STARFLEET Is Our Members

For over four decades, STARFLEET has provided Star Trek fans a way to make friends, have fun, give back to their communities, and show that the dream of Gene Roddenberry can live long and prosper.  Members are the backbone and the heart of our organization – without you, we aren’t a STARFLEET at all!

On the local level, Members can gather with other fans for a variety of enjoyable activities.  On the international level, STARFLEET offers our members a wealth of resources that cannot be found in any other Star Trek fan club.  

What do we have to offer you as a Member? IIn addition to a great set of membership materials and our regularly-published newsletter, STARFLEET offers you the chance to get involved with all the different possible careers inside the Star Trek universe, take courses and earn diplomas at STARFLEET Academy, volunteer to help out with the various internal departments that keep the whole Fleet running, a yearly convention just for Members, and so much more. We even have a series of academic scholarships that are awarded to deserving STARFLEET members each year!

STARFLEET Is Our Chapters

STARFLEET is divided into over 200 chapters which are spread all over the world, each named for a ship of the line or space station to keep with the Star Trek theme of our group. It is in these chapters that members of STARFLEET get together to make friends, meet and have a fun time. 

STARFLEET chapters range in size from ten members to several dozen. Some chapters get together and meet in person, while others meet by talking in email, in chat rooms, via video conferencing, on forums, or even correspond with each other via good old fashioned postal mail!

Of course, you can be a member of STARFLEET without joining a chapter, too – chapters just afford you a group of like-minded fans to interact with on a regular basis, but there’s still plenty to do at FLEET level for someone without a chapter, and not being in a chapter won’t stop you from getting promoted.  You can also be a member of a chapter without joining STARFLEET itself – that’s just fine too – but you won’t be able to take advantage of the organization-level fun or promotions that way.

STARFLEET Is Our Regions

STARFLEET chapters are grouped into Regions, with each Region covering a different geographical area. These individual Regions will often hold gatherings where crews of many chapters get together for conferences, parties, charity events, and a wide range of other activities. Your chapter is never far from even more friends!

STARFLEET has a Chain of Command, just like in Star Trek

Each chapter is led by a Commanding Officer and a First Officer.  chapters report to Regional Coordinators, who in turn form the Board of Directors for STARFLEET and work with an elected 7-member Executive Committee that serves a term of 3 years. A solid chain of command exists to deal appropriately and fairly with any problem or concern a STARFLEET member might have with or at any level of the organization. Leadership is there to help you all through your time in STARFLEET!

One of the most fun aspects of being in STARFLEET is that every Member can be assigned a rank – just like in the shows and movies – and get promoted for participation in their local chapter, Region, or even at the Fleet level. New members in chapters can start with introductory ranks, such as Cadet or Ensign, and get promoted up through higher ranks like Lieutenant and Commander.  The more actively a member participates in any level of the STARFLEET organization, the higher the rank that member is likely to earn – potentially all the way up to Admiral!

Like what you see? Want to be a part of something great? Join us today! We’re waiting for you!