Mind-Meld (Star Trek: TOS newsletter)

Mind-Meld is a gen Star Trek: TOS newsletter issued by Society for Earthbound Vulcans. 
They include news tidbits & news clippings, editorials, merchandise lists, member lists, a bit of poetry, book reviews.
 
==Lots of Gaps Between Issues==
There were many long gaps between issues, which sometimes made the numbering appear incomplete. 
==The Kraith Focus==
The topic of Kraith was the focus during the first year, and that universe's creator, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, was a member and frequent contributor. 
That is, until a flurry of fan responses likely deflated her enthusiasm. 
Some of Lichtenberg's contributions and fan comments:
* Lichtenber's comments in v.2 n.1, March 1975 which was a response to the editor's comments in v.1 n.2, October 1974 
* Why a Human Should Not Desire to Become Vulcan by Lichtenberg (dated April 1974, printed April 1975)
* I have been unable to determine whether or not the Council wishes to adopt Lichtenberg's philosophy as pertains to Vulcans as it is. by Carmen Dexter (v.2 n.5, August 1975)
* I think that it is important for Jacqueline Lichtenberg, as the creator of the series, to hear from those who are KRAITH fans, who enjoy the works, but can still see their faults by Amy Falkowitz (v.2 n.7, October 1975)
* Darkover and Kraith by Amy Falkowitz (v.2 n.7, October 1975)
* I WISH I could figure out some way to make people understand that I do not hold Kraith to be some sort of ultimate truth. by Licthenberg (her final comment) (v.2 n.8, December 1975)
Lichtenberg's last contribution to this newsletter was in December 1975. She, however, remained on the membership roster until at least March 1979.
==A Hostile Takeover==
In mid-June 1980, this newsletter was the subject of a hostile takeover. 
There was a long gap after v.6 n.6 (January 1979), due to lack of money as well as likely flagging interest by original editor, T'Pela aka Joy A. Fenton, who had just enrolled in a university. 
Another club member, Solei aka William C.S. Affleck Asch Lowe, put out a renegade issue of this newsletter in mid-June 1980, saying that he was taking over the club and the newsletter. He listed three members of this new formation of Society for Earthbound Vulcans.
T'Pela herself issued a rebuttal newsletter shortly after (though dated a day before Solei's newsletter) taking him to task, calling him a plagiarist with no "original ideas" of his own, threatening legal action. This newsletter listed 89 members. 
These two fans must have hashed out these considerable differences, as T'Pela steps down in the next newsletter, and now Solei is the leader.
==v.1 n.1 (September 1974, Issue 1)==
Mind-Meld v.1 no.1 was published on September 1974 and contains 3 pages. 
The editor was Geri Gralewski (Spahk, from Nebraska) and Donald Dailey (Sadoc, from California).
* club news
* information about members
* short blurbs about other Star Trek clubs
* a short con report for a one-day convention in Lincoln, Nebraska, see Rigel
==v.1 n.2 (October 1974, Issue 2)==
Mind-Meld v.1 no.2 was published on October 1974 and contains 4 pages. 
 
* this issue lists 24 members and their addresses, they include Jackie Lichtenberg, Shirley Huang, Jackie Bielowicz, Vicki Kirlin, Carol Ann Lee, and Amy Falkowitz.
* information about the club and its requirements (one rule is that members must be 14 or older to join; one 13-year old applied to be a member but she has to wait until she is a year older)
* About the Warder-Liege Compacts, article by Spahk
* A Thought About Terra, article by Sadoc (Humans must allow Vulcans to show them how to be better, "otherwise they will die a cultural failure, killing their own kind.")
==v.2 n.1 (March 1975, Issue 3)==
Mind-Meld v.2 no.1 was published in March 1975 and contains 4 pages. 
It was edited by Donald H. Dailey.
This is the third issue published. 
There are comments in this issue referring to the previous issue's article about Warder-Liege Compacts: 
* a long essay by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (the topic is the Kraith Warder-Liege Compact)
* con report for The Red Hour Festival, see that page
==v.2 n.2 (April 1975, Issue 4)==
Mind-Meld v.2 no.2 was published in April 1975 and contains 6 pages. 
It was edited by Donald Dailey.
* Ambassador S'pela's Report (news about the upcoming Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
* short descriptions of Star Trek Action Group, S.T.A.R. San Diego, Memory Alpha II, and Star Base Andromeda
* Why a Human Should Not Desire to Become Vulcan, an article by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (It is dated February 1974, a year before it was published in this zine.) (Carmen Dexter wrote a long response to this essay as well as by Lichtenberg's other comments in Kraith Collected #1. Dexter's response was printed in "Mind-Meld" v.2 n.5. See I have been unable to determine whether or not the Council wishes to adopt Lichtenberg's philosophy as pertains to Vulcans as it is..
 
==v.2 n.3 (June 1975, Issue 5)==
Mind-Meld v.2 no.3 was published in June 1975 and contains 3 pages. It was edited by Donald Dailey.
 
* the editor of Kroykah, Kathy Mhoon, has resigned
* "Name Change: Effective this SD, Ambassador S'Pela has changed her Vulcan name to T'Pela. Other SEV members are urged to adopt Vulcan names also."
* includes, as usual, a list of member names and addresses
* this issue contains an embedded club membership card; it appears one is encouraged to cut it out and affix one's photo on it
 
==v.2 n.4 (July 1975, Issue 6)==
Mind-Meld v.2 no.4 was published in July 1975 and contains 4 pages. 
 
This issue was edited by Donald Dailey, but Geri Gralewski is back from a military relocation and is planning on taking back editorship of the newsletter. He thanks Donald Dailey for all his hard work in his absence.
* Star Trek items to buy
* a short review of Star Trek Lives!
* transcript of "Visit to a Sad Planet," written in Spock's voice ("Taken from Famous Twinsets Records: "Leonard Nimoy, Outer Space/Inner Mind")
 
==v.2 n.5 (August 1975, Issue 7)==
Mind-Meld v.2 no.5 was published in August 1975 and contains 6 pages. 
* I have been unable to determine whether or not the Council wishes to adopt Lichtenberg's philosophy as pertains to Vulcans as it is. is an essay by Carmen Dexter. It is a long response to Lichtenberg's essays, Why a Human Should Not Desire to Become Vulcan in "Mind-Meld" v.2 n.3. and Lichtenberg's 1972 introduction to Kraith Collected #1.
 
==v.2 n.6 (September 1975, Issue 8)==
Mind-Meld v.2 no.6 was published in September 1975 and contains 2 pages. 
 
* a short description of Star Trek Chicago
* a small Star Trek: The Motion Picture update
* announcement of three publications: I Am Not Spock and The Star Fleet Technical Manual, plus a request for Geoffrey Mandel's zine oriented toward Vulcans to be published by Interstellar Associates
* two small illos by Amy Falkowitz
* the editor apologizes for the shortness of the issue due to breaking both hands in "a particular hard—fought football game"
 
==v.2 n.7 (October 1975, Issue 9)==
Mind-Meld v.2 no.7 was published in October 1975 and contains 5 pages. 
 
Its content is two essays by Amy Falkowitz.
* I think that it is important for Jacqueline Lichtenberg, as the creator of the series, to hear from those who are KRAITH fans, who enjoy the works, but can still see their faults
* Darkover and Kraith
==v.2 n.8 (December 1975, Issue 10)==
Mind-Meld v.2 no.8 was published in December 1975 and contains 4 pages. 
It was edited by Donald H. Dailey.
* I WISH I could figure out some way to make people understand that I do not hold Kraith to be some sort of ultimate truth., essay by Jacqueline Lichtenberg
* Ambassador's Report (short Trek news about clubs and merchandise, Jennifer Elson is no longer president of Star Trek Action Group, and Hosato now has a US chapter with Cathy Bane in charge.)
* "Nimoy poetically catalogs his feelings for Spock," a clipping from the Des Moines Sunday Register (September 7, 1975)
* membership list and addresses for the 28 club members
==v.3 n.1 (October 1976, Issue 11)==
Mind-Meld v.3 no.1 was published in October 1976 and contains 4 pages.
The club has eliminated club dues, though there is still a subscription fee for the newsletters. A new club constitution is being written. From T'Pela, the new president: 
The club is under new leadership. Donald H. Daily aka Sadoc is the editor of this issue, but it was supposed to be his last he returns as the editor of the next issue, however : 
Also from T'Pela: 
* lengthy club announcements and changes
* Shore Leave, poem by by Black Wolf aka Sorak
* a letter from Claire Spencer (correspondence secretary for Star Trek Intermountain, asking for suggestions and feedback for the 1976 con in Utah, Intercon)
* membership list: names and addresses of 25 club members
 
 
 
==v.3 n.2 (November 1976, Issue 12)==
Mind-Meld v.3 no.2 was published in November 1976 and contains 2 pages.
Despite the announcement that the previous issue was Sadoc's last as editor, he is the editor of this one.
 From T'Pela: 
* club news
* membership roster (25 members)
==v.4 n.1 (January 1977, Issue 13)==
Mind-Meld v.4 no.1 was published in January 1977 and contains 2 pages.
NOTE: This is the first issue published after v.3 n.2.
* club news
* announcement of club pin logo and club letterhead
 
==v.4 n.2 (February 1977, Issue 14)==
Mind-Meld v.4 no.2 was published in February 1977 and contains 4 pages.
* the club's fiction zine, Kroykah, is now available
* more volunteers for the Warder-Liege Compacts are needed ("If you think you are an autority on a certain area of Vulcan knowledge, contact me and we can see what can be done. The areas that are presently covered are: Language, History, Dance, Music and Astronomy of the 40 Eridani System.")
* Ambassador's Report (announcements, things for sale, includes a short warning about Stardate 1977)
* Desert Outfit by T'Pela ("Members are probably wondering why I have included some fashion designs in this issue of Mind-Meld. The answer is quite simple, I have no other material and I think Mind-Meld would be incomplete without one more item.")
* membership list: 27 names and addresses
 
==v.4 n.3 (April 1977, Issue 15)==
Mind-Meld v.4 no.3 was published in April 1977 and contains 6 pages.
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T'Pela is now the editor, though she says she is looking for someone else to do it, and will be the editor for no more than a year. The newsletter, she says, will now be bi-monthly.
* club news
* announcement that the publication of the club's Warder-Liege Contract: The Worlds of 40 Eridani is soon
* The Inevitable Outcome, essay by Judith Z. Segal (a new member of the club)
* membership list: 29 members 
==v.4 n.4 (June 1977, Issue 16)==
Mind-Meld v.4 no.4 was published in June 1977 and contains 4 pages.
* club news
* update on Paramount's plans for more Star Trek on the big or little screen
* a plea for fans to write the United States Post Office and request a Star Trek stamp with the Enterprise on it - this letter campaign was sponsored by M.O.S.T. (out of Oklahoma)
* membership list: 32
* art by T'Pela
==v.4 n.5 (October 1977, Issue 17)==
Mind-Meld v.4 no.5 was published in October 1977 and contains 7 pages.
* club news and apologies
* things for sale, info about some other fan clubs
* Star Trek Movie or TV Series?, article by T'Pela
* "Spock's Trek to Stardom," clipping by Luann Backus from National Bulletin v.16 n.18, 1977
* con report by T'Ieri for Starcon 1977, see that page
* membership list: 33
==v.5 n.1 (January 1978, Issue 18)==
Mind-Meld v.5 no.1 was published in January 1978 and contains 5 pages.
* club news
* two short book reviews
* "The first gal in outer space?", clipping from the National Enquirer, about Nichelle Nichols who "may be an astronaut in NASA space shuttle" (September 22, 1977)
* S.E.V., poem by Sanakia (age 13) (which means the club must have lowered the minimum age from the previous requirement of having to be 14 years old or older)
* membership list: 46
==v.5 n.2 (March 1978, Issue 19)==
Mind-Meld v.5 no.2 was published in March 1978 and contains 5 pages.
* the second issue of Kroykah is now available
* short book descriptions for Star Trek: The New Voyages #1 and I Am Not Spock
* Expert on Star Trek Appears on Quiz Show. Car, prizes, and $4,000 won by student." clipping by Lori Taylor from The Herald, March 8, 1978
* membership roster: 48
==v.5 n.3 (May 1978, Issue 20)==
Mind-Meld v.5 no.3 was published in May 1978 and contains 5 pages.
* some new rules about Elders and their required contributions to this newsletter
* the newsletter will now accept paid ads for Star Trek items
* news about Star Trek: The Motion Picture ("The movie is now an established fact...all those who were worried about their favorite star not being in it may relax.... With such a good cast and crew, the picture looks quite promising.")
* Kollos to Miranda, poem by T'Pat
* membership roster: 54
==v.5 n.4 (July 1978, Issue 21)==
Mind-Meld v.5 no.4 was published in July 1978 and contains 4 pages.
* club news
* some Trek items (mostly pro) for sale
* membership roster: 56
==v.5 n.5 (September 1978, Issue 22)==
Mind-Meld v.5 no.5 was published in September 1978 and contains 5 pages.
* short descriptions of some pro Trek books
* Paramount sent this editor an 8x10 publicity photo from the upcoming. Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and she includes it in the newsletter
* The Horta's poem, by T'Pat
* membership roster: 47 (the first part of the alphabet)
==v.5 n.6 (November 1978, Issue 23)==
Mind-Meld v.5 no.6 was published in November 1978 and contains 3 pages.
* some short club news
* membership roster: 15 (the latter part of the alphabet)
==v.6 n.1 (January 1979, Issue 24)==
Mind-Meld v.6 no.1 was published in January 1979 and contains 3 pages.
 
* the third issue of Kroykah is now available
* short comments about the newly-available IDIC #6: "It is a triple issue and has too many good contributors to list here. I recommend it personally, although some stories are not too consistent they are brilliantly done."
* a reprint of "The Horta's Poem" by T'Pat (the first two lines were excluded from the previous issue "which spoiled the flow of the poetry.")
* membership roster: 29 (only a partial list due to length, the rest are in the next issue)
==v.6 n.2 (March 1979, Issue 25)==
Mind-Meld v.6 no.2 was published in March 1979 and contains 3 pages.
* some club and movie news
* a list of cons and their dates
* membership roster: 68 (the latter part of the alphabet, carried over from the last issue - making the club membership total 97)
==v.6 n.3 (May 1979, Issue 26)==
Mind-Meld v.6 no.3 was published in May 1979 and contains 4 pages.
* some blurbs for pro books, including the planned book by Bantam: "Mr. Spock's Guide to the Planet Vulcan" (it was never published)
* a blurb for this fanzine: "The Gamesters" Guide edited by W. Lowe (Solei) is available free to all members of the S.E.V. until back issues run out. Volume I Numbers 1, 2, & 3 and Volume II Number 1 are ready and Volume II Number 2 is being prepared for print."
* short movie news
* con report for Febcon 1979, see that page 
* a short description of GVSTACON 1979 (Georges Vanier Space Technology Association) (guests were C.J. Cherryh (the only female), John NOrman, William Davidson, Martin Lager, Marshall Rodgers, Mike Glicksohn, Captain George, Brad and Hawkins, Bob McDonald, Henry McKay, Charles Dyer, and David Aylward. The organizers were Kevin Davies and Mark Griebling.)
* a reprinted Funky Winkerbean comic strip
* membership roster: 69 
==v.6 n.4 (July 1979, Issue 27)==
Mind-Meld v.6 no.4 was published in July 1979 and contains 5 pages.
* a printing error was discovered in the third issue of Kroykah: several pages of the story "Vulcan's of a Feather" were printed out of order. This was the printer's error, and the editor will send the correct pagination to fans who request them.
* a very short con report for VCON-7
* short descriptions of upcoming pro Trek books
* convention listings
* a reprinted Funky Winkerbean comic
* membership count: 71
* a full-page flyer for Timeframe #1
==v.6 n.5 (November 1979, Issue 28)==
Mind-Meld v.6 no.5 was published in November 1979 and contains 5 pages.
* short club news
* some publicity photos from Paramount about the movie
* convention list
* five new members
==v.7 n.1 (June 16, 1980: The T'Pela Edition)==
Mind-Meld v.7 no.1 is dated June 16, 1980 and contains 3 pages. The editor is T'Pela.
 
* plans for going forward with the club and newsletter
* Waiting In Line For The First Showing Of ST:TMP At The Lyric Theater, Kitchener, Ontario, a report by T'Pela
* denouncement of Solei's attempted takeover of this club and newsletter
* membership roster: 89
==v.7 n.1 (June 17, 1980: The Solei Edition)==
Mind-Meld v.7 no.1 is dated June 17, 1980 and contains 5 pages. The editor is Solei.
A change in leadership, 20-year old Solei a.k.a. William C.S. Affleck Asch Lowe is now in charge: 
 
* Solie's statement of intent of taking over this newsletter
* new club rules and org chart
* how to make a Vulcan name
* requests for information about the club
* membership roster: 3
 
 
==v.7 n.2 (Autumn 1980)==
Mind-Meld v.7 no.2 was published in Autumn 1980 and contains 5 pages.
 
The details of how the hostile takeover of the club and newsletter resolved itself, but this issue was was edited by Solei. It was the last issue.
 
* club and newsletter updates
* short mentions of available Star Trek pro novels
* small info on upcoming conventions
* some short mentions of some fanzines, including a short review Future Wings and Future Wings Flypast and a description of Nome #3, an issue that was NEVER PUBLISHED, see that page
* RED ALERT * URGENT MEMO * (news that "Gene Roddenberry and the entire Star Trek crew has been asked by Paramount, to vacate their offices.")
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