STREK (fan club)
| Fan Club | |
|---|---|
| Name: | STREK (formally "Nimoyan Federation") |
| Dates: | 1973-? |
| Founder(s): | Regina Marvinny |
| Leadership: | |
| Country based in: | New Jersey, US |
| Focus: | Star Trek: TOS |
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STREK was a Star Trek: TOS fan club. It began as the Nimoyan Federation, a chapter of the LNAF.
It published a journals and annuals, had a pen pal service, a round-robin letter service (an APA of sorts), Star Trek photo and slide lists and contests.
It published the fiction zine Tricorder Readings.
A 1971 Description
In the last LNAF bulletin, we announced the formation of an LNAF chapter to serve the East Coast. Well, the NIMOYAN FEDERATION is now proud to announce that we are welcoming in members outside the eight state area previously mentioned. We're a close-knit bunch of bananas thoroughly devoted to OUR HERO, Leonard Nimoy, So, as our motto says, "If Spock is your favorite alien, Paris is your favorite agent, and most importantly Leonard Nimoy your favorite actor - then come along with us to the NIMOYAN FEDERATION as we journey through the Nimoyan Universe on the good ship Enterprise," Dues are only $1.00 plus stamps for a full year's subscription to the club zine, "Tricorder Readings;" Or send two 8 cent stamps for a free sample issue of our introductory booklet, WRITE NOW to: Regina Marvinny [1]
Some History
In 1966 I became a freshman in high school and discovered STAR TREK in the same year. It didn't take me long to find a few other fan friends. By writing into NBC for some free photos of Spock, I discovered the LNNF. I joined, as did my friends. Because there were six of us, we became a chapter of the and called our ourselves 'The Nimoyan Academy'. We never printed, but did hold monthly parties and participated in the SAVE STAR TREK campaigns and UNICEF fund drives. ST was cancelled in '69, I watched the members drop out one by one... until there were only two of us. Then in March 1971, 'Sam' Cole, the LNNAF chapter director, asked for info about the 'NA', and when I recited the sad story she suggested we try again. With her help I contacted some fans in NY and NJ and we became a correspondence club. We didn't print until October 1971. [2]
A 1972 Departure from the LNAF
In 1972, Regina Marvinny pulled the Nimoyan Federation out of LNAF over a dispute about the fact that chapter clubs were expected to support UNICEF. In the club magazine Tricorder Readings, Marvinny and charity officer Jeanne Cygan summarized a disturbing report that UNICEF officials were using funds to support lavish lifestyles, and that the food and medicine provided were inappropriate for malnourished children -- their digestive systems couldn't handle it.
References
- ^ from LNAF Bulletin (Fall 1971)
- ^ from Nimoyan Dispatch (Member Handbook)