STARFLEET Region 7

Congratulations to our award winners for 2023!

• Chapter of the Year – USS Abraham Lincoln
• Charity of the Year – USS Sovereign
• CO of the Year – VAdm Mary Ann Gonzalez, USS Adamant
• Enlisted Member of the Year – PO3 Lori Blashaw, USS Venture
• Flag Officer of the Year – RAdm Keith Shikowitz, USS Abraham Lincoln
• Helping Hands – RAdm David Sladky, USS New Jersey
• Newsletter of the Year – USS Justice
• Officer of the Year – FCapt Cheryl Willcox, USS Avenger
• Website of the Year – USS Adamant
• Staff Member of the Year – VAdm Mary Ann Gonzalez

See previous Region 7 Annual Awards Winners

Dear 7th Fleet,

I received the news this morning from STARFLEET Inspector General Stephen Stott who stated:

Greetings STARFLEET,
On behalf of the Commander, STARFLEET, I am announcing that Admiral Bob Vosseller has won the R7 RC election and will retain his position for another term starting July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2026. Congratulations Admiral Vosseller.

I am honored and humbled by your confidence in me to continue to serve as your regional coordinator. It has proven interesting, challenging, frustrating, amusing and rewarding at times. I continue to appreciate the members of this region who over many years, I’ve come to know and have enjoyed spending time with. We truly have a fantastic region.

I will continue to do my best to represent your will on matters of the Admiralty Board and to coordinate with the help of our wonderful regional staff the programs and events that bring us together throughout the year. We are a very active region and our chapters at times face challenges that we make every effort to assist with. This week I received some ideas on programming for our autumn R7 Conference. I also received some sad news from one of our chapters. I got a question from another chapter about a matter concerning the SFI website. The adventure continues!

Thank you for your support and I hope this weekend was full of fun for all of you. Also, don’t forget the deadline for the R7 Awards program is two days away. Please send in your nominations. Remember “you can’t win it if you aren’t in it.”

Sincerely,
Adm. Bob Vosseller
Region 7 Coordinator

On behalf of the Commander, STARFLEET, it is my duty to announce that Admiral Robert Vosseller has obtained the 50%+1 or more of the nominations from chapters in the region and in accordance with the rules, is declared the winner of the R7 RC election in the nomination phase. His new term of office will be from July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2026. Congratulations to Admiral Vosseller. I also wish to thank all the chapters and the other nominee, James Zimmerman, that participated in the election process.

The following chapters submitted nomination:

1. USS New Jersey
2. USS Schwarzkopf
3. USS Britannic
4. USS Stella Pirata
5. USS Niagara
6. USS Justice
7. USS Osiris
8. USS Avenger
9. USS Banneker
10. USS Sovereign
11. USS Solstice
12. USS Adamant
13. USS Theresa Sylvester
14. USS Katherine Johnson
15. USS Challenger

Live long and prosper,
RADM Stephen Stott
IG, STARFLEET