Region 3 has a Vice Squad!

Ahoy Region 3!  With Lucy being selected and confirmed for Chief of Communications for STARFLEET, she’s stepped down as the VRC for Region 3. I thank her for her years of service, wisdom, kindness and patients! As it turns out, she is impossible to replace… So I’m not going to try.  Instead I’m taking the […]

COME TO FENCON IN SEPTEMBER

WHEN: September 16-18, 2022: DFW’s Own Science Fiction Extravaganza!WHAT: Fencon XVIII: The Magic Returns in 2022WHERE: Sheraton DFW Airport 4440 W. John Carpenter Fwy Irving, TexasWHY: Featuring: Starfleet: The International Association of Star Trek Fan Clubs, Inc. Join Region 3 Starfleet and The Third Brigade, SFMC, The Dogs of War, for Star Trek Adventures (panels): […]

It’s been a long road….

Summit, real, live summit finally happened! June 3-5 we invaded Beaumont, TX, and had an amazing time! Three years in the making, an effort started by the USS Endurance, before anyone had ever heard of COVID – and the USS Zavala kept the dream alive, and made it happen. Folks started arriving as early as […]

Open Staff Positions

Greetings Region 3! It is the beginning of an even year, and with that we check on our staff, see who is comfortable in their post, and what needs to open up. So lets first start with thanking the current staff, and especially Joshua Laughlin, for his work as Chief of Operations. He has chosen not […]

World’s Largest Chili Bowl For Charity

We do everything bigger in Texas. This year the USS Diamondback prepared the World’s Largest Chili Bowl for charity, raising money over Labor Day Weekend for the Ben Richey Boys’ Ranch in Abilene. The two-day event offers auctions, concessions, and cook-off contests not limited to Chili. The USS Diamondback’s crew has a history of helping […]

USS Zavala Celebrates Anniversary

Front row: Oliver Hunnicutt, Eleanor Hunnicutt, Rob Hunnicutt, DJ Boyle, Vincent Boyle, Lucy Franck, Steve Shapiro, and Penelope McFadinBack row: Luther Todd, Robert Hall, Earl Simon, April Boyle, Wendy Weston, Chuck Franck The USS Zavala celebrated its 10th Anniversary of commissioning as a chapter of STARFLEET, Int., at a September 11 dinner at Mamacita’s Mexican […]

A triangular section of rock from the Moon lies on a transparent plate between two covered goldtone mountings

Space Center Houston Visit Sept. 11, 2021

Have you touched the moon?  Even if you weren’t one of the Apollo astronauts who landed on the moon, you can still touch the moon at Space Center Houston.  Displayed so that you can slide your hand in to touch it, this moon rock is one of only eight in the world available to be […]

Region 3 Summit: Together Again, Virtually

By ADM Lucy Ferron Franck, R3 Vice Region Coordinator Both Region 3 Summit and STARFLEET International Conference (IC) were held virtually again for 2021 due to the lingering issues with the pandemic.  I know there a whole lot of people like me who have had to learn how to use social media platforms like Zoom, […]