Short Treks/1980-1982
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v.1 n.1
Short Treks v.1 n.1 was published in April 1980 and contains 7 pages.
- A Word from Your Humble Editor by Haanita Kogan
- Minutes for the Meeting of April 15, 1980
- "DKY television cameras were present as members arrived for the meeting. The tape was shown on the news Wednesday night."
- guest speaker was Roger Woloshyn of the Planetarium, the topic was "'Space Colonization,' a concept which he assures us will be reality by the year 2000."
- showing of the blooper reel
- slide show seen at the Founding meeting in March
- club business
- members "consumed kool-aid and cupcakes"
- Star Trek Winnipeg Announcements (activities and promotions, including a club member who was doing a magic show for charity in which there would be "a daring escape attempt. Warren will be handcuffed and thrown in the pool. The admission is $1.00 and proceeds go to Cancer Research.")
- a contest is announced to find a name for both "the Fanzine" and "the Newsletter"
- Trivia Question
- Actors' Activities (what the actors are up to)
- there is news about a rumor that Star Trek: The Motion Picture will be on television, complete with extra scenes, plus Roddenberry has permission to cut out the more boring effects: ("all together now, 'V'gers cloud!'). Maybe we will get to see Chekov in command after all.")
- list of the Star Trek Winnipeg Executive Council (names, addresses, and phone numbers)
v.2 n.2
Short Treks v.2 n.2 was published in April 1981 and contains 4 pages.
The editor is Haanita Kogan, the executive officer is Judy Zoltai.
- minutes for the Meeting of April 7, 1981
- much club news
- the club doesn't have enough money to publish Event Horizon #3
- names, addresses, and phone numbers of club members and officers
v.2 n.6
Short Treks v.2 n.6 was published in September 1981 and contains 2 pages.
- minutes from the September 22, 1981 club meeting
- a thank you to an unknown person who "whisked the projector away to the Centennial Library before it turned into a pumpkin at 9:30 p.m."
This issue has a report by Executive Officer Judy Zoltai of the May 1981 meeting which appears to have been a disaster:
Alas, it has been five short months since the "New" Council organized its first STW meeting in May of this year, and I am sorry to say, organization and punctuality has deteriorated considerably. From the May meeting commencing with announcements at a few minutes past 7:00 to the September meeting not starting until approximately 7:20. Or, as one member in the audience later relayed to me, "It was hard to tell exactly when the meeting started. At 7:20 Steve stood for approximately five minutes before beginning the announcements while people were still milling around the stage."After Steve made the announcements (biggie being the Hallowe'en Social on October 31—don’t forget!) he then introduced Greg Young who in turn introduced his idea of the spontaneous play. After asking for volunteers, he took them off stage for a ten-minute preparation session, leaving the stage empty for the members. (Let me add that this was not Greg’s fault as he was told that something else would be taking place while they prepared.) At this point the audience was getting a bit restless. The play went on and was short (10-15 minutes) but entertaining.
During this time, your Commander and Executive Officer were dashing through downtown Winnipeg to pick up a projector (needed for the promised ST episode) from the Centennial Library. Why wasn’t it at the Planetarium already you may ask? It was a case of, "Who, me? I didn't know, I thought you were looking after it." etc.
Meanwhile . . . back on stage ... a certain person was gallantly trying to entertain and keep the members from fidgeting after 15 to 20 minutes intermission when he overheard phrases such as "boring" etc. At this point he became frustrated and a bit hysterical explaining that he went to a lot of trouble preparing a speech to fill in time and that the other members just sit there, do not participate, but when another member tries to entertain he is called boring.
The message may be true, but the presentation was too aggressive. There were first time visitors in the audience who felt very tense and who decided against taking out memberships due to the outburst.
Enter Commander and Exec (both should not have left the meeting; one should have stayed in charge) with slightly broken projector. Everyone watched the excellent "City on the Edge of Forever’’ and at 9:30 quietly left.
We have excuses but the members deserve better. An individual is not to blame, but the Council as a whole. Our attendance has dropped sharply and the Council realizes it has to pull up its socks. I hope this newsletter shows that the Council is very concerned and does not have to be told we're getting sloppy. We know, and do not like it either. We are now in the process of pulling up our socks, suggestions welcome.
v.3 n.2
Short Treks v.3 n.2 was published in February 1982 and contains 5 pages.
The editor was Wayne Morris.
- the club meeting was at the Planetarium, "Federation Night - Wear a UFP or Starfleet costume."
- fans are urged to participate in a letter campaign to keep Spock in the next Trek movie
- this issue contains meeting minutes, guest speaker was Roger Woloshyn of the planetarium (his third appearance with the club), the topic was Roger's visit to the Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena, he provided a slide show, Roger also talked about the Jupiter Effect which in 1982 would cause a lineup of planets to cause a lot of earthquakes and possibly cause California to fall into the ocean - the club's minute taker wrote: "Personally, I hope California doesn't go, at least not until we find out whether Paramount has ruined Star Trek II. After that, maybe they'll deserve it."
- this issue contains much club news, including a request by a fan for submissions for a Trek cookbook
- puzzles
- an original fiction story called "R, Semi-Private Eye" by Ruth Anderson, Shauna Born, Rob Downie, Laura Honke, Zoe Kogan, Leslie Martens, and Richard McKay
Judy Zoltai has a message to fans and urges members to come to the next meeting to sign a petition to keep Spock in the upcoming Star Trek film:
The existence, not only of our club, but of Star Trek itself, is in jeopardy, and we fans must do something about it. As you are no doubt aware, Paramount has just finished filming Spock's death, which they may or may not use in the upcoming movie. We would like to help them make this decision. If they do not wish to use Leonard Nimoy/Spock in future films, there are alternatives to having him annihilated. They could give him his own ship, make him an ambassador, or send him back to Vulcan for some important post or to complete the ritual of Kohlinahr, to name just a few possibilities.Nimoy and the fans do not want Spock to die; only some Paramount officials want Spock to die. After Spock, who will their next target be?
We are asking you to attend the Feb. 16 meeting and sign a petition which will be presented to the Winnipeg offices of Paramount at a date to be announced later. All are welcome to join us when we make the presentation.
The world of Star Trek needs the fans to keep it alive, so be sure to attend the meeting and sign the petition.
v.3 n.3
Short Treks v.3 n.3 was published in March 1982 and contains 4 pages.
The editor was Wayne Morris.
- the latest club meetings included viewing member's slides, a raffle for books, and a trivia contents
- lists the staff of the club zine, Event Horizon #3
- "Leonard Nimoy reportedly told Variety that 'he's looking forward to talking about doing Star Trek III,' and had some good comments concerning the script and character relations in Star Trek II. He obviously believes that the scene filmed in which Spock dies won't be used."
- Arthur's Articulations by Richard McKay (original science fiction)
- various puzzles
v.3 n.5
Short Treks v.3 n.5 was published in May 1982 and contains 4 pages.
- Minutes of the April Meeting (raffles, slide show, trivia contest, election speeches, two films were shown, one prize was a copy of The Prometheus Design)
- the Spring Social is cancelled (the space was double booked)
- a short publicity blurb about the upcoming film, The Wrath of Khan
- several puzzles
v.3 n.6
Short Treks v.3 n.6 was published in June 1982 and contains 3 pages.
- Minutes of the May meeting (a play called "The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise" (originally a SNL skit), raffle)
- a short report about club members seeing a special screening of The Wrath of Khan ("If anyone comes up with words sufficient to describe the movie, let me know. All I can come up with so far is "oh, wow!". Definitely a great movie.")
- a list of the 14 favorite books survey
v.3 n.7
Short Treks v.3 n.7 was published in July 1982 and contains 4 pages.
- Minutes of the June Meeting (raffle, picnic plans, submission requests for Event Horizon ("We still need a third episode for the cliff-hanger"), "another lecture by Arthur, alias Richard McKay. His topic was, for the most part, FTL communication
- a request for ideas for activities for future meetings, with the reminder that activities need to have the people to plan and do them
- puzzles
v.3 n.12
Short Treks v.3 n.12 was published in December 1982 and contains 4 pages.
- a map and invite to the December meeting at the University Center at the University of Manitoba
- the resignation statement from a member, Catherine, who assures this is because of personal reasons and not because of "problems or differences with the Council or other club members"
- A Fairly Short Story, fiction by Richard McKay (original science fiction)
- puzzles and trivia
- at the last meeting in November, the main activity was a Star Trek wedding between two members (the "real wedding" was a few months previously), Russ Strong performed the ceremony in costume based on the episode "Balance of Terror," there were snacks afterwards