Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans

Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans was the official fan club for Leonard Nimoy. 
It formed after Vulcanian Enterprises and there were some tensions regarding access and power between these two groups. See below. 
LNAF began as the "Leonard Nimoy National Association of Fans" or LNNAF. The name was changed in 1970 (sometime between March and August) when several British and Canadian members and chapters joined up, and Louise Stange took over the reins.
Smaller fan clubs could join as chapters of LNAF by following a few simple guidelines. The club's name had to include "Nimoy" or "Leonard Nimoy" somehow, and the club had to have UNICEF as their official charity. Chapter clubs included Sam Cole's Nimoyan-Spock's Scribes, LNSTFCCF, Denny Arnold's The Nimoy Nest, and Regina Marvinny's Nimoyan Federation. It appears that "Spock" could also fulfill this requirement, as seen with U.S.S. Spock and Spockness. In April 1967, there were apparently over 70 of these satellite clubs."Mrs. Vickers had a kind of dictatorship over the 70-odd clubs with no say towards our individuality." from the April 1967 issue of Vulcanalia
In 1972, Nimoy himself addressed the growth of his club in the LNAF Yearbook, saying that club membership was up 30% that year and that lately, 70 new memberships were processed a week. 
File:Lnafwelcome-1.jpg|cover of the Welcome Booklet, artist is Kathy Bushman -- See these details
Image:leonardpeggy.jpg|According to trekbbs.com, a number of photos appeared in TV-Radio Mirror in January 1968. This one is of Leonard Nimoy and Peggye Vickers when Peggye visited the Star Trek set; Nimoy holds a copy of "Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans Yearbook."
==A Change in Leadership==
Between March and August 1970, Vickers handed the reins of the club (at that time named "LNNAF") over to Louise Stange, who changed the name to just the LNAF a few months later.
From the March 1970 issue of Deck 6: 
==The End of the Line==
It is unknown when this club ceased. A fan in June 1983 said: 
==Official Main Publications==
* Chatter Boxes 
* Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans Yearbook (for a brief time: "LNNAF Yearbook")
* Nimoytacular (previously The Crewman's Log)
* Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans Bulletin
 
* Leonard Nimoy National Association of Fans Journal
* The Nimoyan 
* Spockulations
* Highly Illogical
* Spock's Swingers
==The Nimoy Award==
The club gave The Nimoy Award to a fan honored for being the most active member of the LNNAF. 
==Controversy==
===Crediting the Club===
From the 1972 LNAF Yearbook: 
===Power Games, Access, and Profit===
At least one club, Vulcanian Enterprises, experienced conflict regarding power and access to Leonard Nimoy: 
===The UNICEF Piece===
Some clubs did not want to become LNAF chapters because they did not support UNICEF. Reports had circulated for years that a disproportionate amount of UNICEF funds went to Communist countries. Today, this would be like finding out that your official club charity was giving money to kids whose families were involved in al-Qaeda. Religious groups also objected to the "godless" UNICEF greeting card line, which omitted specific reference to Christianity or any other faith because these cards were going to people of many faiths.UNICEF For Beginners, pamphlet issued to children recruited for collection drives.Maggie Black, "In A Popular Cause" (PDF link), chapter 9 of The Children and the Nations: The Story of UNICEF, 1986. Dr. James T. Shaw, What's Wrong with UNICEF, pamphlet issued by Dr. Carl McIntire's Bible Presbyterian Church in 1966. Others simply believed that UNICEF didn't adequately monitor the distribution of funds; or they just wanted to choose their own charities.
In 1972, Regina Marvinny pulled the Nimoyan Federation out of LNAF because of a disturbing (and verified) report that UNICEF officials were using funds to support lavish lifestyles, and that the food and medicine provided were inappropriate for malnourished children -- their digestive systems couldn't handle it. 
The Nimoyan Federation changed its name to STREK and its charity to Save the Children. In 1975, the LNAF changed their official charity to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, after Nimoy's nephew Alan died from that disease:
From an August 1975 letter by Nimoy addressed to club members: 
==Welcome Booklets==
Image:lnnfc1968.jpg| One of the many smaller chapter's zines, this one is for "Chapter of the Leonard Nimoy National Association of Fans: The Cape Kennedy Fanaticals" (1968).
Image:welcomelnaf.jpg|cover of an undated welcome booklet -- see the whole thing here
Image:welcomelnaf2.jpg|cover of the 1975 edition (the photo that was affixed to the front is missing). This magazine was sent as part of the welcoming package to those who joined the Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans. It is 8.5" x 11", 14 pages. Contents include a letter to his fans from Leonard Nimoy, an article describing the Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans and its activities, an article "Meet Leonard Nimoy" (which includes his acting and directing credits as well as biographical information), and an article "How Can I be an Active LNAF'er?".
Image:welcome.jpg|this is possibly a "Welcome Booklet" for the club, undated, includes "George Montgomery photo of a The Performing Arts Triptych, Ed Ames: original photo (3"x 3"), Stamps of James Doohan and Nichelle Nichols, Deforest Kelly along with their biographies, poems, photos, news, 30 pages, undated John Vyvian: original photo (5"x7")
Image:LNAF1980s.jpg| cover of an edition of the welcome booklet for new members
Image:LNAFwelcomebooklet.jpg| cover of a 1969 edition of the welcome booklet for new members
===Details from a 1969 (?) Welcome Booklet===
One of the welcome booklets, likely from 1969 (some sample pages below) contained a Leonard Nimoy biography, a Spock biography, a welcome letter from Nimoy, a welcome letter from the fan club staff, a listing of Nimoy's musical recordings (and a plea for fans to buy them), an explanation of Unicef, a placeholder for a membership card, and a section for fans to write questions and send them to Nimoy to answer in future issues.
Image:lnafwelcome-1.jpg|front cover, art by Kathy Bushman
Image:lnafwelcome-2.jpg|back cover
Image:lnafwelcome-3.jpg|club officers
Image:lnafwelcome-4.jpg|letter from club staff
Image:lnafwelcome-5.jpg|letter from Nimoy
Image:lnafwelcome-6.jpg|about Spock, and a place for questions
===References===
Category:Star Trek Fan Clubs
Category:1960s Fan Clubs
Category:1970s Fan Clubs
Category:1980s Fan Clubs
Category:Actor Fan Clubs
Category:1967 Fan Clubs