The Duty Roster

The Duty Roster is a gen bi-monthly APA issued by a fan club out of Rochester, New York. It contains stories, jokes, and articles. While the main emphasis is on Star Trek: TOS, there is occasional Doctor Who, Star Wars, and "other Media."
This club also has an annual sister zine called All Our Yesterdays.
==Issue 32==
The Duty Roster 32 was published in Sept/Oct 1987 and contains eight pages.
* contributors: Linda Bagdon, Anne E. Batterby, Dawn Law, Elisabeth Managerial (treasurer), Pam Trelli
* newspaper and magazine clippings
* reprinted cartoons, such as Bloom County
* a con report for Shore Leave IX, see that page
* an article by Dawn Law about computer networks: "one often develops a 'handle' or an 'I.D.' which may or may not be the persona's real name," "my main source of information comes from Commodore computers and communication nets," this fan also includes her computer addresses for Compuserve and Peoplelink
* a gaming character profile created by Shona Jackson for a character called "Captain Molly Van" who is a human in a hybrid SF/D&D universe
* the president has a short message, one that requests fan letters to print, apologizes for not responding to mail, thanks fans for sending clippings, signs the message with "Trekkin' Whovistically"
* the treasurer wrote: 
==Issue 36==
The Duty Roster 36 was published in Summer 1988 and contains six pages.
* contributors: Elisabeth Managerial (treasurer), Pam Trelli, Donna Allinger, Terry Bacon, Donald Bishop, Cathy Casey, Audrey Garrett, Frank Glover, Zonker Harris, Shirley Rivoli
* newspaper and magazine clippings
* reprinted cartoons, such as "Bloom County"
* the 7th annual picnic as at a member's house (so they can go inside and watch Star Trek vids later), bring your own lunch including an outdoor grill if you bring hotdogs or hamburgers, the club's "2nd annual" (All Our Yesterdays) will be available
* short fan letters have these discussion topics: is Wesley Crusher irritating or effective?, should Tasha Yar have died and in that way?, views on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Justice," general views on TNG
==Issue 58==
The Duty Roster 58 was published in December 1993 and contains eleven pages.
* reprinted cartoons, such as "Far Side"
* a fan informs others about some Trek action figures, she also briefly describes her visit to the sets of TNG and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sets
* Waiting for Kaylish, a fic by Gloria Wagner
* an ad for an upcoming professional book, "The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers" by Phil Farrand
==Issue 59==
The Duty Roster 59 was published in February 1994 and contains eight pages.
* this issue is completely composted of newspaper and magazine clippings (the editor complains about lack of fan content), and a flyer for Astronomicon III
* contributions by Barbara "Gabs" Gafert ("from Germany"), Barbara Holmes, Lis Mangerian, Debbie DeJonge-Reisdorf, De Ghysel
==Issue 61==
The Duty Roster 61 was published in 1994 and contains 10 pages.
* contributions by Sissie Ghysel, Barbara Holmes, Jeffrey Kasten, Elisabeth Mangerian, Debbie DeJonge Reisdorf, Shirley Rivoli, Scott Walker, Gloria Walker, De Ghysel
* there are many clippings
* club members will debate about allowing R-rated material into the next issue of "All Our Yesterdays," the club's annual zine; it is noted that there was not enough material to print an annual in 1993
* a fan informs others about Star Trek comic books and other collectibles to purchase
* there are some short bits of info about upcoming cons
==Issue 62==
The Duty Roster 62 was published in March 1995 and contains 10 pages.
* contributors: Barbara Holmes, Jeffrey Kasten, Lis Mangerian, Shirly Rivoli, and De Ghysel
* many newspaper and magazine clippings
* a fan reviews some books about Gene Roddenberry: 
==Issue 63==
The Duty Roster 63 was published in June 1995 and contains 8 pages. 
 
* contributors: Barbara Holmes, Sissie Ghysel, Jeffrey Kasten, Lis Mangerian, Gloria Wagner, and De Ghysel
* many clippings
* "Out of Orbit," a poem about the different Treks, by Gloria Wagner
 
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