Our general meetings are held the first Sunday of every month at 2 PM. Starting in 2025, we've decided to meet on the holodeck. Future meetings will be held in virtual cyberspace online using the Zoom video conferencing software app. Please see the individual monthly Event Pages on our Facebook page for the links to the Zoom meeting. The link will not be published in advance to prevent them being bombed by trolls.
Our online meetings utilize the Zoom video conferencing software. You may want to download and test your video and audio equipment before hand. Unfortunately, our Zoom meetings are limited to 45 minutes with the free version of their software. Therefore, it's imperative that you join the meeting promptly at 2PM If it lasts longer, we may post a link to a second meeting in the Zoom chat or the Facebook Event Discussion area.
In the past, we have two locations that we use for our monthly meetings. The first is inside the Charger Union building on the campus of the University of Alabama-Huntsville. We'll be somewhere in the lounge area in front of the Dunkin Donuts, which is around the center divider area across from the main entrance. The Charger Union is located at 4705 Holmes Ave NW, which is in the southwest corner of the intersection with John Wright Drive. Even though parking lot W20 next to it is for faculty use during the weekdays, we've been told that it's OK to park there on the weekends. In fact, we haven't had any problems parking inside the covered parking deck that's next door if you prefer to be out of the sun or rain.
The second meeting location is at the downtown branch of the Huntsville / Madison County Public Library. We try to use Meeting Room C on the second floor, though we have also used Meeting Rooms D and G on the second floor. We've also used the Main Auditorium and Meeting Rooms A and B on the first floor for other events before. The meeting rooms on the second floor are just behind and to the left of the reference desk in the center. The meeting rooms on the first floor are down the hallway to the right as soon as you enter the library's entrance vestibule. The main branch of the library is located at 915 Monroe Street near the Von Braun Center between Clinton Avenue and Governors Drive, both of which are accessible from Memorial Parkway.
If we're meeting in person, and bad weather or a holiday occurs on that day, our meetings will be held the following Sunday at the same location and time. The business portion of the meeting generally lasts about a half hour, though we usually socialize for about an hour or two afterwards with a fun activity. The Star Trek version of Uno is our preferred game, though we've gotten into playing Five Year Mission and Star Trek Fluxx as well.
We try to have at least one activity each month in addition to our monthly meeting. This activity can range from a community service or fund raising event to another fun, social event, or any combination thereof. Sample past activities have included picnics, video marathons, convention trips, game nights, ice cream socials, miniature golf, and much more. As always, feel free to suggest an activity that you would like to see us do.
The health of our crewmembers is our highest priority. Therefore, we ask that all members please get vaccinated against Covid. Furthermore, keep your vaccination up to date by getting regular booster shots, just like you would for the annual flu shot. Proof of vaccination is not required to attend our events. Please respect the wishes of any members that continue to wear masks and stay socially distant. So please, if you're showing any signs of illness, whether it be the common cold, flu, Covid, etc., please stay home to help prevent spreading the illness further. Like the Vulcans, we want you to live long, and prosper.
We have several methods of informing our members of events. Our primary method of communication is via our Facebook Fan Page. Make sure you Like or follow our page. Since we don't pay Facebook to promote our page, it may not show our posts unless a bunch of people like or comment on a post. Therefore, we recommend that you turn on notifications for our page posts and make our page a Favorite so our posts will appear first in your newsfeed. The more interaction you have with the page, the more likely you are to see our posts. Any last minute announcements, cancellations, or changes will be posted to our Facebook page, so check there if you're uncertain if an event is still happening. Our Facebook newsfeed is displayed on our web site's main page, so you don't even have to be a member to see those posts.
We also maintain a private email list. However, we don't post to it as often as we do to Facebook and Twitter. If you want to be added, send an email to info@usswvb.org. Make sure you mention that you want to be added to the WvB email list. All emails are sent via BCC to ensure your email address remains private. Your personal information is never shared with anyone else. Furthermore, only the Commanding Officer has access to that information. You can asked to be removed from that email list at any time.
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