USS Niagara Membership Handbook & By?Laws
In addition to your membership rights, there are also responsibilities of membership that
must be considered and are equally important. Nowhere else are the responsibilities of
membership in STARFLEET better outlined than in the ten points of the STARFLEET Officer’s
Code of Conduct.
1.) I will always behave in a manner that brings credit to the Fleet, my ship, and myself.
2.) I will always praise in public and critique in private.
3.) I will show courtesy to my subordinates, fellow officers, and superior officers at all
times.
4.) I will never assume, but always verify.
5.) I will be resolute in the performance of my duty and the execution of Fleet policy and
regulation.
6.) I will always diffuse confrontations, not cause them.
7.) I will listen to both sides of a dispute and act upon fact, not innuendo.
8.) I will strive for impartiality and fairness in judgment and disqualify myself from decisions
where my judgment may be compromised.
9.) I will be the first to praise and the last to criticize.
10.) I will always strive to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Section 7: Non?Discrimination against Members
The USS Niagara declares and affirms its special responsibility to uphold the ideals
presented in the Star Trek universe, as created by Gene Roddenberry, and to promote the full
participation of persons in all of its activities and in the full range of human endeavor without
regard to race, color, sex, disability, affectional or sexual orientation, age, or national origin and
without requiring adherence to any particular interpretation of religion or to any particular
religious belief or creed.
Section 8: Disciplinary Action
Any member who operates outside the bounds of ethics; has been found to be engaged
in illegal activity; and/or acts in a manner which reflects negatively upon the USS Niagara,
Region 7, STARFLEET, or Star Trek in general may be subject to disciplinary action as set forth in
Articles IX and X of these by?laws.
Section 9: Appeals
Any member, who is not awarded membership for any reason, has the right to appeal
the Commanding Officer's decision to the Regional Coordinator or STARFLEET.
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