CRYPTIC STUDIOS LICENSES RIGHTS TO PRODUCE STAR TREK ONLINE

Trek Fans Worldwide Are Invited to MMO Gamplay Reveal at Annual Star Trek Convention August 10, 2008 or Via Live Webcast at www.startrekonline.com

Los Gatos, Calif. – Cryptic Studios™, a leading developer and publisher of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), announced today that it has secured the global rights to develop and publish Star Trek® Online, a massively multiplayer online game based on the legendary Star Trek franchise, from CBS Consumer Products.

Cryptic will unveil the first Star Trek Online gameplay footage as well as details about this highly anticipated MMO at the annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas on Sunday, August 10, 2008. Trek fans from around the globe can also view the event live via webcast at www.startrekonline.com.

Interested participants can register today for the Star Trek Online webcast and to sign up for the STO community by visiting www.startrekonline.com.

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Greetings,

Do to some ongoing performance issues with the server many of our SQL databased reside on, our provider and I would like to migrate these databases to another server in their datacenter. In addition we have also requested the website side (frontend) of the main membership database and its associated development and test databases be moved to another server as well. These moves will effect to some degree the majority of SFI's web resources. This will however, not effect any of our e-mail resources.

I have not been given a specific timeline yet for the entire process, however it could begin at any time. Therefore, you can expect periodical outages of various SFI websites and the main membership database as our provider conducts these moves. At each stage after they complete a piece of the move we have to update code on our side to reflect the changes, so please be patience with us as this is a complex process.

Additional news will be posted as it comes available.

COMM Matt Moyer
SFI, Chief of Computer Operations (CompOps)
compops@sfi.org

Congratulations to the 2007 Annual Award Receipients!

• Flag Officer of the Year - Matthew Moyer - USS Liberator, R1
• Officer of the Year - Jari James - USS Thermopylae, R5
• CO of the Year - Nancy O'Shields - USS New Hope, R2
• Enlisted Member of the Year - David Cook - USS Omega Glory, R17
• Junior Member of the Year - Jada Avery - USS Flying Fox, R7
• Chapter of the Year - USS Southern Cross - Region 11
• Mothership of the Year - USS Aurora Vulcanus - Region 3
• Shakedown Chapter of the Year - USS Corsair - Region 3
  

Attention all hands!

Please join me in welcoming the USS Leonidas, Region 4 to STARFLEET. This is a meeting chapter based out of Arizona Junction, AZ. For info on joining this ship, please contact Commander Jonathan Krieger at lahcommander@mchsi.com

Rear Admiral Warren Price
CO, USS Providence NCC-71796
Chief of Shakedown Operations, SFI

Attention all hands!

Please join me in welcoming the USS Elizabeth R., Region 15 to STARFLEET. This is a correspondance chapter based out of Belchertown, MA. For info on joining this ship, please contact Fleet Captain Ellen Majka at candlebabes65@charter.net

Rear Admiral Warren Price
CO, USS Providence NCC-71796
Chief of Shakedown Operations, SFI

Attention all hands!

Please join me in welcoming the USS Tang, Region 1 to STARFLEET. This is a correspondance chapter based out of Liberty, Kentucky. For info on joining this ship, please contact Commodore Peter Lutz at petelutz@windstream.net or visit their website at http://www.usstang.org

Rear Admiral Warren Price
CO, USS Providence NCC-71796
Chief of Shakedown Operations, SFI

Attention all hands!

Please join me in welcoming the USS Marathon to STARFLEET. This is a meeting chapter and is currently based in Plant City,
Florida. For info on joining this ship, please contact Admiral David E. Ryan at dave@daveeryan.com


Rear Admiral Warren Price,
CO, USS Providence NCC-71796
Chief of Shakedown Operations, SFI

We are pleased to announce the latest feature to the STARFLEET website, weblinks system. This tool will contain links to STARFLEET websites at all levels, Fleet, Region, and Chapter. We have also created categories to link to conventions, fan films, costumes/uniform resources, and unofficial sites where you are bound to find a bunch of fleeters hanging out. We have populated the tool with Fleet and Region website, and encourage our members to submit their links today. We also welcome suggestions for additional categories. You will find the "Useful Links" tool under the RESOURCES box on the left of the website.

This year's annual awards period is quickly coming to a close.

Visit: http://awards.sfi.org TODAY to submit your nominations.

Also don't forget our individual awards program which consists of 15 different awards!