Greetings, Correy COs and XOs!

For those who may not know me, allow me to introduce myself. I am David Lee Kania, Commanding Officer, USS Wildhorse, Region 5 and the new Director. We all wish Michelle Fanelli the new R3RC and Gary Halverson the new Vice Commander, STARFLEET good luck in their new roles and thank them for their work here in Corry Ops.

Thankfully Dave Lowe has remained Assistant Director of Correy Ops. Dave has done great work at building and maintaining a website for the Department of Correspondence Chapter Operations (DCCO). He is working hard with Matt Moyer, SFI CompOps, to get our site attached to the main SFI site. You can see the DCCO site at
http://correyops.sfilabs.org. Also Dave is now the official CO of SS Deep Space 2 SFR 202 in Region 2. ongratulations Dave!

Shell and Dave have been bringing me up to speed on turnover and administrative functions. Mike Urvand, Ops and Matt Moyer, CompOps have been working with Dave and I on getting the business communications going so a lot of thanks goes out to everyone especially to Dave Lowe.

So if there is anything Dave or I can help you with please let us know. We will give it our best try. Have a great night and a Happy New Year.

David Lee Kania

Meet the new boss, Commodore David Kania. Let’s make him feel welcome!

Howdy to all Correy COs and XOs,

Here are the groups who reported in for the month of October of 2007.

Region One - SS Bennu, USS Charleston, ISS Deliverance, USS Dragon’s Fury, USS Excalibur, USS Jurassic, SS Nikola Tesla, USS Pathfinder, USS Rutledge, and USS Tiger.

Region Two - SS Deep Space 2.

Region Three - USS Azrael, USS Aurora Vulcanus, and SS Freedom III.

Region Four - USS Onizuka, USS Peacekeeper, and USS Stormbringer.

Region Five - USS Jaguar and USS Wildhorse.

Region Six - USS Saint George.

Region Seven - USS Blackheart, USS DeBraak, USS Edinburgh, USS Hecate, and USS Matrix.

Region Eight - USS Dauntless.

Region Nine - USS Albion, USS Aviator, USS Europe, and USS Vanguard.

Region Ten - USS Majestic.

Region Eleven - USS Southern Cross.

Region Twelve -USS Morning Star.

Region Fourteen - USS Magellan.

Region Fifteen - USS Anubis and SS Ian Fleming.

Region Seventeen - USS Moontype.

Correy Changes:

We have the USS Atlantis from Region Ten / Eleven coming to the family. We have had other additions such as Region Seven’s Blackheart and Hecate. Region Three now has the USS Azrael. The MacArthur has changed into the SS Deep Space 2. The White Star went to correy moving into Twelve. One needs a new scorecard.

Correy Activities:

These are a combo of September and October reports. Never have a computer melt down and then have to go out of town for three weeks.

The correys had a lot of social fun in the Fall. The Edinburgh hosted the Region Seven Conference in September. The Debraak reports it was fun and productive. The Onizuka, the Peacekeeper, and the Stormbringer attended the Region 4 Conference in Las Vegas at Star Trek: The Experience. They had a blast closing down Quark’s Bar. Lucky.

The Bennu assisted the USS TriStar with Boo at the Zoo. The Annual Haunted House tour taking place at Waverly Sanitarium was enjoyed by the Deliverance. Very fitting for Halloween.

Members of the Ian Fleming attended the Region Fifteen bowling event taking the best chapter average and the highest individual score. The Wildhorse came out in force for the USS Rubicon anniversary pirate party. Deep Space 2 had a get together to discuss fun and reinventing themselves. The crew of the Blackheart talked a lot on IRC and discussed any number of inane things, up to and including the comedy of errors that plagued their launch. I thought that was the fun way to do it.

As we gear up for the holidays, community work was a major focus. The DeBraak continues to help the Pickle Project providing needed items for women caught between making too much to apply for assistance and not
enough to make ends meet. The Charleston crew knits and crochets items for the MUSC NNICU. Members of the Morning Star performed in a benefit concert, helping to raise funds for local Counseling Assistance Program. The cooks of the Onizuka gearing up for their annual cookie runs in to deliver homemade goodies to the police and firefighters over the holidays.

Of course where there were cons, correy was there. Vanguard members went to the F.A.C.T.S. Convention. Excalibur’s con goers experienced Vulkon Cleveland. Mile Hi Con 39 was enjoyed by the Moontype. USS Wildhorse members attended the comic book con BelCon, while the Azrael supported Fencon. Dragoncon was the away trip for correys such as the Charleston, the Azrael, the Dauntless, and the Nikola Tesla.

Special projects are going strong. The Dauntless continues weekly radio segment on the Klingon language. The Europe increasing recruitment on the web communities. The webmasters of the Dragon’s Fury are working on
updates. The Aviator’s bridge is now done and construction of the engine room has started in Second Life.

A sub domain has been setup to promote online games for players of the Vanguard at http://webgames.ussvanguard.org. Project SETI is running smoothly with USS Anubis currently using three computers.

The Southern Cross finalized development of both its writers group and a new RPG group. The Matrix has started New RPG A Stitch In Time while Rutledge writers are involved in fanzine fan fiction again.

The best MSR goes to the Jurassic for under the comments: Too tired to comment. Fall was like that.

Correy Ops:

Well fall was a comedy of errors, but I am happy to say all of the records are replaced from the crash. You should see my new system and no I have not killed it yet. Both the last Correy Contact PDF and our
mailing list of chapters are complete. Email me privately if you want a copy of either for your files. I hope to do my last Correyspondence once all the November reports are in.

We have a new website at http://correyops.sfilabs.org. I want to thank Dave Lowe for an awesome job. There will be some updates that need to be done and that list will be passed on the next Correy Ops.

In July of 1998, I started the most wonderful adventure of Correy Ops. I have so many to thank. To my Fleet Bosses - the Chiefs of Operations, I learned so much from each and hug you for giving me the opportunity to
serve. To ShOC, thank you for the information sharing and the teamwork. To my Assistants, Gentlemen you were great support, wonderful sounding boards, and I bless you for enlightening my computer knowledge. To the Correy Family, yu’all have enriched my existence in ways I cannot begin to express. From meeting folks from around the globe to the notes of friendship, you are the best. It has been a joy and privilege working with you. As I move on to my next fleet post, I know it is this adventure that helped give me the skills to handle it.

To the next Correy Ops, I wish you much success and hope your adventure will be as blessed as mine was.

Until next time enjoy the adventure,

Michelle

Howdy to all Correy COs and XOs,

Here are the groups who reported in for the months of May and / or June of 2007.

Region One – SS Bennu, USS Charleston, ISS Deliverance, USS Dragon’s Fury, USS Excalibur, USS Independence, USS Jurassic, SS Nikola Tesla, USS Pathfinder, USS Rutledge, USS Tiger, and SS William D. Leahy.

Region Two - ISS MacArthur and USS Rising Moon.

Region Three - USS Aurora Vulcanus, SS Freedom III, and USS El Destino.

Region Four – USS Onizuka, USS Peacekeeper, and USS Stormbringer.

Region Five – USS Wildhorse.

Region Six – USS Saint George.

Region Seven - USS DeBraak, USS Edinburgh, USS Jaguar, ISS Lexington, and USS Matrix.

Region Eight - USS Dauntless.

Region Nine - USS Albion, USS Aviator, USS Europe, and USS Vanguard.

Region Ten - USS Majestic.

Region Twelve – USS Chicago, USS Hellfire & Brimstone, USS Morning Star, and USS Nomad.

Region Fourteen – USS Magellan and USS Southern Cross.

Region Fifteen – USS Anubis and SS Ian Fleming.

Region Seventeen – USS Moontype.

Region Twenty - ISS Icarus.

Correy Changes:

The SS Genesis has changed over to meeting. We hate to lose them and wish their crew much success. The Europe has a new CO Isaque Fernandes. Evan Richards III is the new CO of Freedom III. We welcome Region Nine’s the USS Aviator commanded by Michael Vermosesen and the USS El Destino based in Region Three/Seven leaded by Rhoda Day. The USS Albion has moved to Region Nine. Congratulations to all.

Correy Activities:

As summer heats up, there is no shortage of activities and fun.

Directions and road maps came in handy. The Vanguard enjoyed Dutch Star Con 3, while the Dauntless crew worked a convention held by Science Fiction South Africa. The First Officer from the Tiger visited Las Vegas Hilton, nearly assimilated at the Star Trek Experience: Borg 4D.

Region Three’s Summit in Dallas had attendance from the regional correys of the Aurora Vulcanus and the Freedom III, plus the Jaguar, the Magellan, and the Nomad. A fun time was had by all. The Anubis and the Ian Fleming crews attended the Region Fifteen summit. I have heard reports of Gary Halverson doing the bunny hop with bunny ears. Do you have any pictures?

Some of the Dauntless crew went on a road trip to Disneyland. A Memorial Day Akron Aeros game was attended by the baseball fans of the Excalibur. The Onizuka had several entries in the Silver Dollar Fair in Chico.

Social gatherings were high on the list of activities. The Southern Cross’ emphasis is on their upcoming commissioning. Final arrangements are being made for USS Moontype’s Annual Meeting to be held conjunction with the American Council of the Blind National Convention. Both have fun plans to celebrate.

The USS Chicago held it’s 2nd Annual Memorial Day picnic and donated Trek books to someone on leave from Iraq to take back to the troop. What a wonderful way to remember.

Many of us including the Majestic and the Bennu enjoyed the summer films. Some from the Leahy plays in a Fleet-oriented NASCAR fantasy racing league. Shell is jealous. The Wildhorse discussed the astronomical viewing events for the month and the Messenger spacecraft to Mercury. The Stormbringer was lucky getting to go to the JPL Open House.

Community projects were going strong. The Rutledge continues all of their volunteer activities supporting the US Armed Forces. The Lexington participated in Fleet week thanking service persons they met for serving
their country. Members of the Tesla worked the local Project Graduation. Donating Fruit trees was the Morning Star’s way to celebrated Arbor Day. Both the Jurassic and the Excalibur supported Field Day with plenty of food, fun, and contacts.

Some are working on those chapter projects. The Jaguar is doing some work to their handbook, while the DeBraak’s web site now has its own domain at http://www.USSDeBraak.com. Looking toward the hurricane season the Charleston is scanning all their paper records and backing things up. The Aurora Vulcanus is starting to take older publications to pdfs. As one who did the Rita, I cannot say enough about CDs and flash sticks.

The best MSR goes to the Nomad with the question - Who’ll stop the rain? I wonder that that myself recently.

Well wishes go to the Peacekeeper’s CO James Coulter who is recovering from major surgery.

Congratulations to the Rutledge’s XO Nick Green who was promoted to Captain.

Correy Ops:

You might receive email from me with the address of mrbasilwuzhere@gmail.com. This is not my primary address, but I have found Gmail wonderful for those graphics and huge files.

I will be at IC 07, so please look me up and say howdy.

Until next time enjoy the adventure,

Michelle

Howdy to all Correy COs and XOs,

Here are the groups who reported in for the month of April of 2007.

Region One - SS Bennu, USS Charleston, ISS Deliverance, USS Dragon’s Fury, USS Excalibur, USS Independence, USS Jurassic, SS Nikola Tesla, USS Pathfinder, USS Rutledge, and USS Tiger.

Region Two - ISS MacArthur and USS Rising Moon.

Region Three - USS Aurora Vulcanus and SS Freedom III.

Region Four - USS Dragon’s Cub, USS Onizuka, USS Peacekeeper, and USS Stormbringer.

Region Five - USS Wildhorse.

Region Six - USS Saint George.

Region Seven - USS DeBraak, USS Edinburgh, USS Jaguar, ISS Lexington, and USS Matrix.

Region Eight - USS Dauntless.

Region Nine - USS Europe and USS Vanguard.

Region Ten - USS Majestic.

Region Twelve - USS Chicago, USS Hellfire & Brimstone, USS Morning Star,and USS Nomad.

Region Fourteen - SS Genesis and USS Southern Cross.

Region Fifteen - USS Anubis and SS Ian Fleming.

Region Seventeen - USS Moontype.

Region Twenty - USS Albion and ISS Icarus.

Correy Changes:

The USS Mars has decided to decommission. We wish them best of luck on their new fleet posting.

Correy Activities:

With spring in full bloom, many of us were enjoying those social gatherings. The Morning Star celebrated their thirteenth anniversary with a brown bag picnic in a local park and sharing photos of the past. Some of the crew from the Genesis held an informal get together lunch.

Poker was the game of choice for the MacArthur. Deliverance gamers have an active World of Warcraft campaign going on.

Our Away teams went far and wide. The Stormbringer and the Moontype explored the offerings of Denver’s Starfest. Lucky. Members of the DeBraak enjoyed Chiller Con in New Jersey. The Southern Cross attended Terra Nova 5 Con hosted by USS Mawson.

The Freedom III went to Scarborough Faire and experienced snow flurries. Who would have thought for Easter weekend? Race fans from the Aurora Vulcanus had perfect weather for the Grand Prix of Houston.

Summit Season is upon us. Region One’s Bond Themed event was enjoyed by members of the Dragon’s Fury, the Jaguar, the William Leahy, the Rutledge, the Excalibur, and the Charleston. The Hellfire & Brimstone attended the Region Twelve Summit.

The Onizuka took part in the Climate Day for Action held at Chico’s Bidwell Park. The turnout was light due to rain. That is always the way. The Nomad reports - It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. It’s a wet day in Nomadland, with nothing to report. We know who started the rain.

Of course community projects are going strong. The Wildhorse supported the March of Dimes Walk America with members on the logistic side as well as walking the event. Members of the Dragon’s Cub are gathering book donations for an area library. Both the Lexington and the Hellfire & Brimstone assisted with aid for local flooding. The Jurassic is supporting the Stampede.

Planning was started for the Chicago’s 2nd Annual Memorial Day Picnic. The members on the Ian Fleming worked in preparation for their regional summit. The Independence is creating a sci-fi book club for their members. Members of the Tiger listened to the Pendant Production eRadio program of Star Trek: Defiant, where their Science Officer had a speaking part. They awarded him the “Yellow-Gilled Thespian” award. Don’t you love the name.

The Dauntless cadets are doing great. Matt Donohoe was in the honor roll for the entire school year, while future scientist Margaret Donohoe won first place in the 6th grade Science Fair for her project about tornadoes. We also have to send out well wishes to Cadet Roy Alderman of the Dragon’s Cub who might need eye surgery.

Congratulations to Paul Reed of the Majestic for his first open water scuba dive. After playing with a snorkel, I would love to try this.

Correy Ops:

Getting some things on track for the future web page. Have been emailing our pdf of correy groups to interested parties as well as having it in the membership cd.

I do want to send good thoughts to Dave Lowe and his family while they are waiting for the little one.

Until next time enjoy the adventure and the Memorial Weekend,

Michelle