Announce List/2003
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Jan 19, 2003Forums Back Online
The problem that was occuring when posting messages on Sunday has been fixed. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you haven't had a chance to check out the forums yet, you're missing a world of fun! Registering is quick and easy, and you'll soon be on your way to chatting with other members of your ship, and members of other ships in our many forums! http://www.starbase118.net/forums Jan 30, 2003Updates and Misc.
Just wanted to send out a few reminders... 1. Top SIMs Contest: Two parts of the Top SIMs contest are currently in action. - First, we are accepting more top SIMs for the contest that begins next month. If you think someone has written a great SIM this past month (January), or you see any good ones in February, be sure to send them in to the contest!! To find out more information, head to: http://www.starbase118.net/events/topsims - The second part of the contest is that we're also voting on this session's CURRENT nominees for the top SIM. To see the nominees and to place your vote, head here: http://starbase118.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=51 Voting ends for this session at the end of February, so be sure to get your vote in sometime soon! 2. Elite Force Alliance's Top 200 Trek Sites: For those of you who have been keeping up with it, you'll know that we've done very well in January on this ranking. We should continue this going into the next month by starting off strong!! Voting resets at midnight of Jan. 31/Feb. 1, so be sure to get your votes in on Feb. 1st to get us started!! Don't forget you can vote once a day! 3. Server/Forum Issues: We are in the process of negotiating a move to a new sub-server of our current host. This will require us to move our data from one server of our host to another, and to change from one type of site administration to another. We are working with our provider to make these changes, but there is the possibility that the UFOP website and forums may be down for a day or two. Should this be the case, we will send out an e-mail to this list notifying you as such. The current problems in a few of our forums on the Message Boards WILL be cleared up by this move. 4. Chats: If you haven't been to a chat lately, you're missing out on a good time!! You can find information on upcoming chat times at the same place you can find our online chat panel: http://www.starbase118.net/chat Hope the beginning of the year is going well for everyone, and that SIMming is going good! Feb 6, 2003
I have some quick updates for the fleet. Please be sure to read to the end! 1. REPORTER: The Reporter editor is looking for articles for the upcoming issue. If you have any interest in writing either of the following, please note that we would need them by Feb. 12th. Just contact Adler Wong-Aquiss at: lady_shekinah@... to confirm that you will write it! - New Frontiers: About a new (or under-developed) species your ship has encountered in the past few months. - Reviews: Reviews of a new Star Trek book, game, or website. (We have "SF Command 3" for this upcoming issue, so please avoid that one! Also, check http://www.starbase118.net/reporter to see what other reviews we've done.) ALSO: Is your character in a relationship, on your vessel? We'd like to hear about it!! Please e-mail us at "ufop-reporter@..." and tell us about who your character is in a relationship with, how long it has lasted, and how hard it has been to keep it up In Character and Out Of Character! 2. TOP SIMS CONTEST: Be sure to VOTE in the current round!! Only 22 days left to submit your votes, and we currently have a tie! Head to: http://starbase118.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=465 We also need a BUNCH more SIMs for the NEXT round of the Top SIMs contest, due to begin on March 1. Head to: http://www.starbase118.net/events/topsims to submit your SIM, or a friend's SIM! 3. CHATS: Have you checked out our chats lately? We've just added a 3rd chat, during the week! This one is called "ChitChat", and begins at 5pm EST, and 10pm GMT. For more information, just head to: http://www.starbase118.net/chat Thanks to everyone who has volunteered their time and effort lately. We appreciate your dedication and loyalty to our group -- you are truly the ones who keep us going! Feb 10, 2003State of the Federation Address: 2380
Happy 2380! Winter of the New Year is often a high point for simming on the fleet ships. Holidays are done; school just restarting; and the weather outside is not as inviting. Somehow, the calendar change lets us mentally put the last year into the category of history, and hope for a better year. UFOP takes this point in the year to look where we have been, and then move ahead. 'Exciting' and 'Innovative' are the words I would use to define last year, 2379. On April 16, 2002 Admiral Wolf revealed a behind the scene project he had been working on. In his words, "The project is a member database which will allow us to have our members put their profiles and character information online, so that we could more easily keep track of them." Thus UPDS was born. It evolved quickly beyond a means to organize profiles. UPDS allows captains to change their duty rosters easily. Those changes instantly and automatically update to the UFOP's personnel rosters. From there it is easy to browse any officer's biography. Gone are the days of out-of-date Personnel rosters. The database's usefulness does not stop there. UPDS streamlines the UFOP Awards by organizing nominations in a central location. When the nomination period closes, captains have only to go through their ships nominations approving or denying the awards. Additionally UPDS administers the captain's Monthly Mission reports. Each CO has only to access the online form through UPDS and fill it out. UPDS has dramatically increased fleet organization, while reducing individual workloads. UFOP is more than a group of sim sites; it also fosters a sense of community. 2379 saw a renaissance of that community spirit. Our message boards have grown into a robust forum with sections for serious political debates, fan discussions, random zaniness, and ship specific exchanges. Recently the boards' location moved to the SB118 server, saving the club money, and streamlining its location. The boards have a feel of vitality. The UFOP chats also returned in full force and are accessed through a permanent feature on the SB118 RPG site. The EuroChat is popular world wide, and has consistent attendance. UPDS, the Chats, and the UFOP Message Boards are all accessed through SB118 server. The oldest part of our infrastructure remains our most relevant. In 2378 (two years ago) SB118 received is own domain name. Since then there has been constant improvements to the RPG site most recently with additional articles to the Academy sections. All SB118 ship websites can also be hosted on our servers - making us one of the very few groups with this feature. I invite new and long-time members to visit starbase118.net and take a new look at the home of our club. A sense of community gives UFOP real strength. Recently a disgruntled former member gave UFOP a bad review on a Play-By-Email Index. This person said some truly awful things about UFOP. Admiral Wolf notified the boards, asking people to post their own reviews. Within two weeks, 14 positive well-written reviews replaced the one negative review. Similarly, UFOP easily moved from the middle of the pack, to the 1st position on Elite Force Alliance top 200 Star Trek Sites ranking index, when members were informed where they could vote. This position will help to point prospective member is our direction, as they see our commanding 40 vote lead in January alone. We owe these events to the united membership of UFOP, and a true sense of community. At the beginning of the year Admirals Wolf, Kelly, and Hollis had administered the club under the Fleet Command Authority clause of the constitution. In March, the addition of Captain Adler, and Captain Hebron reconstituted the EC preparing it to handle the closing and opening of numerous ships. In 2379, UFOP decommissioned 7 ships, and commissioned 5. Uniformly the reason for decommission was Real Life changes effecting the time available for a Captain to command a ship. Ships closed were Walton, Wallace, Isannah, Freedom, Galileo, Ranger, and Ronin. It is also of note that StarWind's long time alliance with UFOP was dissolved in October. During the same period the Paladin, Independence, Black Tower, Victory, and Isannah were launched. Captain Hebron replaced the USS Constitution as his command post with StarBase 118 Operations. Admiral Kelly launched the USS Titian when Captain Terra took over Ranger. Admiral Hollis replaced the USS Kodiak-A (Dauntless Class), with USS Kodiak 801001 (Norway Class). The Fleet presently consists of: Black Tower/Intel - Lt. Connell Kyrl USS Independence - New Orleans - Captain Anassasi USS Isannah - Nebula - Commander. Hutton USS Kodiak - Norway - Rear Admiral Hollis USS Nemesis-B - Sovereign - Fleet Captain Wong-Aquiss USS Paladin - Prometheus - Captain Daninburg Star Base 118 Ops - Space Dock - Fleet Captain Hebron USS Titan - Sovereign - Rear Admiral Kelly USS Victory - Intrepid - Captain Hurne Each of these ships has a strong command team, and it is hoped that they will remain active for the coming year. As to the launching of additionally ships, as command staff is readies UFOP will launch ships. One lesson learned from last year is that it does not pay to rush the creation of sim sites. Moving into next year, UFOP will continue community building. Already a third chat called, 'Chit Chat' has been added on Wednesday nights. You can look forward to an award ceremony later in the year, as well as the return of the Reporter. Additionally, upgrades are planned on UFOP RPG site, the next of which is an updated Intelligent Lifeform Index. Lastly, in March the Captain's Council will take up a topic long discussed on the UFOP OOC board, a back-ground plot for the entire fleet! The Executive Council of UFOP would like to take a moment to confirm the promotions of the following officers: - Commander Wellesley to Captain - Captain Adler Aquiss to Fleet Captain - Captain Xan Hebron to Fleet Captain - Fleet Captain Hollis to Rear Admiral Administration Positions for 2380 are as follows: EC Members - Fleet Admiral Wolf - Rear Admiral Kelly - Rear Admiral Hollis - Fleet Captain Aquiss - Fleet Captain Hebron CAL (Captain At Large) - To be determined Magistrates - Fleet Admiral Wolf (Continuing), Executive Council - Captain Hurne (Continuing), Captain's Council Finally, we'd like to thank you for making UFOP: StarBase 118 the best Trek RPG on the web. We couldn't have done it without our devoted members, and our tireless command staff. Let's keep up the amazing spirit for many years to come! The Executive Council Feb 16, 2003Server Move in Progress
As of 2:15pm EST, on Sunday Feb. 16th, UFOP: StarBase 118 website is in the process of moving to a new server. Our files are transferred over, but transferring our "Name Server" takes approximately 24-48 hours. (The Name Server is what points your browser to our actual website when you put our URL into your browser.) During this next 24-48 hours you may have trouble reaching the website. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail me at: twolf@... . Thanks for your patience, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Feb 22, 2003Reporter Issue #42 Released
A new issue of The Reporter has been released, and is now available on our website. This content-packed issue has a Relationship theme, in honor of Valentine's Day! Mar 13, 2003Message Boards
Please understand that we ARE aware of the problem on the UFOP Message Boards. We are working with phpBB support to fix the problem. Please be patient while we sort this out. We hope to have the boards back online within the next few days. http://www.starbase118.net/reporter/reporter/issue42.htm |
