Communications and all rights are
reserved.
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Greetings, This month starts the new social schedule. We have done away with the business meeting to focus more on the social event. The social event is now scheduled for the 2nd Saturday of the month. We are looking for ideas on what kind of things we might do and what might fit schedules better so that we may appeal to a wider range of people. Please remember to put on your schedule the Alabama Phoenix Festival at the end May. A lot of great guest are planned and looks to be a lot of fun. If you have an interesting article, movie or game review or a short story you would like to see in print please email it to the email address below so I can put it in the next anvil. Short stories may be spread out over several Anvils if to long for a single issue. Capt. MarkAdam Miller [email protected]
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The Executive Office was on an away mission and was not able to report for this issue.
Pat Hicks
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SShhiipp’’ss LLoogg
Feb. 18, 2012 – Social:
The social was a game night and Danny Potts brought a new game. The new game was Star Trek Heroclix. Even thought the game is a 2 to 4 player game 6 people played. The winner was Danny but that was because of some good rolls of the dice and not because it was his game.
Attendance: 11 people.
Personnel Updates:
No personal updates were given to me at this time.
Opportunities:
I am the head of the Trek Track for Alabama Phoenix Festival. They are looking for volunteers to help
with the festival. If you want to help you can go to this link and click on volunteers.
http://www.alabamaphoenixfestival.com/index.html
Rules for Volunteers
• All volunteers are expected to be helpful and courteous to APF attendees and guests. • All Volunteers are expected to work a minimum of 16 hours. This can include set-up and takedown
time. (More than 16 hours is appreciated and earns you Phoenix Feather points.) • All volunteers are expected to attend 1 of the 3 volunteer meetings that will be held prior to the 2012
event. See this page of the website for dates, times and locations. • As a volunteer who survives the event and follows the above rules, you will be fed and clothed (at
least for the weekend) and most importantly you will be eligible to be work at future APF events. • There is a one-time staff registration fee of $10.
All volunteer forms will be subject to approval. If you pre-register and are then later called to be a
volunteer, don't worry. We will refund your registration cost or transfer it to another person.
If you want to help with the Star Trek Track, a Star Trek uniform would be a great help.
SSttaarrfflleeeett MMaarriinnee CCoorrppss Greetings,
The new Commandant's Challenge is to donate food to your local food banks. This is a challenge to all SFMC personnel and is reported on the unit reports. The OIC of the 2 BDE BGen Oliver Savander has advised that Neil Yawn has been promoted to Major General. 1 BN (Alabama) has had a few changes: The 640th MSG (Montgomery) was deactivated. The 646th MSG (Hartsel) was activated. The 5th BN now has a unit which is stationed in Cuba.
We are looking for new Marines to join the unit from the USS Hephaestus.
BGen Neil Yawn, OIC 1 BN, 2BDE, OIC 654 MSG
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Description Payments Deposits Balance
Beginning Balance $ 168.00
No charges
Ending Balance $ 168.00
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DATE EVENT/TIME LOCATION/ACTIVITY Mar. 2, 2012 Anvil Deadline [email protected] Mar 10, 2012 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House – Video Trivia Mar 16, 2012 Poker – 7 pm Evan’s House Mar,16-18,2012 Summit Hammond, Louisiana
April. 6, 2012 Anvil Deadline [email protected]
April 13, 2012 Poker – 7 pm Mohney’s House April. 14, 2012 Social – 2 pm Mohney’s House – Spring Cookout May 4, 2012 Anvil Deadline [email protected] May 11 2012 Poker – 7 pm Miller’s House May. 12 2012 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House – Movies June 1, 2012 Anvil Deadline [email protected] June 8, 2012 Poker – 7 pm Pott’s House June 9, 2012 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House – Table Games
ALL EVENTS AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE REFER TO THIS
SECTION FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION
.SSTTAARRFFLLEEEETT RREENNEEWWAALL RREEMMIINNDDEERRSS
Potts Family 02/20/12 Green 03/18/12 Mangina 04/18/12 Hicks family 05/28/12 Gainer 06/09/12
Carr 07/16/12 Miller Family 08/26/12 Youngblood-Yawn 11/30/12 Mohney Family 12/20/12
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Area Conventions March
Kamping Kon 2012
March 3, 2012: Cochran, Georgia - Come join us for a day (or two) of games, food, spirits, and escapades -
http://www.kampingkon.org/
Region 2/3 Joint Summit
March 16-18, 2012: Hammond, Louisiana – Region 2 is joining Region 3 in a joint summit at the Quality Inn & Conference
Center. The Mayan's predicted the end of the world in 2012, but Region's 2 & 3 laugh in their face and defy the odds. The two
Regions are banding together to celebrate life and Star Trek in an event to end all events - http://www.region3.org/summit/
Coast Con 35
March 16-18, 2012: Biloxi, Mississippi – Guest Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman, Warehouse 13) & Patricia Tallman
(Babylon 5) - http://www.coastcon.org/
Sukoshicon 2012
March 30 –April 1, 2012: Birmingham, AL – Anime convention - http://sukoshicon.com/bham/location.html
April
TrexTrax 2012
April 20-22, 2012: Atlanta, Georgia - The New Star Trek Convention dedicated to Star Trek in all its various forms and its
fans in all their various forms - http://trektrax.org
May
Mobicon XV
May 18-20, 2012: Mobile, AL - Ethan Phillips is going to be a guest - http://www.mobicon.org/Default.aspx
Alabama Phoenix Festival
May 25-27, 2012: Birmingham, AL - The Alabama Phoenix Festival is a celebration that spans the realms of creativity and
imagination and shows how the impossible is possible for us all! The Festival invites all ages from 1 to 909 years of age to come
together and celebrate The Arts, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Gaming and all interests from every quarter of the universe! There is
something for everyone! The fantasies and dreams of today lead to the realities of tomorrow and Alabama Phoenix Festival is here to
support that in our community! http://www.alabamaphoenixfestival.com/
Timegate 2012
May 25-27, 2012: Atlanta, GA - TimeGate is an annual science fiction / fantasy convention that focuses on Doctor Who and
Stargate but also includes programming on a wide range of other sci-fi / fantasy interests. So if you're into Stargate SG-1, Stargate
Atlantis, Doctor Who, Torchwood or The Sarah Jane Adventures—or you're excited about the new show Stargate Universe - this is
the convention for you! But if not, we'll also have Star Trek, Battlestar, literary, horror and comics programming too, along with
many other topics. In 2012, we celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Star Wars and the franchise that that film launched.
If you have information about up coming conventions or events that you would like to have
published please send info to [email protected]
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USS HEPHAESTUS
COMMAND STRUCTURE
COMMAND STAFF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MarkAdam Miller, Captain – Commanding Officer Pat Hicks, Fleet Captain – 1st Officer
Dennis Evans, Fleet Captain – Second Officer
SueEllen Mohney, Captain Denby Potts, Rear Admiral Danny Potts, Rear Admiral
SCIENCES NAVIGATION
Roy Green, Brigadier, SFMC – Archaeology and Anthropology
Pete Mohney, Admiral
COMPUTER SCIENCES ENGINEERING
Danny Potts, Rear Admiral Flo Hurst, Commander
COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY
Brenda A. Miller, Lt Cmdr Pat Simmons, Lt Cmdr
Melissa Boartfield, Crewman
Roy Green, Brigadier– Security Intelligence, Chief
OPERATIONS MARINES
SueEllen Mohney, Captain – Chief of Operations and Counselor
Shelia Benton, Lt Col – Stampede Coordinator, SFMC
Neil Yawn, Brigadier General, SFMC Roy Green, Brigadier ,SFMC
Shelia Benton, Lt Col Brenda A. Miller, Lt Cmdr
– Ships Stores Officer and Secretary Lynnette Yawn, Lt. – Ships Galley Officer
MEDICAL UNASSIGNED CREW AND CIVILIANS
Shelia Benton, Lt Commander – Chief Medical Officer, SFMD
Gloria Greening, Lt Nicholas Mohney, Ensign Edward deGruy, Lt Cmdr Renee Gainer, Lt JG
CADET TRAINING
Haley Youngblood, Cadet Apparent Matthew Potts, Crewman
Katrina Mohney, Cadet Crewman Tara Mohney, Cadet
Athena Youngblood, Cadet
