Captain’s Log 20220924

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Members present: Laurie M, Jared F, Earl B, Mike D, Bernard D, Dee S, Woody W.

Members Zooming in: Guy M, Christine P, and RC Bran S.

Guest Present: Troy S

  • Zoom Members
    • MURP from Guy
      • Marine Unit Readiness Program – certifies the Marine group with occupational specialties
      • 5 individuals need to take one of the five required courses in each specialty
      • Guy will do the paperwork
      • First two specialties to do: Medical and Aerospace
      • Group agreed to participate
    • Christine happy to join us from a distance
  • Old Business
    • Commissioning Ceremony
      • Great success!  Good job all!
      • Two new members as a result – Woody and Elene
      • Refreshments – please help Earl and Marsha with reimbursements for refreshments!
      • Dee took pictures; Laurie copied them to her drive and will post on Facebook
    • STARFLEET Election Season
      • All eligible members said they had received emails
      • Laurie will post the info to Facebook re: each candidate’s website and the YouTube video with all four discussing their policies.
  • New Business
    • Possible website
      • The SF Core of Engineers is giving away a website design and one-year hosting for one ship
      • Laurie entered us into the contest and was notified that we are considered a finalist!
      • If we win, we’ll need to think of ways to finance the site after that year, somewhere around $100-150.
      • Christine reminded us that we could also develop our own through Wix.com if we need to build one – much less expensive
    • Next Business Meeting – reset to October 8th at 1:00pm
    • Next Fun Meeting – Same day: Laurie proposed watching some Strange New Worlds episodes
    • Aaron’s Status
      • Aaron died of a heart attack on Friday, Sept. 9th at his home
      • Laurie wanted to promote him before reporting his loss to STARFLEET because rank can’t be changed once he’s pulled out of the system
      • Laurie has authority to promote up to CMDR, and wanted to based on Aaron’s love of Trek (He and his wife have been on every Trek Cruise!)
      • Bran reminded the group that he can promote Aaron to CAPT.
      • Laurie agreed to send Bran Aaron’s SCC number so he could make the promotion to CAPT in recognition of Aaron’s fandom.
    • Toys for Tots
      • Group planned to have November 25-27 as dates we could collect for Toys for Tots this year
      • Still want to meet at a Target (they are usually better with a group collecting for organizations than other stores) – no decision about which one
      • Mike and Laurie will make contact and see if the Marines will let us do so
    • Removal/Addition of Charities
      • Remove Autism Speaks – everyone agreed that their reputation is very bad in the community, so we will remove them from the list of charities we support
      • Additional Charities
        • Add Joy Junction – local food organization.  Much easier for us to support, possibly even in person rather than financially.  Unanimously agreed.
        • Add American Heart Association – we have survivors and have lost members to heart disease. Proposal by Dee to add them was unanimously agreed.
    • Next Activity
      • Dee proposed the Walk for Breast Cancer on October 29th at 9:00am
      • Unanimously supported
      • Dee will post as an event to the FB page
    • Handbook Changes
      • Laurie reviewed the Handbook for minor changes and discovered the Handbook currently has no points for those who attend an event virtually.
      • Laurie proposed that we add the same points for virtual attendance that we do for physical attendance.
      • Unanimous approval from the group.

Meeting adjourned, approximately 1:50 pm.