Dave Kuck Joins The Continuing Committee

by Charlie Plaine, Chairman

7th March 2009

The Continuing Committee is proud to announce that Dave Kuck from Minnesota has accepted the Chairman's offer to become the new North American Continental Coordinator. With the addition of Dave, the Department of Organized Play is again fully staffed and is looking forward to exciting things for 2009 and beyond.

The Chairman asked Dave to write a few words to introduce himself:

"Dave Kuck was born and raised in the great state of Minnesota. He was introduced to Star Trek: The Next Generation at a young age by his parents who made it a Saturday tradition to order Pizza Hut and watch TNG. He was introduced to Star Trek: The Next Generation CCG in 1994 by friends attending the local Junior High School. In his first booster pack, he pulled a Jean-Luc Picard and his love of the game hasn't stopped since, although took a brief hiatus in collecting new cards between high school and college. While attending North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota to get his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science, he stumbled upon a local STCCG player group on accident while dabbling in some other CCGs. He got re-introduced to 1E and played that until 2E came out. Dave has been heavily involved with 2E from the get-go playing in Fargo, then playing with the Twin Cities group once he moved to Rochester, MN to take a Software Engineer position at IBM.

Dave enjoys playing games for the fierce competition coupled with the close camaraderie that results. That is why STCCG 2E is his game of choice. He's played competitively, making it to the top 16 at the World Championships once and running a variety of tournaments, most notably the first Draft Regional and the US West National tournaments. Dave was humbled to be asked to join the Continuing Committee as the North American Organized Play Coordinator and will do his best to serve the players of North America and players of STCCG 2E and continue the legacy of the best CCG ever produced."

Welcome aboard, Dave!

-djl-