Star Trek Nuts
| Fan Club | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Star Trek Nuts |
| Dates: | 1974-1977 |
| Founder(s): | |
| Leadership: | George Perkins and Mark Behrend |
| Country based in: | USA |
| Focus: | Star Trek: TOS, science fiction |
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Star Trek Nuts is a Star Trek: TOS fan club based in Brookings, South Dakota, USA.
The club president was George Perkins.
The club's members and leaders were primarily male fans between the ages of 11-20.
Fan Club Activities
- Star Trek Nuts & Bolts (publication)
- Nuts & Bolts Worksheet (publication)
- Brookcon (convention)
- Star Trek Nuts & Bolts Mini-Con (convention)
About
CLUB: Star Trek Nuts is a fan club with science fiction, fantasy, and related subjects as aims, with primary emphasis on Star Trek, Discussion and activities are encouraged throughout the club.
Star Trek Nuts is divided into five types of membership. Local members, automatically on the Lower Council, meet at irregular intervals, and are responsible for all legislative decisions.
A select group of local members, called the high Council, is responsible for calling meetings, and executive decisions. There are no dues for local members, and with membership, both Lower and High Council receive a membership card, a listing in the pen pal list, and a discount price (subtraction of post age costs) on Star Trek Nuts and Bolts.
The last three types of membership are for out-of-town members. Full active membership requires yearly dues of $3.25, and includes a membership card, filmclips, listing in the pen pal list, and six free issues of Star Trek Nuts and Bolts. "String" active members requires bimonthly dues of 6O0 or 5 130 stamps, and brings the member all the benefits of full active membership. Semi-active membership requires no dues, and the member receives a membership card and a listing in the pen pal list.
A complete listing of all new members is published in each issue of Star Trek Nuts and Bolts. At the end of each year, all members for that year are published in a separate listing, alphabetically. 1975 and 1976 members are available for 75 cents each, postage paid. Membership is open to all, with no limitations.
To become a member, send a check for the proper amount due (payable to George Perkins or Mark Behrend) along with the following information for the pen pal list: NAME; ADDRESS; PHONE NUMBER, (include area code); AGE; BIRTHDAY; FAVORITE: STAR TREK CHARACTER, GUEST STAR, EPISODE, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, and SET. [1]
Organization
...There are one or two things that might be dona to Improve STN&B and STN. For Star Trek Nuts, I would say another reorganisation of the organization is due. It's a bit confusing to say the least. The High and Low Councils are fine, but for the following classifications of out-of-town members might help. Full membership — Honorary Council membership) String — Auxiliary Council membership) Semi-active — Cadets ... or something of the sort. Dunsels, Sooci, Praetor, you can stick them all In there somewhere. Just apply names to your three classifications and it will add a bit of color to STN,.. [2]
The Triangle Alliance
WHAT IS THE TRIANGLE ALLIANCE?
The Triangle Alliance is a confederation of three clubs, all with similar interests. Star Fleet is located in Los Angeles, and is Skippered by 13 year old David Everett. Star Trek Nuts is run by George Perkins (14) of Brookings, South Dakota. Fans of Star Trek (FOST) is presided over by 14 year old Dan Munson of Winona, Minn. Their addresses are available by writing to Star Fleet, or in the Star Trek Welcommittee Directory. [3]
The Club Disbanded in 1977
The club disbanded in in mid-1977.
The club zine continued on, and was published by Mos Eisley Press.
From the beginning, STAR TREK NUTS was a very nebulous club. Mark Behrend and I started it back in late '74, and it didn't really get under way until mid '75. Supposedly, Mark and I were co-presidents — members of the "high council". We made the decisions, we got activities going, we did this and we did that. My address was used as the headquarters address, and hence, I got the mall. Since I was getting the mail, the club sort of gave me an unfair balance of the work load at the same time. With no one at fault, the club sort of chose its own president) ME.
I struggled along for about two years as the almost S0LE-OPERATOR of STN. But it reached its peak this spring. It is getting so that I cannot and do not want to handle it all. In fact, I want out. I brought this to the attention of Mark and various other people, and it was sort of the consensus to just "quit".
Scott Taylor, at first, applied for the job of the new president, but then bowed out when he found out just how much more work it would be that he had originally figured. Heidi Schulman was next in line, and Fritz Ochs also volunteered. I'm not exactly sorry to report that STAR TREK NUTS has been disbanded. It is no longer a club. So Fritz and Heidi need not worry about becoming new presidents. I'd like to thank all three for offering their help, however.
Let me say that I really enjoyed meeting all the people who joined the club and then wrote letters as members. In a few cases I have been lucky enough to actually meet these people too — which is a very fantastic thing — and I hope we all remain friends. But, I cannot do all the other things I do in normal day-to-day life, edit a zine, and try to run a club. (Which la why the club really never did get anywhere — I didn't put my full energies into it -- I just didn't want to, otherwise I couldn't have done anything else!) [4]
References
- ^ from Star Trek Nuts & Bolts #13 (1977)
- ^ from Star Trek Nuts & Bolts #16
- ^ from Quasar v.2 n.2/3
- ^ from Star Trek Nuts & Bolts #17/18/19