Ship's Log: September Meeting - Response Needed for Uniforms

Captain Phillip presided over the September USS Bonaventure Meeting at the Burlington Mayberry's. We all enjoyed various delicious ice cream treats!

Then we visited the Heroes Haven Comic Book store next store. The group was treated to a fashion show by Scott Gibson as he modeled the latest in Federation Uniforms.

The group has a great opportunity to obtain wonderful maroon uniforms at a special group rate. It so good we can't publish it on the Internet.

Please contact Dan, Phillip, or any department head that was in attendance to get the pricing information and to let them know if you would like to purchase one.

In attendance were both Scotts, Bill, Dan, Catherine, Elaine, Chris, Eric, Diane, Gordon, Phillip, Chuck and one new member Kevin and one possible new member Brad. Welcome Kevin and Brad to our meeting!

Reorder USS Bonaventure items! Now is the time to let Phillip know if you would like to order or reorder any items with the USS Bonaventure logo such as shirts, hats, brief case or patches.

What department do you want to be in? This is your chance to give input on how your corner of the ship will look. Examples are Medical also called biological sciences, Science, Engineering, Marines, Communications etc.

Materials needed by September 27 for the Anniversary Issue of our Newsletter! Use your creativity, draw pictures, tell stories, write reports or reviews. We need your input! Please remember to bring your used cans because we are using our recycling as a means to get money. Of course, money donations are also welcome.

The new Star Trek movie was discussed!

If you take pictures at our meetings please email them to me ewitkowski@randolph.k12.nc.us so I can post them on my blog.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Renaissance Fair- September 20 in Burlington, NC. Sponsored by Heroes Haven and it will be in their parking lot.

Monster Con- October 4 & 5 in Concord, NC
The USS Bonaventure will be setting up a table and our very own writer, Dan Johnson will be a guest at the event.

The October 11th meeting will be at Leah's house, which is close to where the August meeting was off Lexington Street. Dan will be sending directions closer to the meeting. We will be having a "left over" anniversary cookout. There were plenty of hot dogs, hamburgers and buns left over from our June picnic. Dan will be sending out an email to see what everyone would like to bring to the cookout. The time will be 1:00ish for people helping with the cooking and 2:00 for others.

Paper Heroes Con- October 17 -19 in Burlington, NC
The USS Bonaventure will be setting up a table and Dan Johnson will be a guest at the event.

Halloween Party? Does anyone have ideas for a Halloween get together? Please email Dan or Philip if you have any suggestions.

The November 8th meeting will be at the Science Center at 2:00 p.m.

The December 6th Christmas Party/Meeting will be at Diane's and Gordon's home. We will be playing the Dirty Ferengi game. Everyone brings a small gift (at the $5.00) range. The first person picks a gift. Then each person after the first person can "steal" a gift from someone else or open a new gift. It is great fun!

Ship's Log- Friday & Saturday Clone War Movie Times

(Hi Everyone, I'm reposting Eric's message in case you are not on the email list. Happy Viewing! Elaine :) )

Hello, all! If I've missed anyone, I apologize. If I've included anyone who isn't interested...well, that's what you get for coming to the cookout and signing the contact list.

If any of you are interested and have the time (and money), we're getting a group up to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars this Friday, 15 August at the Palladium Cinemas at Wendover and Penny Road in High Point. The showtime we're planning is 19:15 (7:15 PM for those of you who don't like the 24 hour clock). I just checked movietickets.com, and you can get tickets online if you don't mind the surcharge (I think it's $1 per ticket). Or if you prefer, just drop by the box office. I'm not sure how hot this is going to be, but I would suggest getting advanced tickets just in case. Prices for evening shows should be $9 for adults. If you think this is too much (and I might agree for some shows), we're also planning a Saturday afternoon matinee. If you're interested, let me know so I can send out a showtime.

So if you want to join us and catch the show, we'll be meeting at the theater around 18:30 (OK, 6:30 PM). And yes, I'm taking off work that day. So this may be your only chance to see me out of my native environment during the week.

Hope to see you all there!

Eric

Ship's Log- August Meeting and 8-16-08 Clone Wars movie

Captain Phillip presided over the August Bonaventure meeting at the Mad Platter.

In attendance were Scott Gibson, Catherine, Diane, Ruby, Chris, Eric, Phillip, Rachel, Chuck, Dan, Gordon, Elaine, and Lea.

Also in attendance was new member Scott Melrose was welcomed. Commander Melrose is an Command intelligence officer. Previous posts are the USS Jamestown 1864D and MAAT 1794A.

Everyone had fun painting at the Mad Platter. Chris did a very detailed Enterprise painting on a tile.

The ship celebrated Diane's birthday with a Darth Vader cupcake cake and numerous well wishes and gifts.

Afterwards Chris, Elaine, Gordon, Diane, and Catherine went to see Mummy 3. It was a good movie but not as good as the original.

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, August 16th at the 4 Seasons Theatre the group will be seeing Star Wars Clone Wars at the time closest between 3:00 and 3:30

September's meeting will be at Burlington's Hero's Haven Comic Book Store. Many members will be meeting at Borders on Holden and High Point Rd to car pool to the meeting.

October's meeting will be at Lea's house and will be a cookout with all of the leftovers from the 20th anniversary picnic.

Ship's Log: June's 20th Anniversary Picnic/Meeting

The USS Bonaventure celebrated it's 20th Anniversary with a wonderful picnic for its June meeting. There was plenty of food, fun and friendship!

Captain Phillip welcomed over 50 people at the event. We had visitors from the USS Kitty Hawk, SF3, and Greensboro/SciFi Fantasy Fans

Door Prizes

The following prizes were given away: t-shirts, patches, comic books, audio books, dvds, an authentic ST call sheet, and the grand prize was the entire season of the animated Star Trek, the series were the USS Bonaventure received its name.

History of USS Bonaventure
Look under the tab "about the Bonaventure" for more information.

Awards

Disclaimer: I was so busy clapping that I wasn't able to write all of the awards details down. Please let me know the exact title of your awards and I will add the details. You may leave a comment on the blog or email me at ewitkowski@randolph.k12.nc.us

The Ship received a regional Communications Award.
Crew members receiving awards are:
Jill (service),
Rene (service/promotion to Captain),
Stephanie (service),
James (service),
Tony (service/librarian),
Eric (service, engineering)
Elaine (blog),
Gordon (service, blood donation),
Diane (service/blood donation),
Rachel (service- putting up with Phillip's friends :) ),
Anjanette (service- putting up with Scott's friends),
Lea (service/Regional Let Me Help award),
Kayla (Victory Junction),
Les (Service in Iraq),
Dan (service/communications),
Scott (service/advice),
Chuck (service)

Tim Rickard, creator of the comic, Brewster Rockit was made a honorary member of the USS Bonaventure

Upcoming Meetings in 2008 (usually the 2nd Saturday of every month at 2:00)

July 12 Mariott Hotel, at the PTI airport, Greensboro, NC 2:30 The Star Fleet International Conference 2009 meeting will be hosted there.

August 9 Mad Platter, 1514 N Main St, High Point, NC 27262 2:00

September 13 Ice Cream Social 2:00

October 11 Cookout 2:00

November 8 Science Center, Theater, Zoo, Greensboro 2:00

December 6 Christmas Party

Ship's Log: May Meeting Minutes

Bonaventure's May meeting was held at Putt-Putt Golf after a lunch at Cook Out.

In attendance was Phillip, Richard, Janine, Chuck, Les, Katherine, Chris, Scott, Dana, Renee, Jill, Eric, and Elaine . Captain Phillip led the meeting.

The R1RC nomination was discussed. Les mentioned that he was running for a position and listed the names of other people who were also running.

IC 2009 will be in August at the Marriott Hotel at the airport. Bonaventure will be hosting.

The next order of business was the Bonaventure apparel reorder. We had an informal fashion show displaying the t-shirt, hat, and polo shirts with the ship's logo on them. T-shirts were $8.00 and the polos ranged from $12.00 up to around $21.00

The BIG news of the day was the planning for the Anniversary Party:

• on June 14th at Gibson Park


• Directions once you get to Gibson Park is to drive around 1 to 2 miles once you turn into the entrance. The street deadends into a bath house. Shelter 2 is on the right and there will be a giant Bonaventure Banner hanging over the shelter.


• The fun starts at 2:00 for guests and runs until around 6:00.


• Department Heads need to arrive at 1:00 to begin preparations.


• The grill will start at 1:30


• Door prizes will start at 2:00. The door prizes will be spaced out through out the entire event. T-shirts, patches, dvds and other goodies will be given away.


• Door prize donations are welcome and encouraged!


• A big thank you to Dan for creating the invitations and Diane for sending the invitations to all of the ships in N.C. and to some neigboring States. A good showing of over 50 guests is expecting.


• Everyone must RSVP by June 6th so the proper amount of food can be purchased. You can send an email to ussbonaventure@mindspring.com or go to our new web site at http://www.ussbonaventurencc102.org/ for the physical address to rsvp.


• Because of the number of people expected to attend it is BYOC- bring your own chair and any extra lawn chairs that you may have.


• The cake adventure was discussed. Phillip has been battling secret alien agents who want to throw a road block in front of us having a decorated cake. Little did our foe know that you don't want to challenge the Bonaventure crew with the Prime +1 directive, which is eating and having fun. Phillip will be continuing the battle soon. Donations for the cake(s) are welcome.


• Phillip has the list of food that Bonaventure members volunteered to bring in case you forget what you volunteered to bring.


• If you plan to walk the trails, please remember that the trails do NOT circle back to the Shelter. (Sounds like a Romulan plot to me)


• Bring your aluminum cans! Dan is recycling the cans to pay for a print copy of our AAWFO newsletter. Dan also needs submissions, and/or pictures for AAWFO by the end of May so it can be distributed at the picnic.
• Official Awards both at the Fleet level and the Ship level will be given out at the picnic.

Think about what charity or charities you would like the USS Bonaventure to support in the upcoming year.

Richard gave a Stellar Con 2009 update. It will be at the Radisson hotel on March 13 - March 15. During Stellar Con 2008 the USS Bonaventure's Chuck and Scott beat KAG in the checkers challenge. We also beat KAG in the charity auction challenge.

UPCOMING CONVENTIONS

• Amimazement is in Durham on May 23-25 http://www.animazement.org/
• Concarolinas is in Charlotte on May 30-June 1 http://www.concarolinas.org/

CURRENT AND UPCOMING MOVIES

• Iron Man received wonderful reviews from the crew
• Speed Racer was not seen because of poor word of mouth and bad reviews. Please post comments about this movie if you go see it.
• Indiana Jones will be seen by the crew on Sunday afternoon, May 25th

Zombie Con in Greensboro this Saturday 3-29-08

Just a quick note about Zombie Con this Saturday 3-29-08.

Jericho's Series Finale- Too Close to Reality?

I really liked Jericho and was happy when it was renewed and was sad when it was cancelled again. It was very suspenseful and had great acting. Could it be that it hit too close to home? They had a mercenary group called Raven wood which mirrored activities that the real life Black water "security forces" were accused of. Look at the different real life responses to disasters such as 9-11 or Katrina. Do we really know how our government would handle multiple disasters at once? It was a show that made you think while you were enjoying the storyline.