vol. 17 no. 6 - November 2001
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ELECTED OFFICERS:
President (Captain) - Richard Heim |
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FCapt. Richard Heim |
| Welcome to the 0111 issue of the Carolina Communicator! As
always, I'd like to thank our editor,
Ian Johnsson, for a great job putting together the CC! Without his
help, the CC simply would not happen.
Congratulations to our XO, Dale Anderson, on his promotion to the rank of Commander! Dale accumulated 100 points and successfully completed the Alaric promotion points worksheet, which is the only way for promotion to Commander. (As a reminder, the Alaric Member Handbook notes that you enter the commissioned officer ranks by successfully completing the Starfleet Academy course, Officers Training School [OTS], and you can progress up through the rank of Lieutenant Commander by either turning in a promotion points worksheet or by taking additional Starfleet Academy courses.) While on the subject of the Academy, there are a number of wonderful and exciting courses to take! I recommend starting out with OTS, because that course opens the door to so many opportunities in the club. There is also a large variety of fantastic Vulcan Academy of Sciences courses. It's fun! It's easy! Give it a try! The club held our biennial officer elections in September. Of the 17 ballots mailed out, 9 were returned for a response rate of about 50%. There were nine YES votes for each office with the results: Richard Heim re-elected as CO, Dale Anderson re-elected as XO, and Sheila Thomas-Hand elected as SO. Thank you to all who voted, and shame on those who didn't! ;) Progress is being made in the planning for the club's 20-year anniversary celebration, Alaricon, next year. See the special report below. The subject of where the Alaric holds our regular monthly meetings was brought up again. An examination of our options earlier this year did not turn up any alternative meeting place. If new information is presented, it will be discussed and a club vote (yes, another one) will be taken. By now, I'm sure everyone has heard about the September 11 terrorist attack and the anthrax-laced letters that subsequently have turned up in the mail to the news media and Congress. Everyone has an opinion, and I can assure you that I am outraged at these criminal acts. I'd like to share two relevant bits of information with you in this report (click on indicated references for details). In September, I emailed some ideas of things that we, as U.S. citizens, can do to help on the homeland security front. In October, Rear Admiral Mark Anbinder discussed some practical procedures to follow in STARFLEET mailings to minimize the worry over anthrax in letters and packages. In a related matter, I'm a contact point at work for questions from the media on the climate in the U.S. and in other parts of the world. Since the September attack, I've received calls from The New York Times, USA Today, Discovery Channel-Toronto, and many others asking about the climate of Afghanistan. I'm fully prepared to respond to these requests at work, but I'm not prepared to take such calls at home. So, I've been especially vigilant at screening my home phone calls. If you already have my home number and need to talk to me by phone, start leaving a message on the voice mail when you call. If I'm there, I'll pick up. If I don't pick up, I'll call you back as soon as I can after I return. The new fall tv season has started, and there are several new and returning sf shows to whet our voracious appetites!
I'd like to remind everyone of the special club activities. These include collecting Campbells product labels in support of Eliada Children's Home, and aluminum can recycling as a club fund raiser. Our XO is heading up our participation in the Vessel Readiness Certification Program. I call upon the Alaric crew to please support these activities. ALARIC WEB CONTACTS: Home page and backup: Online newsletters web page and backup: http://www.ussalaric.org/cc/ REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING REPORTS The September (0109.08) meeting was a very important meeting. I had Chad, Joe, and Sasha open and count the ballots for our biennial officer elections. All three candidates (Sheila, Dale, and myself) were elected with 9 YES votes and no NO votes. I'm quite pleased that all three elected offices now have bodies (it's been a while since we've had a Second Officer). After the regular officer and department chief reports, we spent a lot of time discussing Alaricon and voted on the date. Our fun activity this month was playing the "Star Trek: The Next Generation Monopoly" game. For the October meeting report, see Sheila's Second Officer report. I'll end this section of my report with another plug for Pastimes. If you're looking for music, comics, or gaming material, check them out! Pastimes, 175 Weaverville Highway, Asheville, NC 28804, phone (828) 658-0588 (email pastimesnc@earthlink.net). These great folks have been distributing our newsletters and flyers for years! Tell 'em "Richard of the Alaric sent me"! ALARICON STATUS REPORT First, some basic information. Alaricon will be held:
The theme for Alaricon will be celebrating Star Trek's newest tv series, Enterprise, and the USS Alaric's 20th Anniversary. We're planning to have videos, dealers, gaming, door prizes, an auction, and more. The convention is being geared for both longtime STARFLEET members as well as new ST fans in the area who have never joined a club before. Alaricon will be a small convention, a mini-convention. We wanted our 20-year anniversary to be more than just the traditional open house, but we don't have the resources or funds to put on a full-scale convention. We are planning to have guests, but not big-name Star Trek actors ... we just can't afford to pay their several-thousand-dollar speaker fee. Our guests will be people who live in the area who work or have worked on Star Trek or in the science-fiction field. The first two confirmed guests are Brian Holloway and Ralph Roberts.
Our staff (committee chairs) so far:
We need to charge an admission in order to cover hotel, advertising, convention supplies, and other expenses. But part of the profits will be donated to charity. Hopefully soon we'll be able to report on which local charity we'll be working with. For further information, or if you are interested in volunteering to help, visit our web page or contact me (Richard Heim) at AlaricRH@sprynet.com or Alaricon, P.O. Box 2072, Asheville, NC 28802. That's all for this report. Live Long, and Prosper! FCapt. Richard Heim |
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Cmdr. Dale Anderson |
| [Editor's Note: Due to recent medical problems, First Officer Dale
Anderson was unable to submit a report in time to make this edition,
although he was able to make a report for the Social Sciences Department
(see below). I'm sure I speak for the rest of the crew when I say we all
hope he is feeling better soon and can get back into action by the next
CC.]
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| Second Officer | Cmdr. Sheila Thomas-Hand |
| Minutes for October 13 Meeting
Members Present: Joe McCollum, Richard Heim, Dale Anderson, David Moxley and Visitor: David Klingman from the U.S.S. Hawkeye. The Business Meeting began at 1:15 PM and ended at 3:00 PM. Officer and Department Reports:
Mars Quest: On exhibit at Catawba Science Center until Dec 5. Door Prizes: Notepad from 1999 International Conference - Sheila; Star Trek book - David Moxley; Card/Button - David Klingman Click Here to Return to Table of Contents
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Alaric Department Reports |
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DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Chief Science Officer - Richard Heim |
| Chief Science Officer | FCapt. Richard Heim |
| The Science Lab listserver is a cool place to find news and web
pages on neat developments in science. Here is just a sampling of recent
posts:
SCIENTIFICS ONLINE Edmund Scientifics has been in the science instruments business for decades. They make and sell a unique collection of scientific, educational, and entertaining products that help make "science come to life". Check out their web page at: ONE STEP CLOSER TO A WORKING TRANSPORTER It may be another 150 years before a starship's transporter can
be graded for biological matter including humans (as mentioned in "Broken
Bow"), but scientists have come one step closer toward making
that day happen. Physicists in Denmark reported on Wednesday
(coincidentally, the day Enterprise premiered) that they were
successful in making two samples of trillions of atoms interact at a
distance, in an experiment that may someday lead to Star Trek-style
"teleportation" and rapid quantum computing, according to a Reuters
article. Eugene Polzik and his colleagues at the University of
Aarhus forged quantum "entanglement" between two blobs of cesium
gas, meaning that the arrangement of one set of quantum particles
was
http://startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=120985 RELATED LINKS: Nature: "Trillion-atom triumph" Reuters: "Atom Experiment Brings Teleportation a Step Closer" Nature science journals: Home page MORE PLANETS EMERGE WITH SOLAR SYSTEM-LIKE ORBITS NASA INTERNET RELEASE: 01-197 An international team of astronomers has discovered eight new extrasolar planets, bringing to nearly 80 the number of planets found orbiting nearby stars. The latest discoveries, supported by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF), uncovered more evidence of what the astronomers are calling a new class of planets. These planets have circular orbits similar to the orbits of planets in our solar system. At least two of the recently detected planets have approximately circular orbits. This characteristic is shared by two planets (one of them the size of Jupiter) previously detected by the same team around 47 Ursae Majoris, a star in the Big Dipper constellation, and one around the star Epsilon Reticulum. The majority of the extrasolar planets found to date are in an elongated, or "eccentric," orbit. "As our search continues, we're finding planets in larger and larger orbits," said Steve Vogt of the Lick Observatory, University of California at Santa Cruz. "Most of the planetary systems we've found have looked like very distant relatives of the solar system -- no family likeness at all. Now we're starting to see something like second cousins. "In a few years' time we could be finding brothers and sisters," he added. The recently detected planets range in mass from 0.8 to 10 times the mass of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. They orbit their stars at distances ranging from about 0.07 AU (astronomical unit, or the distance from the Sun to Earth), to three AU. If you're interested in receiving these and other fascinating posts, including a list of upcoming science shows on tv each week, go to the yahoo web page and sign up! Here's how:
This issue's science facility discussion focuses on the Franklin Institute Museum of Science, which is located in downtown Philadelphia, PA. I spent a couple hours in the museum when Shirley and I were visiting Philly for this year's worldcon, but I could have spent all day there. They have four floors of great science exhibits! Ranging from aviation to bioscience, astronomy to mechanics, weather and geology to math! According to their brochure, "The Franklin Institute is overflowing with exciting exhibits and programs! The Museum offers four floors of interactive exhibits. From new attractions -- like KidScience and the 3D Theater -- to favorites like The Sports Challenge, the Heart, and the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, visitors can enjoy hundreds of hands-on devices." I especially liked the clear, intelligent explanations of the science principles behind each display (they're written for young adults but at a level that even kids can understand) and the many devices illustrating the wonders of electricity (the kids loved these, too!).
The Museum also has an IMAX theater, a planetarium, a couple cafes with reasonably-priced food, and four stores with great souvenirs, t-shirts, books, puzzles, telescopes, and so much more. This is by far the best public science museum I have visited! The Franklin Institute Science Museum is located at 222 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, phone (215) 448-1200. Check out their web page at: http://www.fi.edu/
Check out the Alaric's science department web page: FCapt. Richard Heim RDC REGION ONE SCIENCES NEWS Region One Sciences currently does not have an Assistant RDC or a newsletter editor. The second position is especially important, as an editor is desperately needed to get the Region One Sciences newsletter webzine back online. The latest issue of the Region One Sciences newsletter that has been published is the June/Sept 2000 issue (http://alaricrh.home.sprynet.com/science/nl/r1sci00060009.htm). I'm currently seeking applicants for both positions, so if you're interested, contact me by December 31: Richard Heim, P.O. Box 2072, Asheville, NC 28802, or by email at AlaricRH@sprynet.com Check out the Region One Sciences web page: http://alaricrh.home.sprynet.com/science/R1Science.htm FCapt. Richard Heim U.S.S ALARIC NOW SCIENCE FLAGSHIP OF STARFLEET!! As of November 1, 2001, I was appointed the new Fleet Division Chief of Sciences for STARFLEET! It gives me a great deal of pleasure to announce that we have filled the posts of FDC Sciences and FDC Cadets. FCAPT Richard Heim will be joining the Fleet Division Program as Chief of the Sciences Division. Col. Matthew G. Copple - Director, Fleet Division Program The following is what I have posted to several internet lists in the past week as my ideas and plans for Starfleet Sciences. The focus of my Science FDC efforts will be to serve as an informational and communications resource for the Science RDC's and RC's throughout STARFLEET. In furtherance of this goal, there are many things I hope to accomplish in the months ahead.
In the weeks ahead, I'll be asking for applicants to Starfleet Sciences staff positions. If you're interested, drop me a line and I'll let you know what the positions are and application details, when they're worked out. In the meantime, the following table lists regional science contacts as I have them as of this writing:
I'd like to close by noting that STARFLEET is more than just one individual, it is the aggregated hopes and dreams and work of all members. The same is true for the science division. I want to work with fellow science enthusiasts across 'Fleet -- find out what your thoughts and ideas are -- and, together, transform them into reality! FCapt. Richard Heim Click Here to Return to Table of Contents
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reproduced more-or-less instantly in a similar collection of distant
particles, without physical contact. Albert Einstein once described
such quantum entanglement as "spooky action at a distance." This is
not the first time such a spooky action has taken place. In 1998
scientists at the California Institute of Technology teleported a
beam of light across a laboratory bench. But the Denmark experiment
is a milestone for achieving such a quantum feat on more than four
particles at a time. "It is the first result where two macroscopic
material objects have been entangled," Polzik explained to Reuters.
"This work should pave the way for a new generation of experiments
to teleport states of matter," said Ignacio Cirac, a quantum
physicist at Austria's University of Innsbruck. He believes further
experiments will follow which could "revolutionize the field of
quantum information." The results were reported to the science
journal Nature, which points out that the current definition of
"teleportation" does not involve "the wholesale deconstruction and
reconstruction of humans, Star Trek-style," but rather a way to
transmit a message from one place to another without sending photons
across the intervening space. More information is available at the
links below. 
| Chief Engineer | Cmdr. Sheila Thomas-Hand |
| The Engineering Department of the Alaric has been working hard to
keep the ship in top working order. This has been achieved, and the
Alaric is ready to go wherever it is needed.
The Chief Engineer has had some trouble lately in real life though. I was recently laid off from one job, and had to go job hunting again. This was a disappointing loss, since I enjoyed my last job tremendously. But I am currently back at work as a Customer Service Representative for ClientLogic. It seems like it will be an interesting job. Unfortunately, I have also had to deal with the death of a friend I had known since I was a child. The combination of the layoff, terrorist attack, and friend's death, has resulted in my being slightly depressed. However, thanks to finding new job, and support of friends and family, I am now recovering, and should be back to typical emotions soon. So please forgive me, if I have snapped at you lately, or seemed to be out of sorts. I am sorry, and I will attempt to do better. |
| Chief, Computer Operations | Ensign Robert Saucier |
| "Get $200 just for forwarding this e-mail!" "Create an address book entry for '!000' and stop e-mail viruses!" "Check out this picture of a guy from the WTC just before the jet hit!" "Don't throw rice at weddings. Birds will eat it and die because it swells up and they explode" "Starbucks charged paramedics $130 for water for WTC victims!" "If you get an e-mail that says 'Here's a virtual flower for you', delete it! It's a virus!" One of these is true, the rest are false -- they're urban legends or outright hoaxes. I'm sure you've heard the saying, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." For example, you receive an e-mail that says Microsoft and AOL are testing an e-mail tracking application and that if you forward the e-mail on to 5 (or 10 or 20...) of your closest friends, you might receive cash! Some other clues:
The problem with these items, usually received via e-mail, is that they waste our time, can spread a variety of unwarranted emotional responses (usually bad) and, as far as e-mail goes, chew up Internet resources. The most prevalent e-mail hoaxes that I see have to do with computer viruses. Two excellent resources to check first are Symantec's Security Response site and McAfee's Virus Information Library. Usually, just entering a few words from the subject of the e-mail you received will bring up the hoax information. For just about everything else I recommend Snopes.com, UrbanLegends.com and ChekWARE's Hoax section. As a side benefit, ChekWARE also lists current viruses on their home page, one level up from the hoaxes section. So, what can YOU do? Instead of unwittingly contributing to the problem, take a couple of minute to research the item. Claiming that you're only trying to help is not an excuse! You may be doing more harm than good. One example would be an e-mail I once received that was purportedly from a university professor. When I checked with her to verify that she sent it, she was near her wit's end because of all of the "support" she was receiving from concerned, well-meaning people. Unfortunately, it disrupted her work and her life. There are many other web sites that list hoaxes and urban legends -- you don't have to use the sites I've listed. Use your favorite search site to look for terms like "hoaxes" or "urban legends" or even use the subject line of the suspect e-mail. Be careful, be alert. You may never get thanked for it but you'll know you're doing good works! If you've researched something but still have a question as to whether something is or isn't a hoax, send it to me and I'll take a crack at tracking it down. Oh, the true item from the beginning of this column? Starbucks actually charged paramedics $130 for 3 cases of water while they were working on victims of the World Trade Center attack. It wasn't until there was a fairly large public outcry that they refunded the money. Check out the story at Snopes.com. |
| Chief, Social Sciences | Cmdr. Dale Anderson |
Social Sciences Report The conservation laboratory for the Naval Historical Center is part of the Underwater Archaeology Branch. As a laboratory for the treatment of archaeological artifacts, the lab's primary responsibility is the conservation and preservation of artifacts from US Navy ship and aircraft wreck sites. The conservation staff also has responsibilities beyond the treatment of individual artifacts or wreck sites. The conservators review proposals for the excavation and conservation of Navy archaeological sites, as well as legislation that affects the preservation of underwater cultural resources. In addition the conservation staff assists Naval Museums across the country, including the Navy Museum here on the Washington Navy Yard, with conservation advice, planning, and implementation. What is conservation? Conservation is the process of preserving historical or archaeological objects and the information they contain. The scientists who do this work are called conservators. Conservators' main goals are to clean the objects, stop or slow the chemical and/or biological deterioration, and protect the objects from further damage. The methods used by conservators depend on the material of the object, the environment in which it was found, and its physical condition. Sometimes objects are best preserved by simply creating a safe and stable storage or display environment for them. Usually, however, artifacts from underwater sites need further treatment. This might include: the removal of marine concretions to reveal the surface of the object, the removal of excess chlorides from the object in order to slow chemical deterioration, the removal and/or the reduction of corrosion products, and the impregnation of some organic objects with chemicals designed to minimize damage when they are dried. Conservation treatments are unique to each object and a conservator must have a wide range of knowledge and experience to make good treatment decisions. The work of conservators is important not only because it preserves artifacts, but also because the careful examination and cleaning can reveal information that helps to understand artifacts more fully. For example, conservators use observation and scientific testing to reveal the material composition of an object, which helps to date the object and to understand the technology and technical innovations of the time period. Also, during cleaning, a conservator might uncover features such as tool marks, maker's marks, or owner's initials that help to understand how, when, and where an object was made and used. All of this information helps to illuminate the material culture and people of the time period being studied. The conservation lab of the Naval Historical Center treats a wide variety of archaeological artifacts. These artifacts range from personal effects like shoes, uniform, and chess pieces, to shipboard objects like plates and goblets, scrub brushes, and even the officer's toilets, to parts of the ship like hull planking, masts, and pulleys. The lab also works on historical artifacts from the Navy Museum such as skin boots from the Byrd expedition to Antarctica. The conservation lab currently has two full time conservators, who are treating artifacts from several shipwrecks including CSS Alabama (1864), USS Tulip (1864), USS Housatonic (1864), and an unidentified wreck in the Boca Chica Channel, Key West, Florida (c. 1770). Many of the objects go on display at places such as The Navy Museum and the Charleston Museum, and are published in site reports and here on the Naval Historical Center web page. The project of the USS Housatonic is interesting.. The USS Housatonic was a Federal sloop-of-war built in 1861 by the Boston Navy Yard. The 1240 ton vessel was 207 feet long with a 38 foot beam, and carried two main boilers and one auxiliary (all three of the Martin tubular patent), with two horizontal, 42-inch cylinder direct action engines that generated about 1150 horsepower. Housatonic was commissioned in Boston on 29 August 1862 with Commander William Rogers Taylor in command. The vessel departed Boston on 11 September and arrived at Charleston 19 September to join the South Atlantic blockade. Housatonic remained on duty off Charleston and settled into an unchanging daily routine. It was perhaps this daily inactivity that prompted the crew to become overly anxious for combat, thus accidentally firing on a sister blockading ship on the night of 21 January 1863. In early April 1863, Housatonic played a supporting role in Admiral Du Pont's attempt to take Fort Sumter with ironclads. Although the vessel did not take an active role in the attack, it is mentioned in Du Pont's battle plan and on charts regarding the placement of vessels during the attack. On the night of 8 September 1863, several boats belonging to Housatonic took part in a combined land assault against Fort Sumter. The surprise federal attack failed miserably, and several of Housatonic's crew were taken prisoner. In the month following the thwarted attack on Sumter, little or nothing out of the ordinary happened to Housatonic. Except for the supposed discovery of a string of floating contact mines, Housatonic continued the monotonous duty off Charleston. However, this routine shattered on the night of 17 February 1864 when Housatonic became the first vessel in history to fall victim to an enemy submarine. The Confederate submarine, CSS Hunley, slowly approached Housatonic on that fateful night. By the time observers determined it was not a log or other harmless object, Hunley was so close that Housatonic's heavy guns could not be lowered sufficiently for attack. As Housatonic attempted retreat, Hunley delivered a single torpedo attack. The Housatonic sank quickly in 27 feet of water, with the loss of five crewmen. The remainder of the crew scrambled to the relative safety of the rigging. For over thirty years after the incident, the wreck of Housatonic lay undisturbed beneath a marker buoy that warned visiting vessels of the hazard. The wreckage became a hazard at the turn of the century as commercial traffic increased. Charleston officials decided it was time to remove the vessel and awarded a contract for the work to William Virden in 1909. The contract stated that the prominent parts of the wreck were two boilers, a possible condenser, iron plates and straps, broken machinery and a few copper bolts. Virden was to lower the height of the wreckage without removing any of the portions of it, if that was practical. Virden dynamited the boilers, breaking them into smaller pieces, and announced that the contract had been completed. But when officials examined the wreckage they determined that it still remained too high for safe navigation. Virden was required to repeat the process until he finally came to the conclusion that the only way to clear the passage would be to remove the boilers. As a result of his work, very little of the vessel remained above the sediment. Following this destruction, the wreck site remained undisturbed for ninety years until staff from the Naval Historical Center's Underwater Archaeology Branch, the National Park Service's Submerged Resources Unit, the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources performed fieldwork on the Housatonic site in June and July 1999. The main objectives included the following: establish the extent and orientation of the wreck; determine where the vessel had been hit by Henley’s torpedo and how much damage was sustained; gather environmental information about the site; identify the large magnetic anomaly near Housatonic; and excavate select artifacts that could represent Union shipboard material culture. The project began with side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profile surveys, and sediment coring by the USGS Center for Coastal Geology (St. Petersburg, Florida). Then through jet-probing and examination of three excavation trenches, the archaeologist determined that the remains of Housatonic lie NNE-SSW, Despite the damage sustained in the early 1900s, the lower hull appears to be largely intact, except for the starboard stern, which appears to be disarticulated or missing. This evidence matches historical accounts stating that Hunley hit Housatonic in the starboard stern area. The large magnetic anomaly lying nearby was determined to be a marker buoy, presumably the one that marked the wreck site of the Housatonic in the early 20th century. Approximately 100 artifacts were raised, including coal, a pistol, artillery fuses, wood fragments, a pencil, leather shoes, copper alloy drift pins, copper sheeting fragments, a sheathing tack, a brass chain, an iron strap, and several iron concretions. All are being conserved at the Naval Historical Center's conservation lab in Washington, DC. After conservation, artifacts associated with Housatonic will be displayed with Hunley in the Charleston Museum in Charleston, South Carolina and at The Navy Museum in Washington, DC. |
| Chief, Tactical | 1st Lt. Chad Trantham |
| For this report, I'm going to report on the new Star Trek series
"Enterprise". By now, everyone has had the chance to catch a few
episodes and know what's going on. When I heard of the plot behind the
new series months ago, I was uneasy about it. I just knew that they were
going to screw up with the timeline. But I've talked about it with
friends and decided to give it a chance. I thought it would be
interested to see a Star Trek series without the following:
1. Klingons Of course, the first few shows had all of these. Most of these are okay but I about threw a pillow at the tv when I saw the battle cruiser. I didn't know Klingons are using the same ships from 250 years ago. Besides all of this, I do like the show. These are a few parts I like: 1. The theme song If you have not seen it yet, please tune in to it on UPN at 8pm Wednesdays. 1st Lt. Chad Trantham |
| OIC Marines | 1st Lt. Chad Trantham |
| I hope everybody will be at the Holiday Inn Express off of I-26 at
exit 2 March 22, 23, and 24, 2001 for AlariCon. The meeting room and
boardroom are reserved for the Alaric for those days. I'm working at
getting a low price for the Video Room and a low price for convention
guests. If you have any ideas on what we can have or do for the
convention, please let Richard know. If you have an idea but don't know
if we could do it in the hotel, e-mail me and ask. I'm heading up
Security and am also the hotel liason. I hope to see everyone there.
1st Lt. Chad Trantham |
| Chief Medical Officer | RADM Susan Bolick |
| [Editor's Note: Our Chief Medical Officer is currently suffering from a sick computer and due to an extreme case of chat room withdraw she was unable to prepare a report this month. It is my understanding that she is working to obtain the components she needs from a Ferengi free-trader and hopefully she will be back up and running soon.] |
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