Starbase Indy: Difference between revisions
David Mott, conchair 2022{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/StarbaseIndy/posts/10160972320741388/#_=_ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=www.facebook.com}}
The community continued to attempt to demand that the convention chair be removed as a result of leaked screen shots from a private discord server which showed that before apologizing the chair attempted to defend the guest and made many remarks which were controversial.
David Mott, conchair 2022{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/StarbaseIndy/posts/10160972320741388/#_=_ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=www.facebook.com}}
The community continued to attempt to demand that the convention chair be removed as a result of leaked screen shots from a private discord server which showed that before apologizing the chair attempted to defend the guest and made many remarks which were controversial.
The board voted in an emergency meeting and to accept the con chair’s apology and retain him for the event, which was only a few weeks away at that time. A few members of the community began trying to expand their influence by reaching out to vendors, speakers, and in some cases speakers’ employers demanding the removal of the con chair.
==Guest stars==
==Guest stars==
2023
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3239252/ Bonnie Gordon]
* [http://www.moxiemagnus.com/ Moxie Ann Magnus]
* [[Larry Nemecek]]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/noorlabduke/mohamed-noor Dr. Mohamed Noor]
2022
2022
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2909963/ Bill Blair]
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2909963/ Bill Blair]
Science fiction convention
| Starbase Indy | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Star Trek / Science Fiction / STEM |
| Dates | Thanksgiving Weekend |
| Venue | Indianapolis Marriott East |
| Location(s) | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 1988 |
| Most recent | 2021 |
| Next event | November 25rd – 27th, 2022 |
| Attendance | ~500 |
| Organized by | The Starbase (a 501c3 corporation) |
| Website | www |
Starbase Indy is a science fiction convention. Its mission, revised in 2017, is “Celebrating Star Trek‘s vision of the future by promoting humanitarianism and STEM education today.” Working to promote Gene Roddenberry‘s vision of a hopeful future, Starbase Indy reorganized as public benefit corporation with the purpose of raising the interest and improving the knowledge and skills of all ages in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through engagement in public discussion, lectures, and hands-on programs during a yearly event in November. The organization also works to eliminate prejudice and discrimination through intentional inclusivity, promotion of diversity, and specifically designed activities.
Starbase Indy has also launched a related podcast, the Starbase Indy Podcast, which interviews people who are inspired by Star Trek or science fiction to work toward a hopeful future in the real world. The podcast has included actors, writers, artists, directors, scientists, academics, and researchers, many of whom have spoken at the live event in November.
Starbase Indy is held annually during the Friday through Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana. It draws attendees mainly from the Midwestern United States, but attendees have registered from as far away as Germany and Australia.
History[edit]
The idea for Starbase Indy germinated after Indianapolis Star Trek fans attended a convention in St. Louis, and decided to create their own convention. The first Starbase Indy was held in March 1988 in the Adam’s Mark Hotel, and the main guest-stars were Michael Dorn, who portrayed Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Mark Lenard, who played Sarek on Star Trek: The Original Series. The convention moved to the Marriott East in Indianapolis, and the now-traditional Thanksgiving weekend.[1] Beginning in 1989, the convention adopted “The Next Generation” as part of its name, then “The Third Generation” in 1990, and so on. With “Starbase Indy: The Eighth Generation” in 1995, the local organizing committee ended the initial run of Starbase Indy. In 2004, after a professional convention-company bowed out, a new fan-run committee organized…
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