HISTORIAN – CDR EUGENE SANFORD

During the month of June, Commander Eugene Sanford has been working on various ideas for two historical records department. One for Top Gun, expanding on various ideas to complete the full history, and the second is for the Region Seven Historical Archives. After the program was resurrected at the 2007 R7 Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, the commander began working on various ideas to found and create a second regional historical records office. The Chief Historian chatted with Commander Donna DiMatteo, who was recently promoted to full Commander at Shore Leave 30. She checked with Commander Sanford on updating new contact information for the crew roster as Fleet Captain Dean Rogers is in the process of making the new list.

The crew of Top Gun has a Facebook Page, each member with their own bio and information, and the Chapter has a "Group" page. An event was posted on this account, pertaining to an upcoming camping trip to be held in New Jersey. Commander Sanford is now in the process of getting this weekend cleared so that he can attend.

This event will mark the 4th camping trip for FCapt Rogers and Commander Sanford. Back in the late 90's, they both attended a camping trip on their former chapter, the USS Alpha Centauri at Cunningham Falls State Park in Thurmont, Maryland. This camping trip will mark the 3rd anniversary of the Starship Top Gun.

Other department news includes the upgrading of the ship's timeline aboard Top Gun, as well as that of the regional timeline, to which Commander Sanford has already copied and included in his second HR department. He is also running for the position of Region Seven Historian, and has made contact with the newly-appointed Regional Coordinator, Fleet Captain Wayne Auguston. Uniforms from different eras of star trek are discussed. Costuming does fit into the historical aspect of the star trek era. Top Gun is still going strong with over ten members, now entering its third year of service. Next year, FCapt Rogers is stepping down as CO of Top Gun, but is unsure as to when he will step down.

Within Commander Sanford's office, there is a new project in the works. It was an idea that Captain Horton had presented while chatting with the commander. It will be simply titled "The Evolution of USS Top Gun". This is a complete historical retrospect of the award-winning Sovereign Class chapter of the 21st century. It will include the pre-shuttle/Shuttle/Chapter eras. Now that August is here, Commander Sanford will continue to have an online presence, and will also continue to work on piecing together ideas to unveil the newly-minted Region Seven Historical Archives.

For those new members who do not know Commander Eugene Sanford, or what he does, he is the Chief Historian and founder of the department listed above in this report. It is named after three historians from our universe, as well as that of the Star Trek universe. McGivers is the name of a historian who served aboard the original starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk, and Whalen is a historian who served aboard the Enterprise-D.

Thus the name of this department is the Sanford-Whalen-McGivers Department of Historical Records. More details to follow soon.