Captain’s log 20230225

Meeting started at approximately 1:05 pm

Members present: Laurie M; Jared F; Bernard D; Dee S; Virginia and Ben D; Marsha and Earl B; Elene G; Troy S.

Members On Google Meet: Josef M; Christine and Wade W; Christine P; John R.

Guest: David M

  • Old Business
    • No Report from Comms (not present)
    • Report from Engineering
      • Website
        • Need people to be trained for using
        • Dee and Gene were interested, Josef is too
        • Laurie to connect Dee and Josef via email (per SFDPP)
      • Working on a list of props everyone is willing to bring to Cons
    • Report from Conn
      • Jared is ready to drive to Trinity in April
    • Report from Medical
      • Christine and Josef need to connect – Laurie will email both (per SFDPP)
      • MS Walk on 4/15
        • No limit to team membership
        • Event posted to FB; please respond to event if you are going so Christine knows how many to expect
    • Report from Ops
      • Trinity trip on 4/1/23
        • Respond on FB so we know how many/who’s going
        • Meet at National Atomic Museum for carpooling at 6:45am, to leave by 7:00am
        • Scheduled as a day trip; we will not stay overnight
      • Upcoming Conventions
        • Duke City Comic Con (June 16-18)
        • Bubonicon (August 25-27)
        • NM Comic & Film Expo (August 11-13)
        • Determined that the group will have a presence at these Conventions
        • Troy will work to get us a table at Duke City and NM Comic Expo
        • The Ship will have our anniversary party and a panel at Bubonicon
    • Report from Sciences
      • Marsha needs to connect with Mike Roybal about the Bowl-4-Kids event in SF (Laurie will connect them by email if Mike approves – SFDPP)
      • Marsha is compiling a list of our charities; would like suggestions from the group
    • Report from Tactical/MSG
      • Eddie was not present, but Earl could report
      • Eddie will be Brigade Officer in Charge (Brigade 17)
    • Group Apparel -Virginia
      • Priced out some options
        • T-shirts (with one side screen-printing) – $13
        • Polos (without any design) – $13
      • Still needs to check on patches
    • Handbook
      • Laurie had a large number of reservations
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  • New Business
    • Upcoming Conventions (discussed earlier)
    • Gamer Flea Market – had been scheduled for March 11th, but was moved to our next meeting date (March 25th), so Laurie has had to cancel
    • Update on Felice
      • Expired member of our ship
      • She’s lost her step-father (last summer), husband (September), and this week, her mother
      • She’s on the Trek Cruise right now, but Laurie wants to offer support when she gets back
    • Update on Cricket
      • Cricket also lost her mother this week
      • Please support her in any way we can
    • Promotions!
      • February is a little late, but promotions for all members of the crew receiving rank these past six months were handed out
      • Officer List:
        • LTjg Marsha Beighley
        • LTjg Christine Pointeau
        • ENS Gene Gutierrez
        • ENS Dee Spirock
        • ENS Christine Wilson
      • Enlisted List:
        • CRR Ben DePauw
        • CRR Virginia DePauw
        • CRR Elene Gusch
        • CRR Sage Lemhitz
        • CRR John Riley
        • CRR Michael Roybal
        • CRR Alan Terry
        • CRR Woodrow Webster
        • CRR Wade Wilson
    • Renewal Reminder – Cricket

Meeting adjourned, approximately 2:20 pm.