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Issue #69
Summer 2005

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FROM CRIMSON KNIGHT FLEET

   AS I hurriedly write this to get it in under deadline, it occurs to me that it has been almost four years since the official launch of the Crimson Knight Fleet, and at least four and a half years since the idea of a new fleet first was hatched.  A lot has changed in those years.

Back then, we were a bunch of revolutionaries whose anger towards our old club sometimes got in the way of a smooth transition into our new one.  Now, many of our members belong to both clubs, and we have had many events that were supported at the local level by both clubs.

We have also become able to stand on our own two feet. At the beginning, we were still struggling to make a name for ourselves apart from the club we left.  Now, the word has spread across fandom that the Crimson Knight Fleet is KAG's Canadian Fleet.

When we first started out, the proto-fleet was "led" by a council of officers.  Although that council achieved great things in terms of building the foundation for the fleet that was to come, it came at the expense of a lot of discussions, differences of opinion, and downright arguments.  Now, we have a solid chain of command that smoothly and efficiently connects us to the rest of the club.

At the beginning, our general membership roster contained of a lot of "paper members", people who joined the fleet because that was what everyone else was doing, but who were not really interested in participating.  Now, we are seeing an upsurge in member participation.  More new members are getting costumed, and more of them are willing to devote their time to events such as charity drives and security details.

Early on, there were very few events for our members to take part in; in 2001, for example, there were only four events in Toronto.  Nowadays, we are busier than we have ever been before; in the last year, Toronto alone has seen 21 events (not counting those in nearby
cities).

We certainly have come a long way in those years.  But the question is, where do we go from here?  I think we still have room for improvement in all the areas I just mentioned.  We can continue to build bridges with our Klingon brothers in our former club (and other clubs for that matter).  We can spread the name of the Crimson Knight Fleet far and wide across Canada.  Our command officers can get more involved in projects that benefit KAG as a whole.  We can recruit more new members, and encourage them to be more active.  And we can encourage more of our ships to hold new events in new areas.

I am proud of what this fleet has accomplished, and no matter what the future (the "Undiscovered Country") may bring, I will always be proud of this fleet and its members.  To paraphrase Commander Klag: "Our future is honour; our present is serving the Crimson Knight Fleet!"

Colonel Krikor sutai-jechwI'
(Krikor AJemian)
Crimson Knight Fleet Commander, KAG
<[email protected]>


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