Ahhh the first sense of spring is in the air today as I type this delayed edition of Sub Space Chatter our regional news bulletin. It seems many of us are enduring the winter blahs and will soon hit the first major sci fi con of the season in Maryland.
Some of you are there already such as ship cos and R7 staffers Jim and Mary Ann Puglise of Adamant/Ascension fame who will be showcasing their models at The Collective Table. Asst. Recruitment Director Mike Allen will be minding the store and coordinating the volunteer schedule at the Starfleet recruitment table. Please offer a hand to help out during the weekend.
Our Starfleet meeting is at 9 am at the same location as last year. Please see the con schedule for the exact location.
An hour prior to that you can break bread and enjoy breakfast with the RC for the second annual Farpoint Brunch at 8 am in the main restaurant in the hotel.
Feb. 26 is the annual Polar Bear Plunge in Seaside Heights NJ and the Starfleet Plunge team, which has adopted the theme of Ice Borgs this year, would appreciate any financial support you can lend us. See me or R7 Chief of Staff Commodore Jeff Victor if you had a donation of a check or cash. Checks can be made out to Special Olympics, Polar Bear Plunge NJ.
Wayne will speak more about this at the meeting but our membership numbers are up in the region and most of our chapters have addressed their membership strength and reporting issues something that we are very happy about.
We still have a few ships who have been absent some MSRs or need their XO to get their needed OCC and OTS but we’ve noticed that issues like this have been lessening in recent months.
Jeff will be making a status update on the fun planned for Starfleet International Conference 2011 going on in the PA sector in August.
Other topics will include the region’s fundraising efforts and multi chapter activity plans.
I know I’m nursing a growing cold at the moment but I’m still hoping to see you all tomorrow.
For those who are not planning on going, I am sure we will have a complete report following the con on our regional lists.
As always should you have a project idea, compliment, complaint, question or problem that we can assist with. Let Wayne or I know.