SNN UPDATE #25

Tuesday, 11 June 1996

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It's June, and we all know what that means -- new members!  
Hello, and welcome back to SNN UPDATE, where we just LOVE   
new members.  For those of you who don't know what we are,  
we are STF's best (actually, the only) Club-wide distrib-   
ution newsletter.  Fear not, we only publish once every two 
weeks.  At most.                                            
Anyway, in this month's news:  A conspicuous new member     
joins, Jello Wars rage in the OT, and the latest CHAT       
meet... all of this, and more, in today's SNN UPDATE!       
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* On 2 June, Vice President Nick "Why is it that I always   
 get this nickname wrong?" Oven announced that the STF      
 Yearbook, originally concieved as a USPS-distributed hard- 
 bound volume, would instead be posted onto the  Internet's 
 World Wide Web.  With the aid of a scanner,  Nick hopes to 
 put the picture of every STFer brave enough  to submit one 
 onto his server -- contact the Veep in "STF PRINTING PRESS"
* On a more somber note, STFer Sue "Jolanne Jaxa" Isik,     
 captain of the Trinitron, announced her retirement from    
 STF on 4 June.  Citing an increasingly hectic RL life as   
 her reason, she left the Trinitron in the somewhat capable 
 hands of Nick "I still can't think of a good nickname for  
 you" Oven.  Being that she's still on good terms with us   
 (phew!), she stated that she wished to be kept informed of 
 all CHAT meets -- just to stay in touch.                   
* Speaking of CHAT, the CHAT meet on 2 June was, to put it  
 mildly, a disaster.  Although SNN UPDATE did not have any  
 reporters on the scene (oops), we have it on good author-  
 ity that there were only two or three attendees.  Presi-   
 dent Randy E. "Not so Fast, Tim!" McCullick asked for a    
 make-up meet in Mid-June, and preperations are already     
 underway to put on a meet on the weekend of 15 June.       
 Contact Mike "Cray Z" Ballway at "STF CHAT MEET!" to       
 suggest a date & time.                                     
* The "PREMsident" had his RPG back-story generator on full 
 speed ahead on 9 June, when he posted a complete backstory 
 for the Xavier Fleet Yards.  The XFYards are the home of   
 the Aurora- and Nimitz-Classes (two of STF's four          
 "original" designs) and Randy's home-base as Dockmaster.   
 STF's other starship construction complex, SB93's Churlsan 
 Han Fleet Yards, saw action on 8 June as Mike "Get 'im,    
 Randy!" Ballway posted an explanatory note for that        
 facility.  For more information, visit "STF0 XAVIER YARDS" 
 and "STF2 *SB93 HAN YARDS."                                
* Located just "south" of us on the Games BB, the STNG      
 (Star Trek-Next Generation) club has shared space with STF 
 ever since The Club BB days.  At times the clubs have      
 acted almost as "sister fleets" -- when the Academy was    
 first proposed, it was a joint operation between the two;  
 The STF Engineering Department is based off of STNG's Tech 
 Department.  Now, the bond has been solidified as Lt. (jg) 
 Emily "I just had to try" Braunstein has joined  STF. Req- 
 uesting the CE spot on the Connie (ostensibly to serve     
 next to yours truly, although I have no idea why anyone    
 would WANT to), "Em," as her friends call her, is going    
 through the Academy at the moment.  Congrats, Em, you're   
 the first cadet to get an SNN article all to yourself!     
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