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We are Northwest Florida’s Premier Star Trek and sci-fi fan organization!
As a chapter of STARFLEET, we are open to ALL types of sci-fi fans who like to meet together — in person and online – and play games, work on costumes and other displays, be involved in community service, study science, watch movies, plans events, and enjoy each other’s company!
All events listed on the “Calendar” page are open to the public. To contact any of the Continuum’s Command Staff, please check out the “Members” page.
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PrintWhat does it take to make the Continuum a better organization? I asked our members to decide and here are their ideas:
1. Have parties/Bar-B-Qs at the park
2. Beach outings
3. Gaming events
4. Movie nights – including science-fact shows, ST movies/episodes, sci-fi classics.
5. Fiction writing contests
6. Go to movies
7. Road trips
8. Have a scholarship fundraiser
9. Laser tag in uniform
10. Swing dancing
11. Festival on the Green
12. Geocashing
13. Go-carting
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PrintForgive the delay in this post, but at the meeting on January 6, I asked crew members to list our “mission objectives” – the reasons why we do what we do, whether that be events or behind-the-scenes projects. Here’s what they came up with:
1. Have fun!
2. Gain new members
3. Inspire others
4. Advance our standing in STARFLEET
5. Raise enough money to support our projects
6. Socialize with other Star Trek fans
7. Get more members involved
8. Be better organized
9. Focus more on departments, including have department activities to better serve the organization
10. Advance education, particularly in the area of supporting science fact
11. Help & respect fellow members
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PrintThis Friday we’ll be discussing:
1. Financial report
2. Continuum renewals
3. Mission Objectives
4. Command Staff positions & responsibilities
- Community Service
- Fundraising
- Personnel
- Recruiting
- Social Media
- STARFLEET/Region 2
- Website
5. Wishlist discussion
6. 2012 events
- “Set” events
- Meetings
- Workshops (displays, costuming, fundraising, recruiting, etc)
- Community Service events
- Fundraising
- Social events
7. Other topics of interest
Hope to see you there!
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PrintHappy New Year 2012! We hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season and are now eagerly excited about getting back to business with the USS Continuum.
On this Friday, January 6, at 7 p.m., we’ll have our first meeting of 2012. As we have done in years past, at every January meeting, we discuss ideas for the events we would like to do in the year and then pull out our calendars and schedule dates as to when we want to do them.
However, for this meeting, we’ll also be reevaluating how the Continuum does business. Months ago, I asked our members to prepare their own “Wish lists,” each member bringing at least five ideas they would like to see us implement. While these could be new events, they could also be how we conduct our meetings, what kind of recruiting & fundraising strategies we use, what we have on our website, and more. This is a ship that belongs to its members, and I, for one, am interested in the ideas they’ve come up with.
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PrintTrek Nation is a documentary produced by Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, Jr., son of the late Star Trek creator, describing his father’s legacy by examining his most famous creation. The show will appear on the Science Channel on Wednesday, November 30, starting at 7 p.m. (Central Time) and run for two hours. (SCI will replay the show at 10 p.m.).
For those of you who don’t know: WatchParty is setup as an “online experience” — people watch the show, make their comments, win autographed prizes, etc. It’s usually all done in your own home with your own TV and your own internet connection. For ours, however, we’ll meet in person at Katie Cline’s residence to watch the show but also to take part in that other fun stuff. We’ll get together as early as 6 p.m., eat food, hang-out, and then watch the show at 7.
However, you must register first by contacting Jay. Also, if you have one, please bring your laptop or notebook to share your opinions on the movie. This will be a potluck diner, so please bring a dish; Katie will provide some beer for those legal enough to drink and some soft beverages for those that are not (or chose not to drink alcohol).
For more information about Trek Nation including an exclusive video promo and the press release, check out their website.
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PrintOn December 4, 1993, our STARFLEET chapter went from being the “Shuttlecraft Continuum” to the “USS Continuum.” To celebrate our eighteenth anniversary, we will be meeting at O’Charley’s Restaurant (6233 N Davis Highway, Pensacola) on Tuesday, November 29 at 6:30 p.m. And because the holiday season is now upon us, we will continue with our tradition of having a “Sneaky Santa” gift-exchange.
The holidays are also a great time for giving and not just for people we know. The Continuum will also be collecting for two important community service projects at the Dinner: Manna Food Pantries and Toys for Tots. Please bring any non-perishable food items, new & unused toy donations (unwrapped), or any monetary donations you have to help these very important charities!
Dress is semi-formal or Star Trek costume.
For our gift-exchange, we ask that each participant bring one wrapped gift, costing no more than $15. After we eat, we then go around the room. Each person has the option of upwrapping any gift OR stealing one that’s already been unwrapped. (A gift can be stolen no more than three times).
We will also be holding ship-wide elections after our failed attempt to do so on November 19. In order to vote, you must be a member in good standing of the USS Continuum and our parent organization, STARFLEET.
For more information, contact co@usscontinuum.com.
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PrintTwo special meetings pertaining to this year’s Continuum elections have been scheduled for Friday, October 21 and Saturday, November 19.
At 7 p.m., October 21, we will be meeting in the back room at the Village Inn outside of Cordova Mall, 5170 N 9th Ave, Pensacola. Here, we will be nominating and hearing from candidates for the Commanding Officer position. (The room is reserved under the name “USS Continuum“).
At 10 a.m., November 19, we will be meeting at the Geology Lab at Pensacola State College, Main Campus, 1000 College Blvd, Pensacola. The Lab is located at Building 21, the same building as the Planetarium. This meeting will consist of the nomination and speeches of the remaining members of the Command Department — the Executive Officer, Second Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Counselor. Department members will also elect their respective Department Heads.
Elections for all Continuum Command Staff positions (Command Department and Department Heads) will be at the November 19th meeting. In order to vote for any and all Command Department positions, one must be a current member in good standing of the Continuum and of STARFLEET. To vote in Department elections, one needs to be a member of the Continuum and requested to be in that department.
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PrintWhile the 45th anniversary of the Original Series might have taken precedence for all things Trek in 2011, this year — even this month — marks another major anniversary for another series. Exactly ten years ago today, Enterprise (as it was simply known back then) premiered on the United Paramount Network.
Unfortunately, the series would only last for four seasons before being cancelled because of low ratings. There has long since been speculation as to what was specifically was the series’ main problem. Maybe there was an over-saturation of Star Trek at the time and the public (and eventually UPN) got to the point where they didn’t care anymore. Maybe there were too many fans eager to get back to the 24th century Alpha Quadrant after Voyager that they weren’t ready to jump back 200 years. Maybe too many fans had their own ideas about the origins of Federation, and they felt Enterprise violated those ideas.
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