Star Trek Official Fan Club

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Report this Dec. 27 2007, 10:10 pm

I was thinking about something. I read the recent topic concerning the decision by CBS to not have an official fan club. I know it is upsetting for the folks who are trekkies by nature, so I began thinking.

Why don't some of us become involved in possibly creating a 'fan official' fan club. Some of you may know of www.keepstartrekalive.com (which I own), I would be happy to expand that for the cause of trek.

I want to hear some of your comments and suggestions on the topic and see who has experience in web design. I think this is something we are going to have to do ourselves to show CBS that fans are back and bigger than ever.

Star Trek is a multi million dollar business and a property that won't soon be going away; especially with a new movie on the way.

I'll open up the forum for discussion, thanks!

closettrekkie808

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Report this Dec. 28 2007, 2:26 am

Juise15.....after seeing what Star Trek dot com has and its complexities, it sounds like a daunting task however I've seen what you've been able to come up with in a small amount of time and I think youre the right person for the job. I would offer to help but my computer skills is quite limited but at least I'm motivated. Good luck on your proposal. I think it sounds great since the Star Trek dot com might be coming to an end.

KosherCoder

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Report this Dec. 28 2007, 8:32 am

There are plenty of Trek sites and clubs already - some better than st.com. What the unaffiliated need to do is become involved and bolster the existing orgs.

Besides, if you're talking a true "fan club", they typically charge for membership. CBS would never allow it. You would have to make it a generic sci-fi thing.

closettrekkie808

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Report this Dec. 29 2007, 12:18 am

Is there a website fan club better than Star Trek dot com? If there is, please share the links with me. I'm always up for becoming involved.

Vice_Adm_Baxter

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Report this Dec. 29 2007, 10:40 am

I will post link with that info later today.

shanikhar

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Report this Jan. 02 2008, 12:20 am

Memory Alpha is an awesome resource as Star Trek.com has been - and still is if they don't pull it off the web.
Licensing is the big issue and as a Trekker who enjoys my creative crafts to make my own - this is what has kept Trek alive for forty years more than anything else. Personal;ly, "official" hardly means quality - you ever see the first Mego dolls? The Mugato is more human than bear and what in heck is a Neptunian which has no canon whatsoever!
Patience is a virtue but what can we do to get these guys their job back?
Pastor Allan :rookie:

kenny6

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Report this Jan. 03 2008, 10:08 pm

CBS never did like star trek so why should they start now?, they should have started way back at the start of star trek in the 1960s.

try to fine a list of star trek clubs still here?

pheonix27

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Report this Jan. 05 2008, 4:43 pm

I am a star trek fan in the UK. You are right there are no official clubs about not even here. I have a HND in computing so if you need some ideas I would be more than happy to oblige. As I always say you never know if it will work until you try.

juise15

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Report this Jan. 06 2008, 1:49 am

I'm pretty much known for doing stuff against the grain so I have already began working on this project. No details right now but hopefully this will be something By Fans For Fans

Lt.Marriott

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Report this Nov. 04 2010, 2:56 pm

Have you tryed http://www.trekfederation.com/

CO_Fowler

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Report this Nov. 06 2010, 6:26 pm

There used to be an 'Official Star Trek Fan Club". I'd always meant to join, but never got around to it and then it was too late. If I remember right it used to be based in Colorado (?)

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Official_Star_Trek_Fan_Club
That one talks about the fan club and it's magazine.

http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=5Z/dnZuVqRXOc
That one is from 2005

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