Region 4 Summit to be part of Loscon
By Commodore Dave Mason
STARFLEET’s Region 4 will present special “Star Trek” speakers during its first summit in more than a decade.
The summit will be open to everyone attending Loscon on Nov. 28 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, 5711 Century Blvd., Los Angeles.
Loscon is providing a meeting room at no charge to Region 4, which will hold its summit starting at 11:30 a.m. in the room called “La Jolla B.”
The summit will continue throughout the afternoon.
To attend the summit, you must buy a Loscon membership, which costs $85 for the weekend for adults and older youths. The weekend rate for children ages 3 to 11 is $25. You can pay at loscon.org, the website operated by USS Angeles member Kristine Cherry, or at the door. There is no discounted daily rate.
Once you buy a Loscon membership, there is no additional charge to attend the Region 4 summit.
The summit will consist of four, 75-minute panels, which allows for 15 minutes of Q&A after each hour-long talk. Panelists include Larry Nemecek, a journalist who has long covered “Star Trek,” and award-winning composer David Raiklen.
The schedule consists of:
– 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. “Star Trek Crafts” with Tracy Newby, Stacy Meyn and others. Tracy and Stacy, who are on the summit committee, are experienced Loscon speakers with a rich knowledge of “Star Trek.” In addition, Tracy and Dave Mason are co-coordinating the summit’s panels.
– 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. “Star Trek Costuming” with Tracy Newby, Stacy Meyn, Larry Nemecek, Dave Mason and others.
– 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. “What is STARFLEET?” with Region 4 Coordinator Ron Coleman, Larry Nemecek, Dave Mason and others.
Ron, a longtime “Star Trek” fan and leader in STARFLEET, and others will talk about Region 4 of STARFLEET: The International Fan Association and its various chapters. Ron is leading the summit committee.
In addition to an introduction to STARFLEET, we may use this time to conduct Region 4 business and recognize STARFLEET achievements. We encourage people who haven’t heard of STARFLEET to come to this session and learn all about us!
– 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. “Star Trek: Past, Present and Future” with Larry Nemecek, Dave Mason, David Raiklen and others.
We’ll look at “Star Trek” from its beginning in 1966 to “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” and possibilities for other shows. “Legacy,” anyone?
Larry, a bestselling author who wrote “Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion” and hosts “The Trek Files” podcast and “Trekland Tuesdays LIVE,” was one of the moderators interviewing actors on stage at Creation Entertainment’s “Star Trek” convention in August in Las Vegas.
David Raiklen is an award-winning composer whose music has been performed at the Hollywood Bowl and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. He is a producer and composer for the sci-fi series “Space Command” and has spoken regularly on the music of “Star Trek” on Loscon panels and at USS Angeles meetings.
In addition to the Region 4 Summit, USS Angeles members will be involved with other aspects of Loscon. For example, Dennis and Kristine Cherry will again run the convention’s blood drive.
As usual, Loscon will feature a variety of panels focusing on science fiction and science, with an emphasis on authors and experts.
The convention’s theme is “Tell me a story.” Guests of honor are writer Ursula Vernon/T Kingfisher, artist Benton Jew, musician Lynn Gold and fan Tadao Tomomatsu, who delivers a video message at loscon.org.
STARFLEET Region 4 Coordinator Ron Coleman will lead the Region 4 Summit panel, “What is STARFLEET?” Ron also leads the committee overseeing the summit. (Photo courtesy Ron Coleman)
Larry Nemecek will sit on several Region 4 Summit panels, including “Star Trek: Past, Present and Future.” (Photo courtesy Larry Nemecek)
Composer David Raiklen will be part of the “Star Trek: Past, Present and Future” panel during the Region 4 Summit. (Photo by Dave Mason/USS Angeles/Angels Flight)
Dave Mason will lead the “Star Trek: Past, Present and Future” panel at the Region 4 Summit. Dave and Tracy Newby, commanding officer of the USS Northern Lights, are co-coordinating the summit’s four panels. (Photo by Lisa Sobien/Angels Flight/USS Angeles)
Kristine and Dennis Cherry attend the “Teen TItans” voiceover cast panel at Comic Con Revolution in Ontario. The USS Angeles members are the chairs of the annual blood drive at Loscon. (Photo by Dave Mason/Angels Flight/USS Angeles)
