USS Niagara Membership Handbook & By?Laws
Order of Herodotus ? History or Record keeping ? Awarded to a member for significant activities
in preserving a chapter's, region's or STARFLEET's history.
Order of Prentares ? Space Research or Exploration ? Awarded to a member for significant
activity in promoting the cause of space research or exploration. Activities need not be
STARFLEET?related.
Order of Roddenberry ? Star Trek ? Awarded to a member for significant activity in promoting
Star Trek, development and implementation of fun, Star Trek?themed ideas, and Star Trek
fandom as a whole.
Order of Samaritan ? Volunteerism ? Awarded to a member for significant activities in the area
of charity work or volunteerism. Activities need not be STARFLEET?related.
Order of S'harien ? Inventiveness or Craftsmanship ? Awarded to a member for excellence in
inventiveness or craftsmanship in an aspect related to their chapter, region or STARFLEET.
Order of Surak ? Scholarship ? Awarded to a member for scholastic achievement outside of
STARFLEET. Can be traditional schooling, vocational schooling, continuing education, etc.
Order of Tarbolde of Canopius ? Writing ? Awarded to a member for activities in the area of
chapter fiction, or writing for chapter, region, or STARFLEET publications.
Nomination Procedures
? Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis, and award winners are announced on a
quarterly basis.
? If you are submitting a nomination for a special event (IC, Summit, etc.), please submit
the nomination four (4) weeks in advance, and please note that on the "Special
Requests" section of the nomination. We will do our best to accommodate you!
? Nominations may be submitted for activities that occurred within the past six (6)
months. If a series of activities is the basis for the nomination, the most recent activity
should have occurred within that time frame.
? Nominations may be submitted for any STARFLEET member in good standing by any
other STARFLEET member. Nominations for Orders of Merit, First Class, require the
endorsement of any Regional Coordinator (please note that this does not need to be the
nominator's or the nominee's RC, but can be any sitting RC).
? A STARFLEET member may not nominate him or herself.
? A STARFLEET member may win the same award once per calendar year.
? Nominations for Orders of Merit, Second and Third Class will be reviewed and approved
(or rejected) by the Awards Director.
? Nominations for Orders of Merit, First Class, will be reviewed and approved (or rejected)
by majority vote of the STARFLEET Executive Committee.
? Nominations should be a description of how the nominated member has gone above
and beyond the call of duty in providing service to his or her chapter, region, or
STARFLEET. Nominations should not just be a listing of activities and events, but should
explain why the member deserves the award.
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