Last Call for Comments: About Us & Bylaws Specific Purposes

by Charlie Plaine, Chair of the Board

23rd September 2024

The Continuing Committee's Board of Directors have been working to develop a comprehensive Mission Statement and a Long-Term Plan for the organization. As one of the first steps of this plan, we have been seeking feedback on 2 specific sets of text that help publicly define this organization. These Request for Comments (RFC) threads have been open since July, and will be closing on October 13th, 2024.

The first, About Us, appears at the bottom of all of our forum pages. It reads as follows:

Welcome to a universe with endless possibilities. We are the Continuing Committee, an all-volunteer, not-for-profit committee that releases free, printable, virtual sets and organizes tournaments for three Star Trek-themed customizable card games that were originally created by Decipher, Inc.

In the spirit of Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, the Continuing Committee welcomes people of all backgrounds to our community.

The second appears in Section 2.2 of The Continuing Committee's Bylaws, defining the specific purposes of our organization. It reads as follows:

2.2. Specific Purposes

The specific purposes of the Corporation include, without limitation, the following:

2.2.1 Support

Provide logistical support and development of the Star Trek Customizable Card Games (STCCG) originally created by Decipher, Inc. and the community of players of those games. This shall include all three sub-groups of the STCCG: First Edition, Second Edition and Tribbles.

2.2.2 Maintenance

Maintain standard rules and formats, as well as a tournament system, to allow members to organize and participate in competitive events playing the STCCG.

2.2.3 Content

Create new content for the STCCG, in the form of new cards, as well as provide support to previously released content in the form of errata, tournament formats, etc.

Comments threads for each of these 2 pieces of text have been open since July. We will be closing these threads on October 13th so we can proceed to work on updating the text. We encourage to read the threads and comment on your thoughts about the About Us text or about Bylaws Section 2.2: Specific Purposes. The threads will remain open through Sunday, October 13th at which point they will close.

Please share your thoughts on our existing definitions so that we can work to improve as we make long-term plans.

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